by Eric C. Martienssen | Apr 12, 2018 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Israel: Lev. 12:1 – 15:33 || 2 Kings 7:3-20 Galut: Lev. 9:1 – 11:47 || 2 Samuel 6:1 – 7:17 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The three Torah readings of Shemini,Tazria-Metzora, which form the heart of the book of...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 16, 2018 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 25:1 – 27:19 || I Kings 5:26 – 6:13 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”As you have been shown on the mountain” G-d tells Moshe three times concerning the commandment to build the Tabernacle and its...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 9, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 8:1 – 12:16 || Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Torah’s account of the resolve and purpose which informed Aharon’s performance of the commandment to ‘raise up’...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Apr 21, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47 || 2 Samuel 6:1 – 7:17 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «On the very same day that G-d sends fire down from heaven to consume the inaugural offerings in the Tabernacle, He instructs Israel to...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 28, 2015 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Numbers 4:21 – 7:89 || Judges 13:2-25 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “Out in the desert the nation of Israel is instructed to set up her encampments around all four sides of the Tabernacle. This is not merely to...
