Jerusalem Lights

By Rabbi Chaim Richman and Jim LongReligion & Spirituality Judaism

Jerusalem Lights episodes

February 03, 2021 The Perpetual Sinai Revelation: Man’s Eternal Rendezvous with the Divine
Jerusalem Lights Podcast #52 - Parashat Yitro: TORAH FOR EVERYONE!
This week’s Torah portion is named for Yitro, former advisor to Pharaoh and idolatrous priest par excellence. The very same Yitro who became Moses’ father-in-law, and turned with all his heart to follow the One G-d of Israel. What’s more, Yitro was also the architect of ancient Israel’s judicial system. Why is this week’s Torah portion, featuring the most important event in human history – the giving of the Torah known as the ‘Sinai Revelation’ – named after this man? In this week’s Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman explore the many dimensions of the Sinai experience – with particular emphasis on the significance of Torah in the life of the nations. Jim Long provides a unique Noahide perspective on non-Jewish love of Torah in this ‘Happy Anniversary’ edition of our Jerusalem Lights podcast.
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59 min
January 27, 2021 The Suspension of Illusion
Parashat B’shalach: Walking Through the Sea Towards Our Eternal Destiny
With Pharaoh and the Egyptian army in hot pursuit, the Children of Israel face the Sea of Reeds in this week’s Torah portion of B’shalach. Walking through the water that had miraculously split before them, the Israelites experienced the great saving of Hashem, and collectively rose – man, woman and (even the as-yet unborn) child, to the highest level of revelation. This prophetic illumination resulted in the entire nation bursting forth with the very special ‘Song of the Sea.’ This song sums up their experience as a clear vision of the true nature of reality…they understood that this event was not an exception to the rule, not the temporary suspension of reality—but the suspension of the illusion of this world. This week’s episode of the Jerusalem Lights podcast explores the depth and beauty of this seminal event in history as described in this week’ Torah portion and in the teachings of the Sages of Israel. Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman also connect the portion’s theme of faith in G-d to the events transpiring currently in our tumultuous world.
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Rabbi Chaim Richman
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59 min
January 20, 2021 Are We Slaves To Time or Masters of Time?
Parashat Bo: The Torah Concept of Time vs. Pharaoh’s Mind Control Slavery: A Lesson for Our Time
This week’s Torah portion features the final three of the ten plagues: locusts, darkness and the slaying of the firstborn. It also contains the commandments of the Passover offering, and Rosh Chodesh...the sanctification of the New Moon, which is the foundation of the Hebrew calendar. In this week’s edition of the Jerusalem Lights podcast, our hosts explore the authentic Torah concept of time, and the opportunity that is given to us – through the sanctification of time – to rise above the debilitating despair that Egyptian exile represents, and to become truly free. In a callout to all who love the G-d of Israel, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman relate to today’s headlines through the Torah portion and focus on the parallels between ‘the narrow place’ of our forefathers’ bondage in ancient Egypt, and our own contemporary reality. Or is it reality? Jim Long continues to elucidate us with his amazing knowledge of ancient Egyptian texts that plainly corroborate details of the Exodus experience.
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57 min
January 13, 2021 Prison Break: The Action Begins
PARASHAT VA'ERA
The Modern-Day Egyptian Exile of Psychological Warfare, Fear and Control G-d’s plan to redeem Israel from Egyptian bondage begins in this week’s Torah portion of Parashat Va’era, which features the first seven of the ten plagues that were visited upon Pharaoh and all of Egypt. But why did G-d take the long way around? Why did the Master of the Universe deem it appropriate to wreak the havoc of these ten strikes, rather than just deliver His people to freedom immediately? This week’s edition of the Jerusalem Lights podcast examines this question. Culling from their rich Torah knowledge, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman share illuminating insights into the purpose and nature of the plagues. Pharaoh’s rule was based on sowing fear and doubt, and his magician spin masters propped up a world of illusion and kept it up through control and manipulation. Fast forward to today and the description is all too familiar. NOT TO MISS: Jim Long reveals breathtaking historical proof from the annals of ancient Egypt testifying to the Torah’s account of the ten plagues and the devastation that was wrought on Egypt.
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1 hr 1 min
January 06, 2021 Ancient and Modern Cancel Culture
Parashat Shemot: Ancient and Modern Cancel Culture
This week our Torah portion is parashat Shemot, beginning the Book of Exodus. In a flash, the generation of Joseph and his brothers have passed, and a new king arises in the land of Egypt ‘who did not know Joseph.’ The children of Israel ‘were fruitful, teemed, increased….and the land became filled with them,’ much to the chagrin of Pharaoh, who began to devise a solution to his Jewish problem – and thus began the servitude of Israel in Egypt. This week’s Jerusalem Lights podcast examines the Egyptian exile, which caused Israel to strive for perfection in the face of adversity. Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman fast forward to today, and draw uncanny parallels between the deep, dark exile of ancient Egypt, and today’s mob-rule enforced, lethal new normal of cancel culture, where all can be sacrificed on the altar of inclusion and diversity. A timeless Torah lesson on the recurrent template of exile and redemption.
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Rabbi Chaim Richman
Jerusalem Lights | Torah for Everyone
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1 hr 3 min
December 30, 2020 Remembering Vendyl Jones: Pioneer of Torah for Non-Jews
Our Jerusalem Lights podcast this week features a special tribute to the memory of an extraordinary man. Spiritual trailblazer, archeologist, author and teacher, Vendyl Jones of blessed memory was a true pioneer of bringing the light of Torah to the non-Jewish world. Jim Long fondly recalls his mentor and shares some of Vendyl’s fascinating personal history, and highlights some of his remarkable achievements. The reading of this week’s Torah portion of Vayechi brings the book of B’reishith (Genesis) to a close with the happy reunion of the family of Jacob in the Land of Egypt. Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman look at Jacob’s deathbed prophecy-turned blessings, and the dark clouds that are already on the horizon, preluding the bitter exile and servitude of the Children of Israel that is about to begin.
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1 hr 10 min
December 23, 2020 Vayigash and Three Days in Tevet: Light Emerging from Darkness
The Tenth of Tevet and the Septuagint: King Ptolemy, Torah Translations and the Golden Calf of Intellectual Arrogance
The dramatic reunion of Yosef and his brothers in the Torah portion of Vayigash coincides with three ‘days of darkness’ this week: the 8th, 9th, and the Fast Day of the 10th of this Hebrew month of Tevet. Our Jerusalem Lights podcast focuses on the events in history that these days recall: The forced translation of the Torah into Greek; the death of Ezra the Scribe; and the start of the Babylonian siege against Jerusalem which ultimately led to the destruction of the Holy Temple. Yet Tevet, having begun with the light of the waning days of Chanukah, continues to shines forth with light even in the darkness. Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman discuss the contemporary, universal significance of these events and how their messages ring forth like a clarion call to action in our time, in these days of political, social, economic – and most importantly, spiritual upheaval. There is turmoil – but we are transitioning towards a new era. Plus: the inimitable scholarship of Jim Long once again finds harmony between the Biblical narrative of Yosef, and ancient Egyptian historical and archeological records.
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Rabbi Chaim Richman
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1 hr 4 min
December 16, 2020 Pharaoh's Dream and Quantum Mechanics
Yosef the Dreamcatcher, Making the World’s Dreams Come True
From Yosef in Egypt to the Hasmonean Priests of Chanukah: Fighting Against Illusion
As we welcome the new month of Tevet and the beloved holiday of Chanukah reaches its illuminating crescendo this week, our hosts enthusiastically relate to the action-packed Torah portion of Miketz which features themes whose messages resonate with the urgency of the unique, ‘uncertain’ times in which we are living. These days may seem uncertain, even chaotic…but Hashem knows exactly what He is doing! Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman ponder Yosef’s unprecedented rise to power and his interpretations of Pharaoh’s dreams against the backdrop of the Egyptian mindset of a divided universe – and the Chanukah struggle of reality vs. illusion. The duality of reality is itself an illusion, and only a manifestation of the perfect Oneness of G-d. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Jim Long share from his vast knowledge of ancient Egypt, pointing to fascinating references to the Biblical figure of Yosef in ancient Egyptian historical and archeological records.
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Rabbi Chaim Richman
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1 hr 7 min
December 09, 2020 The Light of Chanukah and the Soul of Machiach (Non-Jews, Chanukah Lights and the Courage to Stand with Israel)
Parashat Vayeshev: Yosef and the Beginning of the Descent into Egyptian Exile
The light-filled holiday of Chanukah begins this week, converging with the Torah portion of Vayeshev, which focuses on Yosef (Joseph) the dreamer – the patriarch Yaakov’s beloved son of his old age. To put it mildly, Yosef doesn’t get along with his brothers – and they waylay him, throw him in a pit, and sell him as a slave. He winds up in Egypt as a servant to one of the Pharaoh’s officers. But as our hosts discuss in this week’s episode of the Jerusalem Lights podcast, all the events in our Torah portion are part of a Divinely-orchestrated progression that will ultimately lead to Israel’s exile in Egypt, a necessary step towards Torah and Redemption. Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman find that the concepts and mysteries of Parashat Vayehsev, and the enigma of Yosef himself, are inexorably bound up with the themes of Chanukah, the Festival of Light. An illuminating, must-listen Chanukah special!
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Rabbi Chaim Richman
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1 hr 3 min
December 02, 2020 Who Is Esav Today?
Parashat Vayishlach and Plain Talk About Israel, Iran and the Fakhrizadeh Assassination
The Stain of Esav’s Influence on the History of Western Culture
The Torah portion of Vayishlach includes an exciting array of many of the seminal events in the patriarch Yaakov’s life, including Yaakov’s struggle with an angel; his much-anticipated reunion with Esav, the rape of Dina by Shechem and the revenge of brothers Shimon and Levi on the city, and more. In this week’s edition of the Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman ponder the relationship of the brothers Yaakov and Esav throughout the ages, and the nations who are their descendants. Our hosts examine Biblical and historical references that trace Esav’s influence on the development of Western culture, and find that so many of these historical forces converge together, as reflected by the upcoming festival of Chanukah.
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Rabbi Chaim Richman
Jerusalem Lights | Torah for Everyone
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1 hr 6 min

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