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Nadav and Avihu wanted to serve G-d in their own way, disregarding the way G-d wanted to be served, as clearly expressed in Torah. The sons of Aharon were righteous men and the arrogance they expressed is a failing common to many of even the most humble and dedicated observers of a Torah life. Critics and skeptics of the korbanot animal offerings in the Holy Temple service who question the place of korbanot in “today’s world” are being motivated by the same tragic transposition of G-d’s will and man’s will that befell Nadav and Avihu.
The recent korban Pesach (Passover offering) practice conducted by the Temple Institute provoked much consternation among some critics, but the onus of coming to grips with what Torah describes as “an eternal statute” rests with the critics and not with those seeking to perform a positive commandment central to the identity of Israel. Soul searching is called for.
Shmini (Leviticus 9:1-11:47)
Parashat Shmini is read on Shabbat:
Nisan 22, 5775/April 11, 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 Passover Offering: Parting of the Ways
Tu B’Shevat, Parashat Yitro and the Holy Temple: Being ‘Grounded’ in this World
This week’s edition of Temple Talk is a Passover primer on the most basic level, as our hosts discuss the centrality and eternal significance of the Korban Pesach, the Passover offering. Join Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman for a passionate, articulate and thoroughly moving analysis of the movement towards renewing the Passover offering in our time, the great strides made by the Temple Institute towards this goal, and the issues that divide the people of Israel when it comes to this important and controversial subject. And what’s the Passover offering got to do with the Iranian nuclear deal? Plenty! Here’s a hint… the secret sits in the middle and knows! Blessings for a joyous and kosher Passover from the Temple Institute in Jerusalem!
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Confusion reigns in our modern world, and every aspect of modern society seems to feed on this confusion, fanning the flames of man’s existential disconnect with his own true self. The Holy Temple, and more specifically, the offering of animals on the stone altar in the Holy Temple, is designed to banish man’s confusion by compelling him to focus on who he is and to Whom he is answerable. Are we just a link on the food chain, or is our G-d given soul that which determines who we can be?
Tzav (Leviticus 6:1-8:36)
Parashat Tzav is read on Shabbat:
Nisan 8, 5775/March 28, 2015
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
Duties of the Heart: Humility
The story is told of a king before whom a man was sentenced, and a whip was brought for punishment. The king said to the man, “As HaShem lives, were it not it not for my great anger with you, I would have taken strict revenge against anger with you, I would have taken strict revenge against you.” And then he pardoned him. [That is, precisely because the King grew angry did he decide not to discipline the man; for he did not think it proper to satisfy anger.] It is related further of him that he used to say, “I know of no offense heavy enough to outweigh my meekness.”
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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:
Netanyahu, Obama, and the Passover Offering
With the glorious festival of Passover just one week away, this week’s inspiring edition of Temple Talk finds Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman focusing on the nation of Israel’s eternal responsibility to bring the Passover offering to the Holy Temple… or at the very least, to the Temple Mount. Without it, the festival is a pale reflection of its true self. How do we feel about this eternal covenant? At the same time, we continue to confront the timeless truths of the Divine service in the Torah readings of the book of Vayikra. It is nothing less than the identity and destiny of the people of Israel that is at stake… and indeed, in the wake of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s reelection victory, once again the very identity and destiny of the people of Israel seem to be under attack, as US President Obama gives expression to his personal resentment and dislike of Netanyahu. Is this a modern Passover story? Tune in to this week’s no hold barred edition of Temple Talk!
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The book of Leviticus is the very heart of the Torah, as it describes the intimate meeting of man and G-d in the courtyards and inner sanctums of the Holy Temple/Tabernacle. To meet and share the same “space” in creation with man was G-d’s intention from even before the very beginning. The establishment of the Tabernacle and the initiation of the Divine service is the completion and perfection of creation.
Vayikra (Leviticus1:1-5:26)
Parashat Vayikra is read on Shabbat:
Nisan 1, 5775/March 21, 2015
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Rabbi Richman introduces (Sefer Vayikra), the Book of Leviticus as “The Book of Calling” and discusses the ultimate challenge it issues: The call for each and every one of us to become a human being and rise to the full potential of what it means to be a man.
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