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Temple Institute Shows
Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
The Raging Floodwaters of Noach & Bountiful Blessings of Choni
The Bittersweet Month of MarCheshvan: The Double-Edged Sword of Potential
With sweetest blessings for this new month of MarCheshvan! This week’s edition of Temple Talk, recorded and first broadcast on Rosh Chodesh I, the first day of the new month of MarCheshvan, explores the dimensions of this month’s enigmatic themes, the ancient element of water, which is at once both the bringer of Divine blessing, and yet the tool of Divine retribution, as it was in the days of Noach, wherein we learn – in this week’s Torah portion – of the Great Deluge which took place during this very month of MarCheshvan. But yet here in the Land of Israel, where every drop of water is seen as the greatest Heavenly gift, we begin asking for rain during this month. And this month, devoid of any major holidays, holds the key to the future, for both Israel as well as for all humanity. Tune into this week’s fascinating Temple Talk to find out why!
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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:
Tishrei Wrap-Up: Getting Both Feet on the Ground
Revisiting the Temple Mount, Our Spiritual Heart and National Center: No Fear
Join Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven as they have emerged from their elevated spiritual Sukkah cocoons and are back on dry land just in time to witness once again the creation of the world in this week’s parshat Bereshit! It seems that while we were busy basking for seven days in our well earned Sukkot rest and relaxation, after all our spiritual efforts of the past two months, G-d was even busier, creating the world! And what a perfect world it is, well, was… until man was created and things began to get complicated. But with the imperfections, G-d also blessed man with the tools to perfect himself and all of creation, as well.
The Sukkot holiday saw record numbers of devout Jews ascending the Temple Mount, the greatest number of all going up with Rabbi Richman on Isru Chag – the special quasi-festive day the follows the conclusion of Shmini Atzeret, (Simchat Torah). 59 Jews from Ranaana accompanied Rabbi Richman, and pledged to come again. The place of the Holy Temple is returning to the hearts and minds of the people of Israel, a crucial precondition for the rebuilding of the Holy Temple – soon in our days!
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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:
Deepest High Holiday Prayers: Grant Joy in the Land of Israel!
The Special Joy of Sukkot – The Loving Embrace of the Land of Israel
The first Temple Talk for the new year of 5773 presents an unforgettable glimpse into the gala celebration that is the totality of the Tishrei experience. Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman get ready for Yom Kippur… is there life after death? Our hosts deftly dart between the collective and the personal, the national and the global dimensions of Tishrei, our close encounter of the real kind. Do we have the ability to admit our mistakes, to change and become renewed on Yom Kippur? Of course we do! Step right into the sheer joy of being alive in G-d’s world, which is the theme of Sukkot and Simchat Torah. Join us for this Tishrei special, with an unapologetic emphasis on our homeland, our love, our goal and focus: The Land of Israel.
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Time is the marking of change. What folly it is to let time change us by not using time to change ourselves: G-d has blessed us with this year, this season, this day of Yom Kippur By admitting our past errors, by coming clean, by standing before G-d and changing ourselves for the better we can transcend time. We can transcend life itself by taking on the challenge of Yom Kippur, to be ourselves, our true selves, as never before. Gmar chatima tova – May we inscribe ourselves in the Book of Life!
Yom Kippur begins on the evening of September 25, 2012/Tishrei 10, 5773.
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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:
Rosh HaShana and the Secret of the Breath of Life
The Anniversary of Creation’s Beginning & The Day Before: Back to the Future
Say good-bye to everything you’ve ever known, and step into a new dimension: the coming year of 5773, may it bring great blessing. Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman prepare to receive the new light in this Rosh HaShana special edition of Temple Talk. First up: the special day of Elul 25, the first day of creation. How should we be spending that day? And why do we observe man’s birthday, Rosh HaShana, with the call of the shofar? It all goes back to the secret of the sound of the shofar and the breath of life. Man was the last thing to be created…way after the animals. We’re not animals, you know… that’s what Rosh HaShana is all about. But way back in 1965, Eric Burdon and The Animals had a hit with “I’m Just a Soul Whose Intentions are Good; O L-rd, Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.”
That’s the secret of the sound of the shofar! I’m just a soul whose intentions are good! Hashem, please don’t let me be misunderstood! Tune into Temple Talk for a Rosh HaShana primer that will change your life and get you ready for the upcoming High Holy Days.
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The final Torah reading of the year relates the final words of Moshe to Israel on the final day of his life on earth. His words speak of spiritual beginnings, potential , and national destiny. “You are all standing here today…” resilient, renewed and ready to pass through into the new year and into the fulfillment of your covenant with G-d. May we all be blessed with light and harmony, peace and sweetness in the new year.
Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20)
Parashat Nitzavim is read on Shabbat:
Elul 28, 5772/September 15, 2012
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The commandment of bikkurim – bringing the first fruits to the Holy Temple, opens Ki Tavo. It is basically the final commandment of Torah and the first commandment to be performed upon entering the land. Coming upon the heels of the commandment to remember Amalek by blotting out his memory, bringing the first fruits is the ultimate expression of acknowledgment of G-d’s presence and thusly the most perfect vehicle for obliterating Amalek’s dark message of G-dlessness in the world.
Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8)
Parashat Ki Tavo is read on Shabbat:
Elul 21, 5772/September 8, 2012
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