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Temple Institute Shows
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
Yaakov avinu – our father Jacob – gathers round his children to reveal to them the end of days. But what does he, in fact, tell them? The answer is found in the unity of the nation of Israel.
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Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26)
Parashat Vayechi is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 14, 5769/January 10, 2009
Light to the Nations teachings are now available in mp3 audio files. The teachings can also 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 6: The sanctity of the Temple Courtyards or of the city of Jerusalem may be “expanded,” but this requires a decision by the King, after which the Sanhedrin makes a thanksgiving offering, which is performed by two kohanim.
Light to the Nations teachings are now available in mp3 audio files. The teachings can also be accessed through iTunes.
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Bat Melech, with Rena Richman.
The next Bat Melech teaching will appear on December 31, 2008, (Tevet 4, 5769).
Chapter 38 of the book of Genesis deals with the difficult history of Yehudah and Tamar. The unique qualities that Yehudah and Tamar exhibited as they each, in his and her own way, dealt with the consequences their own actions, were to become the defining characteristics of their descendant King David and the longed for messianic son of David.
Bat Melech teachings are now available in mp3 audio files! Bat Melech can also be subscribed to in iTunes.
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
Yaakov/Yisrael reunites with Yosef, his son, and rejoices by declaring the unity of G-d: “Hear O Israel, HaShem is our G-d, HaShem is One.”
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Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27)
Parashat Vayigash is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 7, 5769/January 3, 2009
Light to the Nations teachings are now available in mp3 audio files. The teachings can also be accessed through iTunes.
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
The cleansing, purifying power of the Chanukah lights: Gazing into the kindled flames we can begin to see in a new light the intrinsic connection between our own home and the home – the house – of G-d: the Holy Temple.
Light to the Nations teachings are now available in mp3 audio files. The teachings can also be accessed through iTunes.
(Visit the Temple Institute, and keep abreast of what’s happening this year in Israel, on and around the Temple Mount.)
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
Yosef hatzaddik – Joseph the righteous – possessed mastery over his own animal nature. This enabled him to be the source of blessing and sustenance for the entire world.
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Miketz (Genesis 41:4-44:17)
Parashat Miketz is read on Shabbat:
Rosh Chodesh Tevet, 5769/December 27, 2008
Light to the Nations teachings are now available in mp3 audio files. The teachings can also 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 six: The chambers which opened onto both the sanctified court of the Priests on the one side, and the less sanctified cheil, on the other side, are of a matter of concern for the priests, whose duties and responsibilities differ according to the relative level of sanctification.
Light to the Nations teachings are now available in mp3 audio files. The teachings can also be accessed through iTunes.
(To learn more about the structure of the Holy Temple, please click here.)