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Archive for Shevat / Adar II 5772 - February 2012
Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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The image “Like a golden ring in a swine’s snout” conveys that even an extremely precious article becomes disgusting when it is attached to something so repulsive as a swine. Similarly, the beauty of even the most attractive woman becomes repugnant if she is inane (empty).
The golden ring and the beauty of the woman are metaphors for the intellect, for intelligence shines in a person’s face with the same radiance as beauty. The pig’s snout is a metaphor for the physical component of a human being. The verse tells us that if the precious intellect is not applied to Torah, it is an irrelevant accessory of the physical body. It becomes as worthless as a golden ring attached to a snout that pokes around in the garbage heap.
Dedicated to Gordon and Christy Smith
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Prophetic Torah – with Rabbi Avraham Sutton
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The Return of Prophecy
We study the six days of creation in order to gain an understanding of where we are coming from. Only then can we begin to imagine where we are heading to.
Dedication: Sacred to the memory of Gilda John.
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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:
Reality Check: Putting Our House In Order Before We Build A House For G-d
If We Heard G-d’s Voice At Sinai We Are Free. If We Heard But Did Not Listen We Are Destined To Be Slaves
Join Yitzchak Reuven and special guest host, Tzvi Richman in this week’s Temple Talk as they try to define that undefinable energy-charged place where heaven meets earth. How does the building of an earthen altar mark the perfect transition from the revelation at Mount Sinai to the civil ordinances discussed in parashat Mishpatim? Is the altar itself a mini-Sinai? It’s hard to believe, but there were people who stood at Mount Sinai, witnessed the fire and the smoke, saw the sounds of the shofar, and heard G-d’s voice with their own ears, but still didn’t get what it was all about. G-d offers us freedom, but we must release ourselves from our own self-imposed bonds in order to attain it.
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Immediately following the majestic Sinai revelation Israel finds itself involved in an intense study of civil laws. It is these laws which form a just society and cement proper and respectful relations between neighbors which, in turn, paves the way from earth back to heaven, and creates the sapphire brickwork that binds Israel to G-d and G-d to Israel.
Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18)
Parashat Mishpatim is read on Shabbat:
Shvat 25, 5772/February 18, 2012
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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A commentary from Rabbi Chayim of Volozhin by Rabbi Avraham Sutton
What is the meaning of man being the soul of all the worlds? The essence of the matter, however, is that G-d created adam (man) only after having brought the (primordial) worlds into existence. [It is by virtue of his been having been created last that] man is such a marvelous creature. He was created [thus] so that he could have the ability to bring all that was created before him to perfection. For G-d incorporated in him [aspects of] all the wondrous rarefied lights, and of all the supernal worlds and spiritual palaces that preceded him, as well as the complete blueprint of the supernal glory [Atziut] as it rides upon and governs the merkavah [lower universes of Beriah, Yetzirah, and Asiyah].
Dedicated to Robert Wright
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Bat Melech – with Rena Richman
Bat Melech teachings appear every second Wednesday.
Next Show: The Well of Miriam, Part II
The prophet Miriam: Sanctified and dedicated to her people. In this all-new series, Rena explores the life and work of this great leader of Israel.
Dedication: Dedicated to Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Tafoya.
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Prophetic Torah – with Rabbi Avraham Sutton
Weekly series.
The Return of Prophecy
G-d created our world with pre-planned imperfections. He’s counting on us to spot them and to fix them.
Dedication: Dedicated to Shirley Erlandsen.
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