Parshat Chayei Sarah 5780: Avraham, the Cave of Machpeila and a Proper Burial...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Chayei Sarah is being sponsored by Yirmi and Rochelle Gold and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in Memory of Lilui Nishmas Yirmi’s Mother Baila bat...
View ArticleParshat Toldos 5780: Rivka, Yaakov and Possible Rationales and Consequence of...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Toldos is being sponsored by Ben and Gina Fishman and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for the birth of their Granddaughter Ruchama Shayna to Rivka...
View ArticleParshat Vayeitzei 5780: Yaakov, Rachel and the Theft of Lavan’s “terafim”
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayeitzei is being sponsored by Moshe and Lauren Pitzele and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of their son Yosef Shalom’s seventh birthday which is...
View ArticleParshat Vayishlach 5780: Yaakov’s Meeting/Confrontation with Eisev — Avoidable?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayishlach is being sponsored by Tzvi and Shari Gherman and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of Vayishlach being Tzvi’s Bar Mitzvah Parsha. To the...
View ArticleParshat Vayeishev 5780: “The Valley of Hevron”
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayeishev is being co-sponsored by Rabbi Elozer Dovid and Esty Gluck (Rabbi Elozer Dovid is Rosh Kollel of Kollel Misilot B’Halacha and Artist: Gedolim...
View ArticleChanukah/Parshat Mikeitz/Rosh Chodesh 5780: Chanukah and the Eight Miracles...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Chanukah/Parshat Mikeitz/Rosh Chodesh vort is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch and family of Efrat lilui nishmas for the yarhtzeit of Avraham’s Mother Sarah...
View ArticleChanukah/Parshat Mikeitz/Rosh Chodesh 5780: Chanukah and the Eight Miracles...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Chanukah/Parshat Mikeitz/Rosh Chodesh vort is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch and family of Efrat lilui nishmas for the yarhtzeit of Avraham’s Mother Sarah...
View ArticleParshat Vayigash 5780: Possible Reasons Why Yosef Doesn’t Contact Yaakov and...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Vayigash is being sponsored anonymously in honor of Avraham Sheffield for all of his wonderful service to the Aish Kodesh community. To the...
View ArticleParshat Vayechi 5780: “Yaakov is Alive”— Relevance in the Moment?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Vayechi 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 Shemos 5780: Pharaoh’s Blueprint for Persecution in Stages
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Shemos is being sponsored by Binyamin and Tracy Skriloff of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a Refuah Shleima for Binyamin’s Mother Chana Bat...
View ArticleParshat Va’era 5780: The Gyrations of Pharaoh’s Free Will and Possible...
Shalom Friends; This week, I am personally dedicating Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Va’era Lilui Nishmas for HoRav Chaim Zev ben Avraham Aharon HaLevi (HoRav Chaim Zev Malinowitz, z”l who was niftar 23...
View ArticleParshat Bo 5780: Moshe, Pharaoh and the Subtleties of Diplomacy
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 5780: After Yetziyot Mitzrayim, After the Reed Sea; Why the...
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 5780: The Merit of Yithro
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Yithro is being sponsored by Jonathan and Debbie Sassen and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated to everyone who returns the s’forim that they...
View ArticleWorld Zionist Organization Voting Now Thru March 11, 2020
Jews in the USA can now vote online — for a Jewish future in Israel and around the world! Between January 21 and March 11, 2020, this online vote, held every 5 years, allows any American Jew who goes...
View ArticleParshat Mishpatim 5780: Does Hashem Really Care About Exacting Placement 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 5780: The Mishkan; Its Meaning, and as Forerunner to the Beit...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Terumah is being co-sponsored by Avraham and Elana Lewis and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated to all subscribers to this Parshat HaShevua...
View ArticleParshat Tetzaveh 5780: Aaron; Kohen Gadol, Why Not Moshe?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Tetzaveh is dedicated Lilui Nishmas for the Yahrtzeit of My Father: Me’ir ben Shabtai HaKohen who was niftar on 9 Adar 5777. You can celebrate a...
View ArticlePurim 5780: What Was the Sin Driving the Divine Hand Regarding Haman’s Edict...
Shalom Friends; This year’s Purim vort is being sponsored by Aryeh and Lisa Koenigsberg and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated lilui nishmas for Aryeh’s grandparents: Chaya Perel bas Arieh and...
View ArticleParshat Ki Tisa 5780: Hashem Calls an Audible! Instructions for Building the...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShavua, Ki Tisa is being sponsored by Dov and Bracha Moses and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for refuah shlaima for Rachel bat Chaya Perel and Shmuel...
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