by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 24, 2021 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Bilaam, the Heathen Prophet Humbled by His Own Donkey Israel’s Secret Weapon: the Love of Family – Numbers 22:2 – 25:9 || Micah 5:6 – 6:8 The Temple Institute’s Temple Talk Radio, Jerusalem, Israel: «What began with Bilaam has spread like wildfire in...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Sep 9, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9 || Isaiah 51:12 – 52:12 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”Be wholehearted with HaShem, your G-d,” we are told. We need to be comfortable with our selves and confident that G-d...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 2, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Israel: Bamidbar (Numbers1:1 – 4:20) Galut: Bechukotai (Leviticus 26:3 – 27:34): Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: The life force that G-d bestows upon all creation transcends time and space and invests all...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 14, 2015 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 26:3-27:34 || Jeremiah 16:19 – 17:14 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “Talking the talk is not enough. We need to walk the walk. This is meaning of parashat Bechukotai’s opening verse: “If you...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 20, 2014 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 25:19–28:9; 1 Samuel 20:18-42 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “Yitzchak avinu (Isaac our patriarch) was a man of vision blinded by the light of G-d’s brilliant and hidden presence. He lived, he died, and...
