by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 8, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 12:1 – 17:27 || Isaiah 40:27 – 41:16 This Shabbat falls on the” Kristallnacht” when the Germans celebrated in Luther’s birthday 81 years ago – Kristallnacht: Luther’s Birthday Party? Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 1, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 6:9 – 11:32 || Isaiah 54:1 – 55:5 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «A mere 400 years following the flood, man, who had previously ignored G-d at his own peril, now determined to take G-d head-on and expel Him...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Oct 25, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 1:1-6:8 || Isaiah 42:5 – 43:10 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «G-d created the world for man to care for. Caring for the world means being cognizant of our own worth and honoring the image of G-d in which we were...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Aug 30, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 11:26 – 16:17 || Isaiah 66:1-24 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «As Moshe readies his people for their entry into the land of Israel and the establishment of a Torah-based just society, he introduces the...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 7, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Please note that parashat NASO is being read in the land of Israel this Shabbat. Galut: BEMIDBAR: Numbers 1:1 – 4:20 || Hosea 2:1-22 The Festival of Shavuot Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Like the Torah itself, Shavuot,...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Apr 17, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Reading on Passover Evening, the Seder (order): Haggadah Day 1 Pesach: Hallel, Ex.12:21-51; Num.28:16-25 || Joshuah 3:5-7 & 5:2 – 6:1 & 6:27 Day 2 Hallel / Lev. 22:26-23:44 / Num. 28:16-25 || 1 Kings 23:1-9+21-25 Day 7: half Hallel; Ex. 13:17 – 15:26; Num....
