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Audio: The Altar as Rectification for Adam HaRishon and Every Man
2/9/2010 7:14:00 PM
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.Last week, we read in Parshat Yitro of the most powerful collective spiritual experience in recorded human history: how the people of Israel stood at Mount Sinai, united as one man, and received the Torah from G-d Himself. The people "saw the voice " of Hashem and ascended to the highest level possible.
How can we keep that moment alive? How do we keep the connection to that moment fresh and vibrant? Perhaps this is the greatest challenge we face in serving G-d.
This week, we come crashing back "down to earth " in Parshat Mishpatim, whose basic laws form the foundation of the Torah-based society Israel is to create. But there is a bridge between these two Torah readings, which, properly understood, communicates our Creator's message to man, and that bridge is manifest in the concluding verses of last week's Torah reading. The message: the heavens are fine, but this world, with all its base physicality and nitty-gritty reality, is what really counts. The best tribute and avenue of approach to a G-d who has no end? An altar of earth.
Tune into this week's Temple Talk as Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman discuss the significance of building an altar out of earth and stones. It's about the tikkun, the rectification of Adam, his basic essence, and ultimately, every human being.
Our hosts also discuss the meaning of the special Torah reading this Shabbat, Shekalim, and significance of the Holy Temple half-shekel today. It?s a mitzva for everyone to be involved in the building of the Holy Temple!
This week from the Temple Institute:
WEEKLY TORAH PORTION: MISHPATIM, with Rabbi Chaim Richman.
"All that the L-rd spoke we will do and we will hear. " (Exodus 24:7) The very essence of our relationship with HaShem: We will do even before we fully understand G-d's word. The secret of Israel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
LIGHT TO THE NATIONS, with Rabbi Chaim Richman: AN ALTAR OF EARTH: We have just completed the Torah reading of Yitro, in which we received Torah at Sinai, and this week we are proceeding to the Torah reading, Mishpatim, in which we learn the details of Torah's instructions for everyday living. How do we make such a fast and radical transition from the ethereal to the "mundane " civil ordinances? The earthen altar, described in the closing lines of Yitro, provides the answer, and why the Temple Institute's current Altar Project is so essential to mankind today. http://universaltorah.com/
PRESIDENT OBAMA and the HOLY TEMPLE TODAY
Unemployment, foreclosures, faltering economy, terrorism, grifters, Presidents Obama's State of the Union Address, and the 16th of March: What do all these things have to do with the building of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem? The answer to all these questions are addressed by Rabbi Chaim Richman in this straight talking five minute video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
THE GRA, THE CHURVA, & THE HOLY TEMPLE
Regarding the Rumor about the Building of the Holy Temple on March 16th, 2010, and the Story that Lies Behind It: Much excitement has been stirred up recently over a two hundred year old prophecy and its apparent upcoming fulfillment. To learn the full story behind the headlines, please click here:
http://www.templeinstitute.
Discuss this topic on the new Torah Spirituality for the Nations forum
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.