Shabbat Ekev Readings and Video Commentary...

Deuteronomy 7:12 till 11:25; Haftara: Isaiah 49:14 till 51:3 How is it possible that the Torah commands us something which is depending upon a person’s heard, depending upon a person’s emotion? Can God command us how to feel? The love that every Jew feels for God is part of us, is part of the essences of who we are, is very close to the surface! Watch video commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman from The Temple Institute: Find...

Shabbat MISHPATIM Readings and Commentary...

Exodus 21:1–24:18; Exodus 30:11-16; 2 Kings 12:1-17 by Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem Commentary: After the Ten Commandments were given, the Children of Israel were given the laws of how to practice their everyday lives. Order and precepts were given to a people who were former slaves who had just been delivered. That’s why, the first of these laws deals with the freedom of a Hebrew slave on the seventh...

Shabbat Ekev Readings and Video Commentary...

Deuteronomy 7:12 till 11:25; Haftara: Isaiah 49:14 till 51:3 How is it possible that the Torah commands us something which is depending upon a person’s heard, depending upon a person’s emotion? Can God command us how to feel? The love that every Jew feels for God is part of us, is part of the essences of who we are, is very close to the surface! Watch video commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman from The Temple Institute: Find...

Shabbat Yitro – Jethro – Sabbath Readi...

Exodus 18:1–20:26; Isaiah 6:1-7; 7:1-6; 9:5-6 By Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem Commentary: Our Torah portion “Jethro” is one of the six readings named after a person. The others include Noah, Sarah, Korah, Balak and Pinchas (Phinneas). Our reading was named for the heathen and pagan priest of Midian who eventually became Moses’ father-in-law. It is here, we read in the heart of the Torah the most...

Shabbat Reading and Commentary for week 9, 2009, (...

Exodus 21:1–24:18; Jeremiah 34:8-22; 33:25-26 by Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem Commentary: After the Ten Commandments were given, the Children of Israel were given the laws of how to practice their everyday lives. Order and precepts were given to a people who were former slaves who had just been delivered. That’s why, the first of these laws deals with the freedom of a Hebrew slave on the seventh year....