Striving Higher: Recent Episodes
Rabbi Dani Staum
Bursts of chizuk about emunah and Torah living in our challenging contemporary world by Rabbi Dani Staum
Everything we see is based on the lens through which we are viewing it. We daven that we have "Torah glasses" to see everything as Hashem wants us to see it.
Speech given to students and rabbeim of Heichal HaTorah before I was zocheh to complete Shisha Sidrei Mishna.
How hard is it for one to watch his/her friends get engaged? It can definitely be trying on one's faith. Words of Chizuk for older singles.
As we celebrate Lag BaOmer we feel the pain of the 45 people who died last year in the Meron tragedy and whose first yahrtzeit is today. How do we deal with these conflicting emotions? How can we celebrate and yet feel the pain of the mammoth loss?
They say that you can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all of the time. But the person we fool the most is ourselves!
Beautiful thought from the Chida explaining the power and significance of this day to encourage us and prepare us for Lag BaOmer and Shavuos.
We say them 100 times a dhay but we often forget ow powerful and important saying berachos is in the life of a Jew.
What caused the terrible end of such a great personage? Where did he go wrong? Given for Hamodia weekly d'var Torah.
How do we live our lives when we have to encounter pain and challenges, especially when its chronic? This talk was given as chizuk for those struggling in such situations.
This talk was given on zoom for Father-Son learning day at Heichal HaTorah during Covid. Timeless life lessons to be gleaned from the parshios at the end of Chumash Bereishis and the lives of the Shevatim.
What's the secret to our joy on Succos? Faith in Hashem!
This talk was given on Zoom for women and also discusses a women's role in the joy of Succos.
It's easier to accept G-d as king of the world than it is to accept Him as king over me. Ideas and perspectives on preparing for Rosh Hashanah of 5782.
Changing ourselves is never easy. This talk given before Yom Kippur 5782 offers novel perspectives and ideas to help us along the arduous, yet gratifying, teshuva journey.