by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 7, 2022 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 || Jeremiah 46:13-28 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Frogs, we get. Lice, we get. Locusts, we get. But what is so terrifying about darkness, a condition we experience every day when the sun goes down?...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 11, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 37:1 – 40:23 | Num. 7:18-29 || Amos 2:6 – 3:8 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances.” Thus said...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 27, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Hallel; Genesis 41:1 – 44:17; Num. 7:42-53 & 28:9-15 || Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7; Isa. 66:1-24 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The story of the betrayal of Yosef by his brothers and their ultimate reconciliation is one...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 28, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 25:19 – 28:9 || Malachi 1:1 – 2:7 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The struggle between Yaakov and Esav, which began whilst still in the womb, is an eternal struggle between two nations, between goodness and...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 7, 2018 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 41:1 – 44:17; G. 7:42-53 & 28:9-15 || Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7; Isaiah 66:1-24 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The light that Yosef shed on Pharaoh’s dreams is none other than the light of Chanukah, the...
