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Archive for Nisan / Iyar 5775 - April 2015
Holiness enters our life as a “still small voice” and will utterly transform every aspect of who we are and how we perceive and relate to the world around us, if only we allow that still small voice to to emerge and fill our reality.
Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23)
Parashat Emor is read on Shabbat:
Iyar 13, 5775/May 2, 2015
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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:
The Second Passover: The Holiday of Second Chances
What’s the Connection Between a Firebombing in Samaria and Riots in Baltimore?
This week’s riveting edition of Temple Talk gets personal, as Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman discuss the rabbi’s son-in-law’s miraculous escape from a murderous terror attack. Unfortunately, such attacks are a common occurrence here in Israel. What has that got to do with life in the good ‘ol USA? Everything, say our hosts… tune in to an unforgettable Temple Talk to hear about the reciprocal relationship between Israel and the nations, and the amazing holiday of the Second Passover, holiday of second chances. And who wouldn’t want a second chance?
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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:
New York Times & the Temple Mount’s Wicked Witches
From Memorial Day to Independence Day, and on to the Rebuilding of the Holy Temple: “You Have Transformed My Lament into Dancing for Me”
The cycle of pain, memory and joy that is such a quintessential expression of the human experience is palpable this week in the State of Israel as we mark Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers, and celebrate Israel’s 67th Independence Day. Join Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman as they plug these modern days into the backdrop of the Biblically-significant month of Iyar. This week’s rousing, patriotic edition of Temple Talk is a tour de force of Torah wisdom and a joyous and appreciative tribute to our beloved State of Israel.
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We merit to live in the land of Israel, promised by G-d to His people, because of the supreme sacrifice of those who defend the land, the people and the Torah of Israel with their lives. “You shall be holy, for I, HaShem, your G-d, am holy.” (Lev. 19:2)
Acharei Mot-Kedoshim (Leviticus 16:1-20:27)
Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim is read on Shabbat:
Iyar 6, 5775/April 25, 2015
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A spiritual affliction with physical symptoms which occurred over a circumscribed time period thousands of years ago and was limited only to the land of Israel, tzarat is more relevant than ever today here in the land of Israel. Learning to accept and include, to share and to give, is the antidote to the root cause of tzarat, and the key to Israel’s role as a light to the nations.
Tazria-Metzora (Leviticus 12:1-15:33)
Parashat Tazria-Metzora is read on Shabbat:
Nisan 29, 5775/April 18, 2015
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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:
Training Kohanim & Bringing the Holy Temple Experience to the People
Counting the Omer: The Passover/Shavuot Continuum
Join Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven in this week’s edition of Temple Talk as they discuss the forty nine days of spiritual growth and maturation known as the Counting of the Omer (Sefirat HaOmer), which begins the day after the Passover Seder and leads up to and concludes with the holiday of Shavuot – the day of receiving Torah (every year anew!) at Sinai. Who wrote the Torah and why? Did G-d write Torah in order to convey His will to Israel and enable Israel to serve Him? Or does each and every one of us edit the Torah of Sinai, deleting here and pasting on there, in order to customize Torah, like we do a Facebook page so that it will reflect our likes and our desires, enabling G-d to serve us? The trap of unbridled individuality that snared Nadav and Avihu in last week’s (this week’s, in the diaspora) parashat Shmini, is waiting to trip us up today, if we don’t remember rule number one: “I am HaShem your G-d, Who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage” to serve Me! Not the other way around! Exposé: Even vegans and vegetarians are commanded to perform the Passover offering! Or else? Just ask the Jews who opted out of the korban Pesach in Egypt! Can’t? They’re not around no more? Hmmm… food for thought!
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Nadav and Avihu wanted to serve G-d in their own way, disregarding the way G-d wanted to be served, as clearly expressed in Torah. The sons of Aharon were righteous men and the arrogance they expressed is a failing common to many of even the most humble and dedicated observers of a Torah life. Critics and skeptics of the korbanot animal offerings in the Holy Temple service who question the place of korbanot in “today’s world” are being motivated by the same tragic transposition of G-d’s will and man’s will that befell Nadav and Avihu.
The recent korban Pesach (Passover offering) practice conducted by the Temple Institute provoked much consternation among some critics, but the onus of coming to grips with what Torah describes as “an eternal statute” rests with the critics and not with those seeking to perform a positive commandment central to the identity of Israel. Soul searching is called for.
Shmini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47)
Parashat Shmini is read on Shabbat:
Nisan 22, 5775/April 11, 2015
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