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Itamar News February 27th 2009
February 27, 2009 1. Mazal Tov to The Cohen family on the marriage of their son Matanyah this week. The Cohen family is one of the founding families of our community back in 1984. 3. A beautiful Aron Kodesh was dedicated this week in the Bet Midrash of Chitzim. The stone work was done by…
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Itamar News February 13th 2009
February 13, 2009 1. Mazal Tov to Hagar Zar on the engagement of her daughter Hadas to Shilo Ben Yitzchak from Hevron. We wish them a lot of happiness and success. 2. This week the regional council joined the children of Itamar in planting trees in our community in honor of Tu Bishvat. 3. Mazal…
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Fear of G-D – Rashi on Genesis
Fear of HaShem – Genesis February 13, 2009 Rashi in his commentary on the book of Genesis brings down on the first verse of the Torah, the words of Rav Yitzchak – “Why did the Torah begin with the story of creation instead of beginning with the first commandment we received as the Jewish nation…
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Itamar News February 6th 2009
February 6, 2009 1. Mazal Tov to Amos and Avigayil Cohen on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Levi Yitzchak this Shabbat. 2. Itamar is holding a tree planting event on Monday TuB’shvat anyone who is interested in donating a tree is welcome to do so.
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Tu B’shvat Rectifying the Forbidden Fruit 2009
Tu B’shvat (2009)– Rectifying the forbidden fruit February 6, 2009 “For the Lord is bringing you into a good land … a land of wheat and barley, vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey.. and you shall eat and be full and you shall bless Hashem for the good…
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Itamar News January 30th 2009
January 30, 2009 1. Mazal Tov to the Tena family on the birth of a granddaughter this week. Their daughter lives on the Itamar Hilltops. We wish them tremendous Hatzlacha and a lot of happiness. 2. Mazal Tov to The Mintz family on the birth of a daughter this week. The young mother, Hadar, was…
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Parashat Bo 5769
Bo January 28, 2009 The combining of the letters bet and aleph form the name of our parsha, “Bo”. In gematria this equals the number three (aleph being one and bet being 2). The theme of three comes up 3 times: the last 3 plagues in Egypt that resulted in Bnei Yisrael’s exodus (the locusts,…
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Itamar News January 16th 2009
4. Please read Leah’s new Torah thoughtfor Shabbat. 5. Please read letter from Mother of soldier number 2. A Mother of a Soldier writes (part 2): If I could I would. But I can’t. (call him)… We were sitting in a restaurant eating delicious and abundant food. Our daughter’s birthday was a great distraction from…
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Parashat Shemot 5769
Shemot January 2009–01–15 Aside from beginning a new book in the Torah, a new era also begins for the people of Israel, as we read in the opening of the Parasha “a new king took over Egypt who did not know Yosef.” After settling in the comfortable land of Goshen at first Bnei Yisrael maintained…
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Itamar Updates January 9th 2009
January 9, 2009 1. Mazal Tov to the Damari family on the wedding of their son Orel this week! We wish them tremendous happiness and success. Orel is an officer in the Israeli army. Rav Avi Ronski the chief Rabbi of the Israeli army who is one of the founders of Itamar, officiated the wedding…