Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.

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Noah the Compassionate: Sleepless on the Ark

The Month of MarCheshvan: Water, Faith, Disappointment… and The Best is Yet to Come

In this week’s Torah portion of Noach, we read about the Generation of the Flood, whose fate for destruction was sealed. They are considered to be the most depraved generation of all time, characterized by selective justice, cognitive dissonance, and institutionalized immorality. Sound familiar? Switch to the majority of contemporary Western society. This week’s edition of Temple Talk finds our hosts delving deeply into the nature of water, faith, the Great Flood, and more. Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman also help us get ready for next Monday, the sixth day of MarCheshvan, the day upon which the illustrious Rambam risked it all just to be able to pray on the Temple Mount. That day is now celebrated by Temple Mount advocates as a day of unity and joy. Tune into this week’s Temple Talk for inspiration and information!

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Welcoming 5777, The Year of Strength

Bob Dylan and Rabbi Richman: How Many Ears Must One Man Have Before He Can Hear People Cry?

After the holiday hiatus, this week’s Temple Talk, the first of the new year 5777, welcomes in the Year of Strength with great joy. May it bring blessings to all! Our hosts discuss the remarkable record-breaking numbers of Jews who have visited the Temple Mount over the holidays, and the show becomes intensely personal as Rabbi Richman relates his own Temple Mount experience and updates listeners regarding his recent health challenge. Our hosts also discuss the unique nature of restarting the cycle of Torah study with parashat B’reishith, and the potential of each and every one of us, like all of creation, to be totally renewed. Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman also discuss the flame of the ever-turning sword that guards the path to the Tree of Life, and celebrate this year’s Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature, Bob Dylan.

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Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.

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Nitzavim: Standing Upright to Receive a New Light

The Parashat Nitzavim-Rosh HaShana Nexus: Choosing to Choose Life

Join Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman for this week’s special pre-Rosh Hashana edition of Temple Talk. Our hosts discuss the beautiful intersect of this week’s Torah portion, parashat Nitzavim, with the themes of the upcoming Rosh HaShana holiday. It’s all about accountability, choosing life and aspiring to be the best that we can be. Temple Talk wishes the whole world a healthy, beautiful and Sweet New Year! Next week there will be no Temple Talk broadcast due to the holiday schedule.

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Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.

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Parashat Ki Tavo: Tell it to the World

Parashat Ki Tavo and Current Events: Our Connection to the Land of Israel and Israel’s Message to the World

Midway through the holy and transformative month of Elul, Israel has experienced a renewed wave of terror attacks – and terror attacks have taken place in the United States. Coincidence? This week’s edition of Temple Talk features a review of current events through the prism of the amazing Torah portion of Ki Tavo. Why were the Children of Israel commanded to ‘post’ the entire Torah on huge stones, in seventy languages, immediately upon entering the Land of Israel? The answers to all of John Kerry and Ban Ki Moon’s questions are found in this week’s Temple Talk! Please tell them not to miss this show!

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Parashat Ki Tetzei: The Challenge to See Holiness

Parashat Ki Tetzei, Going to Battle, and the Month of Elul: We Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us

The world we are born into is a battle field and it is up to us to identify our true enemies and eliminate them while all the while seeing the sparks of holiness wherever they have been imprisoned and redeem and reattach them to their holy source. In this week’s edition of Temple Talk Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven discuss the great opportunities for teshuva that await us in the month of Elul if we are indeed willing to work hard to attain it.

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Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.

This week features:

Understanding the Noise-Reduction Shofar of Elul

The Challenge of the Month of Elul: Recalibrating Our Humanity and Meeting the King in the Field

As we begin the month of Elul, the Torah portion of parashat Shoftim is chock full of themes that are connected to this unique time of recalibration, reinforcement and preparation. This week’s edition of Temple Talk kicks off this spiritually-charged month with our hosts inimitable insights into the challenges and messages of this special time of year, and advice on how we can get the maximum benefit from the ‘spiritual workship’ of the month of Elul to help prepare us for the rest of our lives, which begins today.

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Parshat Re’eh & Free Choice: Believing is Seeing

“You are Children of Hashem your G-d”… So Start Acting Like It!

This week’s Torah portion of parashat Re’eh, literally ‘see,’ begins with Moshe’s unique exhortation to the Children of Israel to ‘see the blessing and the curse.’ What kind of vision does this ‘seeing’ require? This week’s episode of Temple Talk features Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman offering a unique analysis and some amazing ideas, in preparation for the upcoming month of Elul which begins this Sunday. Spoiler: If you love tasty Israeli-made halva sesame treat, this classic edition of Temple Talk is especially for you!

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Parshat Eikev: Program for Survival – and Success

G-d’s Eyes are Upon the Land of Israel All Year Round

This week’s Torah portion of parashat Eikev emphasizes the role of keeping the commandments as the key to Israel’s survival. But G-d’s plan for Israel is not just about survival; it’s about flourishing and prospering and bringing light and hope into the world. Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Chaim Richman explore this week’s fascinating Torah portion together and bring it all back home to the Land of Israel in this week’s episode of Temple Talk.

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Tisha B’Av on the Temple Mount: All-Time Record

Tu B’Av, The Ultimate Love Story: It’s Getting Better All the Time

This week we will mark the ‘unsung’ holiday of Tu B’Av, an ancient holiday representing an unparalleled revelation of love and devotion. The passage within a few days from Tisha B’Av to Tu B’Av is an amazing expression of the indefatigable spirit of the people of Israel, and their eternal, unbreakable bond of love with the Holy One, blessed be He. This week’s unforgettable edition of Temple Talk explores the nature of this oft-misunderstood day in a new light. Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Richman also discuss some beautiful aspects of this week’s Torah portion of Va’etchanan, and talk candidly and personally about what’s been happening on the Temple Mount.

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Whole New World: Why We Mourn for the Holy Temple

News Flash Just In From the Prophet Haggai: “…Because of My Temple which is ruined, while you run, each to his own house.”

As we enter the final countdown towards Israel’s day of national mourning for the destruction of the Holy Temple, Tisha B’Av, this week’s Temple Talk finds our hosts in their natural element, exploring the meaning of the Holy Temple for the whole world, in a whole new way, as seen through the eyes of the prophets of Israel. Why should we mourn for the loss of the Temple if we don’t feel we are missing anything? This reflective, profoundly sensitive broadcast is the perfect preparation for Tisha B’Av… and every other day of the year, for anyone who cares about living life to the fullest and connecting to the purpose of creation. May we merit to rebuild the Holy Temple together!

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Temple Talk is a weekly internet radio webcast with Rabbi Chaim Richman and Yitzchak Reuven of the Temple Institute.

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A Comfy Cushion for Tisha B’Av Mourning?

The Temple Institute Establishes the World’s First School for Training Kohanim for the Service of the Holy Temple

This week those in the Diaspora catch up with their brethren in the Land of Israel, with the Torah readings of Matot and Masei… and, this Friday we shall all welcome the new month of Menachem Av, the Consoling Father. As the month of Av enters, our traditional customs of mourning are ratcheted up, and the process of introspection and mourning for the loss of the Holy Temple intensifies as the Ninth of Av draws closer. This week’s Temple Talk takes a hard look at what has become the yearly cycle of mourning for the Temple, and asks: Has it evolved into a yearly cycle of avoidance? Why has the rebuilding of the Holy Temple become mythologized? If we believe the Holy Temple has to become real, then we need to prepared for its resumption in every way…. that’s why the Temple Institute has established Nezer HaKodesh, the world’s first school for training kohanim (Levitical priests) for their service in the Holy Temple.

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