March 20, 2025

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Rabbi Dani Staum

Rabbi Dani Staum, LMSW, is a popular speaker and author. He is a rebbe in Heichal HaTorah in Teaneck, NJ, and an experienced therapist, recently returning to seeing clients in private practice, as part of the Rockland CBT group. For appointments Rabbi Staum can be reached at 914-295-0115. Looking for an inspirational and motivating speaker or scholar-in-residence? Contact Rabbi Staum for a unique speaking experience. Rabbi Staum can be reached at [email protected]. Archives of his writings can be found at www.stamtorah.info.

Articles by Rabbi Dani Staum

Spring Ahead

Fall back and spring forward, or is it fall forward and spring back? Or is it fall into a spring and spring out of your

Living With Serenity

For all our technological innovations and uncanny advancements, there is still one thing we have absolutely no control over — the weather. Last week freezing

The Road Ahead

For years, the Tappan Zee Bridge connected Rockland and Westchester Counties. It was a very impressive structure, with much of the bridge being more like

You Never Know

On Chol Hamoed Succos a few years ago, the Staum family attended a concert in Teaneck featuring Mordechai Shapiro and the Yeshiva Boys Choir. It

Abounding Chizuk

During the last few years, I have perused the advertisements in our community’s wonderful weekly publications. Based on those advertisements, I have come to a

The Great Coverup

A number of years ago, when I went in to take our son Michael, then two years old, out of his crib, I was horrified.

The Pilot Within

One wintry night a few years ago, I was sitting at home when I began feeling cold. When I went to the thermostat to raise

No Time to Lose

A few years ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to spend a week in Eretz Yisroel with our bechor, Shalom, in honor of his bar

True Story

For almost a decade I had the great privilege of being the guidance counselor in Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch. On one occasion, I was conversing with

Striving Higher

If my memory serves me correctly, which it generally doesn’t these days, it was about 25 years ago that I typed and emailed a dvar

Recharged

Dedicated to the refuah sheleimah of Ahuva Leah bas Yosifa Beracha A few weeks ago, the Shabbat Project was marked throughout the Jewish world. Jews

Personalized Prayer

Last week, I had two packages to send out. One was a bar mitzvah gift for a friend’s son; the other was a thank you