Podcast Episodes

R. Aviva Richman: Why Talmud is the Bedrock of My Faith

The Talmud has often been subject to misrepresentation—viewed as esoteric or overly complex—yet it holds profound power as a centerpiece of Jewish tr…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Lekh Lekha: Walking, Tradition, and Renewal

Abraham is “our father” in many senses.  He is seen as the father of the Jewish people, the spiritual father of Judaism and of monotheistic faiths mo…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

R. Ayal Robkin: The Apprentice Mind Part 1

Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe, also known as the Alei Shur, offers a powerful and inspiring — but often demanding — vision for what it takes to become a better …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Noah: "In His Generation"

Parashat Noah invites us to reflect on the relationship between society and the individual.  The introduction of its main character raises a central …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

R. Shai Held: A New Interpretation of Creation and the Flood

Can anything new possibly be said about the opening chapters of the Torah?  In this class, R. Shai Held makes use of literary analysis of seemingly f…

7 months, 4 weeks ago

R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Bereishit: What If Adam Had Reacted Differently?

Two children are fighting in the playground.  Called into the principal’s office, each insists: “It all started when he hit me back.”

This familiar jo…

8 months ago

R. Tali Adler on VeZot HaBerakhah: On Endings and Beginnings

The draw of theatre in the age of movies is that each experience is unique. 

While the script's words and stage directions remain the same night after…

8 months, 1 week ago

R. Tali Adler on Parashat Ha'azinu: Living in Between

Homeless in life, Moshe is fated to remain without a home even in death.

That, perhaps, is the most difficult part of God’s decree: not that Moshe mus…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

R. Tali Adler on Parashat Vayeilekh: Recreating Sinai

The generation that will enter the Land of Israel never heard God’s voice at Sinai.  They never experienced the earth shattering voice, the terror, t…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

R. Tali Adler on Parashat Nitzavim: The Long Goodbye

When Moshe gathers the generation of the desert together to enter them into the covenant once again, he knows that it is his last chance to teach the…

9 months ago