by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 12, 2014 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 23:1–25:18; 1 Kings 1:1-31 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “The life of Sara teaches us that through their deeds the righteous live on even after their bodies are interred in the ground. The first person to be...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Oct 24, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 23:1–25:18; 1 Kings 1:1-31 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “The life of Sara teaches us that through their deeds the righteous live on even after their bodies are interred in the ground. The first person to be mourned,...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 8, 2012 | 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...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Sep 23, 2012 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Deuteronomy 31; Hosea 14:2-10; Micha 7:18-20; Yoel 2,15-27 Greeting cards for Yom Kippur, free download, click here > With The Burning Bush the story of Moses began, today we are approaching the end of his farewell-story. In German Synagogues it’s usal to sing a...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Sep 5, 2012 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 26:1 till 29:8; Isaiah 60:1 till 22 From 1st Elul thru Hoshana Raba Psalm 27 will be read additionally in the Shacharit and Maariv ( For Rosh Hashanah Greeting Cards click > Greeting Cards ) But first of all “Listen to the Music” – A all...
