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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 grea…
1 year, 2 months 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 focus…
1 year, 2 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 …
1 year, 2 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 t…
1 year, 2 months 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 natio…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 198 - Parshat Vayechi: When Two Roads Diverge
In this fascinating conversation with Dr. Elana Stein Hain we develop and challenge a creative and meaningful theory that compares Yosef's life traje…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 197 - Parshat Vayigash: Leading with the Heart
In this conversation with Dr. Danielle Bloom that organically interweaves theories of psychology and biblical commentaries, we discuss the parallel l…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 196 - Parshat Miketz: The Narratives that No Longer Serve Us
This conversation with Dr. Ayelet Hoffmann Libson seeks to understand to what degree Yosef pursues the fulfillment of his childhood dreams, and how t…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 195 - Parshay Vayeshev: Becoming a Representative of God
In this conversation with beloved Matan teacher Dr. Tanya White, we delve into the character molding that transforms Yosef from a self-focused youth …
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 194 - Parshat Vayishlach: The Struggles of Yaakov
In this searching and candid conversation with Chaya Cowen, we explore the internal struggles of Yaakov through psychological insights as well as Cha…
1 year, 3 months ago