Chazzan Moshe Kraus - Chazzan Efraim Silber This Thursday evening, June 2, 2014, I drove up to Anshe Sholem, http://www.asbi.org, for Mincha/Maariv. Chazzan Moshe Kraus called me. I mentioned Chazzan Kraus in my post dated January 31, 2013. I am honored that Chazzan Kraus called me. I asked him for a blessing for my family. He told me that as the Satmer Rov said …
IN TRIBUTE TO RAV AVROHOM YITZCHOK KOOK
שִׁוִּיתִי יְהֹוָה לְנֶגְדִּי תָמִיד “I have placed the Lord before me constantly” – Psalms 16:8 Last week I received the new biography on the life of Rav Avrohom Yitzchak Kook by Rabbi Yehudah Mirsky, titled, “Rav Kook – Mystic in a Time of Revolution”. It was very exciting for me. I heard my first lecture …
Toras Shemos 2013: Moshe – Leadership, Identification, and Responsibility
11. Now it came to pass in those days that Moses grew up and went out to his brothers and looked at their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian man striking a Hebrew man of his brothers. יא. וַיְהִי | בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וַיִּגְדַּל משֶׁה וַיֵּצֵא אֶל אֶחָיו וַיַּרְא בְּסִבְלֹתָם וַיַּרְא אִישׁ מִצְרִי מַכֶּה אִישׁ עִבְרִי מֵאֶחָיו: …
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Toras Mikeitz – Chanukah – Thanksgiving
This is a glorious day. A day on which we say Hallel on Thanksgiving. Today took care of one of my bucket items, not saying nin the morning prayers and reciting Hallel on Thanksgiving. I davened this morning at Anshei Sholem and Rabbi Wolkenfeld was the Chazzan. His Hallel was full of song and joy. Thanksgiving is a Jewish holiday. A time to …
Parshas VaYishlach
Chapter 34, Verse 1: 1. Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to look about among the daughters of the land. וַתֵּצֵא דִינָה בַּת לֵאָה אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה לְיַעֲקֹב לִרְאוֹת בִּבְנוֹת הָאָרֶץ: Rashi says on this Passuk: And not the daughter of Yaakov. However, because of her going out she …
Parsha Vayeitzei
Notes for Chumash Shiur to be given at Anshe Sholom on 11/7/13 at 4:50 PM and hopefully at the Bais Ment at the Glenners. Thanks to Rabbi David Wolkenfeld for giving me the time to give a Chumash Shiur. I plan to speak on four Verses: Torah Thought #1: Chapter 28, Verse 19: Source: Beautiful Dvar Torah heard from Rabbi …
Toras Anshe Sholem
Parshas Toldos, November 2, 2013: This Shabbos morning I walked to Anshe Sholem because I needed the walk and the beautiful davening at Anshe Sholem. 1) David, a member whose family goes back over 50 years at Anshei Sholem, and I were walking to the Kiddush. We passed the area for strollers, which had close …
Toras Chaya Sorah
During the week, no words of Torah hit me on this week’s Torah portion of Chaya Sorah. However, Shabbos morning, I needed a walk, and decided to walk to Anshe Sholem for health reasons and hear the Torah of the Synagogue. I ended up walking 4 miles and decided to go to my regular Synagogue …
The Torah of Boca Raton Synagogue is refreshing and truly Toras Hashem
I was in Boca Raton helping take care of my grandkids for the last week and a half. It was very nice. I was there for Parshas Noah and Parshas Lech Lacha. I had a bad cold for Noah so my Shabbos was muted. Lech Lecha I was back on my game and Boca Raton Synagogue had some great …
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Shabbos – Parshas Ki Tz’zeh
Woke up late and did not feel well. Decided that I needed the round trip 11 mile walk to Anshe Sholom. Left a little late, 8:30 AM. Walking on Broadway, near the Shul, I saw a family with 5 kids walking to Shul. I knew that they could not be from the neighborhood, as it is …
