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The Thin Line

Chaim Richman — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:24:21 +0000

What can Nicole Kidman and Bruce Willis teach us about this week’s Torah portion? Tune in for another Temple Torah Vlog to find out:

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Parshat Emor: Do you wanna be forever young?

Chaim Richman — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:46:26 +0000

This week’s Torah portion alludes to the secret of eternal life…or rather, the sanctification of life, as personified by the rules of conduct for the cohanim, the priests serving in the Holy Temple. Join me in my Temple Torah Vlog where I explore these ideas and our obsession of wanting to be forever young.

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Jeremy’s joke

Chaim Richman — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:17:16 +0000

The latest tempest in the mucky teapot of accusations, blind hatred and unbridled hubris leading up to the quadrennial orgy that is election season in Israel, is the Tzipi Livni Movement party’s call for the disqualification of American-born Jeremy Gimpel, number 14 on the Jewish Home list and according to polls, a probable member of [...]

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Standing on the Edge

Chaim Richman — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:38:54 +0000

The final Torah portion of the year relates Moses’ parting words to Israel on the last day of his life. The entire nation gathered as one, and stood together “to pass into the covenant.” His words speak of spiritual beginnings, potential, and national destiny. “You are all standing here today…” resilient, renewed and ready to [...]

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A Tale of Two Heroes

Chaim Richman — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:04:13 +0000

Here’s a tale of two heroes that’s a study in the irony of the State of Israel’s bizarre relationship with the Temple Mount. Temple Institute founder Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, who served in the 1967 Six Day War as a paratrooper under the command of Lt. Gen. Motta Gur and participated in the battle for Jerusalem, has been [...]

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Mom, apple pie and the Temple Mount

Chaim Richman — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:45:14 +0000

For those who might have thought that the incident of Palestinian flag-flying over the nation’s holiest site qualified as incitement against the State of Israel, now we know better: the Israel Police have determined that the use of General Motta Gur’s time-honored, cherished slogan, “The Temple Mount is In Our Hands,” constitutes incitement against Arabs [...]

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A Palestinian Flag on the Temple Mount

Chaim Richman — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:12:51 +0000

An ancient Islamic tradition foretells the rebuilding of the Holy Temple on Mount Moriah. More about that later: But this past Friday, Aug. 3rd – it happened to be Tu B’Av, a significant holiday in the time of the Holy Temple – a large Palestinian flag was flown over the Temple Mount, in a [...]

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Tisha B’Av: Now Ain’t the Time for Your Tears

Chaim Richman — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:16:35 +0000

I would like to reflect on the period on the Hebrew calendar beginning with the 17th of Tammuz and ending with Tisha B’Av, known as ‘the Three Weeks.’ In Jewish tradition it is also referred to as bein Ha-Mitzar’im, literally ‘between the straits.’ The expression invokes the image of a vessel passing through a narrow [...]

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The Children are Ready

Chaim Richman — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:52:59 +0000

In this season of traditional mourning for the Holy Temple, stop to think: What are we really mourning for? Where does this process take us? What does the Holy Temple, and the lack thereof, really mean to Israel and the world? The Temple Institute has released a thought provoking video to refocus people’s attention during [...]

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