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Episode 158 - Parshat Shmini: Kashrut Adventures
This episode, like its title, is an adventure. Through his amazing collection of life stories, Dr. Ari Greenspan teaches us about the role of 'tradition' in determining what birds are permissible to …
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 157 - Parshat Tzav: Remembering the Mikdash
Episode 157 - Parshat Tzav: Remembering the Mikdash by Matan: One on One Parsha Podcast
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 156: Parshat Vayikra: Do We Really Want to Return to Sacrifices?
In this candid and insightful conversation with Rabbi Alex Israel, we speak about the intimate religious language the korbanot (sacrifices) used to convey and the complexity of any future reinstalmen…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 155: Parshat Pekudei - Betzalel as Creator
In this moving conversation with R. Michael Hattin, we explore Betzalel's personality and uniqueness as a paradigm of human creator. Along the way we discuss the meaning of 'melacha' on Shabbat and t…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 154: Parshat Vayakel - When Seeing is Perceiving (Mei Hashiloach)
In this conversation with Rabbanit Batya Hefter, we speak about the gifts Hassidic Torah has to offer the modern learner and the Mei Hashiloach's (R. Mordechai Yosef Leiner) teaching about the kind o…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 153 - Parshat Ki Tisa: What Was He Thinking?
In this conversation with Dr. Michelle Levine, we discuss Aaron's role in the Golden Calf catastrophe through the interpretive lens of Ramban's commentary.
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 152: Parshat Tetzaveh: When Refuse becomes Incense
In this poignant conversation with Hassidism scholar Ora Wiskind, she brings us into the world of Rabbi Ya’akov of Izbica-Radzyn and his insightful comments on the relationship between the incense, t…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 151 - Parshat Terumah: Sefat Emet and the Role of Shabbat in Our Week
In this probing conversation with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni, we explore a central idea of the Sefat Emet regarding the function of Shabbat in the weekly schedule and how this concept can be translated in…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 150 - Parshat Mishpatim: Biblical Law Meets the Real World
In this conversation with Dr. Yoel Finkelman we speak about core issues and questions at the foundation of attempts to utilize Halakhic laws and principles to inform laws and legal systems in the Sta…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 149 - Parshat Yitro: The Character and Contribution of Yitro
In this episode with Rabbanit Neima Novetsky, we discuss the different perspectives on Yitro's character and his role in Moshe's life and personal development. R. David Tzvi Hoffman's Torah commentar…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago