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Temple Institute Shows
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
Maimonides’ Laws of the Chosen House, chapter 7: All of the vessels to be used in the Holy Temple are considered to be part and parcel of the Holy Temple itself. Therefore, creating any vessel for use in the Divine service is considered to be an aspect of building the Holy Temple.
Light to the Nations teachings are now available in mp3 audio files, and can be accessed through iTunes.
(To learn more about visiting the site of the Holy Temple today, please click here.)
Bat Melech, with Rena Richman.
The next Bat Melech teaching will appear on March 25, 2009, (Adar 29, 5769).
The fourth and dramatic concluding chapter of Rena’s fascinating exploration of the historical and spiritual background to the events which take place in the Scroll of Esther, and the integral part played by Esther in the salvation of the people of Israel and the rebuilding of the Holy Temple.
Bat Melech teachings are now available in mp3 audio files, can also be subscribed to in iTunes.
This Shabbat we read parashat Ki Tisa, and also the special reading of Parah – the red heifer. The sin of the golden calf, which takes place in Ki Tisa, is the sin of man attempting to hold G-d in his hand, to be able to comprehend and rationally explain G-d, to be able to point to G-d’s infiniteness and say, “Ahh – there it is!” – as if that were humanly possible. Parah Adumah, considered to be the “antidote” to the golden calf, is testimony to the unknowable and ungraspable reality of G-d.
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Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35)
Parashat Ki Tisa is read on Shabbat:
Adar 18, 5769/March 14, 2009
Light to the Nations teachings are now available in mp3 audio files, and can be accessed through iTunes.
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
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Rabbi Richman lets down his hair, and everything seems a little upside-down in this week’s Light to the Nations special teaching. Why is Purim the only normal day of the year? How does the Purim feast transport us to the sublime spiritual level of the world to come? How does the celebration of Purim, replete with food, drink and merriment lead to true joy and make tangible the words of Zachariah: “In that day shall the L-rd be One and his name one.” The Rabbi has the answers to all these questions, and much, much more…
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
Maimonides’ Laws of the Chosen House, chapter 7: The Holy Temple is always present in our minds and our hearts wherever we may be, and we conduct ourselves accordingly expressing our constant reverence throughout all our actions.
Light to the Nations teachings are now available in mp3 audio files, and can be accessed through iTunes.
(To learn more about visiting the site of the Holy Temple today, please click here.)
Clothes make the man. This old saw is certainly applicable to the case of the kohen gadol – the high priest and his “garments of glory and splendor.” The garments themselves possess an intrinsic holiness. Their detailed components each can effect an atonement for the vast array of human failings. The kohen gadol, when wearing the garments and achieving a level of self-conscious identification with the human character common to all of us, can open up a window of atonement and spiritual realignment through will we all can emerge enhanced and ennobled, if we but take hold of the moment.
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Tetzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10)
Parashat Tetzaveh is read on Shabbat:
Adar 11, 5769/March 7, 2009
Light to the Nations teachings are now available in mp3 audio files, and can be accessed through iTunes.
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
Maimonides’ Laws of the Chosen House, chapter 7: The Rambam states, in clear and unmistakable words, that the obligation, and the privilege of ascending and being present on the Temple Mount, the site of the Holy Temple, is a positive commandment even when the Holy Temple is in a state of destruction. In other words, visiting the Temple Mount today, in accordance with the prescribed behavior as previously delineated by Maimonides, constitutes the fulfillment of a positive commandment, and the performer of this commandment should be highly praised. A must watch for all who hold the Holy Temple dear to their heart.
Light to the Nations teachings are now available in mp3 audio files, and can be accessed through iTunes.
(To learn more about visiting the site of the Holy Temple today, please click here.)