Parshat Korach 5782: Primacy of Chochma Over Da’at

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Korach is being sponsored by Dr. David and Malka Blass of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in honor of the recent 7th yahrtzeit of Shlomo ben Dovid (Mr. Saul Hirsh z”l). To the Blass family, many thanks for your sponsorship and continued kindness.

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 (or as the case may be, co-sponsoring) a Parshat HaShevua. read more

Parshat Shelach 5782: The Miraglim and Today’s Feckless, Egotistical Israeli Governance

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 Behar family, many thanks for your sponsorship and continued kindness.

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 Beha’aloscha 5782: The Story Behind Miriam’s Affliction

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Beha’aloscha is being co-sponsored by Yehudah and Tamara Nyssen and family and by Shlomo and Shoshana Weis, both families from Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated… . To the Nyssens and Weis’, many thanks for your co-sponsorships 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 Naso/Shavuot 5782: The Naso/Shavuot Link

Shalom Friends;

Our Parsha Naso/Shavuot vort is being sponsored by David and Tzippora Leichter of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated lilui nishmas his Grandmother, Sarah bat Yehuda.. To the Leichter 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.

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 Bamidbar 5782: The Significance of Sefer Bamidbar

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Bamidbar is being sponsored by Rabbi Joel & Shelly Padowitz and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated Lilui Nishmas for Joel’s grandfather Yissachar ben Moshe. To the Padowitz 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 Bechukotai 5782: “Im Bechukotai Teileichu — If You Will Go in My Statutes”

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Bechukotai is being co-sponsored by Mordechai and Gila Bernstein and family dedicated for the engagement of their son Aryeh Leib, and by Yechiel and Tova Nussbaum, both families from Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for B’Ezrat Hashem the total end of the corona virus pandemic and all like viruses and variants. To the Bernsteins and Nussbaums, many thanks for your co-sponsorships 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 Behar 5782: Understanding Ona’at Devarim — Verbal Oppression

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Behar is being sponsored by Ron and Rena Rosenberg and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated Lilui Nishmas for the upcoming 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 5782: Why the Grammatical Loshen of “Emor?”

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Emor is 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 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. read more

A Timely Thought for Pesach 5782 From Rav Binyamin Kahane, z”l

A Timely Thought for Pesach 5782 From Rav Binyamin Kahane, z”l

In light of the rioting on Har HaBayit, in the Old City of Jerusalem and in various locations throughout Israel in recent days by Arabs and Israeli Arabs, this thought from Rav Binyamin Kahane, z”l is most timely.

Hat tip to Lenny Goldberg

A Frightening Thought

“For not only one has risen to destroy us but rather in every single generation they arise to destroy us”

This is a famous verse in the Haggadah and makes a great song, too…. Listen to what Rav Binyamin Kahane writes about this in the Haggadah of the Jewish Idea: read more

Parshat Kedoshim 5782: Hashem’s Special Deviation From Norm — Torah’s Fundamental Lessons

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Kedoshim is being sponsored by Dr. Edo and Atara Lavi and family of Baltimore, Md. dedicated 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.

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