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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
“May G-d bless you and keep you; May G-d make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; May G-d lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.” (Numbers 6:24-26) Peace – shalom – the positive harmony that imbues this world and the world on high – and our role in making it happen.
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Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89)
Parashat Naso is read on Shabbat:
Sivan 4, 5768/June 7, 2008
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
Bemidbar – the book of the desert – the setting G-d chose for the transmission of Torah, a setting void of ego and whose vastness echoes G-d’s infinite being.
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Bemidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20)
Parashat Bemidbar is read on Shabbat:
Iyar 26, 5768/May 31, 2008
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
Walking in the way of G-d’s statutes: Which statutes? Those by virtue of which the world exists! By walking with these statutes and not against them, we can tap into the roots of G-d’s world and avail ourselves of His abundant blessings.
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Bechukotai (Leviticus 26:3-27:34)
Parashat Bechukotai is read on Shabbat:
Iyar 19, 5768/May 24, 2008
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
G-d’s multifaceted creation: the secrets of creation and redemption as embodied in the commandment and observance of the shnat shmitta – the sabbatical year.
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Behar (Leviticus 25:1-26:2)
Parashat Behar is read on Shabbat:
Iyar 12, 5768/May 17, 2008
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
The month of Iyar is a particularly propitious time for increasing Torah knowledge. Being the month in which the manna began to fall in the desert, it is likewise a propitious time for realizing that G-d is also the source of our physical sustenance. The counting of the Omer, which occupies all the days of the month of Iyar, is itself intrinsically connected to the bounty of the manna, and the measure of spiritual and physical sustenance with which we will be blessed throughout the coming year.
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
The spiritual transition between slavery and freedom, emancipation and nationhood which Israel undergoes between her liberation on the 15th of Nisan and the receiving of Torah at Sinai seven weeks later, is captured in the twin commandments concerning the omer: harvesting and offering the barley to HaSHem, and counting seven perfect weeks.
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Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23)
Parashat Emor is read on Shabbat:
Iyar 5, 5768/May 10, 2008
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
You shall be holy; for I the L-rd your G-d am holy.” How do we become holy like He is holy? By placing limits on our own human nature we are able to overcome our own potential pitfalls, thereby transforming ourselves into more holy beings. In short, making the effort to be better than just okay.
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Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:27)
Parashat Kedoshim is read on Shabbat:
Nisan 28, 5768/May 3, 2008