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Archive for Kislev / Tevet 5769 - December 2008
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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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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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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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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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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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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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
Bat Melech teachings are now available in mp3 audio files! Bat Melech can also be subscribed to in iTunes.