Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAntidotes to Anarchy (3:2)
What would happen without a police force to maintain law and order? Is there any other way to prevent society from crumbling without police power? Th…
1 year, 1 month ago
Avoiding Sin: The Authoritative Guide (3:1)
It is not often that our Sages offer us any kind of fail-safe formula. In the first mishna of the third chapter, Akaviah Ben Mehalalel provides for u…
1 year, 1 month ago
Do Your Job (2:20-21)
There are many excuses to shirk our spiritual responsibilities. In the final two mishnayos of Chapter 2, Rabbi Tarfon rebuts them one by one.
This Et…
1 year, 1 month ago
Answering the Heretics (2:19)
Rabbi Elazar Ben Arach was the prized student of Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakkai, but he chose to chart his own path in life and not to join the rest of h…
1 year, 1 month ago
Relationship or Ritual? (2:18)
What is the optimal relationship between man and God? How is man supposed to view himself? These questions and several others are addressed in Chap…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Ultimate Meritocracy (2:17) + TORCH 2025 Fundraiser
Please support the Ethics Podcast by donating to our annual fundraiser at giveTORCH.org
This is our only annual fundraiser.
Every donation is DOUBLE…
1 year, 1 month ago
Choose Your World (2:16) + Annual TORCH Fundraiser
Please support the Ethics Podcast by donating to our annual fundraiser at giveTORCH.org
This is our only annual fundraiser.
Every donation is DOUBLE…
1 year, 2 months ago
Tempering Temper (2:15)
In this Mishna, one of the most fascinating characters of the Mishnaic era teaches eternal lessons on how to deploy anger properly and how to ensure …
1 year, 2 months ago
Finding Your Magic Bullet (2:13-14)
Two thousand years ago the great Sage Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakkai instructed his five prime disciples to undertake a unique mission. This mission and …
1 year, 2 months ago
Spiritual Natural Law (2:9-2:12)
Rabban Yochanan Ben Zakkai was the pivotal leader of the nation at a most vulnerable juncture of our history. His life story and his timeless lessons…
1 year, 2 months ago