Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEthics: Loving Rebuke (6.6.34)
No one likes criticism. To receive criticism is painful. To be told what we did wrong stings. We bristle at the notion that we are flawed and imperfe…
1 year, 9 months ago
Parsha: Kedoshim - The Superhuman Imperative (5782)
Our Parsha begins with an unusual ceremony: Moshe gathers the entire Jewish Nation, men, women, and children, to convey to them the mitzvos of our Pa…
1 year, 9 months ago
Parshas Kedoshim (Rebroadcast)
This week’s parsha has the highest mitzvah density of any parsha: In its 64 verses we learn 51 separate mitzvos covering many different areas of Jewi…
1 year, 9 months ago
Parsha: Acharei Mos - Fleshy Onesie
The first verse of our Parsha revisits a tragic event from the past. The Torah tells us that after the death of Aaron's sons Nadav and Avihu, Moshe w…
1 year, 10 months ago
Parsha: Acharei Mos - A Consequential Life (5782)
The verse in our Parsha makes a big promise: if you adhere to the Mitzvos and statutes and laws of the Torah you will be granted life. Life is what w…
1 year, 10 months ago
Parshas Acharei (Rebroadcast)
The three chapters of our parsha cover three general categories. First we read about the Yom Kippur sacrifices and procedures; then we learn about th…
1 year, 10 months ago
Parsha: Metzora - Barbarians at the Gate
The Metzora (one stricken with tzaraas) is unwelcome in polite society. Even impolite society doesn't want anything to do with him. They must leave t…
1 year, 10 months ago
Parsha: Metzora - 21st Century Prophecy (5782)
How involved is God in the day-to-day lives of humanity? What is the nature of divine communication to humanity? The central subject of our Parsha of…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ethics: Loving Straightness (6.6.33)
Straightness is a virtue. Straightness means to be proper and upstanding in all of your conduct. It means doing what's proper and just and good. It a…
1 year, 10 months ago
Parshas Metzora (Rebroadcast)
A metzora is someone who is stricken with the tangible illness of tzaraas caused by a variety of sins, most notably the sin of lashon hara, evil talk…
1 year, 10 months ago