SHEMOT Shabbat Video Commentary
Exodus 1:1- 6:1 || Isaiah 27:6 – 28:13; 29:22-23 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The world is full with beauty and G-d's glory. But do we ever stop and take it in? Moshe did. He saw a bush that was burning but was not...
VAYECHI Shabbat Video Commentary
Genesis 47:28 - 50:26 || 1 Kings 2:1-12 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «What lies in store? Where are we heading? What's our fate? Our destiny? And have we any say in the matter? When Yaakov gathered his children to tell...
VAYIGASH Shabbat Video Commentary
Genesis 44:18 – 47:27 || Ezekiel 37:15-28 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «"I am Yosef. Is my father still alive?" When Yosef reveals his true identity to his shocked brothers, a new reality reveals itself to him, and Yosef...
MIKETZ Shabbat Video Commentary
Genesis 41:1 – 44:17 || 1 Kings 3:15 – 4:1 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Life can be chaotic, difficult to make sense of, random and confounding at times. Many times, perhaps. When we open our eyes to our part in events...
Hanukkah: In Those Days – Shabbat Vayeshev Video Commentary
Genesis 37:1 – 40:23 | Num. 7:18-29 || Amos 2:6 – 3:8 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «"All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances." Thus said William...
VAYISHLACH Shabbat Video Commentary
Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 || Hosea 12:13 – 14:10; Obadiah Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Who was that nameless man that Yaakov wrestled with throughout the longest night of his life? From where did he come? Why did he wrestle...
