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Rabbi Gedalia Meyer
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Nothing says ego like Korach
Nothing says Ego like Korach. So full of obstinance and pride, Korach nearly dragged the entire nation of Israel down with hi
Chayei Sara: Standing at the burial place of our forefathers
Why is Hevron considered one of the four holy cities in Eretz Yisrael?
Weekly Torah Study: Bereshith
Insights from the story of Cain and Abel.
Believing in God when times are bad
Historically, Jews are able to trust in God, no matter what is occurring.
Weekly Torah Study: Vaetchanan
Has modern man really stopped believing in powerful forces acting as gods?
The accidental murderer
Weekly Torah study - Justice and atonement.
Pinchas: The buck stops here
Weekly Torah Study: Pinchas.
Weekly Torah Study: Chukat
The inexorable march of time is the thread running through the parasha.
Led like sheep
Weekly Torah Study: Korach.
Weekly Torah Study: Sotah
The prescribed process for dealing with a suspected Sotah are hard to comprehend.
Weekly Torah Study: Kedoshim (Israel)
What does it mean to be holy?
Weekly Torah Study: Acharei Mot
What are we "moderns" to make of the scapegoat to Azazel?
Why did God need a 'destroyer' in Egypt?
Who or what was the "destroyer" mentioned in the book of Exodus?
Weekly Torah Study: Metzora - imagine an infected house
Imagine a disease that looks like mildew on the walls of your home, but is of real concern.
What motivated Amalek?
The Temple Institute Weekly Torah Study: Vayikra.
The act of giving is what truly makes us human
Nothing lifts us up like giving! While our natural instincts may tend toward looking out for number one, the act of giving is
Weekly Torah Study, KI Tisa: How did Moshe fast for 40 days?
Moses neither ate nor drank for 40 days and nights. That seems a stretch. Can man overcome physical needs?
Weekly Torah Study: Tetzave
What power did the Urim and Tummim have? What were they?
Weekly Torah Study: Yitro
Are we commanded to believe in Hashem, or is it a function of our free will?
Weekly Torah Study: Beshalach
Complaints, complaints. When will they ever learn?
Weekly Torah Study: Bo
What is so terrible about darkness? It happens every evening.
Weekly Torah Study: Vayechi
What does it mean when Jacob says the angel who saved him should bless his grandchildren?
Weekly Torah Study: Shema Yisrael
Declaring G-d's absolute Oneness even while reuniting with a long-lost loved one.
Keep G-d close!
Weekly Torah study: Vayishlach.
Love
There is nothing quite like the feeling of love. Mentioning Yaakov's love for Rachel is a rarity in the Tanach.
Weekly Torah Study: How can two brothers be so different?
Are sibling rivalry, sibling strife, the Will of God?
Weekly Torah Study: Vayera
Where would we fall on the scale of righteousness if put to a difficult test?
Weekly Torah Study: Does G-d need the rainbow as a reminder?
Isn't the rainbow a perfectly natural phenomenon that has existed from time immemorial?
Weekly Torah Study: Vezot Habracha
Moshe blesses the tribes of Israel before his death, beginning his words with fiery imagery. Why?
Jews staying on the same page
The only way to ensure the short and long term viability of a Torah based society is loyalty to the same Torah.
Weekly Torah Study for Eikev: 'Not by bread alone'
What, then, does sustain man?
Weekly Torah Study: Va'etchanan
The oneness and unity of G-d was a revolutionary revelation enunciated in this week's Torah reading.
Weekly Torah Study: Time and space
What is time? What is space? We live within them and can't live without them.
Weekly Torah study: Chukat
Water plays a major role in this week's parasha.
Weekly Torah study: Korach
This is a Torah portion about the power of words.
Weekly Torah Study: What is prophecy?
How can we uinderstand how prophecy differs from ordinary speech?
Temple Institute weekly Torah study: Naso
This Shabbat we read of the hostile people of Gaza in the haftarah - what does that mean today?
The Temple Institute: Weekly Torah study: Emor
What is time? Where does it come from? Where does it go?
Weekly Torah Study: Passover
The Passover Seder, which begins the 7 day holiday, may be the oldest continuous ritual extant.
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