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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Again The Week Ebbs Away
I've been thinking about Rav Hirsch's Toldot critique of Yitzchak and Rivkah for trying to put Yaakov and Eisav in the same box: ""As long as they were little, no attention was given to the latent differences between them. Both were given the same upbring...
Dateline: 2009-11-20 1:30pm PT (295 words)
 
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Purple Mountain Majesties - Click for Lyric Link
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Dateline: 2009-11-19 9:15pm PT (1 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Dr. Janusz Korczak/Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira
Every now and again I forget to remember Janusz Korczak's name. I've heard his amazing story on several occasions. He was a true teacher and kind human being. He died a kadosh.You can read about him via Wikipedia here.My intuitive inclination has me think...
Dateline: 2009-11-19 5:00am PT (549 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Like the Stranger that You've Met
Is it a coincidence that there are eleven stars in Starry Night, by Van Gogh? Was he referencing the 11 stars of Joseph's dream? A teacher of mine once said that themes and meanings all come from the subconscious and can not and should not be consciousl...
Dateline: 2009-11-18 6:15pm PT (99 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: We're Each Heading Home
Today was a five class day, plus guidance time and and and. I went to a bris this morning. It worked out well that classes started late due to Rosh Chodesh and the bris was in my neighborhood. A while ago I questioned conversations, writing, "How do yo...
Dateline: 2009-11-18 2:30pm PT (520 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Virtual Paint
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Dateline: 2009-11-17 7:45pm PT (1 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Paint
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Dateline: 2009-11-16 4:45am PT (1 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: On Chayei Sarah and Friendship - Just One More Thing
I'm thinking of old friends. Actually, I'm thinking of one old friend. What an compare to weaving in an out in an organic way around Torah, comedy, life?lMy friend shared some insights about Yitzchak. Yitzchak's major story is the akeidah, which represent...
Dateline: 2009-11-15 10:30pm PT (131 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: We Could All Use Some Rest
I have Robert Frost on my brain. It's not the first time. About a year ago I posted this photo and thought regarding the road less taken.Nothing Gold Can Stay iRobert FrostiNature's first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf's a flower;But...
Dateline: 2009-11-15 10:30pm PT (288 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Dry Paint
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Dateline: 2009-11-15 6:45pm PT (1 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Rav Aharon Lichtenstein On Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening
The following article is from Alei Etzion, Iyar 5769. I wish I would have heard the presentation first hand. Oh to be able to hear regular talks on poetry from a venerable talmid chacham! I would love to talk this out with thinkers who are lovers of Torah...
Dateline: 2009-11-15 3:45am PT (2059 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Motzei Musings
Knowingly or not people tend to make their lives sound more focused then they really are. "I worked on writing this piece for six hours - " does that include snack breaks, net surfing interludes, bouts of anxiety and self doubt? "I just worked out for an ...
Dateline: 2009-11-15 2:30am PT (366 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Shavua Tov Song
Shabbos arrives and leaves like the blink of an eye, again and again.Time flies. I guess it was about two months ago I walked into a relic of a gem of a private little new and used bookstore. I trust the workers there and asked the woman holding down the ...
Dateline: 2009-11-14 3:30pm PT (148 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Guten Erev Shabbos
3:18 - I hope to continue to list the times as I update till Shabbos. I got home not long ago. Errands to go. I'm going to do some clearing and cleaning preparing, rearranging. Mountain Stage is on. Rob Thompson is playing Thelonious Monk. Work, work, wor...
Dateline: 2009-11-13 2:30pm PT (353 words)
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NY's Funniest Rabbi: Chayei Sarah - Posts Past
On existential angst, comments included.Our Ma'arat HaMachpeilah. No comment....
Dateline: 2009-11-12 6:30pm PT (10 words)
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