Parshat Vayeishev 5775: Yehudah’s Triumph Over His Yeitzer Hara – It’s...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayeishev is being sponsored by Yossie and Riki Leff of Ramat Beit Shemesh who wish hotslocha to their family. To Mishpochat Leff, many thanks for your...
View ArticleChanukah 5775: Finding Meaning in The Eight Miracles of Yosef, and that...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Chanukah vort is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch of Efrat who wish Kol Am Yisrael Chanukah Same’ach! To the Deutsch family, many thanks for your sponsorship...
View ArticleParshat Mikeitz/Shabbos Chanukah 5775: Assimilation and Complacency Breed...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Mikeitz is being sponsored by Moshe and Lauren Pitzele of Ramat Beit Shemesh, dedicated in honor of their son Yosef Shalom’s second birthday. To the...
View ArticleParshat Vayigash 5775: Yosef, the Brothers, Real Teshuvah and, Forming...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayigash is being sponsored by Daniel and Amy Michaels of Ramat Beit Shemesh, dedicated Lilui Nishmas the yarhtzeit of Daniel’s Father Reb Avraham...
View ArticleParshat Vayechi 5775: The “Closed Parshat “, Aborted Revelation and Onset of...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Vayechi is being sponsored by R’ Joel & Shelly Padowitz in wishing continued good health for R’ Chaim Zev Ben Kayla. To Mishpochat...
View ArticleParshat Sh’mot 5775: Self-Respect, or Lack Thereof, and the Evolution of...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Sh’mot 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 Va’eira 5775: HaKarat HaTov – Appreciation — in Mitzrayim and Before,...
Good Shabbos Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Va’era is being sponsored by Jonathan & Debbie Sassen of Ramat Beit Shemesh and dedicated to all who return their s’forim to their...
View ArticleParshat Bo 5775: The Two Bloods — Bris Milah, Korban Pesach — The Measure of...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Bo is being anonymously sponsored. To our anonymous sponsor, many thanks for your sponsorship, and your continued kindnesses. You can celebrate...
View ArticleParshat Beshalach 5775: Hashem vs the Prevailing Super-power, International...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Beshalach is being sponsored anonymously Lilui Nishmas Hillel ben Menachem Feldman. To our anonymous sponsor, many thanks for your sponsorship,...
View ArticleParshat Yithro 5775: Why Moshe Rabbeinu Can’t Adjudicate Am Yisrael Alone
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Yithro 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 ArticleURGENT: Arabs and OUR Children at Bus Stops
Yesterday, after leaving Kupat Cholim Macabee in the Ramat Beit Shemesh “aleph” shopping mall, around 4:45 PM, I encountered a situation which could have turned dangerous for some young school children...
View ArticleParshat Mishpatim 5775: Honesty and Morality, Modesty: Keys to Justice and...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Mishpatim is being sponsored by Paul and Suzanne Bregman of Ottawa, Ontario Lilui Nismas to honor the memory of Suzanne’s sister, Malka bat Avraham. To...
View ArticleParshat Terumah 5775: Pure Motivation and it’s Value in One’s Actions
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Terumah is being sponsored anonymously Lilui Nishmas HaRav Yehuda Leib ben HaRav Moshe Shimon HaKohen and Miriam bat Reb Menachem Mendel and Reb Avraham...
View ArticleParshat Tetzaveh 5775: Why No Mention of Moshe?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Tetzaveh is being sponsored by Ayton & Ayelet Lefkowitz and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh to honor the memory of Ayton’s grandmothers: Chana...
View ArticleWhy I am Endorsing and Voting Yachad on 17 March, 2015
Dear Friends; Most of you who know me here in Eretz Yisrael know me to be outspoken on many issues affecting Am Yisrael, Torah, our Divine right and legacy to, and sovereignty in Eretz Yisrael. In all...
View ArticlePurim 5775: Shabbos, the Tree and the Spoils
Shalom Friends; Our Purim vort is being sponsored by Dov & Lauren Greenberg and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of their daughter Shayna’s upcoming Bat Mitzvah on the 28th of Adar. To the...
View ArticleParshat Ki Tisa 5775: Rising Above Differences for the Sake of The Almighty
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Ki Tisa is being sponsored by Tzvi and Shari Gherman of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of their son Aharon Laib Shalom’s Bar Mitzvah. To the...
View ArticleParshiyot Vayakhel, Pekudei 5775: Shabbos, the Mishkan, Unity and the...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshiyot Vayakhel/Pekudei is being sponsored anonymously lilui nishmas Yitzhak Osher Ben Yaakov z”l. To our anonymous donor, many thanks for your...
View ArticleParshat Vayikra 5775: Korbonot, Prayer and Placement of Korbonot in Category...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayikra is being sponsored by Ari and Michal Gruen of Ramat Beit Shemesh and dedicated for a speedy, full and complete Refuah Shlaima for Chaim Yechiel...
View ArticleParshat Tzav 5775: Sparing a Fellow Jew Embarrassment By Way of Thought,...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Tzav is being co-sponsored by Rabbi Shimon and Sharon Isaacson of Ramat Beit Shemesh and Gidon and Devra Ariel of Yishuv Ma’alei Hever with both families...
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