by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 25, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 44:18 – 47:27 || Ezekiel 37:15-28 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”I am Yosef. Is my father still alive?” When Yosef reveals his true identity to his shocked brothers, a new reality reveals itself to...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 4, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 || Hosea 12:13 – 14:10; Obadiah Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Who was that nameless man that Yaakov wrestled with throughout the longest night of his life? From where did he come? Why did he wrestle...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 13, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 23:1 – 25:18 || 1 Kings 1:1-31 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «When Avraham sent his servant Eliezer on a mission to bring back a bride for Yitzchak from Avraham’s old home town, Eliezer devised a plan to...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Oct 23, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 6:9 – 11:32 || Isaiah 54:1 – 55:5 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Noach was a righteous man, perfect in his ways. He walked with G-d. But when all is said and done, Noach, like the rest of us, was only human. This...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Sep 25, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 32 || Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Ha’azinu – listen – literally, give ear – is the name of the song that Moshe composes and performs before...