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About the Author
Rabbi Kalman Packouz
Rabbi Kalman Packouz is the author and publisher of Shabbat Shalom Internet Weekly. To subscribe, go to www.shabbatshalom.org and enter your email address. Click for Rabbi Packouz's complete bio.
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Vayeshev 5765
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Hanukah is coming soon - the first night is Tuesday, ...
Vayishlach 5765
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Recently I received the following reply in response to my ...
Vayetzei 5765
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Why are the Jewish people called "Yehudim"? When our ...
Toldot 5765
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! I don't believe I have ever heard anyone say, "Gee, ...
Chayei Sarah 5765
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Many years ago I took my wife for our anniversary to the ...
Vayeira 5765
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Avraham our forefather is the paradigm of kindness. Not ...
Lech Lecha 5765
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! A pundit once said, "Marriage is grand. ... Divorce is a ...
Noach 5765
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! When I was a child, my little brother, Ronny, asked my ...
V'Zot HaBracha 5765
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Sukkot is the holiday of joy. One way to bring more joy ...
Bereishit 5765
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzParshat V'Zot HaBracha will be read on Simchat Torah, which is on Friday, October 8 outside of Israel, and Thursday, October 7 in Israel. Parshat ...
Sukkot 5765
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! This coming Shabbat we read a special Torah portion for ...
Yom Kippur 5765
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! A friend of mine lamented the difficulty getting through ...
Ha'azinu 5765
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! What lesson can we learn from the hurricane? We know it's ...
Vayelech 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Rosh Hashana begins Wednesday evening, September 15th! ...
Ki Tavo 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! A young man was in the hospital. The doctor gathered his ...
Ki Tetzei 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! In this day and age, most Jews do not keep Kosher. Why ...
Shoftim 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Did you ever want to meet the President of the United ...
Re'eh 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Last week I wrote about free-will and the verse in ...
Ekev 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! What is free-will? It is not deciding whether you want ...
V'etchanan 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Last week I spoke with a person who would like to be ...
Devarim 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! What is the saddest day of a person's life? Most likely it ...
Masay 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! One of the more interesting messages I received on my ...
Pinchas 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! My special thanks to all who have donated to help rebuild ...
Balak 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzTwo Torah scrolls torn and desecrated. Germany 1938? NO! London 2004. One week ago on Friday night the Aish Center was torched. Over $400,000 in ...
Chukat 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzTwo Torah scrolls torn and desecrated. Germany 1938? NO! London 2004. One week ago on Friday night the Aish Center was torched. Over $400,000 in ...
Korach 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! In this week's Torah portion we have a rebellion, Korach's ...
Shlach 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Last week I shared with you the Secret of Life according ...
Be'halot'cha 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! I once offered a young man the opportunity to meet my good ...
Naso 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Can one test the Almighty? Part of what I do in life is ...
Bamidbar 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Tuesday evening, May 25th, begins the two day holiday of ...
Bechukotai 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Almost every day Israel is under attack. Jews are murdered ...
Emor 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! A wagon driver, a simple man, once asked the Chofetz ...
Kedoshim 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! This fall Aish HaTorah will celebrate its 30th ...
Metzora 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Over 3,000 years ago we left Egypt. Right now the Jewish ...
Shmini 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! This coming Shabbat is my son Elimelech's Bar Mitzvah. ...
Passover (first day) 5769
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! I hope you are enjoying a wonderful Pesach! You can ...
Tzav 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! A Jewish man was waiting in line to be knighted by the ...
Vayikra 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Less than three weeks to Pesach and counting ... Monday ...
Pekudei 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Over the years a number of sincere Christians and a ...
Ki Tisa 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Last week we explored the excuses for anti-Semitism; this ...
Tetzaveh 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! It has been said that the history of almost all of the ...
Trumah 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzGOOD MORNING! Eli Wiesel was quoted on Israeli radio last night speaking at the conference on European Anti-Semitism that the Jews of Europe live ...
Mishpatim 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! A father of a teenager I knew had a beautiful 1965 Ford ...
Yitro 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Rabbi Shalom Schwadron, a moving speaker and story teller, ...
Beshalach 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! When is the New Year? Would you be surprised to know that ...
Bo 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! What is the greatest pleasure in your life? Love of your ...
Va'eira 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! If you had the chance, would you like to discuss with God? ...
Shmot 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! One of the major questions in life is, "Do we control our ...
Vayechi 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! Recently, I attended a Simon and Garfunkel "Old Friends" ...
Vayigash 5764
by Rabbi Kalman PackouzIf you would like to support the Shabbat Shalom Weekly, please click here: GOOD MORNING! What legacy would you like to leave to your children? ...
