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Archive for Marheshwan / Kislev 5771 - November 2010
Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
Yaakov’s Prophecy on the Temple Mount Being Fulfilled Today
The Kotel vs the Temple
“How Awesome is this Place! This is None Other than the House of G-d!”
The hosts of Temple Talk are transfixed by this week’s Torah portion, Parashat Vayeitzei, and its connection to the Holy Temple – past, present and future.
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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Chapter 4 Mishnah 7
Rabbi Zadok says: Do not separate yourself from the community; when serving as a judge do not act as a lawyer; do not make the Torah a crown for self-glorification, nor a spade with which to dig. So too Hillel used to say – He who exploits the crown of Torah for personal benefit shall fade away. From this you derive that whoever seeks personal benefit from the words of Torah removes his life from the world.
Rabbi Yose says: Whoever honors the Torah is himself honored by people; and whoever disgraces the Torah is himself disgraced by people.
” …and he took some of the stones of the place and placed them at his head, and he lay down in that place.” (Genesis 28:11) What was “that place,” and what was the nature of those stones that Ya’akov gathered together, and which, upon his awakening from his dream of a House of G-d, formed a single stone, which became the very “foundation stone” upon which all creation is established? And how could the “foundation stone” upon which the entire world rests find itself in that place and at that very moment when Ya’akov chose to take his sleep? It was Ya’akov’s consecration of the stone with olive oil that made the transformation possible.
Vayeitzei (Genesis 28:10-32:3)
Parashat Vayeitzei is read on Shabbat:
Kislev 6, 5771/November 13, 2010
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
Next week on Light to the Nations:
Palm of Deborah, Part XI
G-d’s love for every individual is unreserved and unconditional. We may distance ourselves at times from G-d, through our own selfishness, carelessness and short-sightedness, but G-d is ever ready to accept our return to Him, with “open arms,” and an embrace that only grows stronger, in spite of, or perhaps even because of, our own human frailty. Have we the capability within ourselves to likewise be so magnanimous toward others?
Dedication: Dedicated to the Specht Family.
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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Chapter 4 Mishnah 6
Rabbi Yishmael bar Rabbi Yose says: One who studies Torah in order to teach is given the means to study and to teach…
One whose intention is to teach or to observe is clearly dedicating their life to HaShem, and therefore HaShem grants him the means to fulfill their intentions.
Why does one studies with the intention to teach or to practice have their intentions fulfilled?
Torah is the essence of existence, and hence every attempt to imbue this world with the theory and practice of Torah enhances the world’s existence. The Creator helps efforts succeed because they contribute to His Creation.
Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
Rachel’s Tears for her Children
Parashat Toldot and the Unesco Declaration: Esav Wants it All
Yaakov’s Birthright & Blessings, and Personal Responsibility for the Course of Human Events
How do we understand the perplexing struggle between Yaakov and Esav? What do these forces represent, and how is their struggle ultimately resolved? Parashat Toldot comes alive in this week’s edition of Temple Talk as Rabbi Richman and Yitzchak Reuven examine the nature of Esav and the blessings the patriarch Yitzchak gave to his son Yaakov in the light of our modern world.
Unesco declares that Ma’arat HaMachpela in Hebron as well as Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem are mosques. Why is Rachel crying for her children (Jeremiah 31), and why is Rachel G-d’s guarantor that her children will return to their land? A startling Midrash reveals our mother Rachel’s righteous character.
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The work of the patriarchs, Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov was to establish in this world an eternal bond between man and G-d. Toldot chronicles the struggle for supremacy between two radically different approaches toward leadership: the way of Yaakov, and the way of Esav. Esav excelled in so many ways he seemed a natural for the part. And after all, he was the first-born. There was but one thing missing from Esav’s understanding of life: the fear and the acknowledgment of G-d. Forever stymied by his own egotistical take on life, Esav languished, while Yaakov assumed the mantle of leadership
Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9)
Parashat Toldot is read on Shabbat:
Cheshvan 29, 5771/November 6, 2010
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