by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 2, 2022 | Current Shabbat-Reading
SHABBAT VAYAITZEI: Genesis 28:10 – 32:3 || Hosea 11:7 – 12:12 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «We all have goals that we strive for. Yearnings that we long to achieve. But when we do attain our goals, are we...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Sep 2, 2022 | Current Shabbat-Reading
SHABBAT SHOFTIM: Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9 || Isaiah 51:12 – 52:12 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”Is the tree of the field a man, to go into the siege before you?” Torah asks us. Or does it? Is this a question...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Aug 5, 2022 | Current Shabbat-Reading
SHABBAT DEVARIM: Deuteronomy 1:1–3:22 || Isaiah 1:1-27 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Stuff happens – and it bears consequences. Moshe recaps the incident of the spies, which occurred 38 years earlier, and he lays...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 20, 2022 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Galut: BEHAR: Leviticus 25 – 26,2 see below Israel: BECHUKOTAI: Leviticus: 26:3 – 27:34 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Lag Ba’Omer is a stand-alone holiday in Israel. Its origins, shrouded in mystery, are...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 25, 2022 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 35:1 – 38:20 | Ex.30:11-16 || 2 Kings 12:1-17 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Nothing lifts us up like giving! While our natural instincts may tend toward looking out for number one, the act of giving is what truly...