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Archive for Shevat / Adar I 5776 - February 2016
What was the golden calf? Why did it happen? What was it the people were searching for? Rabbi Chaim Richman explores the inner meanings and hidden secrets of the sin of the golden calf, and reveals its dangerous ramifications which to this day challenge man in his understanding of his place in G-d’s world.
Ki Tisa (Exodus)
Parashat Ki Tisa is read on Shabbat:
Adar I 18, 5776/February 27, 2016
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This week features:
Understanding the Debacle of the Golden Calf
Lessons of the Copper Laver, Donated by the Righteous Women of Israel: The Elevating Sanctity of Jewish Family Life
This week the people of Israel read the Torah portion of parashat Ki Tisa, featuring the episode of the Golden Calf. This week’s edition of Temple Talk finds our hosts pondering this difficult and perplexing idea. What was the sin of the Golden Calf really all about, and what are its ramifications today? What is its relationship to the commandment to build the Tabernacle? Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman engage in a scholarly discussion of this and other aspects of this week’s powerful Torah portion.
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This week features:
The Holy Temple Beckons: Become Human Beings Again
Two Months of Adar, the Secret of the Mezuzah and the Building of the Holy Temple: The Front and Back of Reality
This week’s Torah portion of parashat Tetzaveh features the complex instructions for the Priestly garments that are to be fashioned for the cohanim ‘for honor and splendor.’ So much detail! In our generation, so far from the Holy Temple, what purpose does all this information serve? In this week’s blockbuster edition of Temple Talk, our hosts boldly declare that as a matter of fact, our generation is quite close to the Holy Temple! This week’s program is brimming with passion and purpose, as Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman plug the Holy Temple into our contemporary reality with unparalleled eloquence. If you truly want to understand the function the Holy Temple serves in our lives, don’t miss this week’s edition of Temple Talk! There are more surprises inside, including a response to listener who accuses our hosts of racism. Listen with caution!
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“It’s a bird, it’s a plane…” no, it’s just the Kohen Gadol, ordinary mortal but super-hero, nonetheless, serving G-d in the Holy Temple. With the powers vested in his priestly vestments, the integrity which fills his heart and his unfettered love for his brethren and for all humanity, the kohen serving beside the altar in the Holy Temple is the embodiment of every virtue and act of courage portrayed by modern fictional super heroes.
Tetzave (Exodus 27:20 – 30:10)
Parashat Tetzave is read on Shabbat:
Adar I 11, 5776/February 20, 2016
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Parashat Terumah records the moment in which G-d officially invites man to welcome His Presence into our world. “Build for Me a sanctuary.” Are we up for it? Do we have it in our hearts to give just a little of ourselves for so much in return? Do it for Me, G-d says, “and I will dwell among them.” Dare we answer no? Dare we answer yes?
Terumah (Exodus 25:1 – 27:19)
Parashat Terumah is read on Shabbat:
Adar I 4, 5776/February 13, 2016
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This week features:
The Extra Month of Adar: Double Your Fun
Parashat Terumah and the Temple Institute: Calling on You to Help Build the Holy Temple in Our Generation
What’s the idea of building the Holy Temple really all about anyway? Is it relevant for our world today? Who needs it anyway? This week, as we read parashat Terumah with its commandments concerning the building of the Tabernacle – later to become the Holy Temple – the Torah’s intentions for man’s relationship with G-d begin to come into clear focus. This week’s edition of Temple Talk is a celebration of parashat Terumah. Tune in for a delightfully insightful program full of straight talk about the need for building the Holy Temple today, from the people who are this generation’s true Temple trailblazers… the Temple Institute. Plus: Two months of Adar, the special leap year gift of an extra month!
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We can liberate ourselves by recognizing that G-d is all there is and that all the world belongs to Him. The lofty ideals and transcendent experience of the Sinai revelation need to be translated into action and transformed into a “G-d conscious consciousness” that informs and animates our every thought and deed.
Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1 – 24:18)
Parashat Mishpatim is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 27, 5776/February 6, 2016
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