by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 9, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 28:10 – 32:3 || Hosea 11:7 – 12:12 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Why was it so urgent for Yaakov to stop at that specific place at that specific moment as he was fleeing from his brother’s murderous...
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 | Aug 18, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 3:23 – 7:11 || Isaiah 40:1-26 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: “It’s all about the love between our Father and His children Israel, which He expresses unabashedly as He presents to Israel...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 5, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Galut: Acharei Mot (Lev. 16:1) || Israel: Kedoshim (19:1 – 20:27) Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: “There are a number of bridges between the two parashiot Acharei Mot and Kedoshim.” … You shall be...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 11, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 38:21 – 40:38 || 1 Kings 7:40-50 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: Welcoming G-d into our neighborhood and making this world a better place – this is the simple yet profound reason Israel has been...
