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Archive for Marheshwan / Kislev 5774 - November 2013
Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
Reentering the Land: Stepping Down into a Higher Reality
Yaakov meets Esau: The Art of Torah Diplomacy: Give, Take and be Ready for War
Twenty years in the waiting, Yaakov at long last returns to the land, wives and children in tow, and a three-ply plan to meet up with Esau and walk away unscathed, teaching us the value of a well thought out plan, achievable contingencies and realistic expectations, lessons which seem to be lost on the current US administration which displays as much patience and forethought to fateful negotiations with the mullahs of Iran as Esau displayed when he clamored for some porridge and poured it down his throat. His arrogance cost him the birthright. The arrogance of Kerry and Obama will cost the USA its leadership role in the world. Time then, for Israel to step up to the plate, grab hold of the reigns and lead the world to a better place.
Kerry bullying and Iranian nukes aside, the Temple Mount remains in the headlines and the focus of debate and hysterical Arab threats, and all the time increasing consensus that Jews and Gentiles must not be denied the right to pray on the Temple Mount.
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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:
Growing up Yaakov: Living (and Learning) in the Material World
Yaakov Lays His Head on the Crossroads Where Heaven Meets Earth & Man Meets G-d
With Rabbi Chaim Richman on a speaking tour in the USA Yitzchak has the microphone all to himself. For 2500 years the Ethiopian Jews were in exile and isolation, but the same dream that Yaakov had of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple carried them through the exile and back to the city of their longings.
When Yaakov made his vow to G-d at Beit El, he made it in the name of all his descendants forever. Building a Holy Temple and giving to G-d a tenth of all that we are and all that we possess, is an obligation that we cannot delay.
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Avraham saw his appointed meeting place with G-d as a distant and foreboding mountain, (Mount Moriah), and Yitzchak envisioned the Holy Temple to be a field, accessible and alive. But it was Yaakov who understood the Holy Temple to be a home, a nurturing, loving center in which G-d and all mankind can embrace.
Vayeitzei (Genesis 28:10-32:3)
Parashat Vayeitzei is read on Shabbat:
Kislev 6, 5774/November 9, 2013
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The classic tale of deception and intrigue. But who is deceiving who? and who is really being fooled? Yaakov dons precious garments and goat skins, but by doing so is he deceiving his father Yitzchak, or is he opening Yitzchak’s eyes for the first time to a lifetime of deception he has suffered at the hands of Esau, the real master of the bluff?
Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9)
Parashat Toldot is read on Shabbat:
MarCheshvan 29, 5774/November 2, 2013
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