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“You shall appoint judges and officers for yourself in all your portals…” (Deut. 16:18) We welcome the month of Elul, the month of taking stock and re-evaluating who we are and where we are in relationship to G-d. By “appointing judges and officers” over our eyes and ears, nose and mouth, we regain control over ourselves, our thoughts and our actions, and can begin to make our way back to Hashem.
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Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9)
Parashat Shoftim is read on Shabbat:
Elul 2, 5769/August 22, 2009
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
Maimonides’ Hilchot Beit HaBechirah – Laws of the Chosen House, chapter VIII: Guarding the Holy Temple, Part III: Twenty-four teams, (three priestly and twenty-one levitical), each comprised of ten sentries, were assigned to guard the Holy Temple. Specific guard posts were assigned and each squad leader assigned shifts.
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Bat Melech, with Rena Richman.
King David, the slayer of Goliath, the champion of Israel, the man who laid the foundations of the Holy Temple, and the father of Moshiach, made the mistake of his life when he attempted to summarily dispatch Uriah, the husband of Batsheva. But it was this mistake when led him to become the master of repentance, and made him a figure that would span the millennia.
Bat Melech teachings appear every second Wednesday. The next Bat Melech teaching will appear on August 26, 2009, (Elul 6, 5769).
Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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Mishnah 8
The Hebrew term translated as “lawyer” refers to anyone who tutors litigants with regard to how to formulate their arguments, or who presents the litigants’ case to the judges. The Mishnah is directed to judges, warning them not to coach the litigants in any way. Such conduct is strictly forbidden, because it could modify the outcome of the judgment.
This admonition is critical to the fair administration of justice, because it is likely, and indeed not uncommon, for a judge to be more sympathetic to one litigant than to the other.
Mishnah 9
Shimon ben Shatach, advocates the pursuit of righteous judgment. It is important to be thorough when examining a witness, for they might embellish a detail of withhold a detail upon which everything depends. If the judge does not choose his words carefully, a witness could discern the direction of the examination from the questions and alter the testimony to suit the purpose.
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G-d commands us not to be overwhelmed by our own mortality; not to diminish our physical selves in the realization of our own finiteness, but to find strength and comfort in His eternal embrace: “You are children of the L-rd, your G-d.“ (Deut. 14:1)
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Re’eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17)
Parashat Re’eh is read on Shabbat:
Av 25, 5769/August 15, 2009
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman of The Temple Institute.
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
Maimonides’ Hilchot Beit HaBechirah – Laws of the Chosen House, chapter VIII: Guarding the Holy Temple, Part II: The Priests and Levites were entrusted with the task of providing 240 sentries to man twenty-four guard posts throughout the Temple Mount.
To learn more about the Temple Mount, and how to visit the place of the Holy Temple within the permissible areas, and in strict accordance with halacha – Jewish law – please visit the Temple Institute’s online Temple Mount section.
Light to the Nations teachings are now available in mp3 audio files, and can be accessed through iTunes.
Visit us at www.templeinstitute.org/.)
Love and fear. Torah exhorts us to love G-d and Torah also teaches us to fear Him. Are love and fear not mutually exclusive? How do we access both qualities in our service of HaShem?
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Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:11-11:25)
Parashat Eikev is read on Shabbat:
Av 18, 5769/August 8, 2009
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