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Each episode, Alex Friedman explores a story or two from the Jewish tradition.

Alex Friedman


    • Feb 18, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 8m AVG DURATION
    • 14 EPISODES


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    Vicious Cycles (Parshat Vayeira)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 9:05


    In this episode, a d'var Torah about the parallels between two biblical stories of abuse, and the lessons we might learn from them.       Music for the Episode: URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Meet_Podington_Bear_Box_Set_Disc_1/13_New_Skin Comments: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Curator: Copyright: Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

    Episode 10: Bar Kamtza

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2018 9:15


    Today's story can be found in Gittin 55b-56a (https://www.sefaria.org/Gittin.56a?lang=en)     Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Living_With_Trauma/Lee_Rosevere_-_Living_With_Trauma_-_02_This_Is_Difficult_For_Me Changed from the original. Attribution Non-Commercial, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Living_With_Trauma/Lee_Rosevere_-_Living_With_Trauma_-_10_Transitioning Changed from the original. Attribution Non-Commercial, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode http://freemusicarchive.org/music/tzara/degrowth/02_interlude Changed from the original. Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/legalcode Did I say "Stay tuned" and "Hi" as a reference to NightVale? Ha! If you believe that, you probably believe in mountains too.

    The Weight of Our Stories (Acharei Mot-Kedoshim)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2018 10:32


    A d'var Torah that deals with Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 as honestly as I can, which is to say, offers no solution. I discuss Gordon Tucker's teshuvah at length.

    Episode 9: Our Teacher Moses? (Rebroadcast)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2018 9:11


    --RE-UPLOAD: For some reason, the first time I published this episode, the audio didn't do its thing. I have now republished this episode and it should work properly.--   In this week's story, it takes a little bit of trickery to save the Jews of Spain from a terrible decree. All complaints about how I pronounce 'Shammash' should be directed to radiorabbah@gmail.com   Music: Transmutation by Kara Square (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/56527 Ft: Spinningmerkaba

    Episode 9: Our Teacher Moses?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2018 9:11


    --RE-UPLOAD: For some reason, the first time I published this episode, the audio didn't do its thing. I have now republished this episode and it should work properly.--   In this week's story, it takes a little bit of trickery to save the Jews of Spain from a terrible decree. All complaints about how I pronounce 'Shammash' should be directed to radiorabbah@gmail.com   Music: Transmutation by Kara Square (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/56527 Ft: Spinningmerkaba

    Episode 8: Unhappy Couples and Ugly Brides

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2018 7:38


    Marriage is...hard. At least, I've been told that, having never been married. Second in my series of stories about couples gone awry, we'll learn about what happens when husbands embarrass their partners and when couple have a bit of a language barrier.   Music: Funky Bots by Admiral Bob (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/admiralbob77/48709 Ft: jeris, Martijn de Boer

    Episode 7: Bitter Water

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2018 9:30


    This episode is the first of several that will have to do with marriage and the Rabbis. In this episode, a couple of stories relating to the practice of Sotah.

    D'var: Vayakhel Pekuedei

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2018 6:19


    This episode, something a little new, a little different, and yet still old. It's a d'var Torah! How cool. This one talks about divinely-inspired creativity.

    Episode 6: Sarah and Conversion

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2018 4:25


    In this week's episode of Radio Rabbah, it's one of my absolute favorite pieces of Midrash/Aggadah about converts.

    Episode 5: Slapping Babies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2018 8:03


    In this episode of Radio Rabbah, I share two stories, both having to do with the strangeness of forgetting, learning and, yes, slapping babies.

    Episode 4: Honi the Circle-Drawer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2018 13:20


    In this episode, we explore the strange and wonderful life of Honi the Circle-Drawer as he brings the rain and sleeps for 70 years.

    Episode 3: Moses Ascending

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2017 8:14


    Obviously this, and the following few episodes, are going to be mediocre at best. But you, dear listener, as the kind of person who bothers to read show notes, must either already know that or like me well enough that you're willing to put up with my learning curve. Thank you for that. There's a reason I'm saving my absolute favorite stories for when I know what I'm doing. It's worth sticking around (I hope).   MUSIC: Brunch (mini album mix) by Candlegravity

    Episode 2: The Moon

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2017 7:52


    In this episode of radio Rabbah, we explore two stories, both concerning our closest celestial neighbor.

    Episode 1: Welcome to Radio Rabbah

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2017 6:17


    Welcome to Radio Rabbah! In this Episode, I introduce the idea of the show and define a couple of important terms.

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