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Time is the marking of change. What folly it is to let time change us by not using time to change ourselves: G-d has blessed us with this year, this season, this day of Yom Kippur By admitting our past errors, by coming clean, by standing before G-d and changing ourselves for the better we can transcend time. We can transcend life itself by taking on the challenge of Yom Kippur, to be ourselves, our true selves, as never before. Gmar chatima tova – May we inscribe ourselves in the Book of Life!
Yom Kippur begins on the evening of September 25, 2012/Tishrei 10, 5773.
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This week features:
Rosh HaShana and the Secret of the Breath of Life
The Anniversary of Creation’s Beginning & The Day Before: Back to the Future
Say good-bye to everything you’ve ever known, and step into a new dimension: the coming year of 5773, may it bring great blessing. Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman prepare to receive the new light in this Rosh HaShana special edition of Temple Talk. First up: the special day of Elul 25, the first day of creation. How should we be spending that day? And why do we observe man’s birthday, Rosh HaShana, with the call of the shofar? It all goes back to the secret of the sound of the shofar and the breath of life. Man was the last thing to be created…way after the animals. We’re not animals, you know… that’s what Rosh HaShana is all about. But way back in 1965, Eric Burdon and The Animals had a hit with “I’m Just a Soul Whose Intentions are Good; O L-rd, Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.”
That’s the secret of the sound of the shofar! I’m just a soul whose intentions are good! Hashem, please don’t let me be misunderstood! Tune into Temple Talk for a Rosh HaShana primer that will change your life and get you ready for the upcoming High Holy Days.
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The final Torah reading of the year relates the final words of Moshe to Israel on the final day of his life on earth. His words speak of spiritual beginnings, potential , and national destiny. “You are all standing here today…” resilient, renewed and ready to pass through into the new year and into the fulfillment of your covenant with G-d. May we all be blessed with light and harmony, peace and sweetness in the new year.
Nitzavim (Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20)
Parashat Nitzavim is read on Shabbat:
Elul 28, 5772/September 15, 2012
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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Man is like the master of the house, who makes use of everything inside it. The different kinds of plants are provided for his good, and the various animals serve to benefit him, as David said: “You have made him master over the works of Your hands, placed all things at his feet; all sheep and cattle, also beasts of the field; the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, that which moves along the ocean paths” (Tehillim 8:7-9). The sequence of sunrise and sunset determines the times of the day and night, and the solar ascension and declension produce cold and heat, summer and winter, the different seasons with their blessings, repeating over and over in an unbroken, uniform cycle, as it written: “Who commands the sun, and does it not shine, Who blocks off the stars” (Iyov 9:7).
Dedicated to Willie and Dickie Sue Kitchens
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The commandment of bikkurim – bringing the first fruits to the Holy Temple, opens Ki Tavo. It is basically the final commandment of Torah and the first commandment to be performed upon entering the land. Coming upon the heels of the commandment to remember Amalek by blotting out his memory, bringing the first fruits is the ultimate expression of acknowledgment of G-d’s presence and thusly the most perfect vehicle for obliterating Amalek’s dark message of G-dlessness in the world.
Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8)
Parashat Ki Tavo is read on Shabbat:
Elul 21, 5772/September 8, 2012
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The Shame of Migron Through the Eyes of the Prophet Isaiah
Parashat Ki Tavo: If You’ve Got First Fruits, You Didn’t Make That Happen
Like the old song goes, “Thank G-d for every flower and each tree; thank G-d for all the mountains and the seas; thank G-d for giving life to you and me; wherever you may be, thank G-d.” Like the Temple pilgrim’s basket that holds his first fruits, thankfulness and acknowledgement of the Creator is the vessel that holds every blessing this world has to offer. In this week’s edition of Temple Talk for the Torah portion of Ki Tavo, Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman explore the many lessons expressed by the commandment to bring the first fruits up to the Holy Temple. From the first fruits of the first man to the final showdown with rotten-to-the-core Amalek, Ki Tavo is bringing it all back home – you come , too…
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
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The Torah says: “Keep them and do them, for this is your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the nations” (Devarim 4:6). Now, it is impossible that the nations would admit to the loftiness of our wisdom and understanding, unless there are arguments, clear proofs, and rational evidence which attest to the truth of our Torah and the authenticity of our beliefs. Our Creator has promised us that He will remove the veil of ignorance from their minds, and that His brilliant glory will be revealed to serve us as evidence of the truth of our Torah, as He said: “Nations will walk by your light, kings by the glitter of that which shines on you” (Yeshiyahu 60:3); “And many people’s will go and say: ‘Come, let us go up to G-d’s mountain’” (Yeshiyahu 2:3).
It has been made clear—by reason, Scripture, and tradition—that we are obligated to investigate that of which we attain verification with our minds.
Dedicated to Buck and Barbara Bradford
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