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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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The foolish and ignorant person will conceive of the Creator, may He be exalted, according to the literal sense of the Scripture phrase. If he assumes the service of G-d and tries to act for the sake of His glory, then his ignorance and lack of intelligence excuse him, as a man is held accountable only according to the power and depth of his intellect, his physical stamina, and his material means. If, however, he is capable of attaining wisdom and yet neglects it, he is held accountable for it and is punished for his inadequacy and disregard of study.
Dedicated to Dr. Don and Karen Specht
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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 Raging Floodwaters of Noach & Bountiful Blessings of Choni
The Bittersweet Month of MarCheshvan: The Double-Edged Sword of Potential
With sweetest blessings for this new month of MarCheshvan! This week’s edition of Temple Talk, recorded and first broadcast on Rosh Chodesh I, the first day of the new month of MarCheshvan, explores the dimensions of this month’s enigmatic themes, the ancient element of water, which is at once both the bringer of Divine blessing, and yet the tool of Divine retribution, as it was in the days of Noach, wherein we learn – in this week’s Torah portion – of the Great Deluge which took place during this very month of MarCheshvan. But yet here in the Land of Israel, where every drop of water is seen as the greatest Heavenly gift, we begin asking for rain during this month. And this month, devoid of any major holidays, holds the key to the future, for both Israel as well as for all humanity. Tune into this week’s fascinating Temple Talk to find out why!
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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:
Tishrei Wrap-Up: Getting Both Feet on the Ground
Revisiting the Temple Mount, Our Spiritual Heart and National Center: No Fear
Join Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven as they have emerged from their elevated spiritual Sukkah cocoons and are back on dry land just in time to witness once again the creation of the world in this week’s parshat Bereshit! It seems that while we were busy basking for seven days in our well earned Sukkot rest and relaxation, after all our spiritual efforts of the past two months, G-d was even busier, creating the world! And what a perfect world it is, well, was… until man was created and things began to get complicated. But with the imperfections, G-d also blessed man with the tools to perfect himself and all of creation, as well.
The Sukkot holiday saw record numbers of devout Jews ascending the Temple Mount, the greatest number of all going up with Rabbi Richman on Isru Chag – the special quasi-festive day the follows the conclusion of Shmini Atzeret, (Simchat Torah). 59 Jews from Ranaana accompanied Rabbi Richman, and pledged to come again. The place of the Holy Temple is returning to the hearts and minds of the people of Israel, a crucial precondition for the rebuilding of the Holy Temple – soon in our days!
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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The absolute “one” is also of two kinds: the theoretical and the actual.
The theoretical “one” is the numerical “one,” the foundation and beginning of all numbering. It is the sign and symbol of a beginning before which there is no beginning, for every absolute beginning is called “one,” as it says: “There was evening there was morning, one day (Bereishit 1:5). Instead of saying “the first day,” the verse says “one day,” because “one” is the term for any beginning before which there is no beginning. When doubled, it is called “second”; when tripled “third,” and so on, until ten, when it returns to the number one; it then goes onto one hundred, a thousand, and so on, without end. The definition of number is therefore the sum of many ones.
The second kind of absolute “one” exists actually. It is that which cannot be increased, changed, of transformed; nor can it be described by any one of the physical attributes. It is not subject to creation and destruction, or to any ending. It neither changes position nor moves. It is not like anything, nor is anything like it, nor is it associated with anything.
Dedicated to the healing of Sun Brisky bat Sook Choi
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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If it were possible for the Creator to be more than one, there might have been disagreement between the creators in regard to the creating, and the Creation might not have been accomplished by them. Since we find that the whole world follows one order, and uniform motion is found in all its parts, never changing throughout the generations, we can be certain that its Creator and Governor is one. No one beside Him can alter His work or change His rule, as it says: “Who, as I, can call out the generations from the start? Let him foretell it and arrange it for Me” (Yeshiyahu 44:7); and as David Melech said: “Forever, G-d, Your word stands firm in the heavens. Your faithfulness is for all generations; You have established the earth, and it endures” (Tehillim 119:89-90).
Dedicated to the healing of Sun Brisky bat Sook Choi
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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Arguments [for the proposition] the HaShem is One: Since it has been demonstrated by way of logical argument that the world has a Creator, it is now our duty to inquire as to whether He is one or more than one. It is necessary to prove the true nature of his oneness from seven different perspectives.
The first argument is drawn from examining the causes of existing things. For when we consider these causes, we find that they are fewer than their effect. The further back we go in tracing the causes of causes; the fewer causes we find; the higher we ascend [the hierarchy of causes], the lower their number becomes, until finally, when we reach the top, there is only one cause, the causes of all causes.
The second argument is drawn from the signs of wisdom which are manifest throughout this world, in its upper and lower regions, in its minerals, vegetation, and animals. When we study the world, it shows us that it is entirely the plan of one Designer, the work of a single Creator.
The third argument is based on the fact that the entire world was brought into existence from nonexistence.
Dedicated to Willie and Dickie Sue Kitchens
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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:
Deepest High Holiday Prayers: Grant Joy in the Land of Israel!
The Special Joy of Sukkot – The Loving Embrace of the Land of Israel
The first Temple Talk for the new year of 5773 presents an unforgettable glimpse into the gala celebration that is the totality of the Tishrei experience. Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman get ready for Yom Kippur… is there life after death? Our hosts deftly dart between the collective and the personal, the national and the global dimensions of Tishrei, our close encounter of the real kind. Do we have the ability to admit our mistakes, to change and become renewed on Yom Kippur? Of course we do! Step right into the sheer joy of being alive in G-d’s world, which is the theme of Sukkot and Simchat Torah. Join us for this Tishrei special, with an unapologetic emphasis on our homeland, our love, our goal and focus: The Land of Israel.
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