This week’s Jerusalem Lights podcast welcomes the Festival of Passover. Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman discuss the eternal covenant of the Passover offering, the seder night, the unique prohibition against chometz (leaven) – and the significance of Passover for all mankind. Passover is a uniquely Jewish holiday but at the same time, it is the birth of freedom for all mankind and is of great importance for all non-Jews who love the G-d of Israel.

This week, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman host special guest Dr. Bernie Kastner, a Jerusalem-based psychotherapist, rabbi and author of numerous books about life after death and the journey of a soul. What is the Torah's view on the immortality of the soul, life after death, and reincarnation? Are there parallels between ancient Torah knowledge and modern research? Tune in to this fascinating edition of the Jerusalem Lights podcast for the answers!

This week, we prepare to welcome the month of Nisan, time of the Exodus from Egypt as well as the promised future Redemption. International headlines are focused on Israelis demonstrating against the government’s proposed ‘judicial reform,’ and all the while, devastating terror attacks against Jews continue unabated. What is really going on in the midst of this upheaval and who is behind it? In this week’s episode of the Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman take spiritual stock of the situation and focus on what is stake and how it all connects to this month’s theme of the Divine plan for Redemption and renewal of faith.

The book of Exodus comes to a finale this week with the reading of its last two Torah portions, Va’yakhel and Pekudei. The grievous sin of the Golden Calf resulted in the first Yom Kippur: the expression of the Creator’s eternal love and forgiveness for His people. On the day following Yom Kippur, Moshe instructs all those ‘who have heart’ to come forward and donate towards the building of the tabernacle…but first he delivers G-d’s declaration to observe Shabbat. The Sabbath and the Tabernacle are two expressions of the same concept: how to hold on to the true reality of the Creator, in an illusory world of doubt and materialism. In this week’s Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman explore and illuminate these vast and compelling concepts and their significance for all people today.  

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In recent weeks, multiple terror attacks have been perpetrated in the Land of Israel against the Jewish people.  Families are being destroyed by these murderous attacks. This week’s Jerusalem Lights podcast looks to set the record straight and examine the root and cause of what Israel is currently facing. Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman present a reality check of current events transpiring in the Land of Israel, examining the spiritual dimension and the historical and political roots and implications of this era. The truth is far from the media’s hypocritical, agenda-driven portrayal.  

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This week marks Rosh Chodesh, the beginning of the new Hebrew month of Adar, whose apex is the holiday of Purim. This is a time of year especially associated with joy – but what is the secret of Adar joy, and how can we tap into it all year long? Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman explore the unique spiritual dimensions of the month of Adar and its confluence with the Torah portion of Terumah, featuring the fascinating concept of the Ark of the Covenant. As the Book of Exodus shifts its focus to building a home for the Divine Presence in this elusive world of illusion, we ask: if G-d is indeed playing ‘Hide and Seek’ with us, where and how can He be ‘seen?’  

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Jim Long’s current visit from Arkansas to Israel gives our hosts an opportunity to broadcast the Jerusalem Lights podcast face to face. United in the rabbi's studio in Jerusalem, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman discuss the close-to-home pain of a recent terror attack, and examine the urgent events of the day... trying to make sense of Israel’s current imbroglio of ‘judicial reform’ on the backdrop of this week’s Torah portion of Mishpatim: the Divine laws for a just society bequeathed by G-d at Mount Sinai.  ___ 

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This week’s rousing edition of the Jerusalem Lights Podcast is up-close and personal, as Rabbi Richman shares his recent experiences in the context of this month of Shevat and its theme of constant renewal – as well as the Redemption from Egypt, and the freedom it brings from the fear of human vulnerability. Join our hosts for a lively discussion on Torah’s unique concept of the sanctity of time, and the gift of time as a partnership between man and the Divine. Consummate Egyptologist Jim Long rivets our attention on ancient sources that provide Egyptian perspective on the Biblical account of the plagues and the exodus of Israel.  

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The ten plagues that were visited upon Pharaoh and all of Egypt, as they unfold in this week’s Torah portion of Va’era, testify to the true meaning of G-d’s name: The One who brings all of reality into being, and the One who can rock the very foundations of creation by changing that reality. These plagues were not a punishment for Egypt; they were a tool for the revelation of G-d’s presence in a world where everything appears to be happenstance. In this week’s Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long presents fascinating historical proof from the annals of ancient Egypt that provide eye-witness accounts of the Torah’s description of the ten plagues, and the devastation that was wrought on Egypt. Rabbi Richman presents an amazing, visual etymological analysis of the Hebrew terms for ‘exile’ and ‘redemption,’ and the spiritual implications of these vast ideas – forces that move through history in the Divine plan leading to the Ultimate Redemption.   

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