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Temple Institute Shows
Bat Melech – with Rena Richman
Bat Melech teachings appear every second Wednesday.
Next Bat Melech: December 8, 2010 / Tevet 1, 5771
The eighth and final day of Chanuka, the day on which we kindle all eight Chanuka lights is a day of great illumination. This illumination includes a great spiritual force that is brought down from above on this day, which floods the world and provides a supernal light that will remain with us throughout the entire year.
Dedication: Dedicated to Miriam Spitz!
Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
I’ve Seen Fire & I’ve Seen Rain
The Month of Tevet & the Holy Temple: On Guard Against a Breach
Yosef and the Great Reconciliation: Seeing Everything as the Mercy of Hashem
What a week of extremes it’s been: The joy of Chanuka against the backdrop of the devastating fire in Israel that claimed so many lives and did such horrendous damage. And finally, a little rain… and as we learn from the story of Choni Ha’Ma’agel, we never say “we’ve had enough rain!” so we continue to pray that the Land of Israel begins to receive bountiful rainfall. As we read of Yosef’s reunion with his family in Egypt, the month of Tevet begins…what are the lessons of this month, which begins during Chanukah but yet, features a fast day over the First Temple’s destruction just a week after the conclusion of Chanukah? Tune into Temple Talk….
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When Ya’akov and Yosef reunite after seventeen years of separation, Yosef weeps while Ya’akov recites the shema prayer, (“Hear O Israel, HaShem our G-d, HaShem is One”). Was Ya’akov being distant? Cold? On the contrary. By saying the shema at the moment of his reunion with his son, Ya’akov was including his love for G-d with his love for Yosef. For there is no love outside the love of HaShem. HaShem’s love encompasses all.
Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27)
Parashat Vayigash is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 4, 5771/December 11, 2010
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
Next week on Light to the Nations:
Chanuka Special
Many Temple related commandments that we perform today are merely remembrances of the original commandments. The commandment to kindle Chanuka lights, however, is a commandment which effects a true spiritual reality unique to the days of Chanuka.
Dedication: Dedicated to Yehoshua Ellis. Happy birthday!
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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:
Yosef in Egypt, Israel Today: The Amazing Jewish Art of Dreaming
Rekindling the Light of Chanukah
From Exile to Redemption: Announcing Rabbi Richman’s USA Speaking Tour, January 2011
The Everly Brothers sure had it right. We just can’t get our minds off of Yosef the dreamer and the role he played in saving his own family and the entire nation of Egypt from famine. It seems that ever since Yosef, Jews are great at dreaming… Keeping their own dreams alive, and fueling the dreams that keep the whole world alive as well. The nations of the world are all for Jewish dream-power, but once we’ve made their dreams come true, they’d prefer it if we would just disappear…
Chanukah is here, time to bring the Hidden Light back into the world. Speaking of which, the light of this world is the Divine Presence which rests in the Holy Temple. Rabbi Chaim Richman is preparing for a month-long, coast-to-coast speaking tour of the USA this coming January, which will include an unprecedented update pertaining to the plans for the rebuilding of the Holy Temple that he will be bringing. Yitzchak and Rabbi Richman discuss the plans for this upcoming American tour, name the cities and dates (including stops in several states he will be visiting for the first time), and discuss the theme of “From Exile to Redemption.”
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How strong is the bond between a parent and a child? A father and a son? Ya’akov could not be comforted by Yosef’s loss. Just what did Ya’akov know concerning Yosef’s apparent demise? Why was there a “conspiracy of silence” surrounding Yosef’s disappearance?
Miketz (Genesis 41:1-44:17)
Parashat Miketz is read on Shabbat:
Kislev 27, 5771/December 4, 2010
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
Next week on Light to the Nations:
Chanuka Special
The rain that falls in the land of Israel represents and reflects our spiritual and physical well-being. G-d does right by Israel if Israel does right by G-d. If the rain is not falling, it is time for repentance and prayer.
Dedication: Sacred to the memory of Yitzchak ben Hillel.
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