Parshat Tazria-Metzora 5783: How Each of the Two Parshiyot Parallels the Other

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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

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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

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Parshat Tzav 5783a: Connecting the Kohen’s Training in Avodah, Continuous Fire on the Mizbeiyach With Sheva Brachot

by Moshe Burt

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) read more

Dayenu 5783: Parallels in History — Liberation from Persecution and Bondage in Mitzrayim and Israel’s Modern-Day Nationhood

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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

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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?”

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Shabbos Vayakhel/Pikudei 5783 — 18 March, 2023

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. read more

Parshat Vayikra 5783: Breaking Down a Posuk — The Switch from Singular to Plural

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Dear Friends;

This year’s Parshat Vayikra vort is being sponsored by Benyamin and Tracy Skriloff and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for the good health and security of kol Am Yisrael. To the Skriloff 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

ParshatVayakhel-Pekudei 5783: Vayakhel – More In-Depth, And the Why of “Mishkan, Mishkan”

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Shalom Friends;

This year’s Parshiyot Vayakhel/Pekudei vort is being sponsored by Steven and Debra Glanz and family of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated to their children for Hotslocha this year in all of their endeavors. To the Glanz 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 KiTisa 5783: Aaron’s Read on the Situation, His Actions Regarding the Chet HaEigel, and Why Moshe’s Anger with Him was Mistaken

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Shalom Friends;

Our Parshat Ki Tisa vort is being sponsored by Dov and Lauren Greenberg of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in honor of their children and granddaughter. To Mishpochat Greenberg, 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

Purim 5783: The Extension of Achasveirosh’s Scepter and Hashem’s Total Mastery of the World

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Shalom Friends;

Our Purim vort is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch of Efrat dedicated for the Chayalim – may they maintain their health and spirit. To Mishpochat Deutsch, 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