by Eric C. Martienssen | Oct 22, 2015 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 12:1 – 17:27 || Isaiah 40:27 – 41:16 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “Avraham wasn’t just the biological ancestor of the nation of Israel. He wasn’t merely a migrant seeking a new land. And...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 21, 2015 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 1:1-4:20 || Hosea 2:1-22 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “G-d knows your name. He’s got your number. Torah is His to share with you. All its paths lead to Him. And all you’ve got to do is ask? No!...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jul 24, 2014 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 33:1 – 36:13 || Jeremiah 2:4–28; 3:4 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “Life has its way stations. They are part of the plan. Each is a stepping stone along the way to where we need to be, to the final...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Oct 31, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 25:19–28:9; 1. Samuel 20:18-42 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “The classic tale of deception and intrigue. But who is deceiving who? and who is really being fooled? Ya’akov dons precious garments and goat...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 17, 2011 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 23:1–25:18; 1 Kings 1:1-31 Commentary by Michael Schneider, Jerusalem: Our Torah reading begins with Sarah’s death and ends with Abraham’s death. She was 127 years old. Abraham now set out to negotiate in typical Middle-Eastern style for a burial site. How...
