Purim 5779: Portrait of Hashem’s Management of Events to Benefit B’nei Yisrael
Shalom Friends; Our Purim vort is being sponsored by Ari and Aliza Rosenstein and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh. To the Rosenstein family, many thanks for your sponsorship and continued kindnesses....
View ArticleParshat Tzav 5779: The Order of Bringing Korbonot and Consequences of...
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 ArticleParshat Shemini 5779: What Was the Sin of Nadav and Avihu Meriting Punishment...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua for Parshat Shemini is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch of Efrat dedicated for the success and well-being of the Israel Defense Forces. To...
View ArticleParshat Tazria 5779: Man, Animal and Their Sequence in Torah; Fashioned...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Tazria is being sponsored anonymously dedicated in honor of Avraham Zev ben Shlomo, Sima bat Avraham and Bracha bat Shlomo. To our anonymous...
View ArticleParshat Metzora 5779: “Meeting Halfway” Between the Kohen and the Metzora
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Metzora is being sponsored by Seth and Ester Grossman and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a full recovery and good health for Atara...
View ArticleDayenu 5779: Family, Community and Personal Responsibility — Seeing the Big...
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...
View ArticleParshat Acharei Mos 5779: Finding Clarity in Distinguishing Kosher from...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Acharei Mos is dedicated Lilui Nishmas for My Mother: Chaya bat Zalman who was niferet on 22 Nissan 5775. You can celebrate a Simcha — a birth,...
View ArticleParshat Kedoshim 5779: Lessons Taught to the Entire Nation at Once
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Kedoshim is being sponsored by Dr. Edo and Atara Lavi and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh Lilui Nishmas for the Yahrtzeit of Atara’s Father Eliezer Chaim...
View ArticleParshat Emor 5779: The Kohanic Standard of Purity and Perfection
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua for Emor is being sponsored by David and Julie Morris and family and Rabbi Efraim Kestenbaum, all of Ramat Beit Shemesh Lilui Nishmas for the Yahrtzeit...
View ArticleParshat Behar 5779: The Omer Count Run-up to Shavuot and the Yovel Year —...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua for Behar is being sponsored anonymously and dedicated for a refuah shleima for Moshe ben Sarah Leah and for Zehava bat Malka Chana. To our anonymous...
View ArticleParshat Bechukotai 5779: The Tochochah and Casualness, Stubbornness or...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua for Bechukotai is being sponsored by Dr. Pinchas and Penina Klahr of Ramat Beit Shemesh Lilui Nishmas for Pinchas’ parents: Nosson Karpel ben Shmuel...
View ArticleParshat Bamidbar 5779: The Census — Method of the Count?, Context in...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua for Bamidbar is being co-sponsored jointly by R’ Raphael and Vivianne Willig dedicated Lilui Nishmas for the Yahrtzeit for Rafi’s grandmother Ella bat R’...
View ArticleParshat Naso and Shavu’ot 5779: The Nazir, the Kohen and Shavuot
Shalom Friends; This week, our vort for Parshat HaShevua Naso/Shavu’ot is being sponsored by David and Tzippora Leichter of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for refuah shleima for the Cholim of our...
View ArticleParshat Beha’aloscha 5779: The Inverted Hebrew Letter Nuns — Buffer Between...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua for Beha’aloscha is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch and family of Efrat dedicated for good health for our Chayalim and for refuah shleima...
View ArticleParshat Shelach 5779: The Miraglim, Protocol, Intelligence vs Opinion and...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Sh’lach is being sponsored by Dr. Eli and Miri Behar of Ramat Beit Shemesh L’ilui Nishmas for the Yahrtzeit of Yerachmiel Meir ben Nissim Avraham. To the...
View ArticleParshat Korach 5779: The Disputants Against Moshe and Aaron — L’Sheim...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Korach is being sponsored by Loren and Sora Deetza Spigelman of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in honor of their daughter Tzivie’s graduation from high...
View ArticleParshat Chukas 5779: The Para Adumah — Paradigm of Chukim Forming a Basis for...
Shalom Friends; Parshat Chukas is being sponsored by Ron and Rena Rosenberg of Ramat Beit Shemesh, dedicated Lilui Nishmas for the recent Yahrtzeit of Rena’s Father, Baruch Yecheskal ben Yaakov HaLevi....
View ArticleParshat Balak 5779: Bila’am and Our Ongoing Battle Between Spirituality and...
Shalom Friends; Our Parshat HaShevua, Balak is sponsored jointly by Mutti and Michelle Frankel and Tuvia and Chana Frankel of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of their son/brother Eliyahu’s Birthday. To the...
View ArticleParshat Pinchas 5779: Bila’am’s Plots, the Merit of Pinchas and Modern-Day...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Pinchas is sponsored by Rabbi Joel and Shelly Padowitz and dedicated for a full and complete Refuah Shleima for Joel’s Grandfather, Yissachar ben Hindl....
View ArticleParshat Matos 5779: Why Does Moshe Include Half of Shevet Menashe With...
Shalom Friends; Our Parshat HaShevua, Matot is being sponsored by Yosef Moshe and Chana Rosenberg of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in honor of Yosef Moshe’s Bar Mitzvah Parshiyot Matot/Masei and for the...
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