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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:
Parashat Beshalach: The State of Israel and Life After Death
Four Groups by the Sea & the Israeli Elections: A Revealing, Futuristic Midrash
Can you feel that ocean spray? We’re walking through the Sea of Reeds this week, in more ways than one. This week, as Israel reads the Torah portion of Beshalach which includes the poetic and enigmatic Song of the Sea, Temple Talk hosts an Israel Election Day extravaganza. Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman find that it’s all been done before, it’s all been written in the book… but on the other hand, everything is new, and everything is being renewed. This Shabbat, the ‘Sabbath of Song,’ is also Tu B’Shevat – the New Year for Trees, and for all human beings who wish to take advantage of the opportunity for growth. If you’re interested in the resurrection of the dead, fixing the tree of knowledge and how to eat from Heaven’s table, simply tune into this week’s edition of Temple Talk for a refreshing tour de force.
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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One of the most important subjects you should reflect on is the universal good that HaShem bestows upon all living creatures and plants of the earth, such as the rains which fall when they are needed and in due season. As Scripture says, “Are there any among the false gods of the nations that can bring rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Surely it is You Who are HaShem our G-d, and we hope in You, for You have made all these things” (Yirmiyahu 14:22); “They do not say in their hearts, Let us fear HaShem our G-d, Who gives the rain in its season, the fall and spring rain, and keeps for us the decreed weeks of harvest (Yirmiyahu 5:24). Scriptures emphasizes and magnitude of the rains, saying: “Who does great and unfathomable things, wonders without number: He lays rain upon the earth, and sends water over the land, to raise on high those who are low; the depressed are uplifted in salvation” (Iyov 5:9-11).
Dedicated to Kathleen Wilkinson
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
Emunah channel is here. For Info www.torahfaith.org
Reflect further on the good Which HaShem has bestowed on man by granting him speech and coherence of language. Through speech he can express what is in his soul and innermost self, and can communicate with others. The tongue is the heart’s pen and the mind’s messenger. Without speech, a man would have no social relationship with his fellow, and would live the solitary life of an animal. Through speech it becomes apparent that one man is superior to another. Through speech, bonds of friendship are formed among men, covenants are made between HaShem and His servants. Through speech, a man turns from his mistaken path and seeks atonement for his sins. The way a man speaks is the best proof of his worthiness or unworthiness. It has been said that a man in essence is his heart and tongue. Speech is the defining element of a human being, for a man is defined as “a living, speaking, and mortal being”; it is speech that distinguishing man from beast.
Dedicated to Gary and Cynthia Coon
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No direction home? This is the inside-outside story of the Passover offering in Egypt and on which side of the door jamb the blood was spread and why and what’s the reason for.
Bo (Exodus 10:1-13:16)
Parashat Bo is read on Shabbat:
Shvat 8, 5773/January 19, 2013
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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:
Moses, the Mikveh, & the Amazing Sapphire Staff: A Midrash
G-d to Egypt & the Leaders of the World: It’s My Party, Ready or Not Here I Come
In this remarkable edition of Temple Talk, Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman explore the vast dimensions of Parashat Bo, including the justice brought upon Egypt and the concept of Rosh Chodesh Nisan, and seamlessly apply these cosmic themes to our contemporary scene. In a brilliant literary stroke, they also invoke the great Hemingway and borrow his oft-quoted line, “the past isn’t dead – it’s not even past” to underscore the reality of this week’s Torah reading. There’s only one thing to add: it wasn’t Hemingway who said that, it was Faulkner. Oh well, if it’s not even past, then the misquote didn’t happen yet! This conundrum leads to endless possibilities in the space/time continuum. Our apologies to both gentlemen.
The Torah records that Moshe utilized his staff to bring about the plagues in Egypt. In an amazing analysis of some tantalizing Midrashim, our hosts discover that this was no magic wand or prop, but rather, a signal that evokes a life-changing lesson for us today, and an insight into the dynamic reality of G-d himself. This week’s Temple Talk is a collector’s item!
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Torah takes great pains to emphasize Moshe’s humanity in this week’s Torah reading. Yes, the great savior of Israel, the man who would speak with G-d face to face, was just that – a man, mortal and fallible like the rest of us.
Va’era (Exodus 6:2-9:35)
Parashat Va’era is read on Shabbat:
Shvat 1, 5773/January 12, 2013
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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:
Israel’s Frankenstorm: Never Say ‘Too Much’ of a Good Thing
Egypt, Europe, America: Cycles of Jewish History
It’s the last week of the month of Tevet, and with the new month of Shevat – whose theme is renewal and life – just around the corner, here in Israel we are experiencing the “perfect storm” of life-giving water. Water is life, Divine blessing, livelihood, Torah. This week’s edition of Temple Talk finds our hosts waxing eloquent on the rain in the Land of Israel and what it means for each and every one of us. The redemption from Egypt should mean something to each and every one of else as well, as the big show gets under way in this week’s Parashat Va’era… and the cycle of Jewish history in the land of Egypt begins to wind down. Is it beginning to wind down in Europe, and even in the USA, as well? Tune into this week’s dynamic Temple Talk as Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman connect the dots between the parasha, the weather, Kerry and Hagel, the struggle for Eretz Yisrael, and most importantly… the only reality, Hashem, the G-d of Israel.
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