By all accounts, the Westmount Father and Son Buffalo Shabbaton was a huge success. Following is the report provided by our fearless youth leader, Oren Dishy. “Last weekend 50 fathers and sons from Westmount Shul spent a Shabbos weekend in Buffalo. It was an amazing trip with a great group of fun, cool and easy-going […]
Wow! How do you describe last week’s Shabbaton? It’s easy to describe what we did. It’s very hard to describe what we felt. The deep love and respect for each other. The surprise at seeing how normal our guests were. The feeling of achdus. The feeling of pride and surprise when they said over and […]
Last week was the first of our many special Shabboses this year. We welcomed Shlomo Horwitz who performed/presented 5 separate times to different groups on different topics. Highlights were Oneg Shabbos to over 100 people, Shabbos lunch to over 40 young boys at the brave Pillemers and a Melave Malka (including Shlomo’s guitar virtuosity) to […]
Breakneck Through the Bible – The stories in the Torah are often familiar but how are they relevant to our lives? Rabbi Reuven Glauser of the Thornhill Kollel focuses on what can be learned from them, starting this week with the Parsha of Toldos. The Book of Shmuel – This book covers a critical part […]
This week marks the 1stedition of This Week @ Westmount. Although there are some obvious cosmetic changes in terms of layout and look, the most important change lies in the underlying objective which is to create and reinforce a sense of community. As the weeks unfold, there will be an increased emphasis on the people […]
