by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 8, 2021 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
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...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 1, 2021 | Current Shabbat-Reading
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...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 25, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
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...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 18, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
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...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 11, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
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...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 4, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
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...
