Parshiyot Vayakhel-Pekudei5780: Shabbos, and the Significance of the Basin...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua, Vayakhel-Pekudei is being sponsored by Steven and Debra Glanz and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for the success of their children. To the...
View ArticleParshat Vayikra 5780: Being “Chosen,” Exclusivity and the “Meaning” of the...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Vayikra is being sponsored anonymously dedicated in honor of Avraham Zev ben Shlomo, Sima bat Avraham and Bracha bat Shlomo. To our anonymous...
View ArticleParshat Tzav 5780: Kohanim and Inherited Roles vs Earned Roles
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat 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 5780: Perceiving Hashem’s Hidden and Revealed Guidance of the World
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 5780: What Did Hashem Mean in Moshe’s Words to Aaron?
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...
View ArticleParshat Tazria-Metzora 5780: The Kohen’s Role in Determining Between Tumah...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua for 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 ArticleParshat Acharei Mos-Kedoshim 5780: Defining When the Kohen Godol Enters the...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua for Acharei Mot-Kedoshim is being sponsored by Dov and Lauren Greenberg and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of their son Tzvi’s upcoming marriage...
View ArticleParshat Emor 5780: Questions Concerning the Kohanic Standard of Purity and...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua for Emor is being sponsored by Dr. Pinchas and Penina Klahr of Ramat Beit Shemesh Lilui Nishmas for Pinchas’ parents: Nosson Karpel ben Shmuel Zanvil...
View ArticleParshiyot Behar-Bechukotai 5780: The Omer Count to Shavuot, the Count to...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua for Behar/Bechukotai is being co-sponsored by Shlomo and Shoshana Weis of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for hotslocha and good health for entire Weis...
View ArticleParshat Bamidbar 5780: What Became of Moshe’s Offspring, Descendants?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Bamidbar is being sponsored Reuven and Succota Shefi-gal of Moshav Aderet lilui nishmas Reuven’s Dad Rav Avraham Moshe ben Rav Elchanan Yochanan. To the...
View ArticleParshat Naso and Shavu’ot 5780: The Connection Between the Two?
Shalom Friends; This week, our vort for Parshat HaShevua for Naso/Shavu’ot is being sponsored by David and Tzippora Leichter of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for refuah shleima for Avraham Yaakov ben...
View ArticleParshat Beha’aloscha 5780: The Point of Pesach Sheini — Fourteenth of Iyyar
Shalom Friends; Parshat Beha’aloscha 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...
View ArticleParshat Shelach 5780: The Limited Scope of Moshe’s Supplications and Hashem’s...
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 5780: What’s Really Behind Shevet Reuven’s Beef Causing Them...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Korach is being sponsored by Dr. Eliyahu and Shuli Gherman of Ramat Beit Shemesh and dedicated in honor of the recent Bar Mitzvah of their son Shimon...
View ArticleParshat Chukas 5780: The Mystery of the Ritual of the Para Adumah
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Chukat is being sponsored by Dov and Bracha Moses of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a refuah shleima for Rachel bat Chaya Perel, Shmuel ben Rivka and...
View ArticleParshat Shelach and American Jewry in 5780
Parshat Shelach and American Jewry in 5780 by Moshe Burt This is a special D’var Torah on Parshat Shelach written due to the explosion of violence in the United States, allegedly due to the killing of...
View ArticleParshat Balak 5780: How Hashem Compels Bila’am’s Blessings and Why They...
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 5780: Reflecting on Pinchas and His Kehunah
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 ArticleParshiyot Matos-Masei 5780: Contrasting Shevatim Reuven and Gad and the...
Shalom Friends; Our Doubleheader Parshat HaShevua, Matos-Masei is being sponsored by Yosef Moshe and Chana Rosenberg of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in honor of Yosef Moshe’s Bar Mitzvah Parshiyot...
View ArticleParshat Devarim 5780: “B’eiver HaYardein” and Beginning Moshe’s Final Address...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShavua, Parshat Devarim is being sponsored by Ari and Rivka Stern of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in honor of their children and grandchildren — that they...
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