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Archive for Kislev / Tevet 5771 - December 2010
Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
The Parshiot of the Exile are Days of Spiritual Rectification
“And There Arose a New King Who Knew Not Yosef:” Understanding the Dilemma of Denial
The essence of time is Torah itself. As we begin the Book of Exodus, Ya akov, Yosef and their entire generation pass away, and the people of Israel multiply mightily in the land of Egypt… and hunker down into the exile. What happened within one brief generation that made the Egyptians forget their debt of gratitude to Yosef? Rabbi Richman and Yitzchak Reuven feel that as usual, it’s a Jewish thing… responsibility always finds its way back to us.
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A new Pharaoh arose “who didn’t know Yosef“. That’s outrageous! After all Yosef had done on behalf of Egypt, to be unceremoniously expunged from Egypt’s national narrative is unthinkable. Yet it was Yosef’s own brothers who, not so long before, “didn’t know Yosef” – not his face, and not his understanding as to how to bring about the redemption. Their animosity toward Yosef eventually engendered Pharaoh’s animosity.
Shemot (Exodus 1:1 – 6:1)
Parashat Shemot is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 18, 5771/December 25, 2010
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
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G-d is neither an accountant nor a scorekeeper. He doesn’t tally up our good deeds, subtract from them our transgressions, declare the balance and call it a day. G-d gathers up our good deeds, places them before Him, and does not allow our transgressions to diminish His delight with all the good that we have accomplished.
Dedication: Dedicated to Dr. Ronald & Elaine Beals.
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Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
Translating the Torah, Worshiping the Golden Calf & Other Illusions:
It’s All Greek to Me
The Death of Ezra and Nehemiah & the Lack of True Jewish Leaders
The month of Tevet enters with the blessings of rain in the Land of Israel. But this month is traditionally considered to be a time of portent and distress, and features a public fast day, the 10th of Tevet, which commemorates a siege around Jerusalem that led to the destruction of the first Holy Temple. Is Jerusalem still besieged…or are its inhabitants just suffering from a siege mentality?
The 8th and 9th days of Tevet used to be fast days, as well: For the day that the Torah was translated into Greek, and for the passing of the great leaders Ezra and Nehemiah. The day a translation of the Torah was forced by King Ptolmely is considered to be especially bleak. In fact the translation of the Torah is called a calamity equal to the creation of the Golden Calf! Why should Torah in another language be considered a tragedy?
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Ya’akov desires to bless each of his children before he dies and to share with them holy insights into their future. It is at this moment that he and we learn that the Divine promise of redemption which Ya’akov wished to introduce to his children can only become a reality when the entire nation of Israel is included. Not only those who are near to G-d and in touch with His Torah, but also, and especially, those of us who feel distant and disconnected must be brought close to the legacy of Ya’akov avinu – our father Jacob, in order for the redemption to transpire.
Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26)
Parashat Vayechi is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 11, 5771/December 18, 2010
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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Mishnah 13
Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov says: He who fulfills even a single mitzvah gains himself a single advocate …
These are the precepts whose fruits a person enjoys in this world, but whose principal remains intact for him in the World to Come: honoring of father and mother, acts of kindness, early attendance at the house of study morning and evening, hospitality to guests, visiting the sick, providing for a bride, escorting the dead, absorption in prayer, bring peace between man and his fellow, and the study of Torah is equivalent to them all.
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
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Next week on Light to the Nations:
The Palm Tree of Devorah
Torah teaches us not to sit back and wait for miracles to happen. Instead we are instructed to actively pursue our own destiny as individuals and as a nation. If our intentions are good and our efforts are wholehearted, G-d will help us accomplish our goals. This is the real miracle of Chanuka. The people of Israel, led by the Kohen Gadol Mattitiyahu and his five sons, rose up and threw off the yoke of the Greek oppressors, liberated the Holy Temple and renewed the Divine service.
Dedication: Dedicated to Carol & Jim Long.
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