Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Menachot 86, 87, and 88 - Revisiting the Wicked Child
Season 40 Episode 86
On today’s special Passover episode, we pause our study of Menachot 86, 87, and 88 for an end-of-festival special featuring producer Josh Kross. Sinc…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Menachot 83, 84, and 85 - The Secrets of the Humble Farmer
Season 40 Episode 83
On today’s pages, Menachot 83, 84, and 85, we follow the journey of an agent tasked with finding the finest oil in the land. After being turned away …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Menachot 80, 81, and 82 - It's Dayenu, Charlie Brown: a Take One Audio Haggadah
Season 40 Episode 80
On today’s special episode, we step away from the usual pages of Menachot 80-82 to bring you a compact, deep-dive meditation on the Haggadah just …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Menachot 79 - Loafing Around the Altar
Season 40 Episode 79
On today’s page, Menachot 79, we dive into a legal detective story involving a sacrifice of gratitude and its mandatory "accessory pack" of 40 loaves…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Menachot 77 and 78 - It Could Have Been Otherwise
Season 40 Episode 77
On today's pages, Menachot 77 and 78, the Talmud takes up the korban todah, the thanksgiving offering brought by anyone who survived a genuinely dang…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Menachot 75 and 76 - Baking Is Just Making a Bomb, Slowly
Season 40 Episode 75
On today's pages, Menachot 75 and 76, the Talmud gets precise about how oil is mixed into loaves and smeared onto wafers for the meal offering — and …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Menachot 74 - Piped Dreams
Season 40 Episode 74
On today's page, Menachot 74, the Talmud's discussion of drainpipes beneath the altar opens into a sweeping story about King David, a rising flood, a…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Menachot 73 - Sharing is Caring
On today’s page, Menachot 73, the Talmud outlines a strict protocol for the Kohanim: the meal offering must be divided equally, and no priest can tra…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Menachot 72 - Caviar Is Easy, Toast Will Cost You Everything
Season 40 Episode 72
On today's page, Menachot 72, the Talmud opens a new chapter on meal offerings and lands on one of its most quietly moving ideas: that the poor perso…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Menachot 70 and 71 - The Nightmare Before Passover
Season 40 Episode 70
On today’s pages, Menachot 70 and 71, we jump into the most hotly contested debate in the history of the Seder table: can you eat rice on Passover? W…
2 months, 4 weeks ago