What was the Document President Trump Signed after Jerusalem Capital...
At the conclusion of President Trump’s speech expressing United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital and authorizing preparations for a move of the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv...
View ArticleChanukah 5778: Revolt of the Maccabees — A Two Front War and Parallels Today?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Chanukah vort is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch and family of Efrat lilui nishmas for the yarhtzeit of Avraham’s Mother Sarah Reitza bat Tzion bat Avram...
View ArticleParshat Mikeitz/Shabbos Chanukah 5778: Chanukah, Eight Miracles Done to Yosef...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Mikeitz is being sponsored by Moshe and Lauren Pitzele and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of their son Yosef Shalom’s fifth birthday. To the...
View ArticleParshat Vayigash 5778: The Contrast Between the Brothers’ Teshuvah and Unity...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayigash is being co- sponsored by Rabbi Rafael & Vivianne Willig and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in honor of to the brave chayalim of the...
View ArticleParshat Vayechi 5778: The Burial of Yaakov/Yisrael — Paradigm for the Jews’...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayechi is being sponsored by Dr. Pinchas and Penina Klahr and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of their son Shmuel Zanvil Tzvi’s Bar Mitzvah. To...
View ArticleParshat Sh’mot 5778: What is, or Should be in a Name?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Sh’mot is being sponsored by Yitzchak and Leyla Gross of Wynnewood, PA to commemorate the Yarhtzeit of Yitzchak’s Mother: Chaya Yita Sarah Bat...
View ArticleParshat Va’era 5778: Do We Evoke Sufficient Spirit, Faith in and Emulation of...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Va’era is being sponsored by Binyamin and Tracy Skriloff of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for Refuah Shleima for Binyamin’s Mother Chana Bat...
View ArticleParshat Bo 5778: The Fallacy of Faultfinders
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Bo is being sponsored by Ayton and Ayelet Lefkowitz of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated Lilui Nishmas Ayton’s Grandmothers: Chana Michla bas Zeev...
View ArticleParshat Beshalach 5778: “To”, or “About” B’nei Yisrael; One or Two Crossings...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Beshalach is being sponsored by R’ Moshe and Marla Braun (Moshe Braun – Fine Judaic Art) and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of Marla’s...
View ArticleParshat Yithro 5778: The Wisdom Which Brought a Torah-Based Legal, Judicial...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Yithro is being sponsored by R’ Kalman Menachem & Rebbetzin Doba Shapira and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for the Geula Shleima for kol...
View ArticleParshat Mishpatim 5778: Timely, Fair, Unbiased Hearing of Both Sides of...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Mishpatim is being sponsored by Baruch and Yaffa Swinkin and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated lilui nishmas for Baruch’s grandfather...
View ArticleParshat Terumah 5778: The “Crown of a Good Name” and Sanctification of Our...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Terumah is being sponsored anonymously in honor of all of the Chesed done by the Bornstein family . To the anonymous sponsor and family,...
View ArticleParshat Tetzaveh 5778: The Iron Crucible and Pure, Beaten Olive Oil
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Tetzaveh is dedicated Lilui Nishmas for the first Yahrtziet of My Father: Me’ir ben Shabtai who was niftar on 9 Adar 5777. You can celebrate a...
View ArticleAleinu L’Shabeiyach: “Our Duty”— Mission Statement or Afterthought?
Aleinu L’Shabeiyach: “Our Duty” — Mission Statement or Afterthought? by Moshe Burt This Chabura is dedicated to my Dad, Me’ir ben Shabtai, Of Blessed Memory upon his first Yarhtzeit, and to my Mother,...
View ArticlePurim 5778: Depending on the Super-Power vs Acting as a Jewish Nation?
Shalom Friends; Our Purim vort is being co-sponsored by Shlomo and Shoshana Weis lilui nishas Yisrael ben Chaim z”l and Malcha bat Me’ir Moshe z’l and by Rabbi Yechiel and Tova Nussbaum dedicated for...
View ArticleParshat Ki Tisa 5778: The Two Sides of Stubbornness
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Ki Tisa is being sponsored Jonathan and Debbie Sassen in honor of their son Moshe Tuvia’s Bar Mitzvah. To the Sassen family, many thanks for your...
View ArticleParshiyot Vayakhel/Pekudei 5778: The Mishkan — Unity, Continuing Teshuvah and...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Vayakhel/Pekudei is being sponsored by Dov and Bracha Moses for a refuah shlaima for Rachel bat Chaya Perel and lilui nishmas both Chaya Perel bat Chaim...
View ArticleParshat Vayikra 5778: Moshe, Modesty and Humility and the High-Bar Paradigm...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua, Vayikra is being sponsored by Steven and Debra Glanz and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for the success of their chldren. To the Glanz family,...
View ArticleParshat Tzav 5778: The Olah, the Kohen, His Financial Loss, and Emphasis on...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua, Tzav is being sponsored by Dr. Dov and Debbie Rosen and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for the success of their chldren. To the Rosen family,...
View ArticleDayenu 5778: Measure for Measure for Resting on Laurels, or Back-Sliding and...
Shalom Friends; This year’s Pesach vort is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch and family of Efrat dedicated lilui nishmas for his Father: Mordechai ben Avraham Aba and Sara and for his...
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