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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.
How strange: A Torah portion that begins with the description of the Red Heifer, the meaning of which we are told only Moses could comprehend, ends with Moses’ fateful error where he strikes the rock that G-d has commended him to speak to. The beginning almost seems to contradict the end!
Not so: The same humility and lack of ego which enabled Moses to perceive G-d’s will concerning the Red Heifer also motivated Moses to insist that the account of his grievous error likewise be duly recorded by Torah.
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Chukat (Numbers 19:1-22:1)
Parashat Chukat is read on Shabbat:
Tammuz 2, 5768/July 5, 2008
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
While Rabbi Richman is busy on a tour of speaking engagements in the USA, please take a few minutes to view a quick glance at just a few of the many ongoing pursuits of the Temple Institute, in this short promotional video. Light to the Nations will return next week with a special teaching on the upcoming month of Tammuz.
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
“Not big enough for the both of us!” When a man, even a great man, remains humble and small in his own eyes, he will acknowledge that there is room in creation for both G-d, and Torah and himself. But when a man, even a wise and learned man, such as Korach, becomes great in his own eyes, he eliminates G-d and Torah from his world, leaving G-d little choice but to put him in his place.
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Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32)
Parashat Korach is read on Shabbat:
Sivan 25, 5768/June 28, 2008
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 five: Continuing to explore the various chambers which comprised the Chamber of the Hearth, their functions, and the daily responsibilities of the priests serving at the Holy Temple.
(To learn more about the structure of the Holy Temple, please visit our Illustrated Tour.)
(To learn more about the daily responsibilities of the priests in the Holy Temple, please visit our Day in the the Holy Temple study guide.)
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
Who is afraid of the land of Israel? Why did ten of the twelve spies sent by Moses reject the land that they themselves described as “flowing with milk and honey?” (Numbers 13:27) They feared the very physical bounty of the land, and contended that the children of Israel would be spiritually safer in the desert. But it was G-d’s desire that the people should take on the earthly challenge head-on, for the purpose of raising up the material and imbuing it with the spiritual.
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Shlach (Numbers 13:1-15:41)
Parashat Shlach is read on Shabbat:
Sivan 18, 5768/June 21, 2008
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 five: Details of the Chamber of the Hearth, the dormitory quarters of the priests attending to the Temple service.
(To learn more about the structure of the Holy Temple, please visit our Illustrated Tour.)
(To learn more about the daily responsibilities of the priests in the Holy Temple, please visit our Day in the the Holy Temple study guide.)
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
The children of Israel build the tabernacle which sits still when covered by the cloud but the lifting of the cloud is a sign that it is time to move on. So too, in our own lives. We create our own tabernacle, so to speak, a meeting place with G-d. Sometimes this appointed place becomes covered with clouds of doubt and spiritual stagnation. When the cloud lifts it is a sign from G-d that it is time to dispel doubt and move on in our spiritual journey.
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Beha’alotcha (Numbers 8:1-12:16)
Parashat Beha’alotcha is read on Shabbat:
Sivan 11, 5768/June 14, 2008