by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 25, 2022 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 35:1 – 38:20 | Ex.30:11-16 || 2 Kings 12:1-17 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Nothing lifts us up like giving! While our natural instincts may tend toward looking out for number one, the act of giving is what truly...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 18, 2022 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 30:11 – 34:35 || 1 Kings 18:1-39 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «We all share the same physical limitations. Yet some are able to push further and achieve more than others. But 40 days and nights without food or...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 11, 2022 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 27:20 – 30:10 || Ezsekiel 43:10-27 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Great detail is given to the garments of the High Priest Aharon in parashat Tetzaveh. Each of the eight unique items of apparel that he wore bore...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 4, 2022 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 25:1 – 27:19 || 1 Kings 5:26 – 6:13 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «What is holiness? Where can it be found? This week’s Torah reading, Terumah, introduces the Ark of the Covenant, what may be the holiest...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 28, 2022 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 21:1 – 24:18 || Jeremiah 34:8-22; 33:25-26 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”I’ll believe it when I see it!” That’s what we all tell ourselves. Yet there are so many things that we believe are...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 21, 2022 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 18:1 – 20:23 || Isaiah 6:1 – 7:6; 9:5-6 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”I am HaShem, your G-d, Who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” With these words, G-d opens the...