by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 6, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Lev. 27:20 – 30:10; ZACHOR: Deut. 25:17-19 || 1 Samuel 15:2-34 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «What is the meaning of Moshe’s mysterious disappearance from this week’s Torah reading of Tetzaveh? What is its...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 20, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 21:1 – 24:18; 30:11-16 || 2 Kings 12:1-17 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Compassion is the key that unlocks the secret of this week’s Parashat Mishpatim, which opens with the Hebrew bondsman, and this...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 5, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 13:17 – 17:16 || Judges 4:4 – 5:31 Commentary by Yitzchak Reuven for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Ancient and Modern Traditions of Tu BeShevat – What Does the Deal of the Century Mean to the Eternal People? – Israel, free,...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 30, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 || Jeremiah 46:13-28 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”HaShem spoke to Moshe and to Aharon in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be to you the head of the months; to you it shall...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 23, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 6:2 – 9:35 || Ezekiel 28:25 – 29:21 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «G-d created the world in six days, laid down the laws of nature, and set things in motion. Avraham saw the wonder of the world and knew...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 9, 2020 | 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: «What is the nature of a blessing, and what is the message of Yaakov’s poetic and mysterious blessings that he extended to each of his...
