by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 23, 2018 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 27:20 – 30:10 [Zachor: Deut.25:17-19] || 1 Samuel 15:2-34 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «What is the meaning of Moshe’s mysterious disappearance from this week’s Torah reading of Tetzaveh? What is its...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 17, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26 || 1 Samuel 15:2-34 seph. 1-34 Zachor (Chabad.org) – This being the Shabbat before Purim… Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: Welcome to a world where actions speak louder than words;...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 6, 2015 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 30:11 – 34:35 || Kings I 18:1-39 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “Masks, veils, disguises, cover ups, concealment and camouflage: These are words associated with the Purim festival which we celebrate this...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 26, 2015 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 27:10 – 30:10; Deut. 25:17-19 || Samuel I 15:2-34 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “Love and marriage: This is the story of the building of the Tabernacle in the desert. G-d so loved His people Israel that...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 12, 2014 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Tzav: Lev. 6:1-8:36 || Haftara: 1. Sam. 15:2-3 Zachor: Deut. 25:17-19 On the Shabbat before Purim (this year, March 15), a special reading is held in the synagogue. We read the Torah section called Zachor (“Remember”), in which we are enjoined to remember the deeds of...
