Podcast Episodes

Kohelet ch.9 - White Clothes and the Love of a Woman

Death might be the great equalizer, but in the meantime, there are better ways to live and worse ways.

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Kohelet ch.8: The Randomness of Power

How might we act in the face of temperamental but powerful figures of government?

How do we navigate an unpredictable world in which good and bad are …

1 year, 4 months ago

Kohelet ch.7 - Better than...

The word "tov -good" is the keyword of our chapter.

Kohelet has been asking what the key to good is. In this chapter he offers a new pragmatic approac…

1 year, 4 months ago

Kohelet ch.6 - The Wanderings of Desire

6:9: "Better what you can see than the wanderings of desire."

Today we address the attractions and fantasies that make us not only dissatisfied with o…

1 year, 4 months ago

Kohelet ch.5 - Musings about Religion, Action and Speech

Is there a value in visiting the Temple?

Should an individual make a vow?

The opening lines of chapter 5 speak about religious ritual, the power of spe…

1 year, 4 months ago

Kohelet Ch.4 - Work, Competition and Companionship

This world can be tough. Kohelet suggests that many people might prefer never to have been born at all.

And yet, with a little financial modesty and l…

1 year, 4 months ago

Kohelet ch.3 - A Time and a Season

A time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot that which is planted... A time to love and a time to hate; a time for w…

1 year, 4 months ago

Kohelet ch.2 - Wisdom, Pleasure & Work

Kohelet entertains three possibilities of what might make life meaningful: wisdom, pleasure and work.

But the ultimate litmus test will be the death …

1 year, 4 months ago

Kohelet ch.1 - "Hevel!" - The Philosophy of the Absurd

What is the meaning of life? That is essentially the question that Kohelet seeks to address.

Who is Kohelet?

What does he mean when he says: "All the r…

1 year, 4 months ago

Eikhah ch.5 - "Hashiveinu" - Take us back!

Rather than a lament, Chapter 5 is a prayer. It begins by asking God to remember us and our humiliation, and it ends with a ple asking God to "Take u…

1 year, 4 months ago