Shabbat Bamidbar Readings and Video Commentary...

Numbers 1:1 – 4,20; Hosea 2:1-22 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: Following a brief hiatus, (the book of Leviticus, which instructs us how to live in this world with G-d ), it’s on the road again for the children of Israel, as the book of Numbers begins. Israel, in the desert, is marching as one man heading toward the land of Israel. But can they maintain their unity?...

Shabbat Bechukotai Readings and Video Commantary...

Leviticus 26:3 – 27:34; Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: Bechukotai, the concluding parasha of the book of Leviticus, is all about the blessings that Israel will receive when she performs G-d’s will and the “curses” or admonitions that she will incur when she doesn’t perform G-d’s will. Leviticus, more than any other of...

Shabbat Behar Sinai Readings and Video Commentary...

Leviticus 25:1 – 26:2; Jeremiah 32:6-27 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: Modern physicists speak of the space-time continuum, but the Torah, thousands of years ago, already identified the space-continuum as being found within the holy Sabbath and the sabbatical (shmitta ) year, and instructs us to play our part in bringing this spiritual cosmic energy to have bearing on our...

Happy Birthday Israel...

End of April the incredible message was brought through almost all media: “EU plans ARMS EMBARGO against Syria. ” The inconceivable at this news is, now on to be accepted as safe, that the EU has so far supplied weapons to Israel’s mortal enemies. Not only that: Syria, Iran and most Palestinian organizations oppose the international law of the right of existence of Israel. And Chancellor Merkel received...

Shabbat Emor Readings and Video Commentary...

Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23; Haftara: Ezechiel 44:15-31 “This week we are reading the parashat Emor. And the parasha begins, that HaShem says to Moshe: Say to the Cohanim, the sons of Aharon, and tell them each of you shall not render himself impure … And the Cohanim were instructed, were responsible to bring down the blessings into the world, they can’t be like other people, they can’t react in the same way… The...