by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 23, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 [28:9-15]|| Isaiah 66 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Brilliant, wealthy, influential, and tasked with transporting the Ark of the Covenant, Korach had it all. But it wasn’t enough. He...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 16, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 13:1 – 15:41 || Joshua 2 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The generation of the desert paid a high price for their lack of belief in themselves, but received the sweetest and most profound affirmation of...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 9, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 8:1 – 12:16 || Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Torah’s account of the resolve and purpose which informed Aharon’s performance of the commandment to ‘raise up’...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 26, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 1:1 – 4:20 || Hosea 2:1-22 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The Israelite encampments in the wilderness at Sinai form a perfect “soul system” in which the twelve tribal encampments are arrayed...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 19, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34 || Jeremiah 16:19 –17:34 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The default mode of creation is set out in the opening verses of parashat Bechukotai: a world of blessings in which all our possible...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 12, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23 || Ezekiel 44:15-31 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Parashat Emor, in its entirety, from its rules concerning the fitness of kohanim, to its roster of the annual festivals and holy days, and...
