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What is the secret of the mysterious captive "Woman of Beautiful Form" that we read about in Parshat Ki Tetzei (Deut. 21:11)? Is this just a license for licentiousness, or is there something much deeper and even holy going on here? Tune into this week's "Temple Talk" as Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman explore the world of the Jewish solider, who fights for the G-d of Israel, His people and His land. This soldier has special merit, and  G-d can grant him spiritual power and insight. The Israeli soldier represents the highest level of morality, but the world looks at him with hypocrisy. Rabbi Richman takes this to a personal place as he acknowledges G-d's goodness in a miracle involving one of his sons in the IDF this past week. The Torah's teaching of the "Woman of Beautiful Form" is also an allusion to the concept of soul-mates, and to the Shechina...

Yitzchak Reuven cites an enigmatic Midrashic teaching that depicts King David being lifted into Heaven on the back of a large, horned beast. "If You let me down safely," David declares to G-d, "I will build the Holy Temple." Yitzchak and Rabbi Richman explore the meaning of this teaching, and discover what it was that King David was after... a way of serving G-d in this world while standing on solid ground. Indeed, that's the secret of the Holy Temple. But today, much to our chagrin, a trip to the site of the Holy Temple can leave one feeling quite unstable... especially if you're Jewish. The anti-Jewish discrimination employed by the Israeli police is quite well-known. But what happens when non-Jewish visitors, in this case Righteous Gentiles, are accused by the Israeli police of being Jewish? As if that is a crime! Tune into this week's "Temple Talk" and find out!

This week's video features from the Temple Institute:
Light to the Nations Video Teaching: Thoughts on the Stone Altar
Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven discuss the historical and spiritual significance of the stone altar which is currently under construction in the land of Israel. Click here: http://universaltorah.com/programming/category/temple-institute-light-to-the-nations/

Weekly Torah Portion: Ki Teitzei with Rabbi Chaim Richman
"For you go out to war against your enemies, and the Lord, your God, will deliver him into your hands..." (Deut. 21:10) Some wars are guaranteed victories, while others, ("If you go to war in your land against an adversary that oppresses you..." Numbers 10:9) threaten to be unmitigated disasters. What basic military doctrines is Torah teaching us, and what basic attributes of love for the land and faith in G-d are required of our leaders?
http://universaltorah.com/programming/category/temple-institute-light-to-the-nations/weekly-torah/

Bat Melech Video Teaching: Rachav: Profile in Repentance with Rena Richman.
Rachav: Rachav, the woman of "ill-repute" who lived in the wall of Jericho not only hosted the two spies sent by Joshua, but used the opportunity their presence afforded her to repent of her past deeds, and become herself a righteous woman of valor. A two-part study of teshuva - repentance:
http://universaltorah.com/programming/2009/08/25/rachav-profile-in-repentance-part-1-rebroadcast.htm

A Bride on the Temple Mount: See recent photographs of a newly revived ancient tradition of escorting a bride to the Temple Mount on the eve of her wedding: http://www.templeinstitute.org/bride-on-the-temple-mount.htm

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