by Eric C. Martienssen | Jul 10, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
(see below: Talking Directly to G-d) Numbers 25:10 – 30:1 || Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:3 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Doing what no man dared to do, Pinchas, the son of Eleazar the kohen, earned his place in Torah, in the hearts...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jul 3, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Paraschat „Chukkat Balak“: Numbers 19:1 – 25:9 || Micha 5:6 – 6:8 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «When a simple beast of burden can see what the great heathen seer Bilaam cannot see, and when G-d opens the mouth of a dumb...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 26, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 || 1 Samuel 11:14 – 12:22 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Disgruntled because he was not given the authority and prestige that he felt he deserved, Korach led a popular rebellion against Moshe,...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 19, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Numbers 13:1 – 15:41 || Josua 2 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «When you are facing a crisis of faith, a failure of nerve, a crippling lack of confidence; when an entire nation appears to have lost its direction, its way,...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 12, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Numbers 8:1 – 12:16 || Zecharia 2:14 – 4:7 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «In the middle of Beha’alotcha appear two mysterious verses. What are they doing there? Why are they set off from the preceding and following...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 4, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Numbers 4:21 – 7:89 || Judges 13:2-25 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”May HaShem bless you and watch over you. May HaShem cause His countenance to shine to you and favor you. May HaShem raise His countenance toward...