Rosh Hashana 5781: Shabbos, The Shofar, Satan and the Corona Pandemic

Shalom Friends;

Our Rosh Hashana 5781 Vort is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch of Efrat wth Special ’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 continued kindnesses. Avraham and Miriam, may you know only simcha, success, good health, nachas from your children, and only good things in the year to come and in all years to at least 120!

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Parshat Ki Tavo 5780: Aliyah — The Answer to the Slandering of the Jews by the Nations Throughout History, and Today

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Ki Tavo is being sponsored anonymously and dedicated L’ilui Nishmas for Sima bat Avraham and Bracha bat Shlomo. To our anonymous sponsor and family, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses.

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Parshat Ki Teitsei 5780: Unthinkable Conduct, Now the New Normal?

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Ki Teitzei is being co-sponsored by Rabbi Tully and Hindy Bryks of Ramat Beit Shemesh and dedicated L’ilui Nishmas for Hindy’s Dad, Moshe Zev Ben Yosef (Marty Ginsberg) z”l. This author also dedicates this Parshat HaShevua Ki Teitzei in honor of all in the Ramat Beit Shemesh “Alef” community who have helped him and all other senior citizens during this Chinese corona virus pandemic. To the Bryks family, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses. read more

Parshat Shoftim 5780: The Irei Miklat and the Eternality of Halacha vs Man’s Sovereign Law

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Shoftim is sponsored by Matt and Ilana Bornstein of Ramat Beit Shemesh and dedicated in honor of their son Yitzchak’s Bar Mitzvah. To the Bornstein 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 Re’eh 5780: The Navi Sheker and the Ir Hanidachat

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Re’eh is co-sponsored by Rabbi Mordechai and Gila Bernstein dedicated for B’Ezrat Hashem, the end of the corona virus pandemic and by Yechiel and Tova Nussbaum dedicated Lilui Nishmas for Yechiel’s Father Yeshaya ben Efraim Fishel. Both families are from Ramat Beit Shemesh. To the Bernstein and Nussbaum families, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses.

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Parshat Eikev 5780: The “Unimportant” Small Details

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Eikev is sponsored by Dov and Lauren Greenberg of Ramat Beit Shemesh and dedicated in honor of their son Moshe Yitzchak’s twelfth birthday. To the Greenberg 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’etchanan 5780: Possible Alternative Reasons for the Divine Decree Denying Moshe Entry into Eretz Yisrael

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Va’etchanon is sponsored anonymously and dedicated for Refuah Shleima for all of the cholim. To our anonymous sponsor, 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 Devarim 5780: “B’eiver HaYardein” and Beginning Moshe’s Final Address and Rebuke

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShavua, Parshat Devarim is being sponsored by Ari and Rivka Stern of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in honor of their children and grandchildren — that they should all be matzliyach to do the Ratzon Hashem and for a refuah shleima for all of the cholim. To the Stern family, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses and good wishes.

You can celebrate a Simcha — a birth, a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, a Chassuna or other Simcha event in your life, or commemorate 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

Parshiyot Matos-Masei 5780: Contrasting Shevatim Reuven and Gad and the Daughters of Tzelaphchad

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 Matos-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

Parshat Pinchas 5780: Reflecting on Pinchas and His Kehunah

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Pinchas is sponsored by Rabbi Joel and Shelly Padowitz and dedicated for a full and complete Refuah Shleima for Joel’s Grandfather, Yissachar ben Hindl. 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