Rabbi P. A. Weberman
Ohev Shalom Congregation
7055 Bonita Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33141
Zion shall be redeemed with justice and her returnees with charity
(Isaiah 1:27)
The seventeenth of Tammuz marks the blockade of Jerusalem. The Talmud (Gittin 56A) tells us that there were three wealthy people who encouraged the leadership not to surrender to the Roman legions. They said that they had enough to support the population of the Holy City for twenty one years. One pledged wheat and barley, the other offered wine, salt and oil and the other would give firewood. The rabbis gave more praise to the offer of firewood.
Why? Aren’t wheat and barley more important for nourishment than wine, salt and oil? Aren’t both more important than firewood? Shouldn’t the greater praise have been directed to the givers of the more vital commodities?....more
The Festival of Matzah, the time of our freedom
The Festival of Shavuos, the time of the giving of our Torah.
Tammuz 5768 Candle Lighting Times
Tammuz 5768 Calendar
The Rabbi's Message, Rabbi Weberman- Volume 2
An exciting new book has been added to the wide selection of sacred literature available on the Judaica market. Authored by Rabbi Pinchas A. Weberman, The Rabbi's Message contains capsules of wisdom drawn from the author's vast knowledge of Torah, Talmud, Philosophical and Kabbalistic works and from his long experience in law enforcement, social and political areas. more...
About Ohev Shalom
Ohev Shalom Congregation was founded and incorporated in 1960 by Rabbi
Pinchas A. Weberman who started with a group of 12 families living in the
north end of Miami Beach. Services were first held in the living room of an apartment on Abbott
Avenue. more....
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