by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 8, 2021 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 1:1- 6:1 || Isaiah 27:6 – 28:13; 29:22-23 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The world is full with beauty and G-d’s glory. But do we ever stop and take it in? Moshe did. He saw a bush that was burning but was...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 11, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 37:1 – 40:23 | Num. 7:18-29 || Amos 2:6 – 3:8 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances.” Thus said...
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 | 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...
