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Episode 84 - Parshat Toldot: The Struggles of Yaakov
In this conversation with Rabbi Shmuel Klitsner, author of Wrestling Jacob: Deception, Identity, and Freudian Slips in Genesis, we unpack some of the…
3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 83 - Parshat Chayei Sara: Relationship Dynamics in Bereishit
In this episode with returning guest Shayna Goldberg (Episode 12), we discuss the different relationship dynamics displayed by the patriarchs and mat…
3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 82 - Parshat Vayera: The Sacrifice of Yitzchak: Divine Commands and Familial Loyalties
In this deep and thought-provoking conversation with Matan lecturer Dr. Tanya White, we speak about the ethical, religious, and familial ramification…
3 years, 6 months ago
Episode 81 - Parshat Lech Lecha: Lot as Imitator and Emulator
In this conversation with educator and spiritual coach Rabbi Johnny Solomon, we explore the often overlooked life circumstances of Lot and his comple…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 80 - Parshat Noach: Family As the Foundation of Civilization
In this conversation with rabbi and philosophy professor Dr. Sam Lebens, we speak about how the parsha presents family as the basis of civilization t…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 79 - Parshat Bereishit: Intimacy As the Family's Foundation
In this first episode of a new season, podcast host Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble sits down with returning guest Rabbanit Rachel Weber Leshaw to speak ab…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 78 - Parshat V'zot Habracha: Ending Where It Begins
In this episode with Matan's founder and president Rabbanit Malka Bina, we discuss the Torah's eulogy for Moshe and the Sefat Emet's creative interpr…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 77 - Parshat Ha'azinu: On Poetry and other Torah Technologies
In this enlightening conversation with Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld, who serves as the Chief Learning Officer at Sefaria, we speak about the ways we abs…
3 years, 7 months ago
Episode 76 - Parshat Vayelech: Public Activism and Moshe's Final Moments
In this illuminating conversation, Jennifer Raskas illustrates how Moshe's final series of actions as leader integrate effective strategies of public…
3 years, 8 months ago
Episode 75 - Parshat Nitzavim: Where Can the Torah Be Found?
In this conversation with R. Betzalel Daniel--communal rabbi, Dayan in a rabbinical court, and teacher in Matan Hasharon-- we unpack different interp…
3 years, 8 months ago