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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - Parshat Devarim

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2018 13:36


The Legend of Og!

THE LAST STOP - Parshat Matot-Masei

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2018 10:04


WOMEN OF VALOR - Parshat Pinchas

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2018 10:08


We should talk about the Daughters of Tzelophehad more.

THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION - Parshat Balak

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2018 8:26


Why do we hate Bilaam so much? There's an answer hidden between the lines of this week's parsha.

EIGHTEEN ANSWERS - Parshat Chukat

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2018 9:30


What did Moses do that was so wrong?!

CHILDREN IN HELL - Parshat Korach

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2018 10:16


Do Jews believe in Hell? Well, yes... but not like you think.

THE GATHERER - Parshat Shelach

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2018 7:49


When the Children of Israel were in the wilderness, they came upon a man gathering twigs on the Sabbath day.

THE LONGING - Parshat Beha'alotcha

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2018 9:24


Now is the summer of our discontent.

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THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS - Parshat Naso

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2018 10:42


THE TEMPLE OF DOOM - Parshat Bamidbar

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2018 7:41


The Book of Numbers, with help from Steven Spielberg.

DRIVEN MAD - Parshat Behar-Bechukotai

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2018 9:12


All week, I’ve been thinking about this book, “A Driven Leaf,” by Milton Steinberg.  

THE CURSE - Parshat Emor

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2018 10:56


This is the saddest story I know.

DEVIL INSIDE - Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2018 9:47


In search of the strangest creature of all.

LIKE A LEPER MESSIAH - Parshat Tazria-Metzora

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2018 9:37


Jews, who have been perennial outcasts, ought to read the Torah’s account of the leper with particular care. 

THE SOUND OF SILENCE - Parshat Shemini

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2018 8:29


Tragedy strikes. And Aaron is silent.

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY - Seventh Day of Passover

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2018 13:29


The seventh day of Passover commemorates the day the Children of Israel reached the Red Sea and witnessed both the miraculous 'Splitting of the Sea,' the drowning of all the Egyptian chariots, horses and soldiers that pursued them, and the Passage of the Red Sea. 

THE SILENT CHILD - Passover Haggadah

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2018 11:31


Why is there a silent child in the Haggadah?

UNDRESSED TO KILL - Parshat Tzav

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2018 7:13


It's time for Aaron get dressed.

SALT OF THE EARTH, AND THE HEAVENS - Parshat Vayikra

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2018 5:04


The meaning behind the mineral.

I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR - Parshat Vayakhel-Pikudei

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2018 8:57


A curious new detail in the list of building materials for the Tabernacle inspires one of the richest rabbinic stories ever written.

THE PURIM TORAH

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2018 6:24


Where can we find Haman in the Torah?

LAWS OF THE HEART - Parshat Tetzaveh

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2018 8:54


"You shall make a breastplate of judgment." - Exodus 28:15

UNICORNS AND MERMAIDS - Parshat Terumah

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2018 8:00


It all started with dolphins.

THE LOVE OF LAW - Parshat Mishpatim

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2018 8:23


A very Jewish love affair...

THE THINGS WE CARRIED - Parshat Beshalach

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2018 10:08


How did Joseph's bones make it out of Egypt?

SILENCING THE LAMB - Parshat Bo

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2018 8:20


The strangest thing about that first Passover was living with the lamb for four days.

THE FINGER - Parshat Va'eira

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2018 9:01


Behold the mighty finger of God!

BECOMING MOSES - Parshat Shemot

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2018 7:22


What was it about Moses?

IMMORTAL BELOVED - Parshat Vayechi

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2017 6:00


ALL IN THE APPROACH - Parshat Vayigash

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2017 10:59


Judah saves the day. How did he know just what to say?

THE GREAT AWAKENING - Parshat Mikeitz

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2017 9:59


Two dreams. Two dreams. Two dreams. Why does this keep happening?

THE KILLING FIELDS - Parshat Vayeishev

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2017 7:43


“Do not go out into the field. Do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword, and there is terror on every side.” - Jeremiah 6:25

THE MAN IN THE MIDRASH - Parshat Vayishlach

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2017 7:26


Jacob is headed back home, after all these years, and preparing to face the greatest challenge of his life - a confrontation with Esau, the brother who once wanted him dead. But there is another man he will have to face first.

MATING RITUALS - Parshat Vayeitzei

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2017 10:14


Any great lover of the Torah must eventually confront the simple truth that certain parts of this book are just not that interesting.

FEAR AND TREMBLING - Parshat Toldot

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2017 7:16


"He saw Hell open up beneath him."

ISAAC UNBOUND - Parshat Chayei Sarah

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2017 8:38


This has got to be the most Freudian line in the Torah.

PLAYING AROUND WITH THE TORAH - Parshat Vayeira (Season 3, Ep. 3)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2017 11:24


Everybody's wondering what Ishmael did to the baby.

DESTINED TO DOUBT - Parshat Lech Lecha

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2017 8:39


"There once was a man who carved grooves in time."

OPEN THE FLOODGATES - Parshat Noach (Season 3, Ep. 1)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2017 6:21


You'll never guess my favorite line in the Torah.

THE LAST LETTER - Simchat Torah (Season 2, Ep. 46)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2017 11:26


Important announcement in this week's podcast!

A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE - Parshat Ha'azinu (Season 2. Ep. 45)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2017 11:12


Happy New Year from ParshaNut!

MAY YOU LIVE TO 120 - Parshat Nitzavim-Vayeilech (Season 2, Ep. 44)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 10:41


A discussion of the source of the classic Jewish blessing, "May you live until one hundred and twenty!"

WANDERING JEWS AND SYRIANS - Parshat Ki Tavo (Season 2, Ep. 43

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2017 9:07


This week's podcast is dedicated to all those who, like me, are descended from immigrants.

THE BASTARD KING - Parshat Ki Teitzei (Season 2, Ep.42)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2017 15:55


Who is a Jew? This question is at the center of one of contemporary Judaism’s most difficult and painful conversations.

KINGS OF FLESH AND BLOOD - Parshat Shoftim (Season 2, Ep. 41)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2017 12:59


Are Jews supposed to have a king?

THE BODY POLITIC - Parshat Re'eh

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2017 8:20


"You are all children of the Lord your God - so do not make gashes in your flesh..." (Deut. 14:1) What does the first part of this verse have to do with the second?

THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN... - Parshat Eikev (Season 2, Ep. 39)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2017 11:12


This week's parsha is called 'Eikev,' a word taken from the first verse. But what, exactly does that word mean? Well, as usual, it's complicated...

A MATTER OF INTERPRETATION - Parshat Va'etchanan

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2017 9:52


There's a problem with the Ten Commandments...

THE ORIGINAL CHABAD - Parshat Devarim (Season 2, Ep. 37)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2017 12:46


With great love and respect for the modern Chabad movement - though no particular affiliation, and certainly no intention to speak on their behalf.

FROTHING WITH RAGE - Parshat Matot-Masei (Season 2,Ep. 36)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2017 12:21


Moses has an anger problem.

THE BULLS OF THE FESTIVAL - Parshat Pinchas (Season 2., Ep. 35)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2017 9:25


What can a debate about Hanukkah teach us about Sukkot - and what can they both teach us about religious life?

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