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Circle around G-d: Celebrate, honor and sanctify life by making Him your center. This is the message of Torah from Sinai, from the simplest of commandments to the joyful observance of the three pilgrimage festivals.
Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18)
Parashat Mishpatim is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 24, 5774/January 25, 2014
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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:
Bizarro World of the Temple Mount
New Twist: Not All Fruit are Created Equal! No Jewish Fruit on the Temple Mount!
As we read parashat Mishpatim this week, the nation of Israel is still standing at the foot of Mount Sinai, following the transcendent experience of receiving the Torah. What could be the follow-up to the heavens opening up and the sublime level of prophecy attained by every single person? Can you top this? Yes, we can… by taking that experience and turning it into the stuff of every day life… responsible human behavior steeped in Divine light. The Torah has a program, and a goal: to make this world into a place for the Divine Presence, on every level – for the individual and for society at large. The epicenter of the Divine Presence, of course, is the Temple Mount. The Jewish people and the righteous of the nations are visiting the Temple Mount in greater numbers and demanding the right to pray there. But in this week’s edition of Temple Talk, Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman explain that a visit to the Temple Mount can be like wandering into the Twilight Zone… where undemocratic and illegal police policy and zany Waqf antics now employ new methods of discrimination… including sexual harassment and a brand-new form of anti-Antisemitism: Discrimination against Tu B’Shvat fruit! Apples and oranges may be allowed on the Temple Mount, but Jews were forbidden from bringing figs and dates to the holy site on the New Year of Trees… who knew that fruit could be a forbidden expression of Jewish identity? Plus: In a bold new move of desperation, the Waqf once again completely re-writes history! Exclusive details on Temple Talk!
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
Thursday Night Live – Special Edition with Rabbi Chaim Richman
This is a special edition of the Thursday Night Live show where Rabbi Chaim Richman addresses several classic questions like: Why do we need the Holy Temple? and What are the Temple offerings all about? One of the best discussions on these subjects ever!Thursday Night Live
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Who was Moshe, the “man of G-d?” Agitator for justice, freedom fighter, radical activist who led his people out of Egypt, Moshe is called to the mountain to “ascend to G-d.” He attained a level of G-d awareness unattained by any other before or since, and at Sinai elevated the entire nation with him.
Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:23)
Parashat Yitro is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 17, 5774/January 18, 2014
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This week features:
Jewish Destiny: To Flourish or to Merely Survive?
The Sinai Revelation and the State of Israel: You and I Can Change the World
This week’s Torah portion of Yitro features the giving of the Torah at the Sinai Revelation, the seminal event in Israel’s history and the ultimate game-changer in the history of the world. But in this week’s rousing edition of Temple Talk, our hosts ask for what purpose was Torah given to Israel? Torah is about changing Israel, and about Israel changing the world. And it seems that on account of this, as we can testify to on a daily basis, the world is dead-set on changing Israel… join us this week on Temple Talk as Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman connect the dots between Sinai, the transcendent Holy Temple experience, the passing of Ariel Sharon and other recent, difficult events in Israel. The fine line that connects between them all is, as ever, the immense and immutable personal responsibility that true commitment to Torah means for each and every one of us.
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Bread from heaven: What a beautiful way for G-d to show His people how much He loves them! The manna which sustained Israel for forty years in the desert was replaced upon entering the land by bread which sprouts from the earth, a process no less miraculous than manna, and an expression no less poignant of G-d’s love for Israel.
Bo (Exodus 13:17-17:16)
Parashat Beshalach is read on Shabbat:
Shevat 10 Beshalach, 5774/January 11, 2014
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
“Now, there was found in it a man who was poor but wise” refers to the intellect. It is termed “poor” because its followers and supporters are few, as it says further: “Yet no one remembered this poor man …. The poor man’s wisdom is despised” (Koheles 9:15-16).
The substance of the story is that, despite the intellect’s weakness, when it combats the evil inclination the latter quickly submits to it, and the threat posed to man by the evil inclination is easily dispelled. For a little truth overcomes much falsehood, just as a little light dispels much darkness.
One can draw inspiration from this story to combat one’s passion and to stand up to one’s baser instinct with vigor and perseverance, because it demonstrates the inability of the evil inclination to stand before the intellect, and the speed with which falls before it. As it says in Scripture, “The evil bow low before the good” (Mishlei 14:19).
Dedicated to Levi Lester ben Chasa
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