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Archive for Kislev / Tevet 5771 - December 2010
Please view this short video in which Rabbi Richman personally invites you to join him in America this January as he speaks about the world today and the role Israel is destined to play in leading the world “From Exile to Redemption.”
For additional details of the Rabbi’s speaking engagements in eight states, please click here.
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Bat Melech – with Rena Richman
Bat Melech teachings appear every second Wednesday.
Next Bat Melech: December 8, 2010 / Tevet 1, 5771
The eighth and final day of Chanuka, the day on which we kindle all eight Chanuka lights is a day of great illumination. This illumination includes a great spiritual force that is brought down from above on this day, which floods the world and provides a supernal light that will remain with us throughout the entire year.
Dedication: Dedicated to Miriam Spitz!
Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
This week features:
I’ve Seen Fire & I’ve Seen Rain
The Month of Tevet & the Holy Temple: On Guard Against a Breach
Yosef and the Great Reconciliation: Seeing Everything as the Mercy of Hashem
What a week of extremes it’s been: The joy of Chanuka against the backdrop of the devastating fire in Israel that claimed so many lives and did such horrendous damage. And finally, a little rain… and as we learn from the story of Choni Ha’Ma’agel, we never say “we’ve had enough rain!” so we continue to pray that the Land of Israel begins to receive bountiful rainfall. As we read of Yosef’s reunion with his family in Egypt, the month of Tevet begins…what are the lessons of this month, which begins during Chanukah but yet, features a fast day over the First Temple’s destruction just a week after the conclusion of Chanukah? Tune into Temple Talk….
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Biblical Faith – with Shmuel “Sam” Peak
Weekly series with new shows available every Tuesday.
Mishnah 12
Rabbi Meir says: reduce your business activities and engage in Torah study.
Without Torah, a person moves ever further away from goodness and well-being and becomes more susceptible to being a victim of thieves, war, or natural dangers.
―but if you labor in Torah, HaShem has ample reward to give you.
Even a small accomplishment in Torah study constitutes enormous progress, because Torah study is all encompassing. It touches upon every important element of life, and each point of Torah is a general principle that applies to countless specific situations.
When Ya’akov and Yosef reunite after seventeen years of separation, Yosef weeps while Ya’akov recites the shema prayer, (“Hear O Israel, HaShem our G-d, HaShem is One”). Was Ya’akov being distant? Cold? On the contrary. By saying the shema at the moment of his reunion with his son, Ya’akov was including his love for G-d with his love for Yosef. For there is no love outside the love of HaShem. HaShem’s love encompasses all.
Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27)
Parashat Vayigash is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 4, 5771/December 11, 2010
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Light to the Nations – with Rabbi Chaim Richman
Weekly series with new teachings available every Thursday.
Next week on Light to the Nations:
Chanuka Special
Many Temple related commandments that we perform today are merely remembrances of the original commandments. The commandment to kindle Chanuka lights, however, is a commandment which effects a true spiritual reality unique to the days of Chanuka.
Dedication: Dedicated to Yehoshua Ellis. Happy birthday!
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