A7 Radio's "Temple Talk" with Temple Talk, Yitzchak Reuven

The 25th  day of Elul marks the first day of creation and Rosh HaShana marks the birthday of Adam. All six days of creation are taking place now! We can be witnesses to these days just as the “men of distinction” were witnesses in the Holy Temple during the daily Tamid offering.

Teshuva - repentence - and turning back the clock: When our repentance is motivated by fear of G-d – He recalibrates our evil deeds as if they were only mistakes; When our repentance is motivated by love of G-d – our evil deeds are transformed by Him into merits!

Sounding the shofar – a wordless tribute to the one King, recreating the breath of life, and retracing its path from the narrow to the expansive – sweetening the judgment!

 

Rabbi Chaim Richman is the international director of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem which is dedicated to rebuilding the Holy Temple (Beit HaMikdash). He is a member of the current effort to revive the Sanhedrin and the author of ten books including Mystery of the Red Heifer and A House of Prayer for All Nations. Yitzchak Reuven works at the Temple Institute in Jerusalem. He previously worked building Biblical harps and other musical instruments for use in the Holy Temple. He and Rabbi Chaim Richman have been friends since their Israeli army days. They host the Temple Talk podcast dealing with issues of the Temple Mount and the weekly Torah parsha every Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Israel time (10am U.S. EST) on Israel National Radio.