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Episode 168 - Parshat Naso: Between the Individual and the Collective
In this conversation with Rabbanit Chamutal Shoval, we discuss community-related elements sprinkled throughout Naso's diverse content. We end with some meaningful ideas for the upcoming holiday of S…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 167 - Parshat Bamidbar: Community Structure in the Wilderness
In this conversation with Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis, the Rabbanit of Shirat Hatamar in Efrat, we discuss the communal structure present in the parsha and its relationship with contemporary shul co…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 166 - Parshat Bechukotai : A Return to Eden
In this conversation with Dr. Yael Ziegler, we explore the ways in which the blessings and curses underscore the kind of life and society the people of Israel should be creating. This episode has be…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 165 - Parshat Behar: The Philosophical Roots of Shemitta
In this conversation with Rabbi Binyamin Zimmerman, a conversation about the Torah roots of Shemitta practice ends up becoming a broader reflection on the role of Halakha in religious life. R. Zimme…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 164 - Parshat Emor: Counting Up to Shavuot
In this conversation with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz, we explore the philosophical and halakhic roots of counting the Omer.
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 163 - Parshat Kedoshim : Bringing Kedusha into our Lives
In this probing conversation with Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash, we discuss what it might mean to 'be holy' by looking at human relationships as the guiding image of spiritual exploration.
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 162 - Parshat Acharei Mot: The Boundaries of Touch
In this wise and candid conversation with Rabbanit Shayna Goldberg, we discuss philosophical and practical elements relating to the laws of Shemirat Negiah and Harchakot which both feature in this we…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 161 - Special Pesach Episode: Selling Chametz and other Legal Loopholes
In this conversation with Dr. Elana Stein Hain, we discuss rabbinic perspectives on legal loopholing, the subject of her recently published book, Circumventing the Law: Rabbinic Perspectives on Looph…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 160 - Parshat Metzora: Tzara'at and the Torah of Dis-ease
In this conversation with Chinese acupuncturist and herbalist Batya Prebor, we discuss the manner in which Tzara'at may or may not reflect our internal spiritual state and then explore the related pr…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 159 - Parshat Tazria: Pregnancy-A Tale of Two Readings
In this vibrant and candid conversation with Rabbanit Leah Sarna, we speak about peshat and midrashic readings of the birthing woman in Tazria and contrast her with Rivka's challenging experience of …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago