by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 23, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 6:2 – 9:35 || Ezekiel 28:25 – 29:21 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «G-d created the world in six days, laid down the laws of nature, and set things in motion. Avraham saw the wonder of the world and knew...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 27, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Hallel; Genesis 41:1 – 44:17; Num. 7:42-53 & 28:9-15 || Zechariah 2:14 – 4:7; Isa. 66:1-24 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The story of the betrayal of Yosef by his brothers and their ultimate reconciliation is one...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 17, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 25:19 – 28:9 || 1 Samuel 20:18-42 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Yitzchak avinu (Isaac our patriarch) was a man of vision blinded by the light of G-d’s brilliant and hidden presence. He lived, he...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Nov 17, 2016 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 18:1 – 22:24 || 2 Kings 4:1-37 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Avraham dedicated his entire life to sharing the good news that there is One G-d in the world, and that all we have comes from Him. Avraham...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 5, 2015 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 18:1 – 20:23; Jeremiah 6:1 – 7:6 ; 9:5+6 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: ” »I am HaShem your G-d.« The first of the Ten Commandments instructs us to seek out G-d in our world. One such seeker was Yitro, a former...