by Eric C. Martienssen | Aug 4, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 3:23 – 7:11 || Isaiah 40:1-26 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «What happens to prayers that appear to us to be unanswered? Where do they go? Are they scattered in the cosmic winds, never to be seen...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jul 28, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22 || Isaiah Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The book of Deuteronomy contains the final words of Moshe, delivered to the children of Israel over a five week period, ending with his departure...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jul 21, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 30:2 – 36:13 || Jeremiah 2:4-28 & 3,4 & 4,1-2 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «As the book of Numbers draws to a close, the children of Israel get ready for the greatest blessing of all: the land...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jul 14, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 25:10 – 30:1 || Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:3 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Pinchas, the son of Elazar, the son of Aharon, is representative of the new generation of the land of Israel, a generation of action and...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jul 6, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 22:2 – 25:9 || Micha 5:6 – 6:8 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Bilaam, the heathen prophet and curser for hire, whose motto was “anything you can do, I can do badder,” was the negative twin of...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 30, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 19:1-22:1 || Judges 11:1-33 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The Thin Red Line: Parashat Chukat describes so many seemingly unrelated events, yet it is the profound fundamental truth contained in the commandment...
