by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 25, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 18:1 – 20:23 || Isaiah 6:1 – 7:6; 9:5-6 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”I am HaShem, your G-d.” You need to believe it! But believing it is not enough: You need to Know it! And how do we know...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 16, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 13:17 – 17:16 || Judges 4:4 – 5:31 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Water, water, the stuff our world is made of, the expression of G-d’s love for creation, for man, for His people, the vehicle through...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 11, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 || Jeremiah 46:13-28 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The first nine plagues which struck Egypt were but a warm up, an appetizer, so to speak, before the main event, the bringing of the Passover...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 29, 2018 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 37:1 – 40:23 || Amos 2:6 – 3:8 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Parashat Vayeshev begins the painful story of brothers whose enmity toward their precocious younger brother Yosef and the preferential...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 23, 2018 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 || Hosea 12:13 – 14:10; Obadiah Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Yaakov avinu, with true humility, (not false), asked of G-d His protection from his brother Esau, not as a reward for his...