Parshat Tetzaveh 5774: Extracting Pure Oil and Nurturing the Speech, Actions, Intent and Elevation of a Pure Jew

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 Michla bas Zeev Yitzchak and Miriam bas Avraham, both of blessed memory. To the Lefkowitz 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

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Parshat Terumah 5774: Hashem’s Dwelling(s) and the “Crown of a Good Name”

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Terumah is being sponsored anonymously lilui nishmas Yitzchak Osher ben Yaakov. To our anonymous donor, 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.

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Parshat Mishpatim 5774: Morality, Modesty: Keys to Justice and Unbaised Judgement — by Judges and by Us

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Mishpatim is being sponsored by Dov and Bracha Moses and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh to wish continued refuah shlaima to their son Amitai Yaakov ben Bracha and refuah shlaima to Bracha’s Mother, Chaya Perel bat Rivka. To the Moses 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

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Parshat Yithro 5774: Yithro’s Merit of Parsha Name, Place Amongst B’nai Yisrael?

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Yithro is being sponsored by Nachum and Michal Kligman and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh to wish Hotslocha to their son Moshe Shlomo ben Michal. To the Kligman 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

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Parshat Beshalach 5774: In Search of Moshe’s Leadership Paradigm of Inspiration, Unity, Empathy

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat 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 birthday on 14th Sh’vat and the Yarhtzeit on the 10th of Sh’vat of the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe, The Freidiker Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson zy’a. To the Braun 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

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Parshat Bo 5774: The Two Bloods — Bris Milah, Korban Pesach and Their Message to B’nai Yisrael in Our Times?

Good Shabbos Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua is being sponsored by Mutti & Michelle Frankel and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of their son Bentzi’s 11th birthday. 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.

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Parshat Va’eira 5774: HaKarat HaTov – Appreciation — in Mitzrayim, and Toward Our Fellow Jews

Shalom Friends;

Parshat Va’eira is being 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, Nachum ben Yosef and Janet bat Henry, all of blessed memory. To Mishpochat Greenspan, 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 aYahrtzeit of a loved one, or for whatever other reason by sponsoring a Parshat HaShevua. read more

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Parshat Sh’mot 5774: Self-Respect, Respect for Fellow Jews and The Evolution of Jewish Enslavement — Then (in Mitzrayim), and Now?

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 Aharon. To Mishpochat Gross, many thanks for your sponsorship, your kindnesses through the years in helping facilitate Sefer Torah recycling 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

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Parshat Vayechi 5774: “Yaakov is Alive” for “His Descendents are Alive” — Perfect and as One

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayechi is being sponsored anonymously in the merit of Kol B’nai Yisrael. To our anonymous sponsor, 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 be in contact with me with any questions, or for further details. read more

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Parshat Vayigash 5774: Yosef, the Brothers, Real Teshuvah and, Our Connection to Our Roots Today?

by Moshe Burt

Every so often, over the past 8 1/2 years since the expulsion of our brethren from their homes and neighborhoods in Gush Katif and the 4 Shomron towns, there is a piece on one of the news sites, or one of our brethren receives an email voicing regret from someone who either previously supported the expulsion or who sat on their hands and did nothing, and who now would express contrition and beg forgiveness from their evicted brethren in the hope of either clearing their personal consciences, or sincerely seek peace within Am Yisrael. read more

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