by Eric C. Martienssen | Sep 2, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 11:26 – 16,17; (Rosh Chodesh) Numbers 28:9-15 || Isaiah 66 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: “Can G-d choose? Hasn’t G-d already decided how the world works and what He expects out of man? Yet...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 19, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Israel: Behar (Leviticus 25:1-26:2) Galut: Emor (Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23): Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: The Holy Temple is not simply a unique place and time within which G-d’s presence dwells and can be...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 24, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36 || Jeremiah 7:21 – 8:3 & 9:22-23 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: Confusion reigns in our modern world, and every aspect of modern society seems to feed on this confusion, fanning the flames...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 18, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 27:20 – 30:10 || Ezekiel 43:10–27 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: “It’s a bird, it’s a plane…” no, it’s just the Kohen Gadol, ordinary mortal but super-hero, nonetheless,...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 19, 2015 | Current Themes
Genesis 28:10–32:3; Hosea 11:7 – 12:12 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “Avraham saw his appointed meeting place with G-d as a distant and foreboding mountain, (Mount Moriah), and Yitzchak envisioned the Holy...
