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Re’eh – Influencing People
Season 1
A wise woman once said: “Judaism is terrible at marketing.” It seems like we are doing a terrible job at influencing others to adopt Torah. It is not only Gentiles that we are not a great job of attr…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
The Essence of Tisha B’Av
Season 1
Tisha B’Av (The Ninth of Av) is the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. On this day, the Spies returned from scouting the Land and spooked the Nation with their evil report prompting the Nation to ne…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Pinchas – Consistency is Key
Season 1
When the Temple was extant, first thing each morning a Tamid sacrifice was offered, and an afternoon Tamid offering was the last sacrifice of the day. The Midrash reveals to us quite surprisingly tha…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Chukas & Balak – Second Chances
Season 1
Over the course of the Nation’s 40 year sojourn in the Wilderness they tested God 10 times. But God believes in second chances, and gave them an opportunity to rectify their misdeeds. This principle …
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Parshas Chukas & Balak (Rebroadcast)
Season 1
In Parshas Chukas, we read about a highly unusual mitzvah: The Red Heifer, when an entirely red cow is burned together with a motley concoction of ingredients, and the resultant ashes are used to spr…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Korach – The Legendary Malcontents
Season 1
Dathan and Abiram appear in Scripture for the first time in this week’s parsha as conspirators in Korach’s insurrection, but according to the Midrash this is not nearly their first rebellion against…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Shelach – Benefiting from Blunders
Season 1
Mistakes are endemic to the human condition. We all make mistakes. Even the titans of our history like Moshe, Aaron, and Joshua made mistakes. In this hastily prepared podcast we speculate that mist…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Behaaloscha – The Eyes of the People
Season 1
Our parsha contains an unusual sequence: The nation is about to leave Sinai, and Moshe makes a prolonged, and unsuccessful, appeal to his father in law, Jethro, to remain with him. Then there is the…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Nasso – How to Find Your Life-Mission
Season 1
A central tenet of Jewish philosophy is that every individual is unique – a world onto their own – and is entrusted by God with a unique, tailored mission. That principle is found several times in o…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Bamidbar and Shavuos: The Indispensability of each Jew
Season 1
Parshas Bamidbar is the Torah portion that we read immediately prior to Shavuos, the Festival of the Giving of the Torah, each year. In this special episode, we offer a mind-bending idea to ponder t…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago