by Eric C. Martienssen | May 28, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
1st Day Shavuot May 29, 2020 (Hallel; Exodus 19:1 – 20:23; Num. 28:26 – 31 || Ezekiel 1:1-28 + 3:12) Jerusalem of Gold and the Unmitigated Nerve of Israel’s Judges: «Shavuot, the Festival of the First-Fruits, is just around the corner. It is time to praise and...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 21, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 1:1 – 27:34 || 1 Samuel 20:8-42 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Parashat Bamidbar begins the story of Israel’s journey from Mount Sinai to the land of Israel. It also begins the journey of the Ark of...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 14, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 25:1-27:43 || Jer. 16:19-17:14 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”And if, despite this, you still do not listen to Me, still treating Me as happenstance, I will treat you with a fury of happenstance, adding...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 8, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23 || Prophetenabschnitt: Ezekiel 44:15-31 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”You shall not desecrate My Holy Name. I shall be sanctified amidst the children of Israel. I am HaShem Who sanctifies...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 1, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 16:1 – 20:27 || Amos 9:7-15 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”Love your neighbor as yourself,” has justifiably been deemed the central pillar of Torah. But what does it mean, and how are we expected to...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Apr 24, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 12:1 – 15:33;Numbers 28:9-15 || Isaiah 66 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The double Torah reading of Tazria-Metzora presents us with a mysterious ailment known as tzar’at, and commonly translated as...
