by Eric C. Martienssen | May 29, 2014 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
4. Moses 4:21-7:89; Judges 13:2-25 Commentary by Eric Martienssen: It is no secret that the Pentecost of the church wants to make God’s Shavuot forget. So what is at stake is no less than the fact that the most inconcrete thought by men – so called holy...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 22, 2014 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 1:1 – 4:20; Hosea 2:1–22 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “The twelve flags of the twelve tribes of Israel: From where did they come? What did they signify? Why was Israel so desirous of these twelve...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 27, 2014 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Shabbat Pekudei (Amount of): Exodus 38:21-40:38; Haftorah: Kings II 12:1-17 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “Welcoming G-d into our neighborhood and making this world a better place – this is the simple yet...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 12, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 47:28 till 50:26; 1 Kings 2:1-12 Commentary: Prophecy is only given to those with “broken heart”. And Jacob had all those years in Egypt lived “with a broken heart.” Thus says Rabbi Richman in the current commentary, watch below. In the...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 14, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 32:4–36:43; Obadiah 1:1-21 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel “Yaakov avinu’s (our forefather Jacob’s) midnight encounter with a mysterious angel: Who was this angel, what was his purpose, and by what...
