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Episode 148 - Parshat Beshalach: The Exodus in Its Original Context
In this fascinating conversation with Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman, we discuss the significant parallels between Ancient Egyptian texts and the Song at the Sea and how this kind of study can be a portal i…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 147 - Parshat Bo: Who is Pharaoh, Anyways?
In this conversation with Matan's Academic Director and Rashat Bet Midrash, Dr. Yael Ziegler speaks with us about the literary and theological role of Pharaoh in the exodus story. This week's episod…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 146 - Leading with the Heart
"As the reward for the righteous women who lived in that generation the Jewish people were redeemed from Egypt." In this conversation with psychologist and educator Dr. Michelle Sarna, we speak about…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 145 - Parshat Vaera: Why Enslavement?
In this conversation with Rabbanit Dr. Adina Sternberg we discuss Nechama Leibowitz's unique teaching style and contribution to Torah learning through her insights on the experience of enslavement. …
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
מְפָרְשׁוֹת שָׁבוּעַ - פודקאסט חדש מבית #פש_שבוע של מתן
בימים טרופים אלו אנו מחפשים עוגנים של משמעות. כשכולם מרגישים שפרשיות השבוע מלוות את אירועי השעה, אנחנו מוסיפות קומה ומציצות גם להפטרה. חיה בינה-כץ, מנכ"לית מתן, עם הרבנית ד"ר עדינה שטרנברג מרצה במתן,…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 144 - Parshat Shemot: When It All Changed
In this two-pronged conversation with the 18Forty Podcast host David Bashevkin and R. Yitzchak Blau, we explore the world shifts that deeply impacted Jewish life and thought in the 19th and 20th cent…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 143 - Parshat Vayechi: Tying Up Loose Ends
In this conversation with Dr. Nechama Price, we discuss the moving ways in which the closing parsha of Bereshit concludes a series of plot elements left open throughout the book. This concludes ou…
Published on 2 years ago
Matan Women on the Homefront sharing Torah Care & Love ❤️
In this conversation with Chaya Bina-Katz, CEO of Matan, and Rabbanit Oshra Koren, Rosh Beit Midrash of Matan HaSharon, Devorah Levine Katz speaks with them about their connection to Matan, their dre…
Published on 2 years ago
Episode 142 - Parshat Vayigash: Present and Future Brotherhood
This conversation with Adina Blaustein explores the climactic interaction between Yosef and Yehuda that opens this week's parsha, as well as the Haftora reading's commentary on their relationship. Th…
Published on 2 years ago
Episode 141: The Biblical and Post-Biblical Personality of Yosef
In this fascinating conversation with Dr. Malka Simkovich, we analyze the figure of Yosef and his complex personality through the lens of the biblical story and Second Temple literature. This episod…
Published on 2 years ago