by Eric C. Martienssen | Apr 25, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23; Haftara: Ezechiel 44:15-31 “This week we are reading the parashat Emor. And the parasha begins, that HaShem says to Moshe: Say to the Cohanim, the sons of Aharon, and tell them each of you shall not render himself impure … And the Cohanim were...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Apr 4, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47; 2 Samuel 6:1-7:17 Video Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: We cannot make eternal the holiness of the moment by abandoning ourselves to it. We master and make eternal the holiness of the moment by infusing the...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 21, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Leviticus 6:1–8,36; Malachi 3:4-24 The opening verse in front of the HaGadol verses is: Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom I seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 14, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Leviticus 1:1 – 5:26; Isaiah 43:21 – 44:23 Commentary by Eric Martienssen: 1 And He called to Moses, and the Lord spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying… This Tent of Meeting later was our Temple in Jerusalem, where God himself, blessed be HE, was living....
by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 7, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Exodus 35:1-40:38; (Rosh Chodesh Nisan Ex. 12:1-20) Haftorah: Ezekiel 45:16 – 46:18 Video commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “Generous hearted, wise hearted, uplifted heart, inspired heart… ” The building of the...