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Episode 56 - Parshat Behar: Theological and Social Dimensions of Shemita
In this conversation with long-time educator Rabbi Alan Haber, we speak about one of his greatest Torah passions: Shemita (the sabbatical year) and i…
4 years ago
Episode 55 - Parshat Emor: Economic Perspectives on the Holiday Cycle
In this candid conversation with venture capitalist and author Michael Eisenberg, we speak about economic perspectives on the holiday cycle detailed …
4 years ago
Episode 54 - Parshat Kedoshim: Love Through the Eyes of Rebbe Akiva
In this conversation with Morat Halakha and Matan Hasharon Faculty member Rabbanit Karen Miller Jackson, we explore Rabbi Akiva's perspective on love…
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 53 - Parshat Acharei Mot: Seeing Aaron Through the Eyes of Josephus
In this fascinating conversation Tamar Weissman, former Matan faculty member and Galilee tour guide, guides us through Josephus' writings and focuses…
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 52 - Loving God: Shir Ha-Shirim and Pesach
Enjoy this pre-Pesach episode on Shir Ha-Shirim with Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble. Chag Sameach!
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 51 - Parshat Metzora: When the Body Speaks for God
In this conversation with Dr. Elana Stein Hain, Director of Faculty and a Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, we discuss…
4 years, 1 month ago
Episode 50 - Parshat Tazria: Birth, Then and Now
In this candid and fun conversation with Rabbanit Rachel Weber Leshaw, we discuss the enigmatic impurity contracted at childbirth by spotlighting Rab…
4 years, 2 months ago
Episode 49 - Parshat Shmini: Aharon and his Sons' Death as Plot and Sub-Plot
In this moving conversation with Matan Eshkolot graduate Rabbanit Margot Botwinick, we speak about the Tabernacle's climactic and traumatic inaugurat…
4 years, 2 months ago
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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago