Devarim/Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22 || Yeshayahu/Isaiah 1:1-27
Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel:
“As we get closer to our goals, forces which oppose our progress rear their ugly heads and try to thwart us. This was true of the children of Israel who had to defeat the twin threats of Og and Bashan before entering the land, and this is true of us today, who must slay the demons which stand between us and building the Holy Temple”…more:
Tisha b’Av 2016: A Time to Build
“Love, commitment and a shared vision for the future… these are the qualities that a Jewish couple bring to the marriage canopy. These very same qualities will enable the people of Israel to go from merely breaking the glass of remembrance of the destruction, to the rebuilding of the Holy Temple in our lifetime”:
Shabbat Shalom
