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Episode 188 - Parshat Noach: On Feeling Flooded
In this conversation with Dr. Mijal Bitton, we discuss Noach's emotional state after the flood and from where one can draw strength in hard times. Our Breishit series titled, 'These are Our Heroes' e…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 187 - Parshat Breishit : The Three Calls to Mankind
This week's conversation with Rachel Sharansky Danziger opens our Breishit Series titled, 'These are our Heroes,' which explores a central figure from each parsha, asking our guests what is meaningfu…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 186 - Parshat V'zot Habracha: The Never-Ending Story
In this conversation with Dr. Yael Ziegler we discuss the Torah of R. Mordechai Sabato on this week's parsha and the special role the land of Israel and Gan Eden play at the Torah's beginning and end…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 185 - Az Nashir: Women's Prayers for Our Time of Need
In this special episode, in conversation with Az Nashir's editors--Shira Lankin Sheps, Rachel Sharansky Danziger, and Anne Gordon--we discuss the impetus for this book's creation, its relationship wi…
Published on 1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 184 - Parshat Ha'azinu: Being Both the Children and Servants of God
In this episode with Rabbanit Dr. Adina Sternberg, we discuss her new book on the holidays, written in Matan's Kitvuni Program, and how some of its central themes intersect with the Ha'azinu poem. T…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 183 – Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech: On Torah Apprenticeship and Communal Perspectives
This week’s episode with Laurie Novick explores her Torah apprenticeship with R. Yehuda Henkin z"l , his exegetical approach through a commentary on this week’s parsha, the uniqueness of his halakhic…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 182 - Parshat Ki Tavo: The Dynamic Nature of Viduy
We're back with new weekly content! Through the prism of the mitzvah of Viduy Ma'asrot appearing in this week's parsha, this conversation with R. Jeff Saks movingly explores the nature of viduy and w…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 181 - Parshat Ki Tetze: The Characterization of Moshe Rabbeinu
In this archived episode, the second of a four-part series on biblical characterization, Dr. Yael Ziegler and Yosefa take a broad, sweeping look at Moshe's life arc, shedding light on the final momen…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 180 - Parshat Shoftim: The Netziv on Innovative Torah
We're so happy for the chance to reload this episode with Matan faculty member, Simi Peters. In this conversation she shares her love for the Netziv (R. Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin) and what he has to…
Published on 1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 179 - Parshat Re'eh: A Designated 'Makom'
Welcome to the Matan Podcast's summer 'vacation'! For the next three weeks we will be uploading a parsha episode from our archives with a new introduction by our host, Dr. Yosefa Fogel Wruble. In th…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago