Verse 37:1 - וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב יַעֲקֹ֔ב בְּאֶ֖רֶץ מְגוּרֵ֣י אָבִ֑יו בְּאֶ֖רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן Nothing new to report in Toronto. We are taking it day by day. It is cold and snow has fallen. Friday night my mother in law came to the table and had some Kiddush. On Shabbos morning I davened at Chabad of Flamingo, a 1.8-mile …
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Shabbos Parshas VaYishlach: December 10, 2022
Sholem and Hudi in Toronto Menashe Skulnick Dennis Wilson, Grandson of Menashe Skulnick Rabbi Ari Cutler Bais Halevi - הַצִּילֵ֥נִי נָ֛א מִיַּ֥ד אָחִ֖י מִיַּ֣ד עֵשָׂ֑ו Sholem and Hudi drove in to visit my mother in law. They were here for Wednesday December 7, 2022. It was great as they lit up Bubi’s spirits. Hudi is …
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November 19, 2022 – Shabbos Parshas Chaya Sara
Toronto Dr. Shoshana Levy and Tovah Levy Rabbi Chaim Silverstein חק לישׂראל - Chok L'Yisrael עניני הסדרה - Perush on the Chumash Dr. Barry Levy Torah from the Parsha: 1) Negotiations with Efron - What does וּפִגְעוּ־לִ֖י in Verse 23:8 Mean 2) Where was Avrohom Living? 3) Where was Yitzchok? 4) Eliezer’s Shidduch Mission 5) …
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September 17, 2022 – Shabbos Parshas Ki Savo
I was to be in Baltimore for Rabbi Jonathan Gross’s daughter’s Bas Mitzvah Shabbos, however on Thursday we received a call from Shoshana to go down to Florida and spend a week with them. Hashem rewarded me with the following Torah after the picture. September 18, 2022 at the Bagel Store in Boca Raton. Serka …
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September 23, 2022 – 27 Elul 5782: Shabbos Parshas Netzvim
Shabbos Parshas Netzvim Torah for Rosh Hashanah 2022 Medresh Moshe 1906, Page 131 - Simanim I hope I captured in my translation of this Maamor and in my speech the essence of my great Uncle, Moshe Mordechai Morgenstern, known as the Pilaver Rebbe. וְאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: . . . אֶלָּא: לָמָּה תּוֹקְעִין וּמְרִיעִין כְּשֶׁהֵן יוֹשְׁבִיןוְת …
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August 10 – 21, 2022 Trip to Toronto
We had a beautiful 11 day trip to Toronto People I met: Rabbi Chaim Metzger Rabbi Lescher of the BAYT Rabbi Yitzchok Yagod David Max Spiegel Dr. Barry Levi Allen and Ellen Siegel David Woolf Mr. Shiel - cousin to Gary Bajtner Allen and Josh Gutterman and family August Belmont and Naomi Maimon Birnbaum and …
Shabbos Parshas Naso
June 11, 2022 Rabbi Yair and Tanya Halevi Eisenstock - Scholars in Residence This past Wednesday, June 8th, we drove to Toronto. We dropped Chani off at Midway airport at 3:30 PM and left to Toronto. We got to Toronto at 3:00 AM Thursday morning. Tough drive. Serka drove the last two hours. Friday June …
Matti Friedman – The Aleppo Codex – כֶּתֶר אֲרָם צוֹבָא
True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible Published in 2012 פּירוש בּעל הטורים על התורה לרבּינו יעקב ב"ר אשר זלה"ה Rabbi Yakov Koppel Reinitz * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * …
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Shabbos – March 19, 2022 Parshas Tzav
Bloch - Hameiri I walked to Chabad of East Lakeview to attend Helen Bloch’s and Avikam Hameiri’s son’s Bar Mitzvah, Megill Shmuel, which took place at Anshe Sholom Bnai Israel Congregation. In discussing his Parsha Tzav, Megill focused on the uniqueness of the trope in his parsha, in that it includes a Shalshelet. The Shalshelet …
Trip to Florida – February 9, 2022 to February 15, 2022
The Levy Family Rabbi Sugerman Yakov and Gittie Chase Rabbi Simcha Shabtai Nachum Caplan The Chase Girls The Broadwalk in Hollywood, FL Josh Mushell Wednesday, February 9, 2022: Flew to Florida to stay with the kids. Arrived at their house at about 9:00 PM. Thursday, February 10, 2022: Went to Daf Yomi at Boca Raton …
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