Programs filed under 'Weekly Torah Readings'
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
How strange: A Torah portion that begins with the description of the Red Heifer, the meaning of which we are told only Moses could comprehend, ends with Moses’ fateful error where he strikes the rock that G-d has commended him to speak to. The beginning almost seems to contradict the end!
Not so: The same humility and lack of ego which enabled Moses to perceive G-d’s will concerning the Red Heifer also motivated Moses to insist that the account of his grievous error likewise be duly recorded by Torah.
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Chukat (Numbers 19:1-22:1)
Parashat Chukat is read on Shabbat:
Tammuz 2, 5768/July 5, 2008
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June 29, 2008 - 26 Sivan, 5768
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
“Not big enough for the both of us!” When a man, even a great man, remains humble and small in his own eyes, he will acknowledge that there is room in creation for both G-d, and Torah and himself. But when a man, even a wise and learned man, such as Korach, becomes great in his own eyes, he eliminates G-d and Torah from his world, leaving G-d little choice but to put him in his place.
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Korach (Numbers 16:1-18:32)
Parashat Korach is read on Shabbat:
Sivan 25, 5768/June 28, 2008
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June 21, 2008 - 18 Sivan, 5768
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
Who is afraid of the land of Israel? Why did ten of the twelve spies sent by Moses reject the land that they themselves described as “flowing with milk and honey?” (Numbers 13:27) They feared the very physical bounty of the land, and contended that the children of Israel would be spiritually safer in the desert. But it was G-d’s desire that the people should take on the earthly challenge head-on, for the purpose of raising up the material and imbuing it with the spiritual.
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Shlach (Numbers 13:1-15:41)
Parashat Shlach is read on Shabbat:
Sivan 18, 5768/June 21, 2008
Weekly Torah Portion: Shlach:
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June 15, 2008 - 12 Sivan, 5768
Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series of short messages concerning the weekly Torah Portion.
The children of Israel build the tabernacle which sits still when covered by the cloud but the lifting of the cloud is a sign that it is time to move on. So too, in our own lives. We create our own tabernacle, so to speak, a meeting place with G-d. Sometimes this appointed place becomes covered with clouds of doubt and spiritual stagnation. When the cloud lifts it is a sign from G-d that it is time to dispel doubt and move on in our spiritual journey.
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Beha’alotcha (Numbers 8:1-12:16)
Parashat Beha’alotcha is read on Shabbat:
Sivan 11, 5768/June 14, 2008
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June 10, 2008 - 7 Sivan, 5768
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
Weekly Torah Portion: Naso:
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June 2, 2008 - 28 Iyar, 5768
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
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May 26, 2008 - 21 Iyar, 5768
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
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May 19, 2008 - 14 Iyar, 5768
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