Rabbi Gedalia Meyer

Watch: Passover and time

Passover confronts the mystery of time head on.

Weekly Torah Study: Terumah

Where is the Ark of the Covenant?

Past, present and future - which is most significant?

Which has permanent reality?

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.

Weekly Torah Study: Vayeitze

Love

There is nothing quite like the feeling of love. Mentioning Yaakov's love for Rachel is a rarity in the Tanach.

TOLDOT 5782

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.

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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.

Weekly Torah Study: Vayikra

In modern times, can we relate to the idea of bringing offerings to the Temple?

Weekly Torah study: A secular, political thriller in the Tanach?

A thought provoking sequel to the Purim holiday.

What vision did the 70 elders of Israel see?

The vision of G-d experienced by Moshe, Aharon, Nadav and Avihu, and 70 elders of Israel described in this week's parasha is unparalleled.

Weekly Torah study: Yitro

"You shall be to Me a treasure out of all peoples, for Mine is the entire earth." How can G-d choose one people above all others?

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What had Israel to gain from finding grace in Egyptian eyes?

Finding grace in Egyptian eyes was no less a miracle than the plagues. What does it signify?

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Freedom of choice - how does it work?

Choice is a gift from G-d that makes us who we are..

Weekly Torah Study:Stopping to look at G-d's glory

Do we take the time to look at the beauty around us? Moses did.

Weekly Torah study: Where are we heading?

Doea G-d want us to know what lies ahead?

Weekly Torah Study: The scene of the crime

Life can be difficult to make sense of, random and confounding, at times.Until we see our part in causing the chaos.

Temple Institute Weekly Torah Study: G-d as the Master Director

The story of Joseph unfolding in this period's Torah readings is on two levels: Man's actions fulfill G-d's master plan behind the scenes.

Weekly Torah Study: Genetics and environment

It's not only nurture, it is also nature that plays a role in choosing a bride.

Did Sarah laugh?

Sara laughed when G-d told her she was going to have a baby at age 90! Or did she? She denies it! And who's asking, anyway? I

Weekly Torah Study: Lech Lecha

Torah from the Temple Institute in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Weekly Torah Study: It is not in heaven...nor beyond the sea

Moshe Rabbeinu's last essential lessons to his people.

A Torah reading with 76 different commandments!

Our Sages found a pattern in the commandments found in one reading that make up over 12% of all the 613 mitzvot in the Torah.

Weekly Torah Study: Be wholehearted with Hashem, your G-d

All the details involved in building a Torah-true society are founded on one principle.

Weekly Torah Study: Pinchas

No doubt Pinchas did the right thing. But at what price? The Temple Institute weekly Torah thoughts.

Weekly Torah Study: Chukat

What makes the Red heifer so mysterious to us? Lecture from the Temple Institute.