Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#190: Bread of Defiance: Matzah and Pesach in the Soviet Union
Episode 188
For Soviet Jews, matzah represented a longing for freedom – one we take for granted. This episode tells the hidden story of those heroes who risked e…
5 months, 1 week ago
#189: Chida: 40 Years of Danger, Journeys & Discovery
Episode 187
Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai traversed Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa on behalf of his brethren in Eretz Yisrael. His missions raised vi…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
#188: Journey through Music's Mysticism, Sound & History - featuring Alex Clare
Episode 186
What makes music such a powerful medium? How was music used to attain prophecy? Has AI destroyed pure music? Did Beethoven use our Kol Nidrei? How do…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
#187: Wine in the Modern Era: feat. Nathan Herzog (President of Kedem Wines) & Rabbi Akiva Padwa (International Kashrus expert)
Episode 185
In the 19th century, the Herzog family supplied wine to the Emperor, while the 20th ushered in the era and risks of Prohibition in America and the p…
6 months, 1 week ago
#186: Wine - Romans to the Rishonim in History & Halacha
Episode 184
Tracing the journey of Wine, from Roman times and the laws of Yayin Nesech, to Lead Poisoning, wine dilution and Rashi's momentous ruling.
Spanning…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
#185: Spanish Inquisition - 350 Years of Jewish Defiance
Episode 183
The Church was determined to wipe out any vestige of Judaism from Spain, any custom, any law, any practice, and thousands of Jews would pay the price…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
#184: Spanish Jewry II - 1460 - 1492: The Walls Close In
Episode 182
Post-1391 there was a period of uncertainty but many Conversos still found it possible to maintain a level of observance - sometimes even openly. It …
7 months ago
#183: Spanish Jewry 1348-1460: Into the Abyss
Episode 181
The date of the Expulsion in 1492 is infamous. Less known or understood is the historical context that led there. How did a 1,000-year-old community …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
#182: 10th Teves: Our History - The Message - Our Future
Episode 180
We know from both Jewish and secular sources, that 2,500 years ago the Babylonians led by Nevuchadnezar, besieged Jerusalem on this day. Two years la…
8 months ago
#181: The Menorah - History's Greatest Jewish Mystery
Episode 179
The Menorah was the most adopted symbol in the Jewish world. But where is the original? We know of a Menorah in Rome in 70CE. The Talmud tells us i…
8 months, 1 week ago