by Eric C. Martienssen | Jul 10, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
(see below: Talking Directly to G-d) Numbers 25:10 – 30:1 || Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:3 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Doing what no man dared to do, Pinchas, the son of Eleazar the kohen, earned his place in Torah, in the hearts...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 26, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26 || Isaiah 43:21 – 44:23 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Bereft of the Temple experience and the Divine service for 2000 years, how are we today supposed to understand the true inner essence of...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jul 4, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Please note that parashat CHUKAT is being read in the land of Israel this Shabbat. Galut: “KORACH”: Numbers 16,1 – 18,32 || 1 Samuel 11:14 – 12:22 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Twas arrogance and jealousy,...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 29, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47; Numbers 19 || Ezekiel 36:16-38 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Parashat Shemini, “And it was on the eighth day… ” celebrates the arrival of the Shechinah – the Divine...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 25, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 18:1 – 20:23 || Isaiah 6:1 – 7:6; 9:5-6 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”I am HaShem, your G-d.” You need to believe it! But believing it is not enough: You need to Know it! And how do we know...
