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Episode 212 - Parshat Shmini: Kashrut, From Source to Practice
In this fascinating conversation with Rabbanit Dena (Freundlich) Rock, we use the repeated verse, "Do not cook a kid in a mother's milk" to explore t…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 211: The Pesach Sacrifice: Meaning in the Details
In this episode with R. Yitzchak Blau, we zoom in on the laws of the Pesach sacrifice in order to zoom out on its meaning within the Exodus experienc…
1 year ago
Episode 210- Parshat Vayikra: The Debate Over Korbanot, Then and Now
Our Vayikra series will be focusing on Mitzvah observance, but we wanted to make sure to include at least one broader conversation about sacrifices a…
1 year ago
Episode 209 - Parshat Pekudei: Mishkan Shiloh, Then and Now
In this episode, which closes our episodes on national formation, beloved tour guide Shulie Mishkin walks us through the biblical reality and signifi…
1 year ago
Episode 208 - Parshat Vayakel: The Wonders of Human Creation
This week's conversation with R. David Fohrman, beloved Tanakh teacher and principal educator at Aleph Beta, was a joy. We begin by thinking about t…
1 year ago
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 Shem…
1 year 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…
1 year, 1 month 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 o…
1 year, 1 month 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 …
1 year, 1 month 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 pa…
1 year, 2 months ago