by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 3, 2023 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
SHABBAT TETZAVEH: Exodus 27:20 – 30:10 / Deut. 25:17-19 || 1 Samuel 15:2-34 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Purim, the holiday of great joy and celebration, commemorates not only the victory of the Jews of ancient Persia...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 24, 2023 | Current Shabbat-Reading
SHABBAT TERUMAH: Exodus 25:1 – 27:19 || 1 Kings 5:26 – 6:13 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Torah insists that G-d cannot be imagined or described in any physical way. How does this square with building a Tabernacle,...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 17, 2023 | Current Shabbat-Reading
SHABBAT MISHPATIM: Exodus 21:1 – 24:18 || Jeremia 32:8-22; 33:25-26 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Do we think for ourselves? Or are we following the pack? Just how independent are we from social pressure and...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 10, 2023 | Current Shabbat-Reading
SHABBAT YITRO: 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: «MBeliefs – we all have them! Today one of the most commonly held beliefs is the belief in One G-d. But at the time...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 3, 2023 | Current Shabbat-Reading
SHABBAT BESHALACH: Exodus 13:17 – 17:16 || Judges 4:4 – 5:31 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Music! We can’t live without it! It lifts us up when we are down; it calms our nerves when we are overwrought. And...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 13, 2023 | Current Shabbat-Reading
SHABBAT SHEMOT: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1 || Isaiah 27:6 – 28:13; 29:22-23 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Our minds are a mystery to us. As much as we are the captains of our minds’ thoughts, sometimes it seems that...
