Jerusalem Lights

Temple Offerings and the Sanctity of Human Life The Passover Challenge: Rise Up and Destroy the World’s Idolatry Parashat Tzav ('Command') is a call to  recognize the sanctity of human life as Jews all over the  world are prepare for the holiday of Passover, the festival  of faith and healing. Faith and healing are exactly what our whole world  needs while the global battle aga...

The Book of Leviticus, the Divine Service, and the Temple Offerings: Heart of the Torah With the arrival of the month of Nisan, time of Redemption, the people of Israel begin to read the third book of the Bible, Leviticus, called 'the heart of the Torah. ' How do we understand the korbanot , the Temple offerings, which seem so difficult to relate to in our modern world? Rabbi Chaim Richman and Jim...

Jerusalem Lights Podcast Episode #7 - March 18, 2020 The Corona Crises: Confronting Our Isolation, Reaching Out with Kindness   The Book of Exodus concludes with the double Torah portions, Vayakhel and Pekudei.  Jim and Rabbi Richman are unplugged in this gripping broadcast, as they share penetrating and original Torah insights into an unfolding and unprecedented crises global crises. &n...

Living in a World of Spiritual Imbalance: King Without a Crown Recorded on Purim day, this week's episode of the Jerusalem Lights podcast looks at the universal life lessons of Purim. And is there a connection between the hidden presence of G-d in the Purim story, and this week's Torah portion of parashat Ki Tisa, which prominently features the Golden Calf? Parashat Ki Tisa also coincides with the...

Rabbi Chaim Richman and co-host Jim Long  unmask the mystical linkage between Parashat Tetzaveh and the celebration of Purim.

Parashat Terumah is the moment G-d has been waiting for…’And they shall make for Me a Sanctuary, and I will dwell among them’ (Ex. 25:8). It’s the secret of the Tabernacle/Holy Temple, G-d’s dream of being welcomed into this world. It is also destined and prophesized to become the ‘house of prayer for all nations’ (Isaiah 56:7)…and in that vision of the future world, the Torah, housed within the A...

In this edition of the Jerusalem Lights Podcast, hosts Rabbi Chaim Richman and Jim Long examine the Jewish concept of a true religious experience, for both Jews and Gentiles, and explore the true meaning of freedom.  Does Torah observance play a role in addressing the existential angst of the universal human condition? Or is it all rote and ritual? Tune in to the Jerusalem Lights podcast for...

Yitro, once an advisor to the Egyptian throne, rejects idolatry to serve the One true God of Israel. What does it mean to be called as "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation?" And why is the Torah portion that includes the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, named after a non-Jew? These are just some of the compelling and intriguing questions that Rabbi Chaim Richman and co-host Jim Long tackle i...

Welcome to the dynamic new "Jerusalem Lights" podcast! Rabbi Chaim Richman in Jerusalem teams up with long-time friend, author and filmmaker Jim Long in Arkansas. In this first episode, our hosts discuss their mutually shared vision of a global Torah revolution as foreseen by the prophets of Israel.  Jim recounts gripping details about how he, as a non-Jew, came to be committed to Torah and t...