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/2011/09/27/kavanot-first-day-rosh-hashana/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/27/kavanot-first-day-rosh-hashana/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:12:12 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=1129 And so, too, O God, our Lord, instill Your awe upon all Your works, and Your dread upon all You have created. Let all works revere You and all creatures prostrate themselves before You. Let them all become a single society, to do Your will wholeheartedly. For as we know, God, our Lord, that the [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/27/kavanot-first-day-rosh-hashana/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/27/a-first-class-seat/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/27/a-first-class-seat/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:23:38 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=1148 Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler accompanied a student to the train station, the first stop on the young man’s journey to a new country. As they approached the station, the student asked his holy rabbi for a blessing. “From the depths of my heart, I wish for you, that you find a good seat for your [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/27/a-first-class-seat/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/27/clothes-of-righteousness/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/27/clothes-of-righteousness/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:58:55 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=1120 “Who clothes Himself in acts of Righteousness in judgment.” (Rosh Hashana Machzor) Not only do the clothes make the person; the person can ‘make’ the clothes. Clothes carry something from the person who wore it before I did. (Chatam Sofer, Toledot) We dress ourselves in God’s garments with our acts of Righteousness – Tzedaka. Author Info: 

 Learn [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/27/clothes-of-righteousness/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/27/sound-bites-finding-our-hearts/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/27/sound-bites-finding-our-hearts/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:15:49 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=1104 “God, your Lord, will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring.” (Deuteronomy 30:6) The first letters of “your heart and the heart of your offspring” spell Elul. “From heaven God gazed down upon mankind, to see if there exists a reflective person who seeks out God.” (Psalm 53:3) The Holy One, Blessed is He, searches [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/27/sound-bites-finding-our-hearts/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/27/one-small-detail/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/27/one-small-detail/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:56:38 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=1036 I spent most of yesterday battling with Land Rover over a receipt. Our car is under warranty and the transmission failed immediately after the engine was replaced. (Long Story!) Land Rover wanted receipts proving that we properly maintained the car and were not the cause of the transmission’s death. We have receipts for maintenance every [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/27/one-small-detail/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/18/sound-bites-beautiful-words/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/18/sound-bites-beautiful-words/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:09:29 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=1006 “Naftali is a hind let loose who delivers beautiful sayings.” (Genesis 49:21 Beautiful sayings is “Imrei Shafer”. We again find the word shofar associated with beauty. (See Soundbites 1 & 2) The Panim Yafot (Genesis 49) explains the verse using the words of Isaiah: “ The Lord said: inasmuch as this people has drawn close, with [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/18/sound-bites-beautiful-words/feed/ 1 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/18/master-servant-the-privilege-of-being-his-servant/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/18/master-servant-the-privilege-of-being-his-servant/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:52:32 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6078 “And now God says — He who formed me in the womb to be His servant to bring Jacob back to Him, and gather Israel to Himself, for I am honored in the eyes of God and my Lord has been my strength — He says: “It is too small a thing for you (Israel) to be My [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/18/master-servant-the-privilege-of-being-his-servant/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/18/links-to-shiurim-courtesy-of-david-notowitz/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/18/links-to-shiurim-courtesy-of-david-notowitz/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:04 +0000 admin http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=1082 http://www.notowitz.com/Torah/TorahRSimchaWeinberg.html ]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/18/links-to-shiurim-courtesy-of-david-notowitz/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/18/joyous-trembling-god-as-my-advocate/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/18/joyous-trembling-god-as-my-advocate/#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:51:35 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6076 “Judge me, Lord, and plead my cause against a nation without passion. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked. You are my Lord, my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? Send Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; let them bring me to [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/18/joyous-trembling-god-as-my-advocate/feed/ 0 http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/17/tehillim-tools-805-elul-removing-the-smoke/ http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/17/tehillim-tools-805-elul-removing-the-smoke/#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:46:19 +0000 Rabbi Simcha Weinberg http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/?p=6072 “God, Lord of Hosts, how long will You fume (smoke) at the prayers of Your nation (Psalms 80:5)?”  When God is angered, the verse states that, “Smoke arose from His nostrils (18:9).” A barrier of smoke bars the path of Israel’s prayers as they struggle to ascend heavenward. (Rabbi Moshe Alshich) I imagine the smoke of [...]]]> http://blog.thefoundationstone.org/2011/09/17/tehillim-tools-805-elul-removing-the-smoke/feed/ 1