http://blog.thefoundationstone.org Learn & discover the Divine prophecies with Rabbi Simcha Weinberg from The Foundation Stone Blog Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/01/the-lesson-of-the-languages/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/01/the-lesson-of-the-languages/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:37:17 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6328 Debbie’s sister, her husband, son (The Question Machine), and her best friend, all Spanish speakers, have been with us for four days. Michael just returned from studying a year abroad in Argentina, and now speaks more Spanish than English. Basically, I’m under siege. I’ve tried explaining to them that when laying siege, it is preferable [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2012/01/01/the-lesson-of-the-languages/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/08/lamentations-kinah-8-line-1/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/08/lamentations-kinah-8-line-1/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:48:32 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/20/lamentations-kinah-8-line-1/ “Would that I could soar to the sphere of the heaven.” This phrase is usually understood to be based on: “Behold, like an eagle the enemy – Babylon – will swoop down and spread its wings against Moab.” (Jeremiah 48:40) Moab, an ancient enemy of Israel, was confident that, because there were no indications that [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/08/lamentations-kinah-8-line-1/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/11/beyond-room/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/11/beyond-room/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:19:27 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5659 I just read “Room,” by Emma Donoghue and haven’t been able to stop thinking about what happens when Room opens. Room, totally enclosed except for a tiny skylight, is the entire world of Jack, a five-year old prisoner who lives in Room with Ma. Room has everything Jack needs and desires, and Ma and he [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/11/beyond-room/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/hallel-rosh-chodesh-tammuz-paragraph-one-ezekiel/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/hallel-rosh-chodesh-tammuz-paragraph-one-ezekiel/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:20:53 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5628 The opening paragraph of Hallel is always the invitation to the Hallel that follows. It is the call to sing Hallel, and sets out the parameters of the Hallel to be sung: Ezekiel: Reconnecting to God as Hallel Singers Ezekiel is addressing a much different audience than was Jeremiah. Ezekiel begins with an awesome vision, a promise [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/hallel-rosh-chodesh-tammuz-paragraph-one-ezekiel/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-r%e2%80%9dc-tammuz-pt-5/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-r%e2%80%9dc-tammuz-pt-5/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:48:41 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5623 “Who lifts up the lowly from the dust, raises the destitute from the garbage dumps to be seated with leaders, the leaders of their people.  Who makes a home for the childless woman and joy for the mother of children.” Ezekiel 36:  33 “‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: On the day I cleanse [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-r%e2%80%9dc-tammuz-pt-5/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-r%e2%80%9dc-tammuz-pt-4/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-r%e2%80%9dc-tammuz-pt-4/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:46:31 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5621 “Who is like God, our Lord, Who lives up high, but drops down to see what happens (to us) in the (lower) heaven and earth?” Ezekiel 34: 20 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. 21 Because you shove [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-r%e2%80%9dc-tammuz-pt-4/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-r%e2%80%9dc-tammuz-part-3/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-r%e2%80%9dc-tammuz-part-3/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:43:37 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5619 “Who lifts up the lowly from the dust, raises the destitute from the garbage dumps to be seated with leaders, the leaders of their people.” Ezekiel 16: God’s Beloved; As Royalty: 1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable practices 3 and say, ‘This is [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-r%e2%80%9dc-tammuz-part-3/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-rosh-chodesh-tammuz-part-two/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-rosh-chodesh-tammuz-part-two/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:40:40 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5617 “God is above all the nations.” Ezekiel 9: God’s Agents: 1 Then I heard him call out in a loud voice, “Bring near those who are appointed to execute judgment on the city, each with a weapon in his hand.” 2 And I saw six men coming from the direction of the upper gate, which [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-rosh-chodesh-tammuz-part-two/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-rosh-chodesh-tammuz-part-one/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-rosh-chodesh-tammuz-part-one/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:36:54 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5613 Ezekiel 4: Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized 1 “Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. 2 Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp up to it, set up camps against it and put battering [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/01/background-text-ezekiel%e2%80%99s-hallel-for-rosh-chodesh-tammuz-part-one/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/06/30/background-text-from-jeremiah%e2%80%99s-call-to-sing-hallel-on-rosh-chodesh-tammuz-part-two/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/06/30/background-text-from-jeremiah%e2%80%99s-call-to-sing-hallel-on-rosh-chodesh-tammuz-part-two/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:36:48 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5609 Jeremiah Chapter 10:1-16: 1 Hear what the LORD says to you, people of Israel. 2 This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them. 
3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless; 
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