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Archive for Elul 5772 / Tishre 5773 - September 2012
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.
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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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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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Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.
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).
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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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