Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMitzvah: Misappropriation of the Sacred (#127, 447)
Misappropriating Temple property is a very bad idea. The sacrifices, the animals, the vessels, the property, the money used for update and maintenanc…
2 years, 9 months ago
Parshas Bamidbar (Rebroadcast)
We kickstart the Book of Numbers with a census of the twelve tribes of Israel – not including the tribe of Levi who is counted independently – conduc…
2 years, 9 months ago
Parsha: Behar Bechukosai - Hostage Letter
Our Parsha contains some of the most difficult portions in the Torah, the Admonition. Our nation is told of the consequences of failing to adhere to …
2 years, 9 months ago
Ethics: Pleasure (6.6.18)
Pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain are hardwired impulses . We all want to feel good and to avoid feeling bad. Perhaps surprisingly, the Torah…
2 years, 9 months ago
Parsha: Behar & Bechukosai - Divine Nudge (5781)
Two years ago, our nation underwent an unprecedented calamity. At our people's largest annual festival, the celebration of Lag ba'Omer in Meron, a cr…
2 years, 9 months ago
TORAH 101: The Variability of Messiah
We have been awaiting and anticipating Messiah for millennia. Messianic yearning has been a hallmark of Jewish life ever since we were exiled from ou…
2 years, 9 months ago
Parshas Behar & Bechukosai (Rebroadcast)
This week's double-Parsha closes out the Book of Leviticus. Parshas Behar begins at Mount Sinai, where the Almighty instructed Moshe to convey a seri…
2 years, 10 months ago
Parsha: Emor - Snowball's Chance in Heaven
The story of the first person to ever be executed in a Jewish court of law is featured at the end of this week's Parsha. An unnamed man, the son of a…
2 years, 10 months ago
Parsha: Emor - Sense of Belonging (5781)
Our parsha contains the first recorded instance of capital punishment in Jewish history. A disgruntled man, the son of an Israelite woman and an Egyp…
2 years, 10 months ago
Ethics: Moderation (6:6:17)
Our resources are finite. We must engage in trade-offs, deciding what pursuits to prioritize over others. This, of course, is all well known. But it'…
2 years, 10 months ago