by Eric C. Martienssen | May 19, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 25:1 – 27:34 || Jeremiah 16:19 –17:34 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The default mode of creation is set out in the opening verses of parashat Bechukotai: a world of blessings in which all our possible...
by Eric C. Martienssen | May 5, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 16:1 – 20:27 || Amos 9:7-15 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”You shall be holy, for I, HaShem, your G-d, am holy.” What does it mean to be holy? How are we to achieve it as individuals? And...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Apr 28, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 12:1 – 15:33 || 2 Kings 7:3-20 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The spiritual illness of tzar’at, which is physically manifest in the flesh, clothing and walls of a person’s house, is a...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 16, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 || Hosea 12:13 – 14:10 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «When Yaakov is about to reenter into the land of Israel he has a nighttime encounter with a mysterious stranger, an angel to be precise,...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Sep 23, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:8 || Isaiah 60:1-22 click here « Rosh Hashanah greeting cards / picture postcards for free Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The bringing of the first-fruits to the Holy Temple is the supreme...
