Dayenu 5775: “Being There” at the Pesach Seder and Relating Today’s...
Shalom Friends; Our Pesach vort is being sponsored by Benjamin and Gina Fishman and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a Refuah Shlaima for Rivka Nechama bat Gittel Yehudis. To the Fishman...
View ArticleParshat Shemini 5775: Arrogance and Subjective Arbitrariness –Then and Now
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Shemini is sponsored by Donny and Elisheva Fein in honor of the 25th anniversary of Donny’s Bar Mitzvah: Parshat Shemini. To the Fein family,...
View ArticleParshiyot Tazria, Metzora 5775: Tzara’as, the Metzora and the “Meeting...
Shalom Friends; Our Parshiyot HaShevua Tazria, Metzora is being sponsored by Steven and Debra Glanz of Ramat Beit Shemesh and dedicated for a speedy, full and complete Refuah Shlaima for Chaim Yechiel...
View ArticleParshiyot Acharei Mos, Kedoshim 5775: The Kohen Gadol: Paradigm for B’nai...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua, Parshiyot Acharei Mos/Kedoshim is being sponsored by David and Julie Morris of Ramat Beit Shemesh Lilui Nishmas theYarhtzeit of Julie’s Mother’s...
View ArticleBaruch Dayan Emet: Hespid for my Mother Claire Burt: Chaya bat Zalman
Niferet 11 April, 2015, 22 Nissan 5775 I’ve learned, and written a great deal about Aaron HaKohen Godol’s constancy of service in the Mishkan, the Ohel Mo’ed, the Tent of Meeting in Bamidbar, the...
View ArticleParshat Emor 5775: The Kohanim: Paradigm of Spiritual Unity, Constancy of...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Emor is being co-sponsored by R’ Mordechai & Gila Bernstein who wish a full, complete refuah shleima for Chaim Yechiel ben Malka (Rothman),...
View ArticleParshat Behar 5775; Thoughts on Shemittah, the Ultimate Sovereign of Eretz...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua, Parshat Behar is being sponsored by Loren and Sora Deetza Spigelman of Ramat Beit Shemesh who wish a full, complete refuah shleima for Chaim Yechiel...
View ArticleParshat Bechukotai 5775: The Perils of the Tochochah Today, and Our Failure...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua, Parshat Bechukotai is being sponsored by Dr. Pinchas and Pnina Klahr of Ramat Beit Shemesh Lilui Nishmas for Nasan Karpel ben Shmuel Zanvil Tzvi and...
View ArticleParsha Bamidbar 5775: Diversity Within Unity of National Purpose in Our Time
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Bamidbar is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch of Efrat in commemoration of the Yahrtzeit of Avraham’s parents, Mordechai ben Avraham Aba and...
View ArticleShavu’ot 5775: Ruth, and Her Legacy: Dovid HaMelech and the Ge’ulah Shleima
Shalom Friends; Our Shavuot vort is being sponsored by Daniel and Amy Michaels of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of the upcoming Chassuna of Aharon and Sheina. To the Michaels family, many thanks for your...
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Rabbi Moshe Levinger z”l and His Connection of Am Yisrael with Eretz Yisrael
by Moshe Burt I was saddened to wake up this morning, Sunday, 17 May, 2015 — 28 Iyyar, 5775 to hear the news that Rabbi Moshe Levinger z”l had passed away at age 80. We all know of R’ Moshe’s immense...
View ArticleParshat Naso 5775: The Nazir, and Lessons of Nazirut for Our Times
Shalom Friends; Our Parshat HaShevua Naso is being sponsored anonymously in Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of all the teachers and gabbaim in the community who serve the community with honor and...
View ArticleParshat Beha’aloscha 5775 — Aaron HaKohen’s Enthusiasm and Constancy of...
Shalom Friends; Our Parshat HaShevua Beha’aloscha is being sponsored by Dr. Dov & Debbie Rosen of Ramat Beit Shemesh with a wish for hatslocha for the children of RBS. To the Rosen family, many...
View ArticleParshat Shelach 5775: Modern-Day Sequels to Distortions of the Miraglim, and...
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 5775: Lessons for Today from Korach, Two Wives and the...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Korach is being co-sponsored anonymously L’ilui Nishmas for the Yahrtzeit of Aharon ben Yosef z”l as well as by R’ Barak and Sarah Schecter...
View ArticleParshat Chukas 5775: Chukim, Tradition and Jewish History
Shalom Friends; Parshat Chukas is being co-sponsored by Rabbi Harry and Judith Greenspan of Ramat Beit Shemesh, in memory of their parents, Falik ben Hertske, Miriam Ella bat Yisrael Eliezer HaCohen...
View ArticleParshat Balak 5775: Arrogance and Bias and the Modern-Day Bila’ams Within
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Balak is being sponsored by Dov & Bracha Moses of Ramat Beit Shemesh for a Refuah Shlaima to Bracha’s sister, Yehudit bat Chaya Perel and to her...
View ArticleParshat Pinchas 5775: A Fine Legal Point?
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Pinchas is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch of Efrat in honor of our brave chayalim. To the Deutsch family, many thanks for your sponsorship...
View ArticleParshiyot Matos/Masei 5775: Accepting Moshe as Hashem’s Annointed Leader and...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshiyot HaShevua Matos/Masei is being sponsored by David and Julie Morris of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a refuah shaleima, quickly and completely, for Moshe Burt...
View ArticleParshat Devarim 5775: Taking Beit Medrash Learning and Spirituality and...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Parshat Devarim is being sponsored by Edo and Atara Lavi of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a full, complete refuah shleima for Yishaya Shalom ben...
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