The yearly cycle of reading the Torah, which concludes and then begins again on Simchat Torah, is a never-ending mobius strip of ever increasing self knowledge and exploration. The Torah’s concluding words, “before the eyes of all Israel,” point to an incident which occurred midway through the Torah narrative, one in which Moshe’s laser-sharp response to a gathering spiritual crisis changed everything in life since then, enabling us to begin the adventure of Torah anew each year, with new eyes and pure hearts.
B’reishith (Genesis 1:1-6:8)
Parashat B’reishith is read on Shabbat:
Tishrei 27, 5776/October 10, 2015
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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 Creation of the World, All Over Again
Islamic Terror, American Hypocrisy, The Existence of Evil and Parashat Bereishith: It’s All About Free Choice
The Tishrei holiday season has concluded and this week, we start to the read the Torah all over again, parashat Bereishith, from the beginning of creation, just as we believe that G-d constantly renews creation…and each one of us. This week’s intense edition of Temple Talk starts the year off raucously, as Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman sound off against the Islamic murder machine and its Western backers, and contemplate the nature and existence of evil in the scheme of creation, especially in the light of the horrendous murders that took place in the recent spate of Islamic terror here in Israel during the festival of Sukkot.
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Yom Kippur, the awesome day of atonement is the Holy of Holies in the dimension of time and soul, the one day of the year in which we can enter our innermost holy sanctum of self, and reemerge, not only unscathed, but cleansed and renewed. Our future and our past is ours to write and rewrite, if we but dare to see ourselves as the blessed creatures G-d intended us.
May G-d inscribe us all in the Book of Life and bless us all with a good and sweet new year!
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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:
Yom Kippur, Repentance and Dwelling in the Sukkah
The American Consulate in Jerusalem: A Lesson in Anti-Israel Hypocris
This week’s edition of Temple Talk, the first of the year, takes us through the process of the Ten Days of Repentance and the cleansing healing of Yom Kippur, and right into the joyous shadow of the Sukkah. Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman welcome the New Year of 5776 with and its promise of joy, faith and renewal, and this week’s special program provides rare insights into the spiritual potential and power of this beautiful time of year. Temple Talk will not be recorded during the Sukkot holiday and the next edition of Temple Talk will appear on October 6th, 2015. Temple Talk wishes all of its listeners a Good and Sweet New Year!
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It is Moshe’s last day on earth, and as he prepares to part from his beloved people, he also relays to Israel the final two commandments of Torah: the once-every-seven-years Hakhel gathering of all Israel for the reading of the entire Torah by the king of Israel in the Holy Temple, and the writing of a complete sefer Torah by each and every member of the nation of Israel. These two seemingly unrelated commandments together are part of an important message concerning the nature and potential of Shabbat Shuva (the Sabbath of Repentance) that occurs every year during the ‘Ten Days of Repentance’ between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur.
Vayelech (Deuteronomy 31:1-31:30)
Parashat Vayelech is read on Shabbat:
Tishrei 6, 5776/September 19, 2015
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We are all standing here today before G-d, about to enter the land of Israel and about to bring in the new year by declaring G-d’s sovereignty over all of creation. The messages of parashat Nitzavim – entering a covenant with G-d, taking responsibility for ourselves and for one another, and acknowledging that the perfection of creation is in man’s ability to do teshuvah – to return to G-d – are the very same messages of Rosh HaShana, the awesome day on which all mankind stands before G-d and acknowledges that He is King and we are His beloved servants.
Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20)
Parashat Nitzavim is read on Shabbat:
Elul 28, 5775/September 12, 2015
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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:
Sounding the Shofar & Returning the Breath of Adam
Blood Moons & the End of the World: A Jewish Approach to the Apocalypse
This week’s Temple Talk is dedicated to Rosh HaShana, anniversary of Adam’s birth and time of judgement for all his descendants. Join Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman as they focus on Rosh HaShana, not as the ‘Jewish New Year’ – but as the universal coronation of G-d as King of the Universe. Our hosts also take a look at the rumors sweeping social media that the end of the world is rapidly approaching. Are we worried? Tune in to this week’s soaring edition of Temple Talk, the last Temple Talk of the year 5775! Here’s to new beginnings!
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