Jerusalem Lights
by Rabbi Chaim Richman and Jim Long
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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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- The Daughters of Lot: Saints or Sinners? · 1 h 0 min · Season 6 Episode 300In this fascinating episode of the Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman shine the light of authentic Torah knowledge on the great mystery of Lot's wife and…
- Guests In the Home · 59 min · Season 6 Episode 299The Torah portion of Va'yera (Gen. 18) opens on a scene that highlights Abraham's dedication to providing hospitality to wayfarers, as he welcomes three angels in the guise of…
- From Noah to Avraham: God's Search For Man · 1 h 7 min · Season 6 Episode 298So much of Torah knowledge beckons to be uncovered 'between the lines.' In Hashem's Divine wisdom and plan, the Written Torah was bequeathed by God to Israel together with a…
- The Interconnectivity of All Life · 1 h 4 min · Season 6 Episode 297The Torah portion of Noach (Gen. 6:9) describes the Great Flood which the Creator brought upon the world to re-start all life on earth. But why did He choose water as the…
- Reflections On the Genesis Narrative · 60 min · Season 6 Episode 296With the conclusion of the festivals of Tishrei, this week we begin the weekly cycle of Torah readings with the first portion of B’reishith, the start of the Book of Genesis. Jim…
- Why is Yom Kippur the Happiest Day of the Year · 1 h 0 min · Season 5 Episode 295Yom Kippur, the awesome 'Day of Atonement,' is not only the holiest day of the year...it's also the happiest day of the year. On this day, the world is bathed in a great light of…
- The Renewal of All Creation · 50 min · Season 5 Episode 294The holiday of Rosh Hashanah marks not only the beginning of a new year...it is the time when God recreates a completely new world. Every human being -- all Adam's descendants…
- "You Are All Standing Today Before God.." · 1 h 3 min · Season 5 Episode 293In this week’s Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman explore some of the profound themes of the Torah portions of Nitzavim-Vayelech, as the final Shabbat of…
- It's All A Gift · 1 h 2 min · Episode 292The theme of the Torah portion Ki Tavo (Deut. 26:1) is particularly powerful during this month of Elul. In this week's Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman…
- Finding Holiness Where You Least Expect It · 1 h 0 min · Season 5 Episode 291There's a thread running through this week's Torah portion of Ki Teitzei: there are holy things in this world that have gone into 'spiritual captivity,' and the work of teshuva…
- Welcoming the Amazing Month of Elul · 57 min · Season 5 Episode 290The new month of Elul is upon us, and this week's Torah portion of parashat Shoftim (Deut. 16:18) always falls out at the beginning of this month. The powerful subjects in this…
- Torah's Most Deliberate Mystery · 51 min · Season 5 Episode 289As the concept of the Holy Temple slowly emerges in the pages of Deuteronomy, Torah is coy...rather than revealing its Divinely-chosen location, the verses describe it…
- A Celebration of Divine Love · 57 min · Season 5 Episode 288This week's edition of the Jerusalem Lights podcast focuses on the ancient, Biblical holiday of 'Tu B'Av' - the Fifteenth of the month of Menachem Av, occurring this year on…
- Why Do We Mourn? · 1 h 3 min · Season 5 Episode 287The observance of the fast day of Tisha B’Av this week (July 23) will mark 1956 years since the destruction of the Holy Temple. The rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem is a…
- The Torah of Moshe · 58 min · Season 5 Episode 286The Book of Deuteronomy is called 'Devarim' in Hebrew, literally 'words.' This week's parashat Devarim begins the farewell address of Moses to his beloved people of Israel, 5…
- Speech is Divine · 1 h 8 min · Season 5 Episode 285Parashat Matot, the first of this week's double Torah portions of Matot-Masei, (beginning in Numbers 30), opens with the subject of oaths and vows. Man’s ability to speak is a…
- Pinchas, Leader for a New Generation · 1 h 0 min · Season 5 Episode 284In the Torah portion of Pinchas (Num. 25:10), Pinchas, grandson of the High Priest Aaron, 'zealously avenged God's vengeance' and received both a covenant of peace, and a…
- Bilaam, Heathen Prophet of Anger · 54 min · Season 5 Episode 283The Torah portion of Balak introduces us to the shadowy character of Bilaam, a heathen prophet who tried to manipulate G-d's will to suit his own agenda. He was an itinerant…
- The Wisdom of Not Knowing · 55 min · Season 5 Episode 282In this era of AI, humans are inundated with information, and the answer to any question is just a click away. But yet the Torah portion of Chukat, with its inscrutable ordinance…
- Parashat Shelach: The Unforgivable Sin of Slandering the Land of Israel · 1 h 3 min · Season 5 Episode 281Everything begins to unravel for the Generation of the Desert in the Torah portion of Shelach. The debacle of the sin of the spies leaves its mark on the nation for generations…
- Parashat Behalotcha 5786 | The Illusion of Desire · 59 min · Season 5 Episode 280The Torah portion of Behalotcha presents a 'slice of life' of the Children of Israel in the Wilderness. It opens with the inspiring scene of Aaron lighting the flames of the…
- The Timeless Lessons of the Nazirite and Sotah · 1 h 5 min · Season 5 Episode 279Why is there now a divergence between the weekly Torah reading in the Land of Israel, and that of the rest of the world, over the next few weeks? In this week's Jerusalem Lights…
- The Sinai Revolution Bedrock of Faith · 1 h 2 min · Season 5 Episode 278This week we will be observing the Festival of Shavuot (literally, 'Weeks'), also called the Festival of First Fruits. It's the anniversary of the Giving of the Torah at Mount…
- Samuel the Prophet and Jerusalem: An Inseparable · 1 h 2 min · Season 5 Episode 277The 28th day of the month of Iyar is 'Jerusalem Day,' a modern-day holiday of Biblical proportions. This is the anniversary of the day, 59 years ago, that Jerusalem was liberated…
- Lag B'Omer Insights: Moshe, Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Shimon · 49 min · Season 5 Episode 276This week Israel observed the 'minor' holiday of Lag B'Omer - the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer. What is the story behind this day? Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman…
- The Holiday of Second Chances · 1 h 1 min · Season 5 Episode 275In this week's Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman find great inspiration in the many deep teachings contained in this week's Torah portion of Emor. Our…
- Reflections On Israel Independence Day · 59 min · Season 5 Episode 274In this week’s Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman share their perspectives on the miracle that is the State of Israel, and the connections between…
- Frequency of Spiritual Sensitivity · 1 h 4 min · Season 5 Episode 273This week's double Torah readings of the portions of Tazria and Metzora focus on the high level of spiritual sensitivity that Torah beckons us to cultivate: sensitivity to the…
- Why Passover Matters To You · 1 h 8 min · Season 5 Episode 272Passover is fast approaching...the universal Festival of Redemption. 'Chag HaPesach' marks the Exodus from Egypt and the birth of Israel as a nation, yet Passover also beckons to…
- The Mystery of the Small Alep5 · 56 min · Season 5 Episode 271This week witnesses the confluence of the entrance of the new month of Nisan, and the beginning of the weekly cycle of Torah readings in the Book of Vayikra (Leviticus). What's…
- Building the Tanbernacle: A Mirror of Creation · 56 min · Season 5 Episode 270In this week's Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman reflect on some of the spiritual implications of 'Operation Roaring Lion,' Israel's pre-emptive strike…
- What Is the Urim and Tummim? · 1 h 9 min · Season 5 Episode 269This week's Torah portion of Tetzaveh (Ex.27:20-30:10) mysteriously omits the name of Moshe, and though his presence is hidden, he is very much on the scene. But what's that all…
- From Mount Sinai to the Holy Temple · 1 h 6 min · Season 5 Episode 268The indescribable event of the Giving of Torah at Mount Sinai, highlighted by the Voice of G-d and the highest prophetic revelation, is grounded onto the earth through the Divine…
- The Greatest of the True Spiritual Seekers · 1 h 8 min · Season 5 Episode 267Moshe's father-in-law Jethro, Yitro in Hebrew, had been the world's foremost pagan priest and idolatrous practitioner...but then he turned his life around completely, declaring…
- The Two Halves of Torah: The Symbiosis of Sinai · 1 h 4 min · Season 5 Episode 266What is the true connection between the Tanach – the Written Torah – and the vast body of teachings that has been handed down ever since the Sinai Revelation, known as the Oral…
- What Really Happened During the Plague of Darkness? And Other Exodus Questions · 1 h 13 min · Season 5 Episode 265If free choice is of preeminent importance, why did God 'take away' Pharaoh's free choice by 'strengthening his heart?' Why did God initially command Moses to ask Pharaoh for…
- I Will Be What I Will Be · 1 h 15 min · Season 5 Episode 264As this week's Torah portion of Va'era begins, God seeks to clarify His Name...identifying Himself as YHVH, 'Hashem,' a name that 'He did not make known' (Ex. 6:3) to the…
- The Forging of a Nation · 1 h 15 min · Season 4 Episode 263As the drama of Egyptian exile begins to unfold in this week's Torah portion of Shemot, the family of Jacob begins to transition into the nation of Israel. The deepest truth is…
- The Kiss of the Soul · 1 h 0 min · Season 5 Episode 262What is the secret that the patriarch Yaakov knew about the 'Shema Yisrael' ('Hear O Israel) prayer - the Torah's famous declaration of God's unique Oneness? And why do we close…
- Channeling the Hidden Light of Creation · 59 min · Season 5 Episode 261What is the true significance of the beloved holiday of Chanukah? What secret is conveyed by the 36 lights that are kindled over the holiday? Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman…
- Thoreau, the Baal Shem Tov and Yaakov Avinu · 1 h 4 min · Season 5 Episode 259In this week's Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long wraps up his trip to Israel before heading back to Arkansas with the story of his trip to Amman, Jordan - but wait for the…
- Discussing the Holy Temple Incense and the Noach Project · 1 h 9 min · Season 5 Episode 258Jim Long is in Israel this week working on an exciting project: the filming of a new documentary on the elusive subject of the Holy Temple Incense. Jim shares some details about…
- Keturah - the Mystery Woman · 47 min · Season 5 Episode 257The beginning of Chapter 25 in the Torah portion of Chayei Sarah features several enigmatic and mysterious verses. Torah speaks of Abraham taking another wife after Sarah's…
- Avraham's Amazing Hospitality: Imitating God · 1 h 9 min · Season 256 Episode 4In this week's Jerusalem Lights podcast, our hosts discuss the forefather Abraham's amazing dedication to caring for strangers, a reflection of his dedication to all Hashem's…
- The Hidden Hand of HaShem in History · 1 h 12 min · Season 4 Episode 255In this first new episode in several weeks of our Jerusalem Lights podcast, Jim Long and Rabbi Chaim Richman are excited to be back together, as they examine some of the unusual…
- The Universal Yom Kippur Experience · 1 h 7 min · Season 5 Episode 254What is the secret of repentance and how does one actually go about it? What does 'atonement' mean and what is so special about Yom Kippur, the 'Day of Atonement', when we pray…
- The Sound of the Shofar · 1 h 7 min · Season 4 Episode 253Rosh Hashanah is almost here…but it's not the 'Jewish' New Year! It's Adam's birthday, and the most significant day of the year, 'New Years Day' for the whole world...the time of…
- Return To Your True Self · 1 h 11 min · Season 4 Episode 252This month of Elul is the month of return; a time for forgiveness and reconciliation; of acts of kindness, and sincere self-examination. Elul is not only about believing in…
- The Lifeblood of Creation · 1 h 13 min · Season 4 Episode 251The Torah portion of Re'eh features the slow and subtle reveal of 'the Place that He will choose', where the Creator will rest His name in this world, ultimately, in the…
- Blood, Sweat and Tears · 1 h 10 min · Season 4 Episode 250In this week's Jerusalem Lights podcast, Rabbi Chaim Richman shares his experiences of prayer on the Temple Mount, and the odyssey of a prayer journey to the graves of the…
