Podcast Episodes

#56 | Shemot ch.5 - A Crushing Workload

Moses and Aharon approach Pharaoh but things worsen severely - Pharaoh stops providing straw for the bricks, the the workload is now more intense, th…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

#55 | Shemot ch.4 - Symbolic Signs. Snake and Skin

Moses doubts whether the Israelites will believe him.

God responds with 3 signs.

We discuss the symbolism of these signs.

Thanks to Rabbi Prof. Yonatan …

8 months, 3 weeks ago

#54 | Shemot ch.3 - The Burning Bush

Why does God appear to Moshe in a burning bush? What is the symbolism of that image?

8 months, 3 weeks ago

#53 | Shemot ch.2 - Moses the Saviour

In this chapter we meet Moses. What values does he exhibit? What are his influences?

8 months, 3 weeks ago

#52 | Shemot Introduction and ch.1

Today we frame the Book of Exodus and then speak about Pharaoh's campaign to fight the demographic expansion of the Israelites.

8 months, 4 weeks ago

#51 | Genesis ch.50 - Burial and Redemption

Yaakov gives his funeral instructions not once but twice! Why does he repeat it?

And how did Yoseph invest his children and the entire Jewish people w…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

#50 | Genesis ch.49 - Jacob's Blessings

In this chapter, as Jacob is about to die, he is surrounded by his 12 sons and he addresses each one in turn.

Is there a single theme that unifies all…

9 months ago

#49 | Genesis ch.48 - Blessing the Children

Yaakov is sick. Yoseph takes his sons to visit.

The Midrash says that Yaakov is the first person ever to get sick. What did they mean by this?

And here…

9 months ago

#48 | Genesis ch.47 - Joseph's Famine Economics

In our chapter we read about Joseph's economic management of the famine.

Joseph saved Egypt but also ended up nationalizing all the assets of the coun…

9 months ago

#47 | Genesis ch.46 - The Exile Begins

If Jacob went to Egypt to visit his son, why didn't he return to Canaan?

If the brothers went to Egypt to survive the famine, why didn't they return h…

9 months ago