by Eric C. Martienssen | Sep 16, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 21:10 – 25:19 || Isaiah 54:1-10 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The month of Elul is the time to remember that our souls cry out to G-d from the open field that is our lives, and that G-d who is the...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Sep 2, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 11:26 – 16,17; (Rosh Chodesh) Numbers 28:9-15 || Isaiah 66 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: “Can G-d choose? Hasn’t G-d already decided how the world works and what He expects out of man? Yet...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Aug 18, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Deuteronomy 3:23 – 7:11 || Isaiah 40:1-26 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: “It’s all about the love between our Father and His children Israel, which He expresses unabashedly as He presents to Israel...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Aug 12, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Devarim/Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22 || Yeshayahu/Isaiah 1:1-27 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: “As we get closer to our goals, forces which oppose our progress rear their ugly heads and try to thwart us. This was true of...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jul 29, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Israel: Matot (Numbers 30:2-32:42) Galut: Pinchas (Numbers 25:10 – 30:1): Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: »Divesting himself of any personal interests, Pinchas stands up, enters the fray and stops the plague...