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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
Weekly series with new shows available every Tuesday.
Mishnah 21 Part Two
Rabbi Yaakov says: This world is like a lobby before the World to Come; prepare yourself in the lobby so that you may enter the banquet hall.
There are levels of the World-to-Come, ranging from the elementary existence of techias hameisim, to a very long, good life, to truly eternal non-physical existence. The World-to-Come can be a pleasant, happy tranquil experience, or it can be endlessly intolerable. After we are restored to life, HaShem will conduct the ultimate judgment,דיך וח’בוך . Those who merit will proceed to long life, while others will proceed to endless shame, and all will depend on the beliefs, choices and actions taken in this world.
Shifting from the “grand” revelation at Sinai to the seemingly “mundane” concerns of the commandments expressed in
Mishpatim, the Torah maintains its consistent message: All aspects of our lives have the potential to be elevated to holiness.
Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18)
Parashat Mishpatim is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 24, 5771/January 29, 2011
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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:
Building the Temple, Part VI
G-d commands and man fulfills. The long anticipated coming of the moshiach is not linked in any way to Israel’s obligation to build the Holy Temple, as explicitly commanded in Torah by G-d to the Jewish people. Nor is the popular notion that the Holy Temple will descend from heaven ready-built based in Torah or halachic reality.
Dedication: Dedicated in honor of Jeanne Ellis on her birthday. Happy Birthday!
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Bat Melech – with Rena Richman
Bat Melech teachings appear every second Wednesday.
Next Bat Melech: February 2, 2011 / Shvat 28, 5771
Tzipporah, the daughter of Yitro – Jethro – and the bride of Moses, was a righteous woman of great spiritual depth, in her own right.
This teaching was initially posted in June 2009. Rena will not be recording new teachings until she returns from her upcoming trip to the USA.
Dedication: Dedicated to Christy & Gordon Smith.
Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
When Yitro Met Moshe: Acknowledging G-d’s Love
Tu B’Shevat – The New Year for Trees and the Re-stirring of Our Souls and of Israel’s Destiny
Yitro, the High Priest of Midian and father -in-law of Moshe is a living guide to the spiritual searcher in all of us. Leaving behind a lifetime of misconceptions, sacrificing status and comfort, risking social and family ties, and tossing personal pride to the four winds, Yitro attaches his fate to the G-d of Israel and to the nation that G-d loves. In the dead of winter, when we need it most, here comes Tu B’Shevat, the new year for trees. Wednesday night-Thursday is the 15th day of Shevat. Take a moment, contemplate the beauty of trees, and feel your own spiritual sap rising in your souls. On Tu B’Shevat all G-d’s world receives a dose of redemption!
Rabbi Chaim Richman’s speaking tour of the United States, is underway! Follow the tour online with our Travelogue, updated daily.
Rabbi Richman is speaking in eight states. Please click here to see his complete schedule.
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
Weekly series with new shows available every Tuesday.
Mishnah 20
Rabbi Masya ben Charash says: Initiate a greeting to every person; and be a tail to lions; and do not be a head to foxes.
This Mishnah gives us guidance in three areas of social relationships: the role of leader; the role of subordinate; and the role within which we interact with peers.
The appropriate personality trait to be called upon when dealing with peers is anavay (צנוה). The English word “humility” does not do justice to this concept. Anavay means that one considers other people important, while not assessing his own importance. It is a trait that is fundamental to the pursuit of peace.
Mishnah 21
Rabbi Yaakov says: This world is like a lobby before the World to Come; prepare yourelf in the lobby so that you may enter the banquet hall.
This Mishnah is about the ultimate human destiny. The Rabbis knew from the prophets that there is a World to Come.
Therefore, the present world was created only to prepare for the World to Come, for that is the primary Creation and properly reflects the perfection of the Creator.
Dedicated to: Audrey Heard
When Yitro (Jethro) the High Priest of Midian, expert practitioner of all forms of idol worship, tells his son in law Moses, “‘Blessed be HaShem, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians… Now I know that HaShem is greater than all gods…'” it is an unparalleled sanctification of G-d’s name
Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23)
Parashat Yitro is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 17, 5771/January 22, 2011
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