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Archive for Sivan / Tamuz 5768 - July 2008
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
The tribes of Reuven, Gad and half the tribe of Menashe seem to have their priorities upside down, as they express concern for their livestock before their own offspring, omit G-d in their plans, and seem to spurn the land of Israel, choosing to settle east of the Jordan River. After receiving strong rebuke from Moses, they vow to join the struggle of their fellow tribes to realize their inheritances in the land, and by ultimately fulfilling their word, sanctify the land on which they settled.
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Matot (Numbers 30:2-32:42)
Parashat Matot is read on Shabbat:
Tammuz 23, 5768/July 26, 2008
Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
Weekly series with new shows available every Tuesday.
In Bereishit Rabbi (6:3) we read, “It is natural the older of two brothers should set his calendar by the great luminary, and the younger by the lesser light. The descendants of Esav, the older son of Yitzchak, constructed their calendar by the sun, the greater light, and the descendants of Ya’akov base their calendar on the moon, the lesser one. This is to benefit Yisrael. Just as the progeny of Esav calculated by the sun and the sun functions only by day, not by night; so, the successors of Esav have power only in this world and no place in the future world. The grandchildren of Ya’akov set dates by the moon. Just as the moon shines by day, the descendants of Ya’akov have some power in this world and more especially in the future world. Too, just as moonlight is not evident as long as the sun shines, but when the sun sets the light of the moon is obvious, so, as long as the power of Esav is bright the light of Ya’akov is invisible. When the light of Esav will set, the light of Ya’akov will burst forth, as the novi (Yeshaya 16:1) sings, “Arise Yerushala’im, my light, because your light has risen, and the glory of HaShem shines on you. Darkness will cover the land, and blackness, the nations, and on you HaShem will shine, and His glory will be evident on you.”
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 149–152.
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
Part II of the Rabbi’s exploration of the spiritual structure which makes up our daily prayers and informs us how every soul can stand before G-d and seek Him in prayer.
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Bat Melech, with Rena Richman.
Bat Melech teachings appear every second Wednesday. The next Bat Melech teaching will appear on July 30, 2008, (Tammuz 27, 5768).
A lesson about marriage. Using the symbolism of a Midrashic story, a river, a bird and a cauldron, Rena enumerates the qualities needed to make a relationship work.
Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
Weekly series with new shows available every Tuesday.
On page 321, paragraph 12, we find on holy days only seven blessings were ordained for the Amidah. These days have their own intrinsic blessings and sanctity which transmit HaShem’s sustenance.
On page 321, also, paragraph 13, we find there four different worlds. The physical world consist of two components– the celestial and the terrestrial. The celestial is the realm of the stars and planets, while the terrestrial is our realm, here on earth. The two together comprise a single world–the physical.
Above this is another world, namely the world of the angels. Higher than this is yet another world, a third world, that of the Highest Forces. This third world is called “The World of the Throne.” On a still higher level we can speak in general of different Influences emanating from HaShem, revelations of His Light, from which the existence of everything in Creation is derived. In a manner of speaking, the realm of these Influences also can be termed a “world,” one which usually is called “The World of HaShem.”
From the “RaMCHaL”–Derech HaShem–Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. Page 321.
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Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
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Until the prophet Elisha (who lived over one-hundred years before Hezekiah) no one recovered from an illness. Elisha, ill, pleaded for his life and HaShem/Elokim granted it. Kings 2, 13:14, “Elisha became ill with the sickness from which he would die…” That implies that previously he became ill from a sickness from which he did not die. That illness was the first in history that was not fatal.
From “Mysteries of the Creation” by Rabbi Dovid Brown. We are studying from the following pages: pg. 144–149.
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Biblical Faith – with Sam Peak
Weekly series with new shows available every Tuesday.
The morning prayer service is divided into four general sections. The first (Korbanos) involves readings associated with the sacrificial system, the second (Pesukei d’Zimrah) consist of Psalms and other Biblical praises, the third is the Shema and its blessings, and the fourth is the Amidah and concluding prayers.
From the “RaMCHaL”–Derech HaShem–Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto. Page 321.
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