Parshat Vayeitzei 5777: Mitzvot as Actions, and a Paradigm of the Lengths...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayeitzei is being sponsored by Danny and Amy Michaels and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh Lilui Nishmas Danny’s father’s yartzheit – Reb Avraham Pinchas...
View ArticleParshat Vayishlach 5777: Yaakov’s Fear of Eisev and Not Taking for Granted...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayishlach is being sponsored by Tzvi and Shari Gherman and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of Vayishlach being Tzvi’s Bar Mitzvah Parsha. To the...
View ArticleParshat Vayeishev 5777: The National Danger from Envy, Anger, Hatred, and...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayeishev is being sponsored by Edo and Atara Lavi and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a complete Refuah Shleima for Yishaya Shalom ben Malka...
View ArticleChanukah 5777: Contrasting Chanukah and Purim, Spiritual and Physical — Then...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Chanukah vort is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch and family of Efrat lilui nishmas for the yarhtzeit of Avraham’s Mother Sarah Reitza bat Tzion bat Avram...
View ArticleParshat Mikeitz/Shabbos Chanukah 5777: The Perils of Assimilation in Chutz...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Mikeitz is being sponsored by Moshe and Lauren Pitzele and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of their son Yosef Shalom’s fourth birthday To the...
View ArticleParshat Vayigash 5777: Have We Learned and Internalized National Unity From...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayigash is being sponsored by Dr. Pinchas and Penina Klahr and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh lilui nishmas Pinchas’ father Nosson Karpel ben Shmuel...
View ArticleParshat Vayechi 5777: Yaakov/Yisrael; Progenitor of Am Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayechi is being co-sponsored by R’ Rafael and Vivianne Willig and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of the upcoming Bar Mitzvah of R’ Rafael’s...
View ArticleParshat Sh’mot 5777: Coalescing Accounts of the Evolution of Jewish...
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 5777: Hashem —“…Faithful to Exact Payment”
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Va’era is being sponsored by Binyamin and Tracy Skriloff and dedicated for a total, complete refuah shlaima for Binyamin’s neice Zeesa Baila...
View ArticleParshat Bo 5777: The Two Bloods — Bris Milah, Korban Pesach — a Paradigm...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Bo is being sponsored by Ayton and Ayelet Lefkowitz of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated Lilui Nishmas Ayton’s Grandmothers: Chana Michla bas Zeev...
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Amona and the “Regulation Law”: Another Yassamnik Expulsion!
Yassamnikim entering Amona As the cruel, merciless Yassamnikim descend upon Amona, I read this AM where the “Regulation Law” passed 2nd and 3rd readings in committee, but will not be voted on until...
View ArticleParshat Beshalach 5777: Future or Present Tense; One or Two Crossings of the...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Beshalach 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 ArticleParshat Yithro 5777: Teshuvah, Chesed and Wisdom — With Life’s Breath, It’s...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Yithro is being sponsored by Dr. Dov and Debbie Rosen and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for hatslocha for children of Ramat Beit...
View ArticleParshat Mishpatim 5777: The Placement of Sanhedrin Visa Vi The Beit Hamikdash
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Mishpatim is being sponsored by Baruch and Yaffa Swinkin and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated lilui nishmas for Baruch’s grandfather...
View ArticleLetter to President Trump
Dear President Trump; I am writing to you from Israel, where I have lived for the past 18 years, as one who voted for you via absentee ballot from Philadelphia, PA. Please understand that my prayers...
View ArticleParshat Terumah 5777: Man’s Intent, Will and Actions and The “Crown of a Good...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Terumah is being sponsored anonymously dedicated in memory of Shmuel Zainvel ben Baruch z”l. To the anonymous sponsor and family, blessings and...
View ArticleParshat Tetzaveh 5777: Purification of the Oil of Illumination — Its Meaning...
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Tetzaveh is being sponsored David and Tzippora Leichter of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a refuah shleima for Tamar Adina bat Kayna Shulamit...
View ArticlePurim 5777: Laying Groundwork for Redemptive Action — Then and Now
Shalom Friends; Our Purim vort is being co-sponsored by Shlomo and Shoshana Weis of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a refuah shleima for Rachel bat Chaya Perel and by an anonymous co-sponsor dedicated...
View ArticleParshat Ki Tisa 5777: Pleading from the Essence of the Soul
Shalom Friends; This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Ki Tisa is being sponsored Reuven and Socotta Shefi-gal of Moshav Aderet lilui nishmas Reuven’s Dad Rav Avraham Moshe ben Rav Elchanan Yochanan. To the...
View ArticleParshiyot Vayakhel/Pekudei 5777: Shabbos: Key to a Jew’s Faith in Hashem,...
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...
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