Parshat Shemini 5778: Aaron’s Humility, Shame Over the Egel Zahav, and His...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Shemini is dedicated Lilui Nishmas for My Mother: Chaya bat Zalman on her 3rd Yahrtzeit. She was niferet on 22 Nissan 5775. You can celebrate a...
View ArticleParshiyot Tazria, Metzora 5778: Why the Kohen as Determinant Between Tumah...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua, Tazria/Metzora is being sponsored by David and Julie Morris and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh Lilui Nishmas for the Yahrtzeit of Julie’s Mother...
View ArticleParshiyot Acharei Mos/Kedoshim 5778: The Kohen Gadol and His White Garments...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua, Acharei Mos/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...
View ArticleParshat Emor 5778: The Purity of One’s Learning and Sanctification of...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua Emor is being sponsored by Seth and Ester Grossman and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated Lilui Nishmas for Seth’s Father Dovid ben Menachem...
View ArticleParshat Behar 5778: Shabbos and Shemittah — Connecting Jews to Our Divinely...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua, Behar is being co-sponsored by Moshe and Esther Lindner and family Lilui Nishmas Elyakim ben Naftali z”l hy”d and an anonymous sponsor dedicated for...
View ArticleParshat Bechukotai 5778: “Bechira”, Shabbos and The Tochochah
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Bechukotai is being sponsored anonymously dedicated in honor of HaRav Yehuda Leib HaKohen ben HaRav Moshe Shimon HaKohen and Miriam bat Reb...
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A Kohen’s Bracha for Elor Azariya
I was looking for the best social media vehicle to convey this, and I sure hope that somehow, some way that this makes it to be viewed by Elor and his family. Elor, you should never, ever again feel...
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Remembering the Past and The Challenges and Limits of Libertarianism in the...
Conversation Between Moshe Feiglin and Barak MooreClick link above to view Remembering the Past and The Challenges and Limits of Libertarianism in the State of the Jews by Moshe Burt Annually, when we...
View ArticleRemember This One? The Iranian Bomb — The Song
In the spirit of President Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the so-called “Iran nuclear agreement,” and events of this week between Israel and Iran in Syria, here’s a Blast from the Past:”...
View ArticleParshat Bamidbar 5778: The Census — By Half-Shekel or By Their Names?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua, Bamidbar is being co-sponsored by Pesach and Ann Chapler and family and Reuven and Leah Goldman and family, both of Ramat Beit Shemesh, and dedicated...
View ArticleShavu’ot 5778: The Six Tefachim of the Tablets, Meanings of the Three Sets...
Shalom Friends; Our Shavuot vort is being sponsored by David and Tzippora Leichter of Ramat Beit Shemesh, and dedicated for refuah shleima for the Cholim of our community. To the Leichter family, many...
View ArticleParshat Naso 5778: Birkhat Kohanim — Hashem’s Conduit for Brachot — Up Close...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Naso is being sponsored Dr. Pinchas and Penina Klahr of Ramat Beit Shemesh lilui nishmas Pinchas’ Father, Nosson Karpel ben Shmuel Zanvil Tzvi...
View ArticleIs Israel Cracking Down on Supermarkets’ Pricing Practices?
A good friend forwarded this author the following link: 309,000 Shekel Fine For Bar Kol Chareidi Chain Of Supermarkets For Failing To Price Items The Tel Aviv Magistrate Court rejected an appeal filed...
View ArticleParshat Beha’aloscha 5778: Emulating Aaron HaKohen’s Enthusiasm, Dedication,...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua, Beha’aloscha is being sponsored by Loren and Sora Deetza Spigelman and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a full and complete Refuah Shleima...
View ArticlePatient Abuse in Jerusalem Hospital
The depiction of an Israel Hospital is for affect only and bares no resemblance to to the hospital in question. . . Recently, I needed to have EMG and nerve conduction tests done in a Jerusalem...
View ArticleParshat Shelach 5778: The Miraglims’ Big, Bogus “But” and Today’s Battle for...
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 5778: What was the Sin of the Bechorim — The First Born, that...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Korach is being sponsored anonymously and dedicated for a refuah shleima for Zehava bat Malka Chana. To our anonymous sponsor, many thanks for your...
View ArticleParshat Chukas 5778: The Para Adumah — Paradigm of Chukim as a Basis for...
Shalom Friends; Parshat Chukas is being co-sponsored by Rabbi Harry and Judith Greenspan of Ramat Beit Shemesh, dedicated in memory of their parents, Falik ben Hertske, Miriam Ella bat Yisrael Eliezer...
View ArticleParshat Balak 5778: Comparing or Contrasting Bila’am With Moshe Rabbeinu?
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 5778: Bilaam’s Plots and the Role of Our Merit or Guilt
Shalom Friends; Our Parshat HaShevua, Pinchas is sponsored by Yitzchak and Sara Wenger of Beit Shemesh in honor of their son Elyakim Benyamin’s Bar Mitzvah Parsha — Parshat Pinchas, and in honor of...
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