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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 six: The Levitical choir was an integral aspect of the Divine service of the Holy Temple. Their vocal and instrumental accompaniment to the Daily – Tamid – service, and special holiday celebrations fulfilled a commandment of Torah and added a deep spiritual expression to the Temple experience.
Light to the Nations teachings are now available in mp3 audio files! They should also begin to show up in iTunes as well.
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov, the forefathers of the Jewish nation, were real people of flesh and blood. Yet they also embody the very attributes by which G-d administers His world. Avraham embodies the attribute of chesed – loving kindness. Yet from his loins came forth Yitzchak, whose persona embodies the attribute of din – harshness. This reflects the cosmic conundrum: If, as we are taught, G-d created His world with chesed, why then, does harshness exists? Why are there people in pain and in need? By treating our fellow man with chesed we are, in effect, creating G-d’s world anew.
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Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9)
Parashat Toldot is read on Shabbat:
Kislev 2, 5769/November 29, 2008
Rabbi Richman’s Weekly Torah teachings are now available in mp3 audio files! They also should begin to show up in iTunes as well.
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 Levitical choir was an integral aspect of the Divine service of the Holy Temple. Their vocal and instrumental accompaniment to the Daily – Tamid – service, and special holiday celebrations fulfilled a commandment of Torah and added a deep spiritual expression to the Temple experience.
Light to the Nations teachings are now available in mp3 audio files! They should also begin to show up in iTunes as well.
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Bat Melech, with Rena Richman.
The next Bat Melech teaching will appear on December 3, 2008, (Kislev 6, 5769).
Matches between man and woman – husband and wife are, indeed, made in heaven. But it is up to us to invest the effort to be the best partners we can be and nourish the love that brought us together. Part two of an ongoing series exploring the Torah perspective on love and marriage
Bat Melech teachings are now available in mp3 audio files! They should also begin to show up in iTunes as well.
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
“And Abraham was old, advanced in days…” (Genesis 24:1) The original Hebrew verse is best translated as, “And Abraham was old, arriving in days…” Our sages teach us that when a person dies and seeks entry into the next world the days of his life come forward to testify as to how he spent his days: in holiness or otherwise. In Avraham’s case, his days arrived before the heavenly court and testified to a life of righteousness.
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Chayei Sara (Genesis 23:1-25:18)
Parashat Chayei Sara is read on Shabbat:
Cheshvan 24, 5769/November 22, 2008
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
The talit – prayer shawl – and tzitzit – fringes – enable the worshipper who has enveloped himself within the talit to draw upon the holy light of G-d’s infinite being, known as the surrounding light, and to wrap himself within this light. This surrounding light enables him to pray in solitude even when praying in a quorum. This same light, as embodied in the talit, will accompany him into the next world, testifying to his good deeds.
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
Avraham Avinu was tested ten times by G-d throughout his life. The final and most awesome of the trials was the binding of his son Yitzchak, (Isaac). He faced these trials with equanimity and love. We, too, are tested throughout our lives by G-d. By meeting our own personal trials with the love exhibited by Avraham we, too, can experience G-d’s profound love for us.
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Vayera (Genesis 18:1-22:24)
Parashat Vayera is read on Shabbat:
Cheshvan 17, 5769/November 15, 2008