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Archive for Tishre / Marheshwan 5773 - October 2012
Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
Understanding Abraham’s Tests: When G-d Hides His Face
Abraham, Lot, and the Liberals of Sodom
In this week’s edition of Temple Talk, our hosts engage in a veritable tour de force of parashat Vayera, following Abraham’s meteoric rise to prominence, his intervention on behalf of Sodom, and ultimately, his supreme test of faith, the binding of Isaac. What is the secret of Abraham’s unshakable faith, and his deep, firsthand knowledge of G-d?
As Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman prepare to depart for the Temple Institute’s 25 anniversary celebrations, Temple Talk will not be presented on Tues., Nov. 6th. With G-d’s help, the next edition of Temple Talk will be broadcast from Dallas, TX, on Tues., Nov. 13th. Afterwards there will be a break and the next edition of Temple Talk will be on Tues, Dec. 4th, with G-d’s help.
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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A wise man once said: “The more one knows about G-d, the more one is perplexed about His nature.” Another said: “The man with the most profound understanding of the Creator is the one who least understands the true nature of the essence of His glory; but the man who does not understand Him thinks he understands the essence of His glory.”
A wise man was once asked about the Creator: “What is He?”
“G-d is One,” he answered.
“What is He like?” was the next question.
“He is a great King.”
“And where is He?”
“On the watch.”
“That is not what I was asking about!” objected the questioner.
The wise man then said to him: “You have questioned me in language that suggests attributes applicable to the created, but inapplicable to the Creator. The attributes that should be affirmed of our Creator, May He be exalted, are those which I have mentioned to you, for otherwise it would be impossible for us to know Him.”
Dedicated to Chuck and Karen Eudy
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Avraham avinu traveled far into his own being in order to discover the Source and Supreme Guide of all creation, but the relationship he forged with G-d and the role he assumed for himself as citizen of G-d’s domain was firmly based in this world and firmly founded on the principle of personal responsibility.
Lech Lecha (Genesis 12:1-17:27)
Parashat Lech Lecha is read on Shabbat:
Marcheshvan 11, 5773/October 27, 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:
Abraham’s Inward Journey: Proving the Existence of G-d
Enter Abraham, Citizen of the World and Father of All Spiritual Seekers
One week into the elusive month of Mar Cheshvan already finds us celebrating two “minor” events with major implications: The first is the 837th anniversary of the famed sage Maimonides’ ascent to the Temple Mount in the face of grave danger to pray there, on the 6th of Cheshvan 1165. The second is the changing of our daily prayers into “winter mode” here in the Land of Israel, which takes place on 7 Cheshvan, when we begin to ask G-d for rain. In this week’s edition of Temple Talk, Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman explore these events and their modern-day implications, even as this week’s Torah reading of parashat Lech Lecha introduces the daring iconoclast Avram, soon to become Avraham, onto the scene of world history. He found out that all the truth were lies, and went on to discover that there is really only One G-d. Mankind would never be the same again.
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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Our perception of existing things take place in one of three ways: (1) through the physical senses; sight, hearing, taste, smell , touch; (2) through the intellect, by bringing proofs about an existing thing from its indications and actions, until the true nature of its existence and essences is confirmed by what is apprehended through the senses. This is what is called in Scripture “knowledge” and “intellectual discipline”; and (3) through a truthful and reliable tradition.
Since it is impossible to perceive the Creator through the senses, the only way we can perceive Him is through truthful tradition or through proofs of Him that are drawn from evidence of His works.
Dedicated to Dr. Don and Karen Specht
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The first lesson we are taught by Torah concerning the ten generation epoch spanning from Adam to Noach is that man’s behavior toward his fellow man has a direct and powerful effect on the natural world around him. Proper human conduct is a prerequisite for any effective environmental activism to succeed in preserving the magnificent ecosystem that G-d has blessed us with. A civilization that loses its moral compass will come crashing down, and take the natural world with it. A cautionary tale.
Bereshit/Noach (Genesis 1:1-11:32)
Parashat Noach is read on Shabbat:
Marcheshvan 4, 5773/October 20, 2012
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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The foolish and ignorant person will conceive of the Creator, may He be exalted, according to the literal sense of the Scripture phrase. If he assumes the service of G-d and tries to act for the sake of His glory, then his ignorance and lack of intelligence excuse him, as a man is held accountable only according to the power and depth of his intellect, his physical stamina, and his material means. If, however, he is capable of attaining wisdom and yet neglects it, he is held accountable for it and is punished for his inadequacy and disregard of study.
Dedicated to Dr. Don and Karen Specht
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