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R. Tali Adler on Parashat BeHar-BeHukkotai: Breaking the Cycle 8:38

6h ago8:38

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When it comes to the enslavement of Jews, God gives us two imperatives. First, strive to be like God. Failing that, resist the temptation to become like the Egyptians.Av Hadar Institute

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R. Shai Held: Psalm for Friday 28:12

2d ago28:12

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The psalms attached liturgically to each day of the week are often mumbled over quickly, without much attention to their meaning. In this series, we'll engage in careful literary-theological readings of these psalms, looking at how various midrashim interpret the psalms, and bring new meaning to this part of our daily prayers. Key themes explored w…

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Media Training 41:01

5d ago41:01

41:01

Hello internet! This week's episode is all about MEDIA TRAINING programs and some tips for being interviewed! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend! Center for Reproductive Rights: https://reproductiverights.org/Av Travis & Teresa McElroy

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R. Micha'el Rosenberg on Lag Ba'Omer: The Paradox of Respect and Humility 6:58

5d ago6:58

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What makes Lag Ba’Omer, the 33rd day of the Omer, special? Why has this day become an oasis of relief, and even celebration, amidst the generally mournful period between Pesah and Shavuot? The Talmud tells us simply that one year, R. Akiva’s 24,000 students all died between Pesah and Shavuot; a post-talmudic tradition asserts that the plague that f…

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R. Tali Adler on Parashat Emor: A Tale of Two Structures 7:40

7d ago7:40

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Parashat Emor features two types of ritual buildings: the first, the mishkan (tabernacle), later transformed into the beit ha-mikdash (Temple); and the second, a sukkah. We encounter the mikdash this week, mostly in the form of limits on who may serve in it and how they must conduct themselves. Those who may serve there are not allowed to engage wi…

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R. Micha'el Rosenberg on Pesah Sheini: The Afterglow of Nisan 8:00

9d ago8:00

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When you stop to think about it, Pesah Sheini is a very strange holiday, with a motivation that would be incomprehensible for almost any other festival. As we read in Bemidbar 9, some people were ritually impure on the 14th of Nisan—the eve of Pesah—and therefore unable to perform the foundational mitzvah of slaughtering and eating a paschal offeri…

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Ask Shmanners 29:11

12d ago29:11

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Hello internet! This week's episode is another ASK SHMANNERS, full of your questions about napkin folding, bad cooking, and more! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend! Center for Reproductive Rights: https://reproductiverights.org/Av Travis & Teresa McElroy

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R. Tali Adler on Aharei Mot-Kedoshim: Two Wounds 7:49

14d ago7:49

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Yom Kippur, depending on who tells its story, is animated by one of two central wounds.Av Hadar Institute

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R. Avi Strausberg: A God of Truth? 33:02

16d ago33:02

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The Talmud teaches us that God is a God of truth who it would seem values honesty. Yet, what does that mean for all of our questions and doubts? Is there a limit to how honest we can be and are there situations in which another value trumps honesty for the sake of something greater? This class, which is part 1 of a 3 part series, will turn to Talmu…

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Study Abroad 37:30

19d ago37:30

37:30

Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history and etiquette of STUDYING ABROAD! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend! Center for Reproductive Rights: https://reproductiverights.org/Av Travis & Teresa McElroy

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R. Tali Adler on Parashat Tazria-Metzora: The Discovery of Birth 7:04

21d ago7:04

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Each of us was brought into this world by someone who allowed their body to become home to a stranger. This is what mothers do before we meet our children: watch, sometimes in wonder, and sometimes in grief, as the bodies which were once ours alone grow, bend, ache, and change in ways that make us unrecognizable to ourselves. Feel our ribs widen, o…

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R. Micha'el Rosenberg on HaZikaron/Yom Ha'Atzma’ut: The Religious Sensibility of Hatikvah 6:20

23d ago6:20

6:20

Although it eventually won out, it was not always obvious that “Hatikvah” would be the Israeli national anthem. There were other competitors, and various critiques of the poem written by Naphtali Hertz Imber. Among those critiques was a voice from at least some religious Zionists who thought the work too secular to reflect the religious import of t…

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Environmental Conservationists 36:52

26d ago36:52

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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about some CONSERVATIONISTS you should know, including Rachel Carson, Hazel M. Johnson, and Wangarĩ Maathai! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend! National Immigration Project: https://nipnlg.org/Av Travis & Teresa McElroy

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R. Tali Adler on Shemini: The Question in the Middle 8:20

28d ago8:20

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Vayikra is a book that is concerned with the holy and the profane; the pure and the impure. Nearly every mitzvah in Vayikra contains these categories. The Jewish people are told that they are to be kadosh because God is kadosh. In Vayikra, it is the holy that is the primary pathway to God. The mishkan (tabernacle), the center of holiness on earth, …

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R. Micha'el Rosenberg on Yom HaShoah: Love in Light of Destruction 8:54

1M ago8:54

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It shouldn’t be possible to say such a thing, but I have spent most of my life taking the Holocaust for granted. My father of blessed memory was a child survivor; my mother, she should live a long life, is herself the child of survivors. I have no memory of learning about the Holocaust, no recollection of a parent telling me what it was, of what ha…

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Jury Duty 26:27

1M ago26:27

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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history and etiquette of JURY DUTY! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend! National Immigration Project: https://nipnlg.org/Av Travis & Teresa McElroy

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The Great Exhibition of 1851 34:05

1M ago34:05

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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history of the GREAT EXHIBITION of 1851! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend! National Immigration Project: https://nipnlg.org/Av Travis & Teresa McElroy

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R. Tali Adler on Parashat Tzav: Ashes to Ashes 7:16

1M ago7:16

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The burnt ashes of the korbanot (sacrifices), piled on the altar, represent the intermingled prayers and dreams, experiences and regrets, of the Jewish people.Av Hadar Institute

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R. Micha'el Rosenberg on Pesah: The Yom Kippur Before Pesah 6:26

1M ago6:26

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We are doing a lot of prep work this week. We are cleaning our homes, kashering pots and cutlery, making sure we’ve got everything on our Seder shopping lists.Av Hadar Institute

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John Muir 43:15

2M ago43:15

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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the conservationist and Father of National Parks JOHN MUIR! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend! National Immigration Project: https://nipnlg.org/Av Travis & Teresa McElroy

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R. Tali Adler on Vayikra: Blood and Breath 7:52

2M ago7:52

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The unspoken drive towards human sacrifice lurks in the background of Sefer Vayikra.Av Hadar Institute

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R. Avi Strausberg: Children of Believers 41:54

2M ago41:54

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The first Pesah was a leil shimurim, a night of watching, a night of fear and uncertainty. Amid darkness and screams, the fate of the Israelites hung in the balance, with hopes of redemption and freedom in their hearts. They were asked to believe in a God they didn't know and to set out on a journey with no destination in sight. Amazingly, they tru…

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Bowling 38:02

2M ago38:02

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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history and etiquette of BOWLING! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend! World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/Av Travis McElroy

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R. Tali Adler on Pekudei: Silver and Gold 7:36

2M ago7:36

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Human beings love to make idols of our dead. Desperate to keep our lost loved ones within reach, we create forms that we can cling to in their stead. We name buildings and mark park benches; install portraits and keep voicenotes on our phones. We believe, somewhere in our hearts, that if we can create the right form, capture the right image, wear t…

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R. Shai Held: Psalm for Thursday 38:56

2M ago38:56

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The psalms attached liturgically to each day of the week are often mumbled over quickly, without much attention to their meaning. In this series, we'll engage in careful literary-theological readings of these psalms, looking at how various midrashim interpret the psalms, and bring new meaning to this part of our daily prayers. Key themes explored w…

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