by Eric C. Martienssen | Apr 24, 2014 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
(Leviticus 19:1-20:27; Amos 9:7-15 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “”You shall not turn to the worthless idols, nor shall you make molten deities for yourselves.” (Leviticus 19:4) Don’t fall prey to...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 27, 2014 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59; Exodus 12:1-20 | | Ezekiel 45:16 – 46:18 Leviticus 14 | | 2 Kings 7:3-20 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “If parashat Shmini comes to tell us that we are what we eat, then parashat Tazria...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 16, 2014 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 18:1 – 20:23; Isaiah 6:1-7; 7:1-6; 9:5-6 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel “Who was Moshe, the “man of G-d?” Agitator for justice, freedom fighter, radical activist who led his people out of...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 7, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 28:10–32:3; Hosea 11:7–12:12 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Insitute, Jerusalem: “Avraham saw his appointed meeting place with G-d as a distant and foreboding mountain, (Mount Moriah, Israel), and Yitzchak envisioned the Holy Temple to be...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Oct 31, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 25:19–28:9; 1. Samuel 20:18-42 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “The classic tale of deception and intrigue. But who is deceiving who? and who is really being fooled? Ya’akov dons precious garments and goat...
