Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchR. Tali Adler on Parashat Naso: Choosing to Live
There are moments in life where things have gone so wrong that we cannot see a way forward.
That may be what has happened to the woman who chooses to…
1 year, 2 months ago
R. Tali Adler on Bemidbar: A Jew Without Sinai
To be a Jew is, when we are lucky, to feel the memory of Sinai in our bones. We strive to feel as if we have experienced both the slavery and libera…
1 year, 2 months ago
R. Micha'el Rosenberg on Shavuot: What Did We Hear at Sinai?
What did we hear at Sinai? What does God want us to hear?
1 year, 2 months ago
R. Tali Adler on Parashat BeHar-BeHukkotai: Breaking the Cycle
When it comes to the enslavement of Jews, God gives us two imperatives. First, strive to be like God. Failing that, resist the temptation to become l…
1 year, 3 months ago
R. Shai Held: Psalm for Friday
The psalms attached liturgically to each day of the week are often mumbled over quickly, without much attention to their meaning. In this series, we'…
1 year, 3 months ago
R. Micha'el Rosenberg on Lag Ba'Omer: The Paradox of Respect and Humility
What makes Lag Ba’Omer, the 33rd day of the Omer, special? Why has this day become an oasis of relief, and even celebration, amidst the generally mo…
1 year, 3 months ago
R. Tali Adler on Parashat Emor: A Tale of Two Structures
Parashat Emor features two types of ritual buildings: the first, the mishkan (tabernacle), later transformed into the beit ha-mikdash (Temple); and t…
1 year, 3 months ago
R. Micha'el Rosenberg on Pesah Sheini: The Afterglow of Nisan
When you stop to think about it, Pesah Sheini is a very strange holiday, with a motivation that would be incomprehensible for almost any other festiv…
1 year, 3 months ago
R. Tali Adler on Aharei Mot-Kedoshim: Two Wounds
Yom Kippur, depending on who tells its story, is animated by one of two central wounds.
1 year, 3 months ago
R. Avi Strausberg: A God of Truth?
The Talmud teaches us that God is a God of truth who it would seem values honesty. Yet, what does that mean for all of our questions and doubts? Is t…
1 year, 3 months ago