by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 11, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 || Jeremiah 46:13-28 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The first nine plagues which struck Egypt were but a warm up, an appetizer, so to speak, before the main event, the bringing of the Passover...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 13, 2015 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 25:19 – 28:9 || Malachi 1:1 – 2:7 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “Yitzchak avinu (Isaac our patriarch) was a man of vision blinded by the light of G-d’s brilliant and hidden presence. He lived, he...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 12, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 47:28 till 50:26; 1 Kings 2:1-12 Commentary: Prophecy is only given to those with “broken heart”. And Jacob had all those years in Egypt lived “with a broken heart.” Thus says Rabbi Richman in the current commentary, watch below. In the...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 1, 2010 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 47:28 till 50:26; 1 Kings 2:1-12 Prophecy is only given to those with “broken heart”. And Jacob had all those years in Egypt lived “with a broken heart.” Thus says Rabbi Richman in the current commentary, watch below. In the Parasha of...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 6, 2009 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 18:1 – 22:24; 2 Kings 4:1-37 Commentary by Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem: We read in our weekly portion about good hospitality of Abraham and Sarah, as they hurried to prepare the best of the best for the three men of God who visited them in the...