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Jerusalem Lights

Rabbi Chaim Richman and Jim Long

Hosts Rabbi Chaim Richman and Jim Long discuss the beauty and universality of the eternal Torah and its accessibility and vital connection to every individual: Torah For Everyone

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00:57:58

Towards a Just and Caring Society

Jerusalem Lights ·

2021/02/10

Jerusalem Lights Podcast #53 - Parashat Mishpatim Just last week in the Torah portion of Yitro, we stood at Mount Sinai and witnessed the transcendent experience of the Giving of the Torah. This week’s Torah portion of Mishpatim (Ordinances) is firmly anchored in this very physical world…but yet, it is a perfect continuation of the thunderous, Divine Sinai Revelation. This portion contains 53 mitzvoth, and features commandments that relate to the rights, responsibilities and obligations of the

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00:58:02

The Perpetual Sinai Revelation: Man’s Eternal...

Jerusalem Lights ·

2021/02/03

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

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00:58:02

The Suspension of Illusion

Jerusalem Lights ·

2021/01/27

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

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00:57:00

Are We Slaves To Time or Masters of Time?

Jerusalem Lights ·

2021/01/20

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

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01:00:07

Prison Break: The Action Begins

Jerusalem Lights ·

2021/01/13

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

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01:02:49

Ancient and Modern Cancel Culture

Jerusalem Lights ·

2021/01/06

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

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01:09:15

Remembering Vendyl Jones: Pioneer of Torah for Non-Jews

Jerusalem Lights ·

2020/12/30

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)

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01:03:13

Vayigash and Three Days in Tevet: Light Emerging from...

Jerusalem Lights ·

2020/12/23

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

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01:06:08

Pharaoh's Dream and Quantum Mechanics

Jerusalem Lights ·

2020/12/16

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

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01:02:30

The Light of Chanukah and the Soul of Machiach...

Jerusalem Lights ·

2020/12/09

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

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01:05:29

Who Is Esav Today?

Jerusalem Lights ·

2020/12/02

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

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00:58:47

Parashat Vayeitzei: Fathers, Children and Patterns in...

Jerusalem Lights ·

2020/11/26

This week’s Torah portion of Vayeitzei recounts the adventures of the patriarch Yaakov, who fled from Esav and worked for Lavan for 20 years. Yaakov married Lavan’s daughters Rachel and Leah, who together with Bilhah and Zilpah became the mothers of the Children of Israel. But it was Rachel whom Yaakov felt was his true soul mate. Why did he kiss her and cry when they first met? How did Lavan manage to trick Yaakov by substituting Leah in Rachel’s stead? In this week’s edition of the Jerusalem

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00:56:46

Illusion vs. Reality

Jerusalem Lights ·

2020/11/18

Parashat Toldot: Plain Talk about the Birthright, the Blessings, and the Legacy of Abraham and Esav, the Progenitor of Western Culture This week we usher in the new month of Kislev, whose energy is informed by its crescendo, the Festival of Chanukah, with its theme of the revelation of the hidden light of creation. Indeed, light and darkness is a major theme of this month, and features prominently in this week's Torah portion of Toldot, as Yaakov and Esav emerge and begin a face-off which will last

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01:00:40

The Legacy of Sarah and the Spiritual Preeminence of...

Jerusalem Lights ·

2020/11/10

All About Life and Death - and Love and Marriage The Torah portion of Chayei Sarah features only two concepts: the death of Sarah and her burial at the ‘double cave’ in Hebron, and Eliezer’s mission to find a wife for Isaac. Yet in this week’s edition of the Jerusalem Lights podcast, our hosts discover that a major theme emerges from the connection of these ideas – namely, the true meaning of a life well lived. Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman share some fascinating ideas about this Torah portion

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01:00:34

The Lesson of Our Father Avraham: In the Service of...

Jerusalem Lights ·

2020/11/04

The Incomprehensible Test of the Binding of Isaac : A Defining Moment at the Crossroads of History In a show not to be missed, this week’s edition of the Jerusalem Lights podcast was recorded on the 17th day of MarCheshvan – the day that marks the beginning of the Great Flood in the time of Noah – as the election ballots in the USA are being counted and tension mounts. All sides are in agreement that we are now reaching a defining moment in history, and our hosts reflect on the deeper meaning of the

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01:06:04

Abraham, Creation and the Unified Theory of Everything

Jerusalem Lights ·

2020/10/28

Also, The Amazing Merit of our Mother Rachel In this week’s Torah portion of Lech Lecha (“Go to yourself”), the patriarch Abraham bursts upon the scene. He begins a career of teaching a world that was in denial of G-d, that there really was a Creator. Abraham literally stood up against the whole world, confronting and exposing the fallacy of idolatry and confounding the evil establishment, and he reinstated belief in the One G-d, bequeathing this knowledge to all humanity. But where did Abraham come

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01:02:59

Noah Feeds the Animals on the Ark: A Lesson in...

Jerusalem Lights ·

2020/10/21

Parashat Noach: The Waters of Marcheshvan: Blessing or Retibution Water, water everywhere: This week’s Torah portion of Noach tells the story of the Great Flood, G-d’s retribution against a humanity that had grown so wicked, it had lost all semblance of the Divine image in which man was created. The flood began during this very month of MarCheshvan, and yet this month also begins the much-anticipated rainfalls of blessing in the Land of Israel. This week’s edition of the Jerusalem Lights podcast

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00:57:37

B’reishith: The Constant Renewal of All Creation

Jerusalem Lights ·

2020/10/14

B’reishith: The Constant Renewal of All Creation Is the World on Auto Pilot, or is G-d Still Running the Show? The festivals of Tishrei have concluded and this Shabbat we begin the yearly cycle of Torah readings once again, starting over with the first portion of the book of Genesis – parashat B’reishith. The process of renewal that we have all participated in during this intense holiday season, is now manifest as the renewal of all creation. But the truth is that just as G-d brought forth all of

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00:55:03

Sukkot Joy from Israel to Arkansas!

Jerusalem Lights ·

2020/10/07

The Essence of Sukkot: Prophecy, Prayer and Peace for the World The Exquisite Beauty of Hoshana Rabbah: Our Chance to Change the Final Sealing of Judgment This week's Jerusalem Lights special Sukkot podcast is a tale of two sukkot, one in Jerusalem and one in Northwest Arkansas, as our hosts reach out to you with inspiring Torah insights on many aspects of the holiday,personal sukkah experiences and life lessons,and festivaljoy! Jerusalem Lights wishes all our listeners Chag Sameach, a joyous

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00:56:32

After Yom Kippur - Running into the Divine Embrace of...

Jerusalem Lights ·

2020/09/30

Dwelling in the Sukkah: The Secret of True Joy Zechariah’s Prophecy and the Nations’ Special Relationship with the Festival of Sukkot Fresh from the cleansing catharsis of Yom Kippur, we busily prepare for the glorious seven-day Festival of Sukkot, which begins this Shabbat. During Sukkot (the Tabernacles) Torah commands every citizen to dwell in a temporary booth. Why now? What is the connection between Yom Kippur and Sukkot? Sukkot is called ‘the time of our joy,’ and Torah commands us ‘…and you

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