Parshat Tazria-Metzora 5781: The Link Between Loshen Hora (Sins of Speech)...
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 5781: The “Sent Goat” and The “Designated Man”
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua for Acharei Mot-Kedoshim is being sponsored by Dov and Lauren Greenberg and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of the birth during Pesach of their...
View ArticleParshat Emor 5781: Why Personal Blemishes Disqualify a Kohen from Active Avodah?
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 5781: Oppression and the “Tochocha”— The Admonition
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua for Behar/Bechukotai is being sponsored by Ron and Rena Rosenberg of Ramat Beit Shemesh and dedicated Lilui Nishmas for the Yahrtzeit of Rena’s Father,...
View ArticleParshat Bamidbar 5781: Another Look at Diversity Within a Common Goal — Unity...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShavua for Bamidbar is being sponsored anonymously. To our anonymous sponsor, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses. You can...
View ArticleParshat Shavu’ot 5781: Rus, Bo’az and the Genealogical Line to David HaMelech
Shalom Friends; Our Shavuot vort is being sponsored by David and Tzippora Leichter of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated lilui nishas his Grandmother, Sarah bat Yehuda.. To the Leichter family, many thanks...
View ArticleParshat Naso 5781: Wronging a Ger Tzeddik = Commission of “Treachery Toward...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua for Naso is being co-sponsored by R’ Moshe and Rachelle Lichtenstein dedicated for the refuah shleima of Tova Riva Lea bat Malka Sarah and uber ben...
View ArticleParshat Beha’aloscha 5781: Aaron HaKohen’s Constancy of Service, Paradigm for...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua for Beha’aloscha is being co-sponsored anonymously by two families from Ramat Beit Shemesh. One of the families dedicates the vort lilui nishmas their...
View ArticleParshat Shelach 5781: The Miraglim, Lag B’Omer Tragedy and Israeli Political...
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 5781: Israel’s Political/Governmental Malaise; Reminiscent of...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Korach 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 Chukas 5781: The Thirty-Eight Missing Years
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Chukas is sponsored anonymously and dedicated lilui nishmas HaRav Yehuda Leib HaKohen ben HaRav Moshe Shimon HaKohen and Miriam bat Reb Menachem Mendel...
View ArticleParshat Balak 5781: Who’s Fault was the Sin of the Ba’al Pe’or, Anyway?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Balak is co-sponsored by Shlomo and Shoshana Weis lilui nishmas Chaya Perel bas Chaim Mordechai and by an anonymous donor, both families from Ramat Beit...
View ArticleParshat Pinchas 5781: Why Pinchas Merited Eternal Kehunah?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Pinchas is sponsored by Rabbi Barak and Rebbetzin Saffer of Ramat Beit Shemesh to celebrate Barak’s Father: Reuven Tzadok ben Yisrael Tzvi Chaim on his...
View ArticleParshiyot Matos/Masei 5781: “Thorns in Your Eyes, Pins in Your Sides…. What I...
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 5781: Who Authored Sefer Devarim? Hashem or Moshe? Another Take.
Shalom Friends; Our Parshat HaShevua, Devarim is being sponsored by Matis and Marla Sklar of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in honor of the recent marriage of the daughter Dena to Eitan Ungar. To the...
View ArticleParshat Va’etchanan 5781: Why is K’riyat Shema a Foundational Mitzvah in...
Shalom Friends; Our Parshat HaShevua, Va’etchanan is being co-sponsored by Rabbi Raphael and Rebbetzin Vivianne Willig dedicated in honor of our dear friend Moshe Burt and by an anonymous donor...
View ArticleParshat Eikev 5781: Kindness, Appreciation and Gratefulness vs Ingrates and...
Shalom Friends; Our Parshat HaShevua, Eikev is being sponsored by Dov & Lauren Greenberg of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in honor of their son Moshe Yitzchak’s Bar Mitzvah. To the Greenberg family,...
View ArticleParshat Re’eh 5781: “Destroy, You Shall Destroy…”
Shalom Friends; Our Parshat HaShevua, Re’eh is being co-sponsored by Mordechai and Gila Bernstein of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for B’Ezrat Hashem the total end of the corona virus pandemic and all...
View ArticleParshat Shoftim 5781: Malchut, Governance When Foreigners Wield Governing Power?
Shalom Friends; Our Parshat HaShevua, Shoftim 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 also for a...
View ArticleParshat Ki Teitsei 5781: Moshe’s Call to “Zachor Amalek”— Why Here?
Shalom Friends; Our Parshat HaShevua, Ki Teitzei is being sponsored by Drs. David and Malka Blass of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a successful and healthy school year for all of the boys, girls,...
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