by Eric C. Martienssen | Apr 7, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36 || Malachi 3:4-24 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «G-d calls upon us to draw closer to Him, and commands us as to how to do so. The book of Leviticus opens with a call to Israel to draw closer...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 11, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 12:1 – 17:27 || Isaiah 40:27 – 41:16 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Avraham wasn’t just the biological ancestor of the nation of Israel. He wasn’t merely a migrant seeking a new land. And his...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 25, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 30:11 – 34:35 || 1 Kings 18:1-39 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: Temple Talk Radio: Parashat Ki Tisa and ‘Purim Katan’: Moses Wears a Mask Understanding the Debacle of the Golden Calf Lessons of the Copper Laver,...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 15, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 10:1 – 13:16; Jeremiah 46:13-28 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: The ability to renew ourselves is hard-wired into our being. It is the active ingredient of our “Tzelem Elokim” – the Divine...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Oct 22, 2015 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 12:1 – 17:27 || Isaiah 40:27 – 41:16 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “Avraham wasn’t just the biological ancestor of the nation of Israel. He wasn’t merely a migrant seeking a new land. And...