Parshat Mikeitz/Shabbos Chanukah 5777: The Perils of Assimilation in Chutz L’Aretz vs Aliya

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 Pitzele family, many thanks for your sponsorship and your continued kindnesses.

Friends, 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

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Chanukah 5777: Contrasting Chanukah and Purim, Spiritual and Physical — Then and Now

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 Yaakov and to wish Kol Am Yisrael Chanukah Same’ach! To the Deutsch family, many thanks for your sponsorship and your continued kindnesses.

Friends, 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

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Parshat Vayeishev 5777: The National Danger from Envy, Anger, Hatred, and Agendization

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 (Blass). To the Lavi family, many thanks for your sponsorship and 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

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Parshat Vayishlach 5777: Yaakov’s Fear of Eisev and Not Taking for Granted One’s “Merit”, or the Word of Man

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 Gherman family, many thanks for your sponsorship and 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.

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

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Parshat Vayeitzei 5777: Mitzvot as Actions, and a Paradigm of the Lengths Travelled to Perform Them

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 ben Yoel Meir. To the Michaels family, many thanks for your sponsorship and 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

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Parshat Toldos 5777: On the Tefillot of Yitzchak and Rivka for Offspring

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Toldos is being sponsored by Dov and Bracha Moses and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh Lilui Nishmas Bracha’s sister Yehudit bat Meir Moshe and refuah shlaima to Rachel bat Chaya Perel and Dov’s father Avraham ben Rifka. To the Moses family, many thanks for your sponsorship and 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

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Parshat Chayei Sarah 5777: Another Take on Sarah Imeinu’s Age Upon Passing

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Chayei Sarah is being sponsored by Eliyahu and Shuli Gherman and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of the marriage of their daughter Shifra to Yosef Orlian. To the Gherman family, many thanks for your sponsorship and 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

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Parshat Vayeira 5777: Hashem’s Bikur Cholim, Avraham’s Hochnasat Orchim — Models for Contemporary Israel

Shalom Friends;

Our Parshat HaShevua, Vayeira is sponsored by Yossie and Ester Sussman and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh who would like to dedicate this Parshat HaShevua to “a fellow named Moshe Burt: May HaKodosh Borchu bentch him with a happy and healthy year.” To the Sussman family, many thanks for your sponsorship and 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

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Parshat Lech Lecha 5777: Avraham Avinu’s Aliyah and Our Times Compelling the Jews’ En-Masse Return Home to Eretz Yisrael

Shalom Friends;

Our Parshat HaShevua, Lech Lecha is sponsored by Yirmi and Rochelle Gold and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh who dedicate this vort to all Olim who now live in Eretz Yisrael. To the Gold family, many thanks for your sponsorship and 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.

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

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Parshat No’ach 5777: No’ach, the Avos and Analogy with Shabbos and the Yomim Tovim

Shalom Friends;

Our Parshat HaShevua, Noach is sponsored by Mutti and Michelle Frankel and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of their daughter Devorah Rachel’s birthday Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan. To the Frankel family, many thanks for your sponsorship and 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

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