Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
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Yaakov avinu - our father Jacob - gathers round his children to reveal to them the end of days. But what does he, in fact, tell them? The answer is found in the unity of the nation of Israel.
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Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26)
Parashat Vayechi is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 14, 5769/January 10, 2009
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January 6, 2009 - 10 Tevet, 5769
Biblical Faith - with Sam Peak
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Seven things preceded the world…From the sages we deduced the Gehinom preceded the world (Isaiah 30:33): “Gehinom is prepared from the previous day; it is ready for kings, too; it is deepened; it is broadened; its furnace is full of fire and much fuel; HaShem’s breath is like a river of fire burning in it.” What does: “It is deepened; it is broadened” mean? An angel prepares each person’s place in it so that it fits their height.
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 223–226.
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January 6, 2009 - 10 Tevet, 5769
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
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Maimonides’ Laws of the Chosen House, chapter 6: The sanctity of the Temple Courtyards or of the city of Jerusalem may be “expanded,” but this requires a decision by the King, after which the Sanhedrin makes a thanksgiving offering, which is performed by two kohanim.
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January 1, 2009 - 5 Tevet, 5769
Bat Melech, with Rena Richman.
The next Bat Melech teaching will appear on December 31, 2008, (Tevet 4, 5769).
Chapter 38 of the book of Genesis deals with the difficult history of Yehudah and Tamar. The unique qualities that Yehudah and Tamar exhibited as they each, in his and her own way, dealt with the consequences their own actions, were to become the defining characteristics of their descendant King David and the longed for messianic son of David.
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December 30, 2008 - 3 Tevet, 5769
Biblical Faith - with Sam Peak
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Moshe said (Korach, BaMidbar 16:30), “If HaShem creates a new creation,” meaning, If Gehinom already exists, that will serve; if not HaShem will create it.” That can’t be! Moshe could not have been unsure whether Gehinom already existed, for we learn, “Seven things were created before the earth: 1) Torah, 2) T’shuva, 3) Gan Ayden, 4) Gehinom, 5) the Kisay haKovod, 6) the Bat haMikdosh, 7) the name of the Moshiach.” Moshe meant, then, “If Gehinom already has an opening on the surface of the earth, that will serve; if not, HaShem will create one.” That, too can’t be! Scripture (Kohelles 1:9) tells us, “There is nothing new under the sun.” Rather, Moshe announced, “If an opening to Gehinom is already located here, that will serve; if not, HaShem will bring one to this spot.”
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 218–223.
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December 30, 2008 - 3 Tevet, 5769
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
Yaakov/Yisrael reunites with Yosef, his son, and rejoices by declaring the unity of G-d: “Hear O Israel, HaShem is our G-d, HaShem is One.”
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Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27)
Parashat Vayigash is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 7, 5769/January 3, 2009
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December 28, 2008 - 1 Tevet, 5769
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
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The cleansing, purifying power of the Chanukah lights: Gazing into the kindled flames we can begin to see in a new light the intrinsic connection between our own home and the home - the house - of G-d: the Holy Temple.
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December 25, 2008 - 28 Kislev, 5769
Biblical Faith - with Sam Peak
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When Adom haRishon was expelled from Gan Ayden he settled at Mt. Moria (the site of the Bat haMakdosh) because the gates of Gan Ayden are adjacent to Mt Moria.
The Sages (Ta’anis 10A) relates the size: Mitzraim is four hundred parsot (parsa is about 2.7 miles) by four hundred parsot. Mitzraim is one-sixtieth the size of Cush. Cush is one-sixtieth the size of the world. The world is one-sixtieth of the Garden. The Garden is one-sixtieth the size of Ayden.
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 214–218.
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December 23, 2008 - 26 Kislev, 5769
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
Yosef hatzaddik - Joseph the righteous - possessed mastery over his own animal nature. This enabled him to be the source of blessing and sustenance for the entire world.
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Miketz (Genesis 41:4-44:17)
Parashat Miketz is read on Shabbat:
Rosh Chodesh Tevet, 5769/December 27, 2008
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December 21, 2008 - 24 Kislev, 5769
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
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Maimonides’ Laws of the Chosen House, chapter six: The chambers which opened onto both the sanctified court of the Priests on the one side, and the less sanctified cheil, on the other side, are of a matter of concern for the priests, whose duties and responsibilities differ according to the relative level of sanctification.
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December 18, 2008 - 21 Kislev, 5769
Bat Melech, with Rena Richman.
The next Bat Melech teaching will appear on December 31, 2008, (Tevet 4, 5769).
Matches between man and woman - husband and wife are, indeed, made in heaven. But it is up to us to invest the effort to be the best partners we can be and nourish the love that brought us together. Part four of an ongoing series exploring the Torah perspective on love and marriage.
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December 17, 2008 - 20 Kislev, 5769
Biblical Faith - with Sam Peak
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Rabbi bar Abuha found Eliyohu standing in a gentile cemetery and asked him, “Are you not a cohen? What are you doing in a cemetery?” Eliyohu countered, “Did you not study Taharot? There we learn, ‘Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai asserts that gentile graves do not defile.’” Responded Rabbi, “I did not know that. I can’t keep up with the four orders of Mishna that are generally applicable today. I certainly can’t study all six.” “Why don’t you devote more time to studying?” “Because of my poverty; I must spend considerable time earning a living.” Eliyohu took Rabbi into Gan Ayden and told him, “Fill your cloak with the leaves laying on the ground.” He did so. As he was leaving he heard a voice, “Who is so foolish as to consume his destiny in Olam haZe as Rabbi bar Abuha is doing?” He instanly dropped the leaves. Nevertheless his cloak so absorbed in aroma that he later sold it as perfume for $30,000. He refused to use the money on himself, however, and divided it among his sons-in-law. (G’morroh–Bova Metzia 114A, B)
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 209–214.
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December 16, 2008 - 19 Kislev, 5769
Azamra – with Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum
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THE LIGHT OF CHANUKAH
Reb Avraham Greenbaum’s latest MP3 class about how the light of Chanukah shines out even amidst the darkness (ChoSheKh) in the world today caused by the Donkey (Chamor), the Ox (Shor) and the Dog (Kelev).
December 14, 2008 - 17 Kislev, 5769
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
“In the merit of Yosef…” Midrash teaches that the Sea of Reeds split before the children of Israel when it beheld the bones of Yosef. What was it about Yosef hatzaddik - Joseph the righteous - that caused the very forces of nature to be undone? By gaining mastery over those very forces within his own being he was able to influence the natural forces around him.
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Vayeshev (Genesis 37:1-40:23)
Parashat Vayeshev is read on Shabbat:
Kislev 23, 5769/December 20, 2008
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December 14, 2008 - 17 Kislev, 5769
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
Maimonides’ Laws of the Chosen House, chapter six: The chambers which opened onto both the sanctified court of the Priests on the one side, and the less sanctified cheil, on the other side, are of a matter of concern for the priests, whose duties and responsibilities differ according to the relative level of sanctification.
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Dedication:
This show is dedicated to Brian & Benjamin Spitz.
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December 11, 2008 - 14 Kislev, 5769
Biblical Faith - with Sam Peak
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Gan Ayden (Garden of Eden) exist in this world in a specific place. Four rivers flow from it, one of which flows past Eretz Yisrael (The Land of Israel), just as the Torah explicitly tells us. These verses are not allegorical at all but literal facts… From the works of the Sages this is so clear that it hardly bears mentioning that Gan Ayden is an actual garden and a physical site.
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 208.
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December 9, 2008 - 12 Kislev, 5769
Azamra – with Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum
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THE NEW PAGANISM
December 7, 2008 - 10 Kislev, 5769
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
Yaakov avinu - Jacob our father - the man of truth, wrestles throughout the night with a mysterious angel. The dust that they kick up is precious in G-d’s eyes, as Yaakov, by virtue of his dedication to truth, becomes “Israel, because you have commanding power with [an angel of] God and with men, and you have prevailed.” Genesis 31:29)
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Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4-36:43)
Parashat Vayishlach is read on Shabbat:
Kislev 16, 5769/December 13, 2008
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December 6, 2008 - 9 Kislev, 5769
Bat Melech, with Rena Richman.
The next Bat Melech teaching will appear on December 17, 2008, (Kislev 20, 5769).
Matches between man and woman - husband and wife are, indeed, made in heaven. But it is up to us to invest the effort to be the best partners we can be and nourish the love that brought us together. Part three of an ongoing series exploring the Torah perspective on love and marriage
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December 3, 2008 - 6 Kislev, 5769
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
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Maimonides’ Laws of the Chosen House, chapter six: The Levitical choir was an integral aspect of the Divine service of the Holy Temple. Their vocal and instrumental accompaniment to the Daily - Tamid - service, and special holiday celebrations fulfilled a commandment of Torah and added a deep spiritual expression to the Temple experience.
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December 3, 2008 - 6 Kislev, 5769
Biblical Faith - with Sam Peak
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The various interpretations do not conflict with each other. They are all true. The evaluation of the felicities of the future are retrogressive, to the character of the times of the first Beit haMikdos, then to the times of Shlomoh, to the times of Moshe, to the times of Noach, to the times of Abel, to the times of Adam haRishon. Not merely to the time of Adam haRishon which overlaps that of Abel, but to the period before that; before the primeval sin.
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 204.
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December 2, 2008 - 5 Kislev, 5769
Azamra – with Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum
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WHERE ON EARTH IS MASHIACH???
December 1, 2008 - 4 Kislev, 5769
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
Prelude to a prophetic dream: Yaakov, fleeing from brother Esau, had time to reflect upon the crudeness and cruelty of man. Pondering the stoney hearted people who he had met in life, and their insensitivity to G-d, he gathered rocks beneath his head, that is, he mused upon their distance from G-d. Laying down to sleep with these thoughts upon his heart he dreamed an awesome dream.
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Vayeitzei (Genesis 28:10-32:3)
Parashat Vayeitzei is read on Shabbat:
Kislev 9, 5769/December 6, 2008
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November 30, 2008 - 3 Kislev, 5769
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
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Maimonides’ Laws of the Chosen House, chapter six: The Levitical choir was an integral aspect of the Divine service of the Holy Temple. Their vocal and instrumental accompaniment to the Daily - Tamid - service, and special holiday celebrations fulfilled a commandment of Torah and added a deep spiritual expression to the Temple experience.
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November 27, 2008 - 29 Heshvan, 5769
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
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Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov, the forefathers of the Jewish nation, were real people of flesh and blood. Yet they also embody the very attributes by which G-d administers His world. Avraham embodies the attribute of chesed - loving kindness. Yet from his loins came forth Yitzchak, whose persona embodies the attribute of din - harshness. This reflects the cosmic conundrum: If, as we are taught, G-d created His world with chesed, why then, does harshness exists? Why are there people in pain and in need? By treating our fellow man with chesed we are, in effect, creating G-d’s world anew.
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Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9)
Parashat Toldot is read on Shabbat:
Kislev 2, 5769/November 29, 2008
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November 26, 2008 - 28 Heshvan, 5769
Biblical Faith - with Sam Peak
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This episode is the 107th and final installment in our Derech Hashem series
of studies with the RaMChaL of blessed memory. It is not insignificant that
it is episode #107 as this is the gematria of the Hebrew word davak (dalet,
veit, kuf - 106 + 1 with the kollel, meaning we add one for the word itself
= 107). Davak, meaning adhered, stick to, glue, cleave, is the root of
devekut (devotion, cleaving to and being one with Hashem). This state of
cleaving to Hashem is the goal of our service to him, and the Tsaddik, Rabbi
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, had this ultimate state in mind for us on every page
of this great work, Derech Hashem. It is my prayer that our presentation of
the RaMChaL’s teaching on Classical Judaism has been beneficial to the
viewers in reaching that goal.
From the “RaMCHaL”–Derech HaShem–Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. Page 395.
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November 25, 2008 - 27 Heshvan, 5769
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
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Maimonides’ Laws of the Chosen House, chapter six: The Levitical choir was an integral aspect of the Divine service of the Holy Temple. Their vocal and instrumental accompaniment to the Daily - Tamid - service, and special holiday celebrations fulfilled a commandment of Torah and added a deep spiritual expression to the Temple experience.
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November 20, 2008 - 22 Heshvan, 5769
Bat Melech, with Rena Richman.
The next Bat Melech teaching will appear on December 3, 2008, (Kislev 6, 5769).
Matches between man and woman - husband and wife are, indeed, made in heaven. But it is up to us to invest the effort to be the best partners we can be and nourish the love that brought us together. Part two of an ongoing series exploring the Torah perspective on love and marriage
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November 19, 2008 - 21 Heshvan, 5769
Biblical Faith - with Sam Peak
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HaShem did not desire to write the Torah so clearly that it would not need any explanation. Quite to the contrary, HaShem wrote in it many undefined concepts, so that no man could possibly know its true meaning without being giving an explanation. This explanation must come through a tradition emanating from HaShem Himself, Who is the Author of the Torah.
From the “RaMCHaL”–Derech HaShem–Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. Page 395.
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November 18, 2008 - 20 Heshvan, 5769
Through special technical arrangements, G-d willing - the usual Azamra Live Global Hookup will be available from his visit in Texas on Sunday morning US (Usual times around the world).