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Episode 48 - Parshat Tzav: Ritual and Moral Impurity
In this conversation with Matan Lecturer Yael Leibowitz, we discuss two distinct purity systems reflected in the book of Vayikra and their meaning an…
4 years ago
Episode 47 - Parshat Vayikra: Sanctity in Time, Place, and Person
In this spiritually intimate conversation with Matan graduate and faculty member Rabbanit Shani Taragin the concept of kedusha is explored based on i…
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 46 - Parshat Pekudei: Concluding the Book of Shemot with Leon Kass
In this conversation with Matan Faculty member Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash, we discuss Professor Leon Kass' commentary on the book of Shemot publ…
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 45 - Parshat Vayakel: Physicality and Creativity through the eyes of Shai Agnon
This week's episode is dedicated in memory of Sara Litton z"l In this wonderful and whimsical conversation with world-reknowned Agnon scholar Rabbi J…
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 44- Parshat Ki Tisa: Having and Being
In this sweeping conversation with Tanya White, she speaks about seminal psychoanalyst Erich Fromm's take on the sin of the Golden Calf, and the mean…
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 43- Parshat Tetzave: Law and Narrative Through the Eyes of Rashi
This conversation between Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble and Dr. Adina Sternberg-- Matan faculty member and Hilkhata student--focuses on a surprising comm…
4 years, 1 month ago
Parshat Ki Tisa: Having and Being
In this sweeping conversation with Tanya White, she speaks about seminal psychoanalyst Erich Fromm's take on the sin of the Golden Calf, and the mean…
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 42 - Parshat Teruma: The Mishkan As A Divine Marriage
In this candid conversation with Dr. Leore Sachs Shmuely--lecturer in Kabbalah and Hassidut at Bar-Ilan University--she discusses her personal journe…
4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 41 - Parshat Mishpatim: Creating a Just Society through the Eyes of the Or ha-Chaim
In this conversation with Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis, she passionately brings to life R. Chaim Ibn Attar, more famously known as Or ha-Chaim, who w…
4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 40 - Parshat Yitro: Redemption Through the Eyes of Franz Rosenzweig
This week Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble speaks with Rabbanit Yafit Clymer about Franz Rosenzweig's understanding of revelation as reflected in one of his…
4 years, 2 months ago