by Eric C. Martienssen | Aug 6, 2015 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25 || Isaiah 49:14 – 51:3 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: Building a Just Society in the Land of Israel – Plain Talk: Perspectives on Terror, Survival, and the De-legitimization of...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jul 16, 2015 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 30:2 – 36:13 || Jeremiah 2:4-28+3:4+4:1-2 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: »On the eve of their entry into the land of Israel, the children of Israel undergo intensive spiritual preparation in order to merit the...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jul 2, 2015 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 22:2 – 25:9 || Micha 5:6 – 6:8 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: »They struck terror in the hearts of Balak and Moav. They threatened to “lick up the earth like an ox licks up the green fields.” Their very...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 11, 2015 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 13:1 – -15:41 || Joshua 2 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: »The generation of the desert paid a high price for their lack of belief in themselves, but received the sweetest and most profound affirmation of G-d’s...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Apr 16, 2015 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Diaspora/Galut Shabbat Shmini: Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47 || 1st Samuel 20,18-42 Video Commentary s. b. (Israel: Parashat Shabbat Tazria-Metzora) Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “Nadav and Avihu wanted to serve G-d in...