Philadelphia Community Kollel Weekly

Tetzaveh 5786, February 26, 2026

Parshas Zachor

In This Issue

• THIS SUNDAY! End-of-Year Masmid Banquet, 1:30 p.m. at LMS - RSVP AND PREPAYMENT REQUIRED

• Purim at the Kollel

• Save the Date! Sunday, March 8, Rav Noach Orlowek Community Address for Men and Women

• Audio and Photos from Dorman Shloshim

• Masmid Begins at 7:20 p.m. Motzaei Shabbos

• Photos of the Week

Women's Programming

• This Shabbos - Purim Inspiration by Rabbi Zeffren

• Mommy and Me

• Save the Date! March 21 for Pre-Pesach Inspiration

• Ongoing Learning Opportunities

• Community News & Resources

Masmid End-of-Year Banquet!

THIS SUNDAY, March 1, 2026

CLICK THE GRAPHIC BELOW TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS AND SPONSOR

Come celebrate another fantastic year of Masmid Torah learning!

THIS SUNDAY

March 1, 2026

1:45-3:45 PM

Lower Merion Synagogue Social Hall

123 Old Lancaster Road, Bala Cynwyd

RSVP and Pre-Payment REQUIRED!!!!

Click the graphic above to make your reservations.

Program:

1:45 PM Banquet program begins. Sign in and get your raffle tickets.
1:50 PM Full lunch meal with hot dogs, hamburgers, fries, special dessert and more.
2:15 PM Program, Dvar Torah
2:30 PM Show with Renowned Ventriloquist Yisroel Silverstein
3:15 PM Grand prize drawing and frequent attendance prizes will be distributed (to those who attended 7/9 programs during this session.)
3:45 PM Program concludes

Mincha after the program at 3:50 p.m.

Fathers, mentors, and sons welcome!

Cost: $20 per person (Family pricing is available upon request.)

Feel free to join us even if you have not had an opportunity to attend a Masmid program this year.

RSVP and Pre-payment REQUIRED

THANK YOU TO OUR BANQUET SPONSORS TO DATE

Gold

David Lebor & Talia Eisenstein

In honor of their children and grandchildren

Yoni & Tali Newman

Jared & Rivky Weiss

Silver

Bellin Family

Braid Family

Kosher Crops & Ellen Family

Save the Date • Sunday, March 8

Rav Noach Orlowek

FOR MEN AND WOMEN

Philadelphia Friends of Torah Umesorah will be hosting

Rav Noach Orlowek

Making Marror Sweet

Sunday, March 8, 2026

9:15 a.m. Light Breakfast

9:45-10:30 a.m. Community Address

The event will take place at the

Philadelphia Community Kollel

364 Montgomery Avenue

FOR MEN AND WOMEN

Video, Audio and Photos from the

Shloshim Gathering for

Mr. Drew Dorman, z"l

Please click the graphic below for video, audio and photos from the Dorman shloshim event.

Masmid Begins at 7:20 p.m.

LAST REGULAR PROGRAM OF THE SEASON!

This Motzaei Shabbos

CLICK THE POSTER BELOW FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

This Week's Program is Sponsored by

Shelly & Tammy Peskin & Family

In memory of Shelly’s beloved mother,

יהודית בת אברהם הכהן ע“ה

Mrs. Edith Peskin, z"l

On the occasion of her yahrtzeit, 13 Adar

Donate Here

Photos of the Week

Snow Day Learning

Capitalizing on a snow day

Women's Division Programming

THIS SHABBOS

Pre-Purim Women's Shiur

Living in an Upside Down World:

Realigning Through the Prism of Purim

Rabbi Yoel Zeffren

This Shabbos, Parshas Tetzaveh

February 28 • 3:45 PM

At the home of Chavi Goldschmidt

316 Melrose Avenue, Merion Station

This shiur is dedicated

l'ilui nishmas Chava Vichna bas Mordechai Yitzchok a"h.

Mommy & Me

Hosted by

Mrs. Malka Blau

Mommy & Me

Hosted by

Mrs. Malka Blau

Wednesday Mornings • 10:30 AM

132 Bentley Avenue, Bala Cynwyd

Enhance your week with Torah learning focused on a discussion of relevant mitzvos for our times using Sefer HaChinuch.

Bring your babies and toddlers.

For more information, please contact Mrs. Elisheva Bier.

Save the Date for Pre-Pesach Inspiration

Pre-Pesach Inspiration

Shabbos Afternoon, Parshas Vayikra, March 21st

Details coming soon

Ongoing Learning Opportunities

Rosh Kollel's

Sunday Morning

Halacha Shiur

Learning

Hilchos Bikur Cholim through Aveilus

9 AM Sunday mornings

Lower Level of the Kollel

Rosh Kollel's

Thursday Night

Gemara Shiur

Meseches Shabbos

Thursday nights

8:15 PM

In the Conference Room

on the

Lower Level of the Kollel

The Philadelphia Community Kollel presents

A weekly Dvar Torah on the Parsha Based on the Teachings of Rav Mattisyahu Salomon zt”l!

Given over by his talmid - the Rosh Kollel, Rabbi Yechiel Biberfeld.

Click Here to Receive by WHATSAPP

Click Here for File of the Divrei Torah

The folder will be updated weekly.

Understanding Pesukei D'Zimra

A nightly, 5-minute elucidation of

Pesukei D'Zimra

given by the Rosh Kollel,

Rabbi Yechiel Biberfeld

Following Maariv

Click on poster to access the latest shiur

CLEAR AND CONCISE PRACTICAL DAILY HALACHA

by Rabbi Shimon Frank

Receive a daily WhatsApp message with two clearly written questions and answers on practical halacha.

Reading time is one minute.

Click here to join WhatsApp list.

PARSHA BYTES

A two-minute weekly thought on the Parsha

with

Rabbi Efraim Blau

CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE BY WHATSAPP

Join

Rabbi Yirmiyohu Bauminger

as he explores the lessons of

Ohr HaChaim

at the Kollel Thursday evenings for 15 minutes

following Maariv

FOR MEN

ORAYSA

Now learning

Meseches Yevamos

For more information and/or for help finding a chavrusa, please contact:

R’Eli Press:

C: 267.844.3167

E: eli.press1993@gmail.com

Or Rabbi Yedidya Pollack:

C: 248.986.0602

Join the many boys who are adding meaning to their Shabbosim through learning Hilchos Shabbos on Erev Shabbos with the Likras Shabbos Program. For boys between ages 10-13. Program starts 30 minutes before Shabbos. Free admission and sefer supplied. Weekly raffles and refreshments.

Grade 3-5 With

Rabbi Shmuel Mandelbaum

Kehilas Kol Torah

142 Montgomery Avenue

Grade 6-8 With

Rabbi Yosef Franklin

Philadelphia Community Kollel

364 Montgomery Avenue

Overbrook

Grade 3-8 With

Rabbi Yehoshua Finkelstein

Mishpachas Finkelstein

5921 Overbrook Avenue

The Philadelphia Community Kollel presents a

Weekly Shiur on

Sefer Mishlei

Given by

Rabbi Yehoshua Schechter

Tuesday Evenings

9:15 - 10:00 PM

In the Kollel Beis Medrash

For more information contact

Rabbi Yosef Prupas

610-618-9949

yosefprupas@phillykollel.org

Community News

Torah Youth, for boys in grades 1 through 8, will meet this Shabbos from 3:15-4:15 p.m. in the Lower Merion Synagogue Social Hall. Please contact Rabbi Ari Silver for further information.
Local Shatnez Tester conveniently located on Bryn Mawr Avenue in Bala Cynwyd. Please note new drop off hours: Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm. Endorsed by local Rabbonim. For more info call: 718-570-2729 or email yyakerman@gmail.com.
Bauminger's Library: The library is open by appointment at 228 Stoneway Lane, Merion. Call or text 718-909-7712 to coordinate.
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