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Archive for Tevet / Shevat 5772 - January 2012
Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
Chapter 6
Mishnah One (continues)
From a teaching by Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, Ruach Chaim.
The Torah shields and saves. Mitzvoth (commandments) shield but do not save. The mitzvoth actually represent a healthy diet and life style. When a human being performs a commandment they are surrounded by an aurora of holiness that shields them from their own evil inclination. However, once a human being becomes sick through the sins they have committed, and then they are required Torah study for its own sake, because the evil inclination attacks aggressively the impurity in their own heart. The Torah not only shields them from the evil inclination, but it also purges the evil in their heart and makes that individual fit to embark upon the journey of righteousness and repentance.
In memory of Jerry Dean
G-d will not be denied. He will redeem His people and His voice will be heard, even in the cacophony of the frogs croaking from inside the bellies of Pharaoh and his crew.
Va’era (Exodus 6:2-9:35)
Parashat Va’era is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 26, 5772/January 21, 2012
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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:
How Many Roads Must a Man Walk Down Before You Call Him a Man?
From Moses to Moses: A Study in the Making of a True Jewish Leader
In the darkness of my night, from the midst of Tevet, the life-giving energy of Shevat is on the way. But the messages of Tevet: true Torah understanding, the value of leadership, and ever-present Temple consciousness, are planted deeply within us. All those themes and more emerge in this energized edition of Temple Talk, focusing on the character and mission of Moses and further exploration of the themes of current Torah portions. How did Moses get to be the man he became? How many roads did he need to walk down?
Thousands of years before the Four Tops sang “Reach Out, I’ll be There” and AT & T came up with the catchy “Reach Out and Touch Someone” advertising campaign, Pharaoh’s daughter Bitya was doing precisely that… she reached way out beyond herself and rescued the infant Moshe from the Nile. Our sages teach that her arm miraculously stretched out for many feet, but the hosts of Temple Talk redefine what this miracle was truly all about… and how it can and should happen to each and every one of us.
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Pharaoh employed sundry stratagems to uproot and destroy the children of Israel, chillingly reminiscent of recent and contemporary programs to annihilate Israel. Yet, despite it all, Israel abides. But why did G-d put Israel in Egypt? What was the Egyptian exile all about?
Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1)
Parashat Shemot is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 19, 5772/January 14, 2012
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Prophetic Torah – with Rabbi Avraham Sutton
Weekly series.
The Return of Prophecy
G-d created our world via a series of “disasters” which unfolded over the six primordial days. With each new “disaster” or differentiation of G-d’s essence our natural cosmic environment came into being. As G-d’s light diminished so did our ability to reach out and strive to draw near to Him.
Dedication: Dedicated to Mr. Marty Morrill: Mazel Tov on your birthday!
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
Chapter 6
Mishnah One (continues)
From a teaching by Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, Ruach Chaim.
Humility is not just a mitzvah, meaning a set of rules and actions which a person has to follow, rather humility is a state of mind. A person must naturally develop an attitude as to where they are not so important, so they feel they are humble toward others (Pirkei Avot 4 Mishnah 1).
In memory of Jerry Dean
Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
Stuck Inside of Egypt with the Memphis Blues Again
Beginning the Book of Exodus: Pharaoh’s Advisers and the Jewish Problem
It’s a brave new world as we begin the Book of Exodus and enter into the veritable heart of darkness of the Egyptian exile. In the blinking of an eye, Joseph and his amazing life-sustaining contributions to Egyptian society quickly turn to rust, and who was Joseph anyway? The “new” Pharaoh never even heard of him, and his only concern is what to do about his ever-increasing Jewish problem. Pharaoh summoned his advisers and the first Wannsee Conference took place with the participation of Job, Bilaam and Yitro. In this week’s edition of Temple Talk, Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman contemplate the lessons of our history and consider our present – and future – in the light of the first Torah reading of the Book of Exodus.
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