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Archive for Adar II / Nisan 5775 - March 2015
Confusion reigns in our modern world, and every aspect of modern society seems to feed on this confusion, fanning the flames of man’s existential disconnect with his own true self. The Holy Temple, and more specifically, the offering of animals on the stone altar in the Holy Temple, is designed to banish man’s confusion by compelling him to focus on who he is and to Whom he is answerable. Are we just a link on the food chain, or is our G-d given soul that which determines who we can be?
Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36)
Parashat Tzav is read on Shabbat:
Nisan 8, 5775/March 28, 2015
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
Duties of the Heart: Humility
The story is told of a king before whom a man was sentenced, and a whip was brought for punishment. The king said to the man, “As HaShem lives, were it not it not for my great anger with you, I would have taken strict revenge against anger with you, I would have taken strict revenge against you.” And then he pardoned him. [That is, precisely because the King grew angry did he decide not to discipline the man; for he did not think it proper to satisfy anger.] It is related further of him that he used to say, “I know of no offense heavy enough to outweigh my meekness.”
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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:
Netanyahu, Obama, and the Passover Offering
With the glorious festival of Passover just one week away, this week’s inspiring edition of Temple Talk finds Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman focusing on the nation of Israel’s eternal responsibility to bring the Passover offering to the Holy Temple… or at the very least, to the Temple Mount. Without it, the festival is a pale reflection of its true self. How do we feel about this eternal covenant? At the same time, we continue to confront the timeless truths of the Divine service in the Torah readings of the book of Vayikra. It is nothing less than the identity and destiny of the people of Israel that is at stake… and indeed, in the wake of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s reelection victory, once again the very identity and destiny of the people of Israel seem to be under attack, as US President Obama gives expression to his personal resentment and dislike of Netanyahu. Is this a modern Passover story? Tune in to this week’s no hold barred edition of Temple Talk!
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The book of Leviticus is the very heart of the Torah, as it describes the intimate meeting of man and G-d in the courtyards and inner sanctums of the Holy Temple/Tabernacle. To meet and share the same “space” in creation with man was G-d’s intention from even before the very beginning. The establishment of the Tabernacle and the initiation of the Divine service is the completion and perfection of creation.
Vayikra (Leviticus1:1-5:26)
Parashat Vayikra is read on Shabbat:
Nisan 1, 5775/March 21, 2015
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Rabbi Richman introduces (Sefer Vayikra), the Book of Leviticus as “The Book of Calling” and discusses the ultimate challenge it issues: The call for each and every one of us to become a human being and rise to the full potential of what it means to be a man.
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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:
Vayikra & the Divine Service: Becoming Human Again
What’s the connection between Israeli elections and the book of Leviticus? It’s about confronting ourselves and rising to our greatest potential.
This week’s edition of Temple Talk was recorded on Israeli Election Day, taking place just a few days before the arrival of the auspicious month of Nisan which begins this coming Shabbat, Is a dramatic page in Jewish history about to be turned? At the same time, the people of Israel turn another page this week, as we begin to read the book of Vayikra in our weekly Torah reading cycle. Is there a common theme that connects between all these events? Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman sure think so, and share their remarkable insights, as well as hopes and aspirations for Israel’s future, on this week’s edition of Temple Talk.
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Painstakingly detailed, the concluding two parashot of the book of Exodus, Vayakhel-Pekudei is the Torah’s testimony to G-d’s love for Israel and His desire to rest His presence here on earth. The obsessive attention to every aspect of the Tabernacle and the vessels, from G-d’s call to the generous of heart and the wise of heart to join together and build a Sanctuary, to the inventory of raw materials, the construction of the Tabernacle and the accounting for of every grain of gold and thread of purple, is G-d’s way of telling us today, just as you did it then in the desert, you can do it here and now in Jerusalem.
Vayakhel-Pekudei (Exodus 1 35:1-40:38)
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei is read on Shabbat:
Adar 23, 5775/March 15, 2015
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