by Eric C. Martienssen | Oct 16, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 1:1 – 6:8 || 1 Samuel 20:18-42 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Modern science excels at filling in all the minutiae concerning the creation of our reality, but as to the identity of Who is behind this whole...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Oct 2, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Hallel; Leviticus 22:26 – 23:44; Numbers 29:12-16 || Zechariah 14 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The festival of Sukkot is all about a return to the man – G-d – creation paradigm, recaptured in its purity by...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Sep 25, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 32 || Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Ha’azinu – listen – literally, give ear – is the name of the song that Moshe composes and performs before...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Sep 17, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Rosh Hashana 1st Day: Genesis 21 | Numbers 29:1-6 || 1 Samuel 1:1 – 2,10 Rosh Hashana 2nd Day: Genesis 22 | Numbers 29:1-6 || Jeremiah 31:1-19 Commentary by Rabbi Abba Horvitz for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «How was the shofar blown in the Holy Temple on...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Sep 11, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Deuteronomy 29:9 – 31:30|| Isaiah 61:10 – 63,9 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «As Moshe prepares to leave this life and hand the baton of leadership to Joshua, he also prepares Israel for the future by teaching them...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Aug 28, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Deuteronomy 21:10 – 25:19 || Isaiah 54:1-10 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Parashat Ki Teitzei, which contains 76 different commandments is often seen as a bit of a hodgepodge of commandments, some rather arcane,...
