September 2021

May my teaching drop like the rain…like storm winds upon vegetation, and like raindrops upon blades of grass.[2] Vegetation and grass? Would it not be… Read More »Friends, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Hearts

  (Insights for the 10 Days of Teshuva) Hi All – when I once spoke about the following ideas at our Minyan down the Shore,… Read More »“The Secrets of Change”

Sponsored by Rochelle Dimont and family on the yahrzeit of husband and father Rabbi Albert Dimont a”h The editors of Hamaayan wish all of our… Read More »Before, During, & After

Friday Night IT’S ALWAYS HARD to believe that we have arrived at this point, two parshios away from completing another cycle of Torah reading. Imagine… Read More »Torah the Blessing

[Yaakov] said, “But it’s still the middle of the day; this is not the time to gather in the livestock. Why not water the sheep… Read More »Lying Down On The Job

Chana’s is the story of one woman’s prayer. That a woman should be recognized as a role model for prayer is interesting given that, in… Read More »The Story of Chana: Prayer with a Purpose

According to the Zohar, Birkas Kohanim is meant to be recited each time with the same joy that Aharon felt on the final day of… Read More »Of Prisons and Fires

You know that a certain teacher reuses his tests from previous years. Can you study using tests from prior years, knowing that one of them… Read More »Studying Using Old Tests

A person must direct all his actions towards ‘knowing G-d’ alone. His sitting, standing, and speech should all be directed to this. How? When he… Read More »Chapter 3, Law 2 – Playing with Fire

The original version of this class was written in April 1999, shortly after the passing of Lifsha bas Mordechai HaCohen, Lucy Rosenfeld, my grandfather’s second… Read More »Chapter 1, Mishna 16: What Are Rabbis For?