Parashot Bereshith-Noach

Oct 23, 2014, 8:29 AM

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Before the beginning, before the heavens and the earth, before darkness and light, night and day, the stars and illuminations, the creatures of the sea, the crawling things, the birds or the beasts… even before the first Shabbat – G-d laid out the primordial foundations for His relationship with man. It is upon these unshakable foundations that all creation is built.

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Rabbi Chaim Richman is the director of the international department of the Temple Institute in Jerusalem. For over three decades the Temple Institute has been dedicated to every aspect of the Biblical commandment to build the Holy Temple. Through its research and educational programming, the Institute seeks to highlight the universal significance of the Holy Temple as a house of peace and prayer for all nations.