http://blog.thefoundationstone.org Learn & discover the Divine prophecies with Rabbi Simcha Weinberg from The Foundation Stone Blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:26:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/10/10/the-security-of-the-succah/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/10/10/the-security-of-the-succah/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:42:38 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=1248 The twelve-hour drive from Toronto for our annual Succot visit with my grandparents left me bruised, battered, and drained by all the fights my sister began with me. (I, of course, never started a fight.) We arrived in 1968, post riots Baltimore. Although I did not see burned out cars on my grandparents’ block, things [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/10/10/the-security-of-the-succah/feed/ 2 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/26/psalm-27-going-places/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/26/psalm-27-going-places/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:03:20 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=803 I took the same steps as every day, but this morning when I stepped into what is Van Cortland Park every other morning, I found myself in the Twilight Zone, I somehow had ended up in Central America. OK, I was exhausted and may have taken one or two wrong turns on my way, but [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/26/psalm-27-going-places/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/12/tu-bav-changing/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/12/tu-bav-changing/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:31:49 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/08/04/tu-bav-changing/ Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel taught: “Israel had no days as festive as the Fifteenth of Av and Yom Kippur. (Ta’anit 26b) This was the day that the tribe of Benjamin was permitted to marry into the congregation of Israel. After the incident of the Concubine of Givah (Judges 19-20) the Jews swore not to give their [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/12/tu-bav-changing/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/08/lamentations-kinah-6-line-1/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/08/lamentations-kinah-6-line-1/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:15:37 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/13/lamentations-kinah-6-line-1/ “Everything came to a standstill”. “Shavat” – This is based on Lamentation 5:15: “Gone –Shavat – is the joy of our hearts, our dancing has turned into mourning”. The Ibn Ezra explains that the “joy of our hearts” refers to the Offerings brought in the Temple, as in Ezekiel 24:25: “And you, Son of Man, [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/08/lamentations-kinah-6-line-1/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/08/eichah-tisha-bav-part-four-2000/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/08/eichah-tisha-bav-part-four-2000/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:54:42 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=429 There is another chapter written for someone else. Josiah was a little kid when he became king. He decided to be a good guy. He undertook a complete remodeling of the Beit Hamikdash. He removed the idols that literally filled the walls. One day they were cleaning the [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/08/eichah-tisha-bav-part-four-2000/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/08/eichah-tisha-bav-part-three-2000/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/08/eichah-tisha-bav-part-three-2000/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:50:39 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=425 Last year, my father died, and of course it was devastating. But then, there were positive things that came out of it. While a parent is alive, it’s much easier to feel like a kid. But when a parent dies, especially one whom one relies on very much, I and my [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/08/eichah-tisha-bav-part-three-2000/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/19/conspicuous-as-waves/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/19/conspicuous-as-waves/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:30:35 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2543 Rabbi Abba bar Kahana opened his discourse with the verse, “Let out your voice, O daughter of Gallim.” (Isaiah 10:30) Isaiah said to Israel, “Rather than you should utter songs and praises before idols, sing with a joyous voice the words of Torah, sing with a joyous voice in the synagogues.” “O daughter of [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/19/conspicuous-as-waves/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/19/singing-through-the-three-weeks/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/19/singing-through-the-three-weeks/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:30:03 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2540 Rabbi Abba bar Kahana opened his discourse with the verse, “Let out your voice, O daughter of Gallim.” (Isaiah 10:30) Isaiah said to Israel, “Rather than you should utter songs and praises before idols, sing with a joyous voice the words of Torah, sing with a joyous voice in the synagogues.” “O daughter of [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/19/singing-through-the-three-weeks/feed/ 2 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/06/06/festival-prayers-birchat-kohanim-ii/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/06/06/festival-prayers-birchat-kohanim-ii/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 03:45:57 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5502 “So shall you bless the Children of Israel.” According to the plain meaning of the text the words mean: “in this style you are to pronounce the blessing.” We have the same expression “Koh,”  being used in Numbers 8:7 where the Torah describes the procedure for purifying the Levites. A midrashic approach based on Midrash [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/06/06/festival-prayers-birchat-kohanim-ii/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/04/17/festival-prayer-lechem-rav-ata-vichartanu/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/04/17/festival-prayer-lechem-rav-ata-vichartanu/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:39:40 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=5129 “You have chosen us from all the peoples; You loved us and found favor in us; You exalted us above all the languages and You sanctified us with Your commandments. You drew us close, our Kindred, to Your service and proclaimed Your great and Holy Name upon us.” There are seven levels of praises in this [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/04/17/festival-prayer-lechem-rav-ata-vichartanu/feed/ 0