Parshat Bamidbar 5783: Why was Torah Given in Bamidbar and Why Introspection Before Shavuot?

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Bamidbar is being sponsored by Pesach and Ann Chapler of Ramat Beit Shemesh and dedicated for a total, complete, refuah Shleima for Yosef Azriel ben Chaya Michal. . To the Chapler family, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses.

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Parshiyot Behar-Bechukotai 5783: Regulations and Exception Regarding Land Sale, Brachot and the Tochacha

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, 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, Baruch Yecheskal ben Yaakov HaLevi. To the Rosenberg family, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses.

You can celebrate a Simcha — a birth, a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, a Chassuna or other Simcha event in your life, or commemorate a Yahrtzeit of a loved one, or for whatever other reason by sponsoring a Parshat HaShevua. read more

Parshat Emor 5783: Marriages Prohibited to a Kohen

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Emor is being sponsored anonymously and dedicated Lilui Nishmas HaRav Yehuda Leib HaKohen ben HaRav Moshe Shimon HaKohen and Miriam bat Reb Menachem Mendel and Reb Zev Avraham ben Shlomo and wife Sima. To our anonymous sponsor, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses.

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Parshat Acharei Mos-Kedoshim 5783: How the Parshiyot Parallel Each Other in Continuity

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Acharei Mot – Kedoshim is being sponsored by Jack and Chana Kaminker and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh Lilui Nishmas Jack’s Father Aryeh Shlomo Leib ben Elyakim. To the Kaminker family, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses.

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Parshat Tazria-Metzora 5783: How Each of the Two Parshiyot Parallels the Other

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Tazria/Metzora is being sponsored by Dr. Edo and Atara Lavi and family Lilui Nishmas for the Yahrtzeit of Atara’s Father Eliezer Chaim ben Shlomo Zalman. To the Lavi family, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses.

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Parshat Shemini 5783: Aaron’s Hesitancy to Approach the Mizbeiyach

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Shemini is dedicated lilui nishmas for the yahrtzeit of my mother, Chana bat Zalman who was niftar on 22 Nissan) 5775.

You can celebrate a Simcha — a birth, a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, a Chassuna or other Simcha event in your life, or commemorate a Yahrtzeit of a loved one, or for whatever other reason by sponsoring a Parshat HaShevua.

Please forward to your relatives and friends and encourage them to sponsor a Parshat HaShevua. And please be in contact with me with any questions, or for further details. read more

Parshat Tzav 5783a: Connecting the Kohen’s Training in Avodah, Continuous Fire on the Mizbeiyach With Sheva Brachot

Parshat Tzav 5783a: Connecting the Kohen’s Training in Avodah, Continuous Fire on the Mizbeiyach With Sheva Brachot

by Moshe Burt

Hashem instructs Moshe to command Aaron and his sons, during their seven days of training, concerning their ongoing role in the Mishkan’s sacrificial rites.

“You shall not leave the entrance of the Mishkan for seven days, until the day when your days of inauguration are completed: for you shall be inaugurated for a seven-day period.” (Sefer Vayikra 8:33 rendered to English in the Artscroll Stone Chumash) read more

Dayenu 5783: Parallels in History — Liberation from Persecution and Bondage in Mitzrayim and Israel’s Modern-Day Nationhood

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 Mother: Sara Rotza bat Tzion bat Avraham Yaakov and Chaya Leah. To the Deutsch family, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses.

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Parshat Tzav 5783: The Why of Earned Roles and Rights Relating to the Kehuna vs Inheritance by Birth

Dear Friends;

This year’s Parshiyot Tzav vort is being sponsored by Mutti and Michelle Frankel and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated Lillui Nismas Michele’s grandmother, Sandy Kramer’s mother Rachel (Rose) Bat Aharon Kahn. To the Frankel family, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses.

You can celebrate a Simcha — a birth, a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, a Chassuna or other Simcha event in your life, or commemorate a Yahrtzeit of a loved one, or for whatever other reason by sponsoring a Parshat HaShevua. read more