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/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/i-wonder-joyful-mourning/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/08/i-wonder-joyful-mourning/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:13:21 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/28/i-wonder-joyful-mourning/ I have heard people explain the Holocaust as the expression of God’s anger with Reform Judaism, which began in Germany. That would not explain why the Germans massacred so many more traditional Jews, or why Poland and Hungary were burned by the fires of the concentration camps. People are desperate for answers and will accept [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/08/i-wonder-joyful-mourning/feed/ 2 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/11/rabbi-david-lapin-of-i-awaken-on-pinchas-what-are-you-willing-to-sacrifice/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/11/rabbi-david-lapin-of-i-awaken-on-pinchas-what-are-you-willing-to-sacrifice/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:50:07 +0000 admin http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/09/rabbi-david-lapin-of-i-awaken-on-pinchas-what-are-you-willing-to-sacrifice/ The opening passage of the Parsha holds the key to understanding courage. Zimri desecrated G-d’s name by publicly flaunting his illicit relationship with the Midianite Princess, Kozbi bat Tzor. Pinchas reacts passionately and in accordance with the Halachah of that time, assassinates Zimri and kills Kozbi. Hashem responds by rewarding Pinchas with an everlasting Brit [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/11/rabbi-david-lapin-of-i-awaken-on-pinchas-what-are-you-willing-to-sacrifice/feed/ 2 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/04/the-manichaean-candidate/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/04/the-manichaean-candidate/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:05:08 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=365 No, it is not a typo or spelling mistake. The Manichaeans, (the original faith embraced by Augustine), the Cathars (from where we derive “catharsis”) and the Bogomils (from where we derive “bugger”) were early dualist faiths. They believed that there were, in fact, two sources of divine power in the cosmos, one good and one [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/07/04/the-manichaean-candidate/feed/ 2 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/06/30/rabbi-david-lapin-of-i-awaken-on-pinchas/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/06/30/rabbi-david-lapin-of-i-awaken-on-pinchas/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:45:21 +0000 admin http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=442 The Imperfection of Knowledge Wisdom is mysterious and human knowledge is not absolute. There is a dimension of wisdom that eludes even the wisest of men. “Fifty pathways to wisdom were created in the Universe” says the Gemarra,[1] “and all were given to Moshe except one.” Human knowledge will always lack at least one dimension of [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/06/30/rabbi-david-lapin-of-i-awaken-on-pinchas/feed/ 2 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/02/notes-of-daat-tevunot-class-july-7-09/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/02/notes-of-daat-tevunot-class-july-7-09/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:46:06 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=335 There is a special gift of satisfaction, which we request as part of the Shabbat and Holy Day Prayers: V’sabeinu MiTuvecha – Satisfy us from Your Best – Our souls are desperate to reconnect with their source and cannot find satisfaction without that connection. This is why the generation of the desert, despite all [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/02/notes-of-daat-tevunot-class-july-7-09/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/02/this-week-on-the-foundation-stone-3/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/02/this-week-on-the-foundation-stone-3/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:26:11 +0000 admin http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/02/this-week-on-the-foundation-stone-3/ This Week On The Foundation Stone: Haftarah: Chukat – Balk: Variations on a Theme Table Talk: Chukat Parah Adumah – Links to Essays and Podcasts Table Talk: Balak The Torah Connection: Rabbi Yaakov Shlomo Weinberg Life Lessons: The Heileger Chana Chaya: Chukat: Are You Missing The Miracles? and Do It Anyway The Music of Halacha: Telling it Like It Is – An [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/02/this-week-on-the-foundation-stone-3/feed/ 2 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/18/proud-to-be-a-duns-dunce-food-for-thought/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/18/proud-to-be-a-duns-dunce-food-for-thought/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:44:28 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/18/proud-to-be-a-duns-dunce-food-for-thought/ John, Doctor Subtilis, of the village of Duns in Berwickshire, Scotland, (1266-1308) developed the notion of “Haecceity” as a way of giving expression to the uniqueness or the indivisible “thisness” of a person. His followers were called “Dun’s Men” from where we get the notion of a “dunce” or stupid fellow who believes himself subtle. I [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/18/proud-to-be-a-duns-dunce-food-for-thought/feed/ 4 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/18/daat-tevunot-class-6_17-09/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/18/daat-tevunot-class-6_17-09/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:25:32 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/18/daat-tevunot-class-6_17-09/ “There will be no eating or drinking”: is only necessary if we exist as we are now; souls and bodies. “Crowns”: indicate relationship, as with the Mitzvah of Brit Milah/Circumcision which is the shaping of a crown on the place of relationship. The Crowns indicate the level of relationship we have achieved. “Crowns” are also reminiscent of [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/18/daat-tevunot-class-6_17-09/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/10/daat-tevunot-class-wednesday-830pm-ny-time/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/10/daat-tevunot-class-wednesday-830pm-ny-time/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:39:16 +0000 admin http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/10/daat-tevunot-class-wednesday-830pm-ny-time/ Call (218)486-1616 – Enter ID 375711 ]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/10/daat-tevunot-class-wednesday-830pm-ny-time/feed/ 0