Parshat Vayeishev 5781: The Meteoric Rise of Yosef; From Disparaged Brother...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayeishev is being sponsored by Moshe and Lauren Pitzele and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in in honor of their son Yosef Shalom’s eighth birthday on 25...
View ArticleChanukah/Rosh Chodesh/Parshat Mikeitz 5781: The Viceroy’s Concealed, True...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Mikeitz is being sponsored anonymously in honor of all of the rabbanim, gabbaim, doctors, and medical professionals who have guided us all and...
View ArticleAxiomatic Quote for Our Times
. “Chazal tell us in Pirkei Avos [Chapters of the Fathers] that if not for fear of punishment from a governing body, civilization as we know it would collapse into chaos.” (Insight from HaRav Chaim Zev...
View ArticleParshat Vayigash 5781: What Might Yaakov Have Thought Upon Hearing that...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Vayigash is being sponsored by Benyamin and Tracy Skriloff of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a Refuah Shleima for Binyamin’s Mother Chana Bat...
View ArticleParshat Vayechi 5781: The Final Contest to be Yaakov’s Heir-Apparent: Why Was...
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 5781: Sorting Out Moshe’s Priorities and Hashem’s Response?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Shemos is being sponsored by Dov and Bracha Moses of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated Lilui Nishmas for Dov’s Father, Avraham ben Chaim Mordechai, z”l, and...
View ArticleParshat Va’era 5781: Forging the Nation of the Jews — The Other Purpose of...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Va’eira 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 Bo 5781: Taking the Korbon Pesach and Reflecting Upon That Very First...
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 5781: The Miracle of Manna — Hashem’s Test of Jews’ Hearts
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 5781: Yithro: Ger Tzeddik, or Righteous Gentile?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Yithro is being sponsored by Jonathan and Debbie Sassen and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in Lilui Nishmas Jonathan’s Mother Tova bat Yaakov. To...
View ArticleParshat Mishpatim 5781: The Mandate for Truth in Judgement
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 5781: The Why of the Mishkan? Was Its Building Commanded...
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 for Hatslucha to children of the community...
View ArticlePurim 5781: Achashveirosh’s “Sleep was Disturbed”
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 Tetzaveh 5781: The “Why” of the Omission of Moshe’s Name from the Parsha
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 ArticleParshat Ki Tisa 5781: Aaron HaKohen Godol — Playing for Time?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Ki Tisa is being sponsored anonymously dedicated Lilui Nishmas for the Yahrtzeit of his father: Yehuda Leib Ha Kohen ben Moshe Shimon on Yud...
View ArticleParshiyot Vayakhel-Pekudei 5781: Assembling Klal Yisrael and Understanding...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua, Vayakhel-Pikudei is being sponsored by Steven and Debra Glanz and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for the success of their chldren. To the...
View ArticleParshat Vayikra 5781: Does Being “Chosen” Denote Exclusivity?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Vayikra is being sponsored by Benyamin and Tracy Skriloff of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a Refuah Shleima for Kol Klal Yisrael. To...
View ArticleParshat Tzav 5781: The Uniqueness of the Kohanic Inheritance
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Tzav is being sponsored by Reuven and Succota Shefi-gal of Moshav Aderet dedicated for Succota’s birthday on 26 Adar and Reuven’s birthday on 12...
View ArticleDayenu 5781: Three Dimensions of “Time-Awareness” in the Lives of Jews
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 Shemini 5781: Kohanic and General Sobriety
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Shemini is dedicated Lilui Nishmas for My Mother: Chaya bat Zalman who was nifteret on 22 Nissan 5775. You can celebrate a Simcha — a birth, a...
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