Parshat Matos 5779: Why Does Moshe Include Half of Shevet Menashe With Shevatim Reuven and Gad on the East Side of the Yarden?

Shalom Friends;

Our Parshat HaShevua, Matot 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 wellbeing of their children and family . To the Rosenberg family, many thanks for your sponsorship and your continued kindnesses.

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Parshat Pinchas 5779: Bila’am’s Plots, the Merit of Pinchas and Modern-Day “Misleading Ideology”

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.

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Parshat Balak 5779: Bila’am and Our Ongoing Battle Between Spirituality and Secularism

Shalom Friends;

Our Parshat HaShevua, Balak is sponsored jointly by Mutti and Michelle Frankel and Tuvia and Chana Frankel of Ramat Beit Shemesh in honor of their son/brother Eliyahu’s Birthday. To the Frankel 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 Chukas 5779: The Para Adumah — Paradigm of Chukim Forming a Basis for Man’s Emunah, Loyalty to and Relationship with Hashem

Shalom Friends;

Parshat Chukas is being sponsored by Ron and Rena Rosenberg of Ramat Beit Shemesh, dedicated Lilui Nishmas for the recent Yahrtzeit of Rena’s Father, Baruch Yecheskal ben Yaakov HaLevi. 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 Korach 5779: The Disputants Against Moshe and Aaron — L’Sheim Shemayim, or Not? Unifying or Conflictive?

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Korach is being sponsored by Loren and Sora Deetza Spigelman of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated in honor of their daughter Tzivie’s graduation from high school. To the Spigelman family, many thanks for your sponsorship and continued kindness.

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 Shelach 5779: The Miraglim, Protocol, Intelligence vs Opinion and Today’s Battle for the Jewish Soul

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua Sh’lach is being sponsored by Dr. Eli and Miri Behar of Ramat Beit Shemesh L’ilui Nishmas for the Yahrtzeit of Yerachmiel Meir ben Nissim Avraham. To the Behar family, many thanks for your sponsorship and continued kindness.

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 Beha’aloscha 5779: The Inverted Hebrew Letter Nuns — Buffer Between Tragic Events

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua for Beha’aloscha is being sponsored by Avraham and Miriam Deutsch and family of Efrat dedicated for good health for our Chayalim and for refuah shleima for the Cholim of our community: including Atara Tziona bat Shulamit Gila (Gherman) and Tanya Aviv bas Sarah (Stein).

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Parshat Naso and Shavu’ot 5779: The Nazir, the Kohen and Shavuot

Shalom Friends;

This week, our vort for Parshat HaShevua Naso/Shavu’ot is being sponsored by David and Tzippora Leichter of Ramat Beit Shemesh dedicated for refuah shleima for the Cholim of our community. To the Leichter 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 Bamidbar 5779: The Census — Method of the Count?, Context in Formation of Encampment

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua for Bamidbar is being co-sponsored jointly by R’ Raphael and Vivianne Willig dedicated Lilui Nishmas for the Yahrtzeit for Rafi’s grandmother Ella bat R’ Dovid HaKohen, and R’ Avraham and Elana Lewis — both co-sponsors are from Ramat Beit Shemesh. To the Willig and Lewis families, 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 Bechukotai 5779: The Tochochah and Casualness, Stubbornness or Indifference

Shalom Friends;

This week, our Parshat HaShevua for Bechukotai is being sponsored by Dr. Pinchas and Penina Klahr of Ramat Beit Shemesh Lilui Nishmas for Pinchas’ parents: Nosson Karpel ben Shmuel Zanvil Tzvi and Pessia Toiba bat Rav Yehuda Dov and Penina’s dad – Rav Matisyohu ben Rav Yaakov (Weisenberg). To the Klahr 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