by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 12, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 47:28 – 50:26 || 1 Kings 2:1-12 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Sometimes G-d speaks to us in the thunder, sometimes in a ‘still small voice.’ Sometimes G-d blesses us with the answer we are...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 5, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 44:18 – 47:27 || Ezekiel 37:15-28 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «To be in the moment, to live life in its fullest at any given moment one must recognize G-d’s presence in every moment. When Yosef and...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 29, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
(Hallel Ps 113-118); Genesis 41:1 – 44:17 (Numeri 7:48-59) || Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Yosef wasn’t a saint who was immune to the same temptations that we all struggle with. He...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 16, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 || Hosea 12:13 – 14:10 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «When Yaakov is about to reenter into the land of Israel he has a nighttime encounter with a mysterious stranger, an angel to be precise,...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 9, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 28:10 – 32:3 || Hosea 11:7 – 12:12 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Why was it so urgent for Yaakov to stop at that specific place at that specific moment as he was fleeing from his brother’s murderous...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 2, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 25:19 – 28:9 || Malachi 1:1 – 2,7 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The struggle between Yaakov and Esav, which began whilst still in the womb, is an eternal struggle between two nations, between...
