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Archive for Menahem Av / Elul 5774 - August 2014
Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
Don’t Tread on Me!
In praise of the Land of Israel
The month of Av has a split personality. Although the ninth day, Tisha B’Av, marks the climax of our mourning period for the Holy Temple, the month begins to literally turn around in the middle with the joyous minor holiday of Tu B’Av. The remainder of the month of Av begins the preparation for Elul and the High Holy Days. This week on Temple Talk, Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman examine the significance of this elusive cycle of time, as well as the special messages of this week’s Torah portion of Ekev. What are the commandments that people have a tendency to ‘trample underfoot’, and why? What is the connection between the Land of Israel, growing global antisemitism, and a bottle of coca-cola? And now that Tisha B’Av is behind us, we ask: Are we truly moving closer to the building of the Holy Temple?
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How important is the land of Israel? How essential is it to the children of Israel and to the fulfilling of the Torah of Israel? How crucial is it to all mankind that the nation of Israel is sovereign in the land of Israel? How vital is the land of Israel to G-d that He swore it to Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov and their descendants forever? Moshe reveals to Israel the land and its beauty.
Va’etchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11)
Parashat Va’etchanan is read on Shabbat:
Av 13, 5774/August 9, 2014
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
If, however, you see fit to assume, to whatever extent you can, additional duties, beyond what is required — provided that you fulfill those that are obligatory, that your motive is love of piety, that your action is in harmony with reason and has not the remotest connection with base desire — the resolution is good. You will be rewarded for it, and, in undertaking it, you do not deviate from the view of the Early Ones, for they have said:
Make a fence for the Torah [Avot 1:1]. Why was Yerushalaiyim destroyed? Because they based their actions on Biblical law [Torah], and did not go beyond the strict requirements of the Torah [Bava Metsia 30b]. said R. Huna: Whoever is involved only in Torah study is like one who has no G-d, as it says, “For a long time Yisra’el was without the true G-d” [Diveri Ha-Yamim II, 15:3] — the inference is that without both Torah and acts of grace, one is “without the true G-d” [Avodah Zarah 17b].
Dedicated to the Land of Yisra’el
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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:
From Mourning to Rebuilding
The Holy Temple: What is it we are missing?
The sages of Israel taught that every generation in which the Holy Temple is not rebuilt, is considered as if it is the generation in which it was destroyed. In this week’s Temple Talk, Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman ascend the Temple Mount together with hundreds of Jews seeking to end the cycle of mourning and destruction, and begin the rebuilding. Our hosts our indeed convinced that our generation is ready to rebuild, and they share their reasons for their optimism in this special edition of Temple Talk recorded on the fast day of Tisha B’Av.
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Moshe rabbenu opens his final words to the children of Israel with gentle chastisement. Before they enter the land it is important that they be reminded of their past errors in order to guard them against repeating those mistakes. Today’s current events remind us that our generation still has much work ahead in order to fully inherit, conquer and settle the land. The current conflict in Gaza is a harsh reminder of the very golden calf and spy-like misconceptions that have misled Israel for many years and lengthened our journey to redemption.
May we learn from these past errors, re-gird our loins, retake our land and recapture our destiny!
Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22)
Parashat Devarim is read on Shabbat: Av 6, 5774/August 2, 2014
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