Jerusalem Lights

By Rabbi Chaim Richman and Jim LongReligion & Spirituality Judaism

Jerusalem Lights episodes

September 16, 2020 The Positive Energy of Ushering in a Good, Sweet New Year!
Preparing for Rosh HaShana: Rejoice with Trembling: Making Hashem King on Rosh HaShana: Not Just Lip Service
The year 5780 is about to depart, and we prepare to welcome the New Year of 5781, may it bring every blessing! Rosh HaShana is the birthday of man and a special holiday with universal relevance and meaning for all humanity. In this week’s special edition of the Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman emphasize this universality, declaring that 'you don’t have to be Jewish to observe Rosh HaShana!' Our hosts share some tips, and deep Torah insights, on how everyone – Jew and Gentile alike – can make the most of this special time of spiritual portent, promise and renewal. Plus:Israel, the UAE and Bahrain declare peace and understanding…is this prophecy fulfilled? Jerusalem Lights wishes all our listeners a wonderful, peaceful, healthy and Sweet New Year!
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54 min
September 09, 2020 Parashat Netzavim/Vayelech-Standing Before Hashem at the Renewal of Creation
Rosh HaShana: Preparing to Receive a New Light and the Transformative Sound of the Shofar
Themes of this week's double Torah reading of the portions of Nitzavim and Vayelech set the stage for our passage into the coming new year -- just as the portion of Nitzavim opens with the awesome scene of the entire nation of Israel preparing to 'pass into' the covenant with G-d and into the Land. Our portions feature so many foundational ideas that directly relate to the coming days of Rosh HaShana, time of judgment for all humanity, including repentance, warnings against the lure of idolatry, and the call to choose life and cling to the commandments. This week's episode of the Jerusalem Lights podcast finds Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman connecting the dots between these concepts and the shofar blasts that signal the universal reset of Rosh HaShana, birthday of Adam and time of momentous judgement - and awakening - for all his descendants.
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45 min
September 02, 2020 Parashat Ki Tavo: The First Fruits of Thankfulness
Torah is the People of Israel’s Deed to the Land of Israel:
Serving Hashem in Gladness is the Key to Every Divine Blessing
For the nation of Israel about to enter into the promised land, this week’s Torah portion of Ki Tavo presents the quintessential formula for a G-d-centered life: Thankfulness and acknowledgement, commandment and covenant. This week’s episode of the Jerusalem Lights podcast finds our hosts pondering the nature of the stark dichotomy featured in this portion: from the sublime joy of the experience of bringing the first fruits offering up to the Holy Temple, to the existential angst and relentless sadness that befalls one who rejects Hashem. What is the connection between these two seemingly disparate sections of our portion? Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman discuss the Torah’s universal proclamation of thankfulness to Hashem as the foundation of life for all people. Plus: the Great Stones of Mount Ebal and peace with the Emirates…what’s the connection?
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1 hr 2 min
August 26, 2020 Parashat Ki Tetzei: Awakening Divine Mercy in Our World
Universal Torah for a World Gone Mad
Grabbing Hold in the Month of Elul: Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures
The shofar-blast of the month of Elul serves to rouse us out of our lethargy. Elul is the time to wage spiritual battle against everything holding us back from developing our full potential! In this week’s edition of the Jerusalem Lights Podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman delve into this week’s Torah portion of Ki Tetzei, which opens and closes on the theme of battle, and in between features more commandments than any other Torah portion. Our hosts ponder this plethora of commandments and their significance for all people, Jew and Gentile alike, against the backdrop of the sense of desperation that permeates our current reality.
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1 hr
August 19, 2020 The Compassionate Justice of Torah (Parashat Shoftim)
Parashat Shoftim: The Month of Elul, a Spiritual Workshop for the Whole World
The Transformative Experience of Torah Study: It's Not Just for Jews
This week's edition of the Jerusalem Lights Podcast ushers in the month of Elul, the last month of the year and a time of repentance, tikkun and deep spiritual work. Our hosts focus on the great challenge of Elul for all seekers of G-d, and the special opportunity it presents us to prepare ourselves for the upcoming Days of Awe. Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman discuss how this week's Torah portion of Shoftim (Judges) demonstrates the exquisite nature of the Torah's concept of justice, always based on compassion and geared toward the formation of a just and compassionate society.
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55 min
August 12, 2020 Parashat Re-'eh: Which Way Are You Going?
Seeing the Blessing and the Curse – and Getting with the Program
Parashat Re’eh: Which Way Are You Going?
Science, Prophetic Torah and the Holy Temple
This week’s Torah portion of parashat Re’eh is a call for the Children of Israel to become a just, sensitive society in the land promised to the forefathers, always to remain focused on the presence of G-d in their midst. The Land of Israel, Moshe teaches, is the physical embodiment of holiness by Divine decree, from the beginning of time, by its very nature, and thus it will naturally nurture this people to become this sensitive society. The whole Torah, especially the action oriented mitzvoth, and particularly in the Land of Israel, is about developing a heightened sensitivity to ‘avodat Hashem’…serving G-d through everything that we do. And in our Torah portion this week, the concept of the permanent location of the Holy Temple begins to emerge and take shape: for the first time we are told about ‘The place that Hashem your G-d will choose from among all your tribes to place His Name, there shall you seek out His presence and come there.’ (12:5) In this week’s episode of the Jerusalem Lights podcast, our hosts examine the challenge of ‘seeing the blessing and curse’ presented in parashat Re’eh, connecting these timeless truths with the fabric of our contemporary reality.
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Rabbi Chaim Richman
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1 hr 2 min
August 05, 2020 Parashat Eikev: The ‘Little’ Things We Trample Underfoot
The Past and Future Circle Dance of Tu B’Av: Lessons of Tu B’Av for Today: Love and Unity in a Time of Testing and Uncertainty
The confluence between this week’s Torah portion of Ekev and the ancient Biblical holiday of Tu B’Av provides much inspiration for this week’s rousing edition of the Jerusalem Lights podcast. Our hosts Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman delve deeply into the rich teachings of the sages that illuminate the fascinating history – and prophetic future promise – of the holiday known as the 15th of Av, called by the sages ‘the happiest day of the year.’ What is the source of this happiness, and what relevance does it have in our post-modern world of shattered dreams? What is the ‘heel’ alluded to by the name of our Torah portion, and how can we avoid trampling on the important things in life? Tune in to this week’s Jerusalem Lights Podcast!
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Rabbi Chaim Richman
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1 hr 3 min
July 28, 2020 Parashat Va'Etchanan: Changing the Narrative of the Tisha B'Av Experience
What Will You Be Doing on Tisha B’Av?
The Relevance of the Holy Temple Today – And the Temple Mount Revolution
This week’s Torah portion of Va’Etchanan, with its emphasis on love of G-d and the Land of Israel, opens with a subtle allusion to the Holy Temple. The observance of the fast day of Tisha B’Av this week (July 30) will mark 1951 years since the destruction of the Holy Temple. What relevance does the distant memory of the Holy Temple have for our modern world today? Should we be mourning the past, or preparing for the future? Tisha B’Av means different things to different people…what does it mean to you? In this week’s episode of the Jerusalem Lights podcast, our hosts discuss the significance of the Holy Temple for all people, and the promise of hope that it brings to humanity. Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman share an inspiring, exciting update of the new reality on the Temple Mount, heralding the beginning of a new era for Israel and the world.
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Rabbi Chaim Richman
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53 min
July 22, 2020 KING WITHOUT A THRONE: Who Rules Over You?
Life Lessons of Menachem Av, the Month of the Consoling Father
Torah for Everyone: Fixing a Damaged, Despairing World with Love and Kindness
This week we begin the month of Menachem Av, and next week on the fast day of Tisha B’Av we will mark 1950 years since the destruction of the Holy Temple. On the backdrop of our brave new world of confusion and doubt, corruption and anarchy, exploitation and manipulation, this week’s episode of the Jerusalem Lights podcast looks at the world through the eyes of the Torah’s principle of striving to see the good, and understanding that everything is part of a Divine plan for humanity. Our mystic sages inform us that this new month also presents us with an opportunity to ‘rectify’ our hearing…to really listen to what the other is saying with an open heart. Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman share Torah wisdom for everyone in this frank discussion, shedding light upon today’s headlines in the light of this week’s Torah portion of parashat Devarim, and the amazing confluence of events that takes place as this new month of Menachem Av enters.
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Rabbi Chaim Richman
Jerusalem Lights | Torah for Everyone
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1 hr 8 min
July 15, 2020 Parashat Matot-Masai: The Power of the Spoken Word
True Leadership: Responsible, Prayerful, and Selfless
This week we conclude the book of Numbers with the reading of its last two Torah portions, Matot and Masai. The two portions present a vivid portrait of the Generation about to enter the Promised Land. They are instructed in the power of the spoken word in the form of vows and oaths that can render sanctity; they are shown unparalleled examples of the meaning of true leadership; they are commanded to battle against Midian; their journeys are summarized; the borders of the Land are delineated… Fast forward to our day, as we witness the complete devaluation of the spoken word; the moral bankruptcy of leadership, the harassment and bullying of truth, the delegitimization of Israel…the crossroads facing the Generation of the Land that we read about this week is reflected in our own contemporary reality. Tune in for a resounding message of Torah truth for Jews and non-Jews alike.
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Rabbi Chaim Richman
Jerusalem Lights |Torah for Everyone
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1 hr 9 min

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