by Eric C. Martienssen | May 1, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Leviticus 16:1 – 20:27 || Amos 9:7-15 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”Love your neighbor as yourself,” has justifiably been deemed the central pillar of Torah. But what does it mean, and how are we expected to...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Aug 23, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25 || Isaiah 49:14 – 51:3 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Moshe passionately describes the beauty and bounty of the land of Israel to his people. Moshe, himself, won’t be entering into...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Aug 15, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Deuteronomy 3:22 – 7:11 || Isaiah 40:1-26 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Shema! The six word (in Hebrew) Jewish perception of Who G-d is to us is openly revealed for the first time in this week’s Torah...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jun 7, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Please note that parashat NASO is being read in the land of Israel this Shabbat. Galut: BEMIDBAR: Numbers 1:1 – 4:20 || Hosea 2:1-22 The Festival of Shavuot Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Like the Torah itself, Shavuot,...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Mar 22, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36 || Jeremiah 7:21 – 8:3 & 9:22-23 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The Shlamim (Peace offering) and the Todah (Thanksgiving offering) described in parashat Tzav, both free-will, voluntary...
