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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
Chapter 6
Mishnah One (continues)
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Happiness flows from completeness, just as grief is the result of loss and deficiency. Since the world was created to provide us with opportunities to enrich our lives through Torah, it is clear that Torah brings completeness into our lives and hence to the entire world. A person who engages in sincere Torah study gladdens the Omnipresent, for he fulfills the verse “G-d shall rejoice in His works” by bringing completeness to His works.
Dedicated to Debbie Orschell
The classic tale of deception and intrigue. But who is deceiving who? and who is really being fooled? Ya’akov dons precious garments and goat skins, but by doing so is he deceiving his father Yitzchak, or is he opening Yitzchak’s eyes for the first time to a lifetime of deception he has suffered at the hands of Esau, the real master of the bluff?
Toldot (Genesis 25:19-28:9)
Parashat Toldot is read on Shabbat:
Cheshvan 29, 5772/November 26, 2011
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
Chapter 6
Mishnah One
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The term “Torah” is used in different contexts to refer to various aspects of the Torah. It may refer at times to a Torah scroll; to all Scripture; or to the laws of the Torah. In this chapter, Maharal considers Torah in its fullest scope, as an entity that embodies all truth. Here, “Torah” refers to ontology and law; theory and practice; values, principles and relationships; history and philosophy; as articulated or implied by G-d’s communication to mankind through Moshe. All we know about G-d is in the Torah, and within Torah lies even more about G-d than we will ever comprehend.
Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
Of Blessings, Curses, and Destiny Hanging in the Balance
Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood: Yaakov & Esav at the Crossroads of Humanity
“The children agitated within her, and she said, ‘If so, why am I thus?’ And she went to inquire of Hashem. And Hashem said to her: ‘Two nations are in your womb; two regimes from your insides shall be separated; the might shall pass from one regime to the other, and the elder shall serve the younger’.” (Gen. 25:22)
Yitzchak’s soulmate, the righteous matriarch Rivkah, was baffled by the drama taking place within her womb… a veritable battle of opposing forces that seemed to be pitted against each other in a fight to the death. She was soon to realize that she was host to no ordinary struggle, but rather, bearing the precursor to a reality that would soon shake the very foundations of this world. For Yaakov and Esav are diametrically opposed forces, and the fate of all mankind – indeed, the ultimate redemption itself – hangs in the balance of their conflict, a conflict being played out today. Join Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman for a riveting edition of “Temple Talk” as they explore the mysteries of Parashat Toldot, and ponder the universal and contemporary implications posed by the seemingly inexplicable, age-old questions in this mystifying Torah portion.
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Bi-weekly series with new teachings available every second Thursday.
Next time on Light to the Nations:
Torah Observance for Gentiles, Part II
This teaching was originally recorded a number of years ago before a private audience of Noahides (G-d fearing Gentiles) in Texas, and this is the first time it is being made public. Rabbi Chaim Richman delivers a candid and groundbreaking explanation of practical Torah observance for Righteous Gentiles.
Dedication: In honor of Lynne Rose on her birthday!
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
Chapter 6
All Yisra’el has a share in the World-to-Come
Torah and mussar complement each other. Torah illuminates the path that leads to the World-to-Come, while mussar is advice to deal with worldly temptations that draw us away from that path. The living practice of the study of the mussar is called derech eretz—the discipline of civilized behavior and good qualities of character. Avot, as a work of mussar, is clearly a close companion of Torah, as the Rabbis stated. “If there is no Torah, there is no derech eretz; if there is no derech eretz, there is no Torah.
Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
The Roots of a Soul: Yitzchak and the Secret of Resurrection
The Matriarch Sarah’s 127 Years as the Measure of a Life Well Spent
As rains of blessing fall in the Land of Israel, our hosts reflect upon the Torah and prophetic readings and allude to endless depths of meaning, recalling the dew of the future, which will signal the heralded and promised resurrection of the dead. A deeper look into Torah traditions reveals that our patriarch Yitzchak already experienced this moment, and like the secret contained within Yitzchak’s very name, in the future all of his progeny, the people of Israel, will indeed laugh at the illusion of death. Tune in to this week’s Temple Talk as Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman reveal that long before James Taylor, Yitzchak was really the man who’s seen fire and seen rain!
In this week’s Torah portion of Chayei Sarah, the matriarch Sarah is laid to rest in the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. Like the Temple Mount and Joseph’s tomb in the city of Shechem, the full purchase of the double cave of Hebron is witnessed and recorded by the Torah itself, but ironically these very places have become a symbol of the struggle for Israel’s sovereignty in her land. Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman explore the life of Sarah and the significance of why the Torah measures the “years of her life” for the generations to come.
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