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Episode 173 – Parshat Balak: Symptoms and Root Causes
In this illuminating conversation with Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig, we explore the gap between Moshe and Pinchas’ response to public apostasy in the parsha…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 172: Parshat Chukat: When Grief Goes Unrecognized
In this conversation with Dr. Erica Brown, we discuss the emotional undertones of the tragic Meriva episode, and how Moshe’s fatal misstep connects w…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 171 – Parshat Korach: Responses to Internal-Communal Conflict
In this episode with Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, we explore Moshe’s reaction to Korach’s criticisms and how this parsha relates to the American campus protes…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 170 - Parshat Shelach: Standing up to the Scouts
In this candid conversation with Dr. Mijal Bitton about the reconnaissance mission and its failures, we explore what it takes to stand up to social p…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 169 - Parshat Bha'alotcha: Kindling the Flames
In this conversation with Rabbanit Oshra Koren, Head of Matan Hasharon and Rabbanit of Kehillat Kinor David, we speak about the mitzvah of lighting t…
1 year, 9 months ago
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 s…
1 year, 9 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 par…
1 year, 10 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 …
1 year, 10 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 o…
1 year, 10 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.
1 year, 10 months ago