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What was the golden calf? Why did it happen? What was it the people were searching for? Rabbi Chaim Richman explores the inner meanings and hidden secrets of the sin of the golden calf, and reveals its dangerous ramifications which to this day challenge man in his understanding of his place in G-d’s world.
Ki Tisa (Exodus)
Parashat Ki Tisa is read on Shabbat:
Adar I 18, 5776/February 27, 2016
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“It’s a bird, it’s a plane…” no, it’s just the Kohen Gadol, ordinary mortal but super-hero, nonetheless, serving G-d in the Holy Temple. With the powers vested in his priestly vestments, the integrity which fills his heart and his unfettered love for his brethren and for all humanity, the kohen serving beside the altar in the Holy Temple is the embodiment of every virtue and act of courage portrayed by modern fictional super heroes.
Tetzave (Exodus 27:20 – 30:10)
Parashat Tetzave is read on Shabbat:
Adar I 11, 5776/February 20, 2016
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Parashat Terumah records the moment in which G-d officially invites man to welcome His Presence into our world. “Build for Me a sanctuary.” Are we up for it? Do we have it in our hearts to give just a little of ourselves for so much in return? Do it for Me, G-d says, “and I will dwell among them.” Dare we answer no? Dare we answer yes?
Terumah (Exodus 25:1 – 27:19)
Parashat Terumah is read on Shabbat:
Adar I 4, 5776/February 13, 2016
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We can liberate ourselves by recognizing that G-d is all there is and that all the world belongs to Him. The lofty ideals and transcendent experience of the Sinai revelation need to be translated into action and transformed into a “G-d conscious consciousness” that informs and animates our every thought and deed.
Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1 – 24:18)
Parashat Mishpatim is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 27, 5776/February 6, 2016
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The encounter at Sinai between man and G-d, the giving and receiving of Torah, the welcoming of Israel into G-d’s world and the welcoming of G-d into our world, this is what G-d had in mind, this is what He intended and this is why He created the world all those many years ago. From this moment on Israel has a mission: To share G-d’s Torah and the knowledge of His Oneness with all the world.
Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23)
Parashat Yitro is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 20, 5776/January 30, 2016
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Post-parting of the Sea of Reeds depression nags the children of Israel, as they question whether G-d is still with them, just days after the greatest miracle in history leaves them giddy with prophecy. The cure, they learn, is not in the reliving of past heights, but in embracing the day, with all its bitter-sweet reality.
Beshalach (Exodus 13:17 – 17:16)
Parashat Beshalach is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 13, 5776/January 23, 2016
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The ability to renew ourselves is hard-wired into our being. It is the active ingredient of our “Tzelem Elokim” – the Divine image in which we are created. This same ability for self-renewal is built into the universe and is reflected in the renewal of the moon every lunar cycle. When G-d presented to Israel the tracking and determining of the new moon each month as Israel’s first commandment to perform as a new nation still in Egypt, He was hard-wiring the propensity for self-renewal into the DNA of the national character of Israel. Israel’s monthly celebration of renewal will be shared with all the nations in the rebuilt Holy Temple.
Bo (Exodus 10:1 – 13:16)
Parashat Bo is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 6, 5776/January 16, 2016
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