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/2011/08/13/not-moment-to-moment/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/13/not-moment-to-moment/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 04:40:28 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2750 “I was friends with one of the crew members on TWA Flight 800. I had called her because she was on my mind. It had been a while since we’d talked and I missed seeing her. I left her a message on her voice mail to call me. A few days went by and [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/08/13/not-moment-to-moment/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/02/17/my-father-is-becoming-%e2%80%9cforgetful%e2%80%9d-by-dr-leila-redlich/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/02/17/my-father-is-becoming-%e2%80%9cforgetful%e2%80%9d-by-dr-leila-redlich/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:40:46 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=4495 My father is becoming “forgetful”. He has always had a very good memory for details. He called me first thing this morning to ask me if he had remembered to tell me that he loved me in our conversation last night. I thought that was so sweet! It wasn’t always that [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/02/17/my-father-is-becoming-%e2%80%9cforgetful%e2%80%9d-by-dr-leila-redlich/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/10/25/eishet-chayil-wife-for-sale/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/10/25/eishet-chayil-wife-for-sale/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:19:36 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=3674 I came up with a brilliant idea to solve all my financial issues: “A woman of valor, who can find? Far beyond pearls is her value.” Traduttore, Traditore! The translation is slightly inaccurate; “Her price is beyond pearls,” is more faithful. Well, I certainly have found a woman of valor, so all I need [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/10/25/eishet-chayil-wife-for-sale/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/09/12/yom-kippur-selicha-kappara/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/09/12/yom-kippur-selicha-kappara/#comments Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:15:01 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=1204 The husband and wife have been arguing for hours, but they love each other. They both calm down and work things out. Both accept some of the responsibility. Both apologize and they forgive each other. They work harder at ending the argument than they did at arguing. The husband and wife have been arguing for hours, [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/09/12/yom-kippur-selicha-kappara/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/26/stirrings-of-elul-love-songs/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/26/stirrings-of-elul-love-songs/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:29:43 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/08/17/stirrings-of-elul-love-songs/ “I am to my beloved and my beloved is to me.” (Song of Songs 6:4) I took the wrong iPod with me this morning on my hike. I turned it on expecting to hear my father zt”l delivering an advanced Talmud lecture, instead, the Beach Boys blasted my ears with a love song. (I [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/08/26/stirrings-of-elul-love-songs/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/07/22/sharing-my-pie/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/07/22/sharing-my-pie/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:04:23 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=2747 “My dear one,” said the dying woman to her grieving grandson who refused to let go, “I am complete, my life has been full and whole. I know you must see me not being full of much life anymore, but I assure you, I have brought much life to my journey. We are like [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2010/07/22/sharing-my-pie/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/16/a-lesson-in-how-to-sing-a-blessing/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/16/a-lesson-in-how-to-sing-a-blessing/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:35:45 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/16/a-lesson-in-how-to-sing-a-blessing/ My wife wasn’t home this morning when I woke up. I was about to sing my morning blessings when she returned home. She went to the supermarket in order to make my favorite cake for me to eat over Shabbat. What a warm and magnificent feeling! Someone loves me so much that she is constantly [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/07/16/a-lesson-in-how-to-sing-a-blessing/feed/ 3 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/09/does-god-love-you/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/09/does-god-love-you/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:30:28 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=164 I love asking people if they feel that God loves them. Most respond, “Yes!” I then ask the more challenging question: “How do you know?” That’s when it becomes interesting. I invite you to join me in raising a toast to God, Who made it very clear to me, once again, that He must really love [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2009/06/09/does-god-love-you/feed/ 0