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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:

Special Guest Appearance by the Legendary Avraham Fried!

First Fruits and the Torah of Earthiness: A Down-To-Earth Shavuot Primer

“Take my tears!”  sings the legendary Jewish singer and entertainer, Avraham Fried. He’s referring to a plea to G-d, to use our tears to build the Third Holy Temple. Wait a minute… am I hearing you right? What Torah is this written in? What planet are we on? Well, as another great Jewish singer and entertainer sings, “People are crazy and times are strange.”  In this week’s uncut, unprecedented, uncensored Shavuot edition of Temple Talk, Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman, together with all of Israel, prepare to receive the Torah anew at Mount Sinai. But our hosts ask: Just what is the Torah we will be receiving? And how will it change us? And how will it change the world? And just what does it mean to be a Jew? “Take the rags away from your face, now ain’t the time for your tears”  sings our favorite perennial Jewish poet. Tune into this week’s explosive, exclusive and unchained all-time special Temple Talk… but it will cost you. Be prepared to accept responsibility. Be prepared to hear the truth.

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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:

Parashat Bechukotei and Rabbi Akiva’s Vision of Consolation

The Word From G-d, and It’s Not Politically Correct: Galut is Death, Period

The Book of Leviticus concludes this week with parashat Bechukotei, a Torah portion that features beautiful words of idyllic blessing guaranteeing Israel’s future when she but heeds her covenant with the Al-mighty. Conversely, harsh words of admonition describe the nation’s fate if she turns her back on G-d and puts her faith in “happenstance;” that leads to exile, tantamount to death itself. But Whoa! Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman conclude that it is up to Israel to turn the woe into whoa! and simply get with the program, in tune with the flow of all creation. No wonder this Torah portion, which hinges upon our realization of G-d’s hand upon us at all times and under all circumstances, leads us right up to the joyous celebration of Jerusalem Day, 5772, a day which reveals great Divine providence and G-d’s protection, even as He brings us out of the exile and back home to the Land of Israel. This week’s edition of Temple Talk is one for the Hall of Fame!

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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:

The Corner of the Field: Uninterrupted G-d Consciousness

A Torah Study on the Mitzvot of the Field: Crop Circles in the Land of Israel

In one more week, Jewish communities in the Diaspora will realign themselves with their counterparts in the Land of Israel, and all will once again be reading the same Torah portion. In the meantime, this week’s Temple Talk finds Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman discovering a precious Torah insight in the portion of Emor, regarding the unique agricultural commandments of the gifts to the poor that are left in the field. Also, in this week’s Torah portion of Behar  (read in the Land of Israel), the penultimate Torah portion of the book of Leviticus, we are introduced to G-d’s love affair with the Land of Israel through the commandments of the Sabbatical and Jubilee year cycles. Why does this concept suddenly appear in sefer Vayikra, and what’s it got to do with Mount Sinai? Tune into this week’s Temple Talk for some fascinating answers!

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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:

Pesach Sheni: Defeating the Confusion and Doubt of Amalek

Shining Like the Menorah in Parashat Emor: A Recipe for Living with G-d

Who believes in second chances? Evidently, Hashem does! That’s why He applauded the initiative of those individuals from the Children of Israel who could not bring the Passover offering on its appointed date, and established the “minor” festival of the Second Passover, which comes out this year this Sunday, May 6th. Those people just wouldn’t be denied the opportunity of proving their mettle and coming close to G-d, which is exactly how we feel about the State of Israel! However, as in this week’s Torah portion of Emor, there will always be those who blaspheme, and doubt that G-d even cares about this world – the worst blasphemy of all. Tune into this week’s Temple Talk as Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman connect the dots and find a Divine recipe for living life to its fullest in this week’s Torah portion!

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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:

“Who Could Ask For More? Will You Still Need Me… When I’m 64!”

Thank G-d for the State of Israel – Divine Orchestration of the Final Redemption

From somber reflection and deep appreciation for Israel’s fallen soldiers, to the joyous feelings of thanksgiving and celebration for the 64th anniversary of Israel’s Independence, this is a Temple Talk you will not want to miss! Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman put on their holiday finest for Independence Day, a festival of Biblical proportions, which they connect to the Torah portions of Leviticus, the month of Iyar and the secrets of the Hebrew calendar, in this rousing, unabashed testimony to true Torah Zionism and the State of Israel as the key to Redemption!

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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:

Counting the Omer and the Israel/Diaspora Torah Portions Conundrum

The Sin of Nadav and Avihu: How to Preserve the Eternal Moment Forever

Because of the “extra” last day of Passover observed outside the Land of Israel, For the next few weeks Jewish communities in the Land of Israel and their counterparts in the diaspora will be temporarily out of synch in the reading of the weekly Torah portions. This is caused by the observance of the “extra” last day of Passover outside the Land of Israel. Is this just an insignificant fluke of the calendar, an idiosyncratic halachic issue, or could there be a deeper meaning? Could it actually be a message from Heaven and a wake-up call to diaspora Jewry to come home? Join Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman as they discover a glitch in the matrix that turns this week’s edition of Temple Talk into the Temple Talk Aliya Special! Tune into a rousing call for our people to come home already, get over the exile and recognize the miracles G-d is doing for His people in the Land of Israel!

What exactly was the sin of Nadav  and Avihu, two upstanding sons of the High Priest Aharon, who brought a “strange fire”  on the very day of the Tabernacle’s dedication? How can we avoid making the same mistake today?

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