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...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 27, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 28:10 – 32:3 || Hosea 11:7 – 12:12 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Dreams are a partial and veiled version of reality. They may be our subconscious speaking to us. They may be nonsense. But they also may be a way...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 13, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 23:1 – 25:18 || 1 Kings 1:1-31 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «When Avraham sent his servant Eliezer on a mission to bring back a bride for Yitzchak from Avraham’s old home town, Eliezer devised a plan to...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 5, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 18:1 – 22:24 || 2 Kings 4:1-37 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The attribute of chesed (loving-kindness), which Avraham possessed in abundance, endures when it has been tempered with the attribute of gevurah,...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Oct 30, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 12:1 – 17:27 || Isaiah 40:27 – 41:16 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”Lech Lecha! – Go!” G-d tells Avraham: go to Canaan… go lecha – to yourself! Explore the world that G-d created!...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Oct 23, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 6:9 – 11:32 || Isaiah 54:1 – 55:5 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Noach was a righteous man, perfect in his ways. He walked with G-d. But when all is said and done, Noach, like the rest of us, was only human. This...
