Watch this video linked below. The point of this movie plot, particularly from about the 48th minute, exemplifies what Judicial Reform in Israel is ALL About!
Parshiyot Behar-Bechukotai 5783: Regulations and Exception Regarding Land Sale, Brachot and the Tochacha
Shalom Friends;
This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Behar/Bechukotai is being sponsored by Ron and Rena Rosenberg of Ramat Beit Shemesh and dedicated Lilui Nishmas for the Yahrtzeit of Rena’s Father, Baruch Yecheskal ben Yaakov HaLevi. To the Rosenberg family, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses.
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Parshat Emor 5783: Marriages Prohibited to a Kohen
Shalom Friends;
This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Emor is being 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 sponsor, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses.
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Parshat Acharei Mos-Kedoshim 5783: How the Parshiyot Parallel Each Other in Continuity
Shalom Friends;
This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Acharei Mot – Kedoshim is being sponsored by Jack and Chana Kaminker and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh Lilui Nishmas Jack’s Father Aryeh Shlomo Leib ben Elyakim. To the Kaminker family, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses.
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Parshat Tazria-Metzora 5783: How Each of the Two Parshiyot Parallels the Other
Shalom Friends;
This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Tazria/Metzora is being sponsored by Dr. Edo and Atara Lavi and family 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.
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Parshat Shemini 5783: Aaron’s Hesitancy to Approach the Mizbeiyach
Shalom Friends;
This week, our Parshat HaShevua, Parshat Shemini is dedicated lilui nishmas for the yahrtzeit of my mother, Chana bat Zalman who was niftar on 22 Nissan) 5775.
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Parshat Tzav 5783a: Connecting the Kohen’s Training in Avodah, Continuous Fire on the Mizbeiyach With Sheva Brachot
Hashem instructs Moshe to command Aaron and his sons, during their seven days of training, concerning their ongoing role in the Mishkan’s sacrificial rites.
“You shall not leave the entrance of the Mishkan for seven days, until the day when your days of inauguration are completed: for you shall be inaugurated for a seven-day period.” (Sefer Vayikra 8:33 rendered to English in the Artscroll Stone Chumash)
Dayenu 5783: Parallels in History — Liberation from Persecution and Bondage in Mitzrayim and Israel’s Modern-Day Nationhood
Shalom Friends;
This year’s Pesach vort is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch and family of Efrat dedicated lilui nishmas for his Father: Mordechai ben Avraham Aba and Sara and for his Mother: Sara Rotza bat Tzion bat Avraham Yaakov and Chaya Leah. To the Deutsch family, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses.
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Parshat Tzav 5783: The Why of Earned Roles and Rights Relating to the Kehuna vs Inheritance by Birth
Dear Friends;
This year’s Parshiyot Tzav vort is being sponsored by Mutti and Michelle Frankel and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated Lillui Nismas Michele’s grandmother, Sandy Kramer’s mother Rachel (Rose) Bat Aharon Kahn. To the Frankel family, many thanks for your sponsorship and for your continued kindnesses.
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Mesechta Avodah Zora: “The Designated Man,” and the He-Goat to Azazel “Prohibited for Benefit?”
I want to heartily thank David Kallus for fitting me in to the Chabura schedule for this Siyum: Big-Time Mega-Dittos Tizke L’Mitzvot! I also want to thank David Leichter for the time when he gave the Daf HaShavua shiur on Mondays and Thursdays. Very much in mind as I give this Siyum is HaRav Chaim Zev ben Avraham Aharon HaLevi, Zt’l, my Rav, whose wisdom and insights have impacted my life. And HaRav Avishai David and Rabbi Binyamin Jacobson have also provided great insights for all of us. A special thanks to Rabbi Jacobson and to Tully Bryks for their feedback regarding my talk. The Piaseczna Rebbe – HaRav Kalman Menachem Shapira and HaRav Chayim Soloveichik have also provided great insights. Many thanks to Rabbi Hillel Horowitz for printing out for me the final piece of Gemara in large print and vowelized. Similarly, many thanks to Danny Michaels for printing out this talk. Lest I forget to recognize and express deepest appreciation for my many friends in Ramat Beit Shemesh who show the world what Kindness, Chessed and Hachnasat Orchim are all about. And many thanks to all of you who have joined me today, as well as all who have a part in sponsoring this Kiddush.