Parshat Vayechi 5780: “Yaakov is Alive” — Relevance in the Moment?

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua — Parshat Vayechi 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

Parshat Vayigash 5780: Possible Reasons Why Yosef Doesn’t Contact Yaakov and His Brothers

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parsha Vayigash is being sponsored anonymously in honor of Avraham Sheffield for all of his wonderful service to the Aish Kodesh community. To the anonymous sponsor and family, blessings and 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

Chanukah/Parshat Mikeitz/Rosh Chodesh 5780: Chanukah and the Eight Miracles of Yosef’s Life

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Chanukah/Parshat Mikeitz/Rosh Chodesh 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 and Chodesh Tov! 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

Parshat Vayeishev 5780: “The Valley of Hevron”

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayeishev is being co-sponsored by Rabbi Elozer Dovid and Esty Gluck (Rabbi Elozer Dovid is Rosh Kollel of Kollel Misilot B’Halacha and Artist: Gedolim Paintings) dedicated as a Zechus for the success of their children and larger family and by Matt and Ilana Bornstein of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated dedicated Lilui Nishmas for HoRav Chaim Zev ben Avraham Aharon HaLevi (HoRav Chaim Zev Malinowitz, z”l who was niftar 23 Marcheshvan 5780). To the Gluck and Bornstein families, many thanks for your sponsorship and your continued kindnesses. read more

Parshat Vayishlach 5780: Yaakov’s Meeting/Confrontation with Eisev — Avoidable?

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

Parshat Vayeitzei 5780: Yaakov, Rachel and the Theft of Lavan’s “terafim”

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayeitzei is being sponsored by Moshe and Lauren Pitzele and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of their son Yosef Shalom’s seventh birthday which is in a couple of weeks. 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

Parshat Toldos 5780: Rivka, Yaakov and Possible Rationales and Consequence of Yaakov’s Bracha

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Toldos is being sponsored by Ben and Gina Fishman and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for the birth of their Granddaughter Ruchama Shayna to Rivka and Nadav Levine. To the Fishman 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 Chayei Sarah 5780: Avraham, the Cave of Machpeila and a Proper Burial for Sarah Imeinu

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Chayei Sarah is being sponsored by Yirmi and Rochelle Gold and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in Memory of Lilui Nishmas Yirmi’s Mother Baila bat Benyamin and dedicated for full, complete refuah shleima for Rav Chaim Zev ben Kayla (Rav Malinowitz). 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. read more

Parshat Vayeira 5780: Contrasting Avraham’s Struggle with Hashem Re: Sodom and Amora with His Silence Re: the Akeida

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Vayeira is being sponsored by Dr. David and Tamar Kallus and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for a total, complete refuah shleima for Rav Chaim Zev ben Kayla (Rabbi Malinowitz) and for Genessa Batya bat Hinda (Mrs. Sonnenberg). To the Kallus 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 Lech Lecha 5780: Avraham and the Covenant Between the Pieces

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Lech Lecha is being sponsored by Zev and Sarit Schonberg and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated as a Zechus for the success of their children, Aryeh, Akiva, Adina, Rachel and Yehuda. To the Schonberg 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