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Archive for Adar II / Nisan 5768 - April 2008
Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
Weekly series with new shows available every Tuesday.
There are any number of like references. From the point of view of the earthly observer to whom the Torah is addressed the sun “rises,” “sets,” and “warms up”. So, too, though objectively the atmosphere, with its belts of water vapor and gases, circles the earth, from the point of view of one standing on earth the gases form a sack for the sun. Chazal describe the water vapor as a pool of water which dilutes the strength of the sun’s rays, that is, it screens out deadly radition. With this knowledge, we must assume that if, during ma’asa Brayshis, the earth was closer to the sun, the atmosphere must necessarily have been denser than it is now to screen out the greater emissions of ultraviolet. If so, we can readly imagine that the atmosphere was dense enough to refract the rays of light reflected from the earth around the globe. (I am informed that a five -fold increase in atmospheric sensity would accomplish this.) It would have acted, in effect, like a global mirror, in the center of whose interior the earth was suspended. A person at any spot on earth could any other places on the globe, as the Chachomim insist.
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 84–89.
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
The affliction of tzarat: receiving a direct reminder from G-d to take stock and to uproot the underlying causes of our shortcomings.
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Metzora (Leviticus 14:1-15:33)
Parashat Metzora is read on Shabbat:
Nisan 7, 5768/April 12, 2008
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
The first day of Nisan is the day of the declaration of independence from Egypt, and also, one year later, the day that G-d’s presence in the tabernacle became manifest to the Israelites. No wonder “the heavens rejoice and the earth is glad” as Nisan rolls around.
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Bat Melech, with Rena Richman.
Bat Melech teachings appear every second Wednesday. The next Bat Melech teaching will appear on April 16, 2008, (Nisan 11, 5768).
Insights into the spiritual essence of the matriarch Sara, as revealed through a close reading of the Scriptural text.
Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
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A prophet might fail to grasp the complete meaning of his prophecy as with Yonah. It is also possible that a truth be revealed to a prophet and he not ascertain its full meaning. This, for example, is what happened in the case of Yonah. In his prophecy, he was told, “Nineveh will be overturned (Yonah 3:4).” In I King 22:5, we read how the false prophets were “prophesying” in Achav’s presence. This means they were exerting themselves and doing things that normally would bring about a prophetic revelation. The vision they were seeking, however, was nothing more than an evil revelation.
From the “RaMCHaL”–Derech HaShem–Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. Page 233–237.
Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
Weekly series with new shows available every Tuesday.
When the Torah was given to Yisrael the noise travelled all around the world. All kings of the earth trembled in their palaces and sang praises to the power of Elokim. They all gathered to confer with Billom and asked, “What is this terrible noise we hear? Is Elokim again bringing a mabbul to destroy the world?” Billiom answered, “Do not worry, Elokim has sworn not to repeat the mabbul.” They countered, “Maybe He swore not to repeat a mabbul of water; perhaps He will bring a mabbul of fire.” Billom responded, “He has sworn that He will not again destroy His creatures.” The kings asked, “So what is this horrible noise?” Billom told them the secret; “Elokim has a precious treasure that He had stored for 974 generations prior to the creation. He is now giving it to His children.”
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 79–84.
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