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Episode 207 - Parshat Ki Tisa: The Inevitability of Sin and the Gift of Forgiveness
For this week’s episode, we had the unique opportunity to sit down with Professor Leon Kass, Dean of Faculty at Shalem College and the author of Shemot commentary, 'Founding God's Nation. Leon Kass …
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 206: Parshat Tetzaveh - Clothing as a First Principle
In this illuminating conversation with Rabbanit Shayna Goldberg, we begin by discussing the centrality of priestly clothing in this week's parsha and then broaden the conversation by exploring other …
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 205 - Parshat Truma: Joint National Projects and the Rationality of Tzimtzum
In this whimsical chevrutah with Dr. Sam Lebens, we discuss the centrality of the Mishkan as a societal building project and why there really is no other rational way to understand God's dwelling amo…
Published on 10 months ago
Episode 204 - Parshat Mishpatim: Halakhic Applications, Then and Now
In this fascinating conversation with Professor Chaim Saiman, we explore foundational understandings of how the rabbinic system of law developed and is enforced. The conversation then turns to the j…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Episode 203: Parshat Yitro - Honoring One's Parents in Theory and Practice
In this candid conversation with Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash, we explore the halakhic obligations and limits of the commandment to honor one's parents in an age where the parent-child relationshi…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 202: Parshat Beshalach - A Mute God and Mud on Our Shoes
In this episode with R. Joe Wolfson, we explore the nation's experience crossing the Red Sea through a series of midrashic readings that provide greater human depth and emotional contour to the writt…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Special Live Event In honor of reaching 200 episodes
In honor of reaching 200 episodes, we held a special live event at Meshek 48 in Rosh Tzurim on motzei shabbat, Parshat Shemot. Our conversation focused on the women of Parshat Shemot: the midwives, M…
Published on 11 months ago
Episode 201: Parshat Bo - Storytelling as a First Principle
In this deeply probing conversation with Matan lecturer Rachel Sharansky Danziger, we study Shemot 12 which focuses on the current exodus as well as its future retelling. Why is storytelling such a …
Published on 11 months ago
Episode 200 - Parshat Vaera: Egalitarianism as a First Principle
We continue our Shemot series titled, "First Principles of Nationhood," with R. Dr. Joshua Berman with whom we explore how the Torah revolutionized the role and responsibilities of the individual in …
Published on 11 months, 1 week ago
Episode 199 - Shemot: The Surprising Roots of a Torah Society
This week we open our Shemot series titled, "First Principles of Nationhood." The series asks what axiomatic ideas sit at the root of Israel's national formation, without which we wouldn't be who we…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago