Rosh Hashana 5782: Coronation of Hashem as Our King and Creator of All — Here We Go Again??

Shalom Friends;

Our Rosh Hashana vort is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch of Efrat who dedicate Special L’Shana Tova wishes for our brethren, the former residents of Gush Katif, as well as wishing Zahal and Kol Am Yisrael L’Shana Tova! To the Deutsch family, many thanks for your sponsorship and your continued kindnesses.

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Parshat Nitzavim 5781: The Eternality of the Nitzavim Covenant for All Jews?

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua for Nitzavim being sponsored by Jack and Chana Kaminker of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated Lilui Nishmas Jack’s Father Aryeh Shlomo Leib ben Elyakim. To the Kaminker 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 (or as the case may be, co-sponsoring) a Parshat HaShevua.
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Parshat Ki Tavo 5781: The Spirit of the Torah-Inscribed Stones at Our Border and at Gilgal?

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua for Ki Tavo being sponsored by Binyamin and Tracy Skriloff of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated to Tracy’s parents Seymour and Leslie Ratner. To the Skriloff 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 (or as the case may be, co-sponsoring) a Parshat HaShevua. read more

Parshat Ki Teitsei 5781: Moshe’s Call to “Zachor Amalek” — Why Here?

Shalom Friends;

Our Parshat HaShevua, Ki Teitzei is being sponsored by Drs. David and Malka Blass of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a successful and healthy school year for all of the boys, girls, young men and young women of the community. To the Blass 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

Parshat Shoftim 5781: Malchut, Governance When Foreigners Wield Governing Power?

Shalom Friends;

Our Parshat HaShevua, Shoftim is being sponsored by Dov and Bracha Moses of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated Lilui Nishmas for Dov’s Father, Avraham ben Chaim Mordechai, z”l, and also for a refuah shleima for Rachel bat Chaya Perel and Shmuel ben Rivka. 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

Parshat Re’eh 5781: “Destroy, You Shall Destroy…”

Shalom Friends;

Our Parshat HaShevua, Re’eh is being co-sponsored by Mordechai and Gila Bernstein of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for B’Ezrat Hashem the total end of the corona virus pandemic and all like viruses, and by an anonymous co-sponsor lilui nismas Devorah bat Yechiel Michel Of Blessed Memory. Both co-sponsors live in Ramat Beit Shemesh. To the Bernstein family and to our anonymous co-sponsor, many thanks for your co-sponsorships 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

Parshat Eikev 5781: Kindness, Appreciation and Gratefulness vs Ingrates and Usury?

Shalom Friends;

Our Parshat HaShevua, Eikev is being sponsored by Dov & Lauren Greenberg of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in honor of their son Moshe Yitzchak’s Bar Mitzvah. To the Greenberg 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.

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Parshat Va’etchanan 5781: Why is K’riyat Shema a Foundational Mitzvah in Judaism?

Shalom Friends;

Our Parshat HaShevua, Va’etchanan is being co-sponsored by Rabbi Raphael and Rebbetzin Vivianne Willig dedicated in honor of our dear friend Moshe Burt and by an anonymous donor dedicated lilui nishmas for Tila bat Yerachmiel. Both co-sponsors are from Ramat Beit Shemesh. To the Willig family and to our anonymous sponsor, many thanks for your co-sponsorships 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

Parshat Devarim 5781: Who Authored Sefer Devarim? Hashem or Moshe? Another Take.

Shalom Friends;

Our Parshat HaShevua, Devarim is being sponsored by Matis and Marla Sklar of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in honor of the recent marriage of the daughter Dena to Eitan Ungar. To the Sklar 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.

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Parshiyot Matos/Masei 5781: “Thorns in Your Eyes, Pins in Your Sides…. What I had Meant to Do to Them, I Shall Do to You.”

Shalom Friends;

Our Doubleheader Parshat HaShevua, Matos-Masei is being sponsored by Yosef Moshe and Chana Rosenberg of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in honor of Yosef Moshe’s Bar Mitzvah Parshiyot Matot/Masei and for the health and well-being of their children and family . To the Rosenberg 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