by Eric C. Martienssen | Aug 9, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
„Shoftim“: Deuteronomy 16:18 till 21:9; Isaiah 51:12 till 52:12 Commentary by Eric Martienssen Firstly, the Torah portion Shoftim of cause should be read. To make this a little more convenient for you, we found the entire reading summarized in this video about Judges...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 20, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 22:2-25:9; Micha 5:6-6:8 Commentary by Eric Martienssen: One year and a month ago the prosecution of Jews was officially re-allowed in Germany by court. It all started from the Protestant (Lutheran) side quite innocently in the 16th Century when Martin Luther...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Apr 18, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 16:1 – 20:27; Amos 9:7-15 (Sephardim: Ezekiel 20:2-20) Commentary by Eric Martienssen: In our (Ashkenasim) Haftara God asks: “Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt?” The destruction of the modern temples of God and all what is...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 14, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26; Isaiah 43:21 – 44:23 Commentary by Eric Martienssen: 1 And He called to Moses, and the Lord spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying… This Tent of Meeting later was our Temple in Jerusalem, where God himself, blessed be HE, was living....
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 20, 2012 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Community, a light in the hearts, the jewish and the christian, Chrismukkah (Jewish Museum Berlin). Which christian realizes, that this year – all of a sudden – Hanukkah and Chistmas falls in the same time of year again? We want to invite you and moreless...