by Eric C. Martienssen | Apr 29, 2022 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Galut: ACHAREI MOT: Leviticus 16 – 18 see below Israel: KEDOSHIM: Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer 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?...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Aug 28, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Deuteronomy 21:10 – 25:19 || Isaiah 54:1-10 Commentary by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Parashat Ki Teitzei, which contains 76 different commandments is often seen as a bit of a hodgepodge of commandments, some rather arcane,...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Feb 20, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 21:1 – 24:18; 30:11-16 || 2 Kings 12:1-17 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Compassion is the key that unlocks the secret of this week’s Parashat Mishpatim, which opens with the Hebrew bondsman, and this...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 30, 2020 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 || Jeremiah 46:13-28 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «”HaShem spoke to Moshe and to Aharon in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be to you the head of the months; to you it shall...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jul 11, 2019 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Please note that parashat BALAK is being read in the land of Israel this Shabbat. Galut: “CHUKAT”: Numbers 19:1 – 22:1 || Judges 11:1-33 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «The Thin Red Line: Parashat Chukat...