by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 20, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 21:1 – 24:18; 30:11-16 || 2 Kings 12:1-17 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Compassion is the key that unlocks the secret of this week’s Parashat Mishpatim, which opens with the Hebrew bondsman, and this...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 25, 2014 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Hallel; Numbers 19:1 – 22:1 / Numbers 28:9-15 || Haftara: Isaiah 66 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: The Thin Red Line: Parashat Chukat describes so many seemingly unrelated events, yet it is the profound fundamental truth...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Apr 4, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47; 2 Samuel 6:1-7:17 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: We cannot make eternal the holiness of the moment by abandoning ourselves to it. We master and make eternal the holiness of the moment by infusing the...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Apr 18, 2012 | Current Shabbat-Reading
9:1 – 11:47; Haftara: 2 Samuel 6:1-7:17 Abstract of the Commentary by Michael Schneider, Jerusalem: This week’s parasha discusses two main issues: The first, the dedication of the Mishkan (tabernacle), which included sacrifices and the cleansing of the priests. In the...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 30, 2011 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 28:10–32:3; Hosea 12:13–14:10 Commentary by Michael Schneider, Jerusalem: Jacob begins his walk with God which was not so easy at the beginning, thus the emphasis is on “And he departed.” He left for a foreign country and place called Haran – far away from his...
