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Archive for Iyar / Sivan 5776 - June 2016
Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
Korach, the Demagogue of Anarchy and Would-Be Usurper of the Priesthood
Yitro the Pathfinder and the Wayward Hearts of the Spies who Went to Look for the Promised Land
This week Yitzchak Reuven is alone at the mike as Rabbi Richman finishes up his speaking tour in Texas, and Yitzchak shares his thoughts about the spies who lost their nerve, about Korach, whose sharp mind, smooth tongue and unbridled ambition lands him and his privileged followers deep in the bowels of the earth till the end of time. The Book of Numbers chronicles the ups and many downs of forty years in the desert with the children of Israel, but were the children of Israel such screw-ups or were they simply human, like the rest of us?
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The generation of the desert paid a high price for their lack of belief in themselves, but received the sweetest and most profound affirmation of G-d’s belief in them: the promise that their children will indeed enter the land, build the Holy Temple, and share time and space in the promised land and at the chosen place with the one true eternal G-d of Israel.
The teaching was originally recorded in 2015.
Shelach (Numbers 13:1-15:41)
Parashat Shelach is read on Shabbat:
Sivan 19, 5776/June 25, 2016 (Israel)
Sivan 26, 5776/July 2, 2016 (Diaspora)
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Beha’alotcha and the art of complaining: The professional complainers in the desert turned complaining from a spontaneous response to discomfort into a premeditated attempt to change fate and flee from destiny, grumbling about everything from “my feet hurt” to “I don’t wanna eat my manna!”
Beha’alotcha (Numbers 8:1-12:16)
Parashat Beha’alotcha is read on Shabbat:
Sivan 12, 5776/June 18, 2016 (Israel)
Sivan 19, 5776/June 25, 2016 (Diaspora)
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From the Levitical responsibilities in the Tabernacle, to the ‘wayward’ woman and the Nazir, to the priestly blessing first uttered by Aharon, to the identical gifts to G-d brought to the altar by the heads of all twelve tribes, parashat Naso is all about G-d’s embracing His people and all the challenges that face them day after day.
Naso (Numbers 4:21 – 7:89)
Parashat Naso is read on Shabbat:
Sivan 5, 5776/June 11, 2016 (Israel)
Sivan 12, 5776/June 18, 2016 (Diaspora)
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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:
Mysteries of Parashat Beha’alotcha
The Book of Numbers, the Orlando Massacre and Post-Shavuot Thoughts: What Does it Really Mean to Receive the Torah?
After seven weeks of anticipation, this week all of Israel celebrated the Festival of Shavuot, time of receiving the Torah anew. The Shavuot experience is exhilarating and inspiring. But how do we know that we have truly received the Torah and re-committed ourselves to the Sinai Covenant, on a deep, soul level? This week’s edition of Temple Talk finds Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman exploring this question as they reflect on the themes of the Book of Numbers, the scourge of Islamic terror, and the huge strides being made in our generation towards the rebuilding of the Holy Temple.
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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:
Shavuot Special: Get Ready to Receive the Torah!
The Festival of Shavuot, the Giving of the Torah and the Holy Temple: A Celebration of the Land of Israel
Chodesh Tov! Happy new month of Sivan! This week’s edition of Temple Talk was recorded on the first day of Sivan, the month dedicated to the Festival of Shavuot, the anniversary of the giving of the Torah at the Sinai Revelation that will be observed this Sunday (and Monday if you live in the Diaspora). Like all of Israel, our hosts Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman are busy getting ready for Shavuot, and they share some profound thoughts and insights into the nature of the festival – and some dramatic truths about the Torah itself, the Holy Temple, and the Land of Israel. If you are looking to prepare spiritually for this important Festival, and if you are looking for inspiration in your Torah study and observance… this week’s amazing edition of Temple Talk is a must listen!
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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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