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Episode 193 - Parshat Vayetze: Rachel and Leah as Paradigms
In this episode with R. Alex Israel, we discuss the sister dynamic between Rachel and Leah, their relationships with Yaakov and how these dynamics im…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 192 - Parshat Toldot: A Portrait of Yitzchak
In this conversation with Rabbanit Debbie Zimmerman, she paints a sensitive and nuanced portrait of our most understated patriarch, Yitzchak. While …
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 191- Parshat Chayei Sara: The Qualities of Rivka
In this conversation with Rabbanit Rachel Weber Leshaw, we discuss Rivka's entry into the family and how her qualities make her a fitting life partne…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 190- Parshat Vayera : A Portrait of Sara Imenu
In this probing conversation with Michal Porath-Zibman, we discuss the highs and lows of Sara's life with particular focus on her absent, yet resound…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 189 - Parshat Lech Lecha: Avraham at War
In this conversation with Dr. Chana Tannenbaum, we discuss the often overlooked story about the war between the kings (Br. 14) and what broader relig…
1 year, 5 months ago
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. Ou…
1 year, 5 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 fro…
1 year, 5 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 …
1 year, 5 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 imp…
1 year, 5 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 c…
1 year, 6 months ago