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Yom Kippur: Insights on The Book of Jonah
Sept. 26, 2017
16:43
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Rosh Hashana: The Power of Choice
Sept. 14, 2017
21:21
Nitzavim-Vayelech: The Final Days — Moshe’s Noble Attitude
Sept. 12, 2017
23:32
Ki Tavo: Arami Oved Avi
Sept. 5, 2017
22:07
Ki Tetze: “I lost my friend”
Aug. 29, 2017
29:55
Shoftim: Different Models of Leadership
Aug. 22, 2017
23:18
Re’Eh: The Social and Religious Vision of the Second Tithe
Aug. 15, 2017
26:42
Ekev: Affluence and Corruption – A Gordian Knot?!
Aug. 8, 2017
28:12
Va’etchanan: Contemplation and Freedom
Aug. 2, 2017
29:45
Devarim: The Words of Moses — The Torah’s First “Translation”
July 25, 2017
23:11
Matot-Masei: Words that Bind
July 18, 2017
18:34
Pinchas: Zealousness — An Unforgiving Trait
July 11, 2017
Balak: Vision and Perception
July 5, 2017
Chukat: The Challenge and Gift of Death
June 26, 2017
Korach: Models of Leadership
June 20, 2017
Shelach Lecha: I (Sort Of) Forgive You
June 13, 2017
Beha’alotecha: Paradise Lost
June 6, 2017
Naso: Blessing Man, Blessing God.
May 29, 2017
Shavuot: The Date of Revelation
Bamidbar: Fate and Destiny
May 24, 2017
Jerusalem United or Divided? Between Dreams and Realities
May 18, 2017
Behar Behukotai: The Essence of Covenant
May 16, 2017
Emor: Building a Sanctuary in Time
May 10, 2017
Acharei Mot: Transformation
May 3, 2017
Yom Haatzmaut: Embracing the Reality
April 30, 2017
Tazria-Metzora: On Rituals and Values
April 25, 2017
Shemini: Nadav and Avihu: On Foreign Fires and Holy Deaths
April 11, 2017
Shabbat Hagadol: Why is this the name for our pre-Pesach Shabbat?
April 4, 2017
The Structure of the Pesach Seder
March 30, 2017
Vayikra: And He Called
March 28, 2017
Vayakhel-Pekudei: The Mundane to the Holy
March 21, 2017
Ki Tisa: Getting Lost, Awareness and the Root of Sin
March 14, 2017
Tetzaveh: Fill My Hands
March 7, 2017
Purim: Kimu v’Kiblu — Human Partnership and the Divine Covenant
March 5, 2017
Teruma: Setting a Table for God
Feb. 28, 2017
Mishpatim: Go According to the Majority — But First Know the 49 vs 49!
Feb. 19, 2017
Yitro: The Revelation at Mt. Sinai: Fact or Emotion?
Feb. 14, 2017
Tu B’Shvat: Celebrating Renewal, Yearning for Redemption
Feb. 7, 2017
Bo: The Paschal Sacrifice and the Placing of the Blood
Jan. 31, 2017
Vaera: Between Speaking and Conversation
Jan. 24, 2017
Shemot: What Made Moses Write the Book of Job?
Jan. 17, 2017
Vayehi: Am I in Place of God? A Mature Joseph Responds to his Frightened Brothers
Jan. 10, 2017
Vayigash: Joseph – Economic Genius or Tyrannical Leader?
Jan. 3, 2017
Miketz: Perchance to Dream
Dec. 27, 2016
Hannukah of what? – The Menorah or the Altar
Dec. 22, 2016
Vayeshev: Making a Dream Into a Reality
Dec. 21, 2016
Vayishlach: Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself
Dec. 13, 2016
Vayetze: A Fractious Household
Dec. 7, 2016
Toldot: Discovering the Gift of the Body, Discovering the Gift of Unique Selves
Nov. 29, 2016
Chaye Sara: Working Hard to Give the Benefit of the Doubt
Nov. 22, 2016
Vayera: When the Divine Comes to the Door
Nov. 15, 2016
Lech Lecha: Trading Your Wife for Your Life
Nov. 8, 2016
Noach: On Nations and Heroes
Nov. 2, 2016
33:12
Bereishit: Cain and the Temptation of Blame
Oct. 25, 2016
26:40
The Mitzvah of Sukkah: A Rabbinic Critique of Slavery?
Oct. 16, 2016
23:04
Ha’azinu: The Season of Repentance
Oct. 13, 2016
16:12
Yom Kippur: Confession and Atonement
Oct. 9, 2016
58:56
Vayelech & Shabbat Shuva: Nature’s Immutability and Man’s Power to Choose
Oct. 5, 2016
17:59
Rosh Hashana: King Me
Sept. 27, 2016
19:03
Nitzavim: The Wood chopper and the Water Drawer: A Biblical Case of Inclusivity
Sept. 25, 2016
19:36
Ki Tavo – Just Say It!
Sept. 21, 2016
22:40
Ki Tetze: Searching for Meaning in Mitzvot
Sept. 13, 2016
27:33
Shoftim: Can a Nation Keep its Ethical Values Whilst Embroiled in Armed Conflict?
Sept. 6, 2016
30:33
Re’eh: What is ‘Good and Right’?
Aug. 30, 2016
18:17
Ekev: Between Awe and Fear
Aug. 22, 2016
9:57
Va’etchanan: Moshe’s Unanswered Prayer
Aug. 17, 2016
34:56
Devarim: Moshe Rabbeinu – The Educator Par Excellence
Aug. 9, 2016
31:16
Massei: The Legacy I Leave to My Children
Aug. 2, 2016
32:07
Matot: The Importance of Listening: Moshe and the Tribes of Reuven and Gad
July 26, 2016
16:03
Pinchas: Yucky, Icky, Problematic Jewish Texts
July 20, 2016
29:21
Balak: Israel and Moab: Foes or Family?
July 13, 2016
17:17
Chukat: The Second Generation
July 6, 2016
22:14
Korah’s Defeated Rebellion: Did the Punishments Fit the Crimes?
June 29, 2016
24:19
Shlach: Collective Punishment
June 21, 2016
25:44
B’haalotcha: The Levites
June 16, 2016
21:31
Shavuot: Revelation and Covenant
June 7, 2016
32:47
Bamidbar and Yom Yerushalayim: A Carnival of Counting
June 1, 2016
26:25
Parshat Bechukotai – G-d’s Promises
May 24, 2016
20:38
Behar – Jews and Money
May 17, 2016
14:54
Emor: Counting The Omer
May 10, 2016
17:34
Do Not Stand Idly By Your Neighbor’s Blood: Its Significance in Between Yom HaShoah and Yom HaAtzmaut
May 3, 2016
21:18
Acharei Mot: Choose Life and Nurture It
April 25, 2016
20:07
Going from Purim to Pesach. What’s the Difference?
April 18, 2016
23:50
Shabbat HaGadol: The Clock Struck Midnight!
April 14, 2016
22:39
Parashat Hachodesh: The Purpose of Pesach
April 5, 2016
21:39
Shemini/Shabbat Para: The Red Heifer
March 30, 2016
15:10
Tzav: The Perpetual Fire
March 22, 2016
15:26
It’s a Purim World
March 21, 2016
20:37
Vayikra: Get Involved
March 15, 2016
Pekudei: Unfinished Business
March 8, 2016
13:38
Parshat Shekalim: The Secret of the Shekel
March 3, 2016
21:24
Ki Tisa: Golden Calf – Two Approaches
Feb. 23, 2016
30:34
Tetzaveh: Incense and Priesthood
Feb. 17, 2016
15:33
Terumah: Are Family Relationships Addressed?
Feb. 10, 2016
Mishpatim: God – An Exclusive Interview
Feb. 2, 2016
Yitro: Love lost — Moshe and Tzippora
Jan. 27, 2016
29:32
B’Shalach: Shabbat Shira, The Song at the Sea
Jan. 19, 2016
15:36
Bo: Changing the World
Jan. 11, 2016
13:21
Va’era: Moses – A Man of “Uncircumcised Lips”
Jan. 5, 2016
29:08
Shemot — Marking the Dawn of a New Era
Dec. 30, 2015
25:11
VaYehi – Seamless Transition
Dec. 27, 2015
19:27
Vayigash: Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Dec. 15, 2015
Miketz: Joseph: A Model of Leadership
Dec. 9, 2015
Vayeshev: Joseph’s Talent
Dec. 1, 2015
Vayishlach: Three Very Different Kinds of Love
Nov. 23, 2015
Vayetze: Survival in a Hostile World
Nov. 17, 2015
Parshat Toldot: Who is Really Tested?
Nov. 9, 2015
Parshat Chaye Sara: Gender Roles
Nov. 4, 2015
Parshat Vayera: Lot – A Suburban Tale
Oct. 28, 2015
Parashat Lech Lecha: The Challenges of Relocation, Then and Now
Oct. 21, 2015
Noach: The Right Man at the Right Time
Oct. 14, 2015
Breishit: Creation Stories
Oct. 7, 2015
Succot: Booths or Clouds?
Sept. 26, 2015
Haazinu: Uncovering the dust
Sept. 21, 2015
Shabbat Shuva: On Repentance and Returning
Sept. 17, 2015
Yom Kippur: Those who Believe in Sin, Please Stand Up
Sept. 10, 2015
Rosh Hashanah: Why Don’t We Recite Hallel?
Sept. 6, 2015
Ki Tavo: Torah Rocks
Sept. 1, 2015
Tisha B’Av 2015: Reflections of a Poet-Partisan from Salonika in the Writings of Bouena Sarfatty
July 26, 2015
1:21:21
Tisha B’Av 2015 – When Leaders Sin: Taking a Communal Heshbon Nefesh
1:29:16
5775 — Devarim: Zion Shall be Redeemed with Righteousness
July 21, 2015
31:15
Matot Masei: It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times
July 13, 2015
5775 — Pinchas: Should the Sins of the Elders affect the Children?
July 6, 2015
17:35
5775 — Balak: Do we believe in magic?
June 30, 2015
20:51
5775 — Chukkat: Living with Death: Mortality, Bereavement and Guilt
June 23, 2015
9:18
5775 — Korach: Models of Leadership
June 16, 2015
17:27
5775 — Shelach: Who Cares What I Wear?
June 10, 2015
24:10
5775 — Behaalotecha: Pesach of the Wilderness
June 3, 2015
13:42
5775 — Nasso: The Jealous Husband and the Suspected Adulteress
May 26, 2015
15:17
5775 — Bamidbar: Chosenness
May 19, 2015
26:21
5775 – Bechukotai & Yom Yerushalayim: Blessings & Curses
May 14, 2015
29:00
5775 — Behar: What Does the Sabbatical Year Have to Do with Mount Sinai?!
May 4, 2015
28:10
5775 — Emor: Complain to my Maker! Disability and the Disqualified Priest
April 29, 2015
14:03
5775 — Achrei-Mot, Kedoshim: A Hair-Raising Class
April 21, 2015
33:37
5775 — Tazria-Metzora: Tzara’at and Opening Our Hearts
April 14, 2015
5775 — Shemini: The Fire of Nadav and Avihu
April 8, 2015
5775 — Shabbat HaGadol: Four Who Entered the Pardes and Came Out Whole
March 23, 2015
25:58
5775 — Pesach: This is the Bread of Affliction
23:54
5775 — Vayikra: Ritual Practice and Ethics: Where is the Interface?
March 15, 2015
22:49
5775 — Vayakhel-Pekudei: The Ethics of the Tabernacle
March 9, 2015
9:48
5775 — Purim: Community
Feb. 26, 2015
16:07
5775 — Tetzaveh-Zachor: Clothing
Feb. 22, 2015
18:47
5775 — Teruma: Beauty and Holiness
Feb. 17, 2015
13:34
5775 — Ki Tisa: Let Me Behold Your Presence
Feb. 15, 2015
27:30
5775 — Mishpatim: Explicating the 10 Commandments
Feb. 10, 2015
21:33
5775 — Yitro: Remember the Sabbath Day and Keep it Holy
Feb. 2, 2015
5775 — Beshalach: The Israelites at Marah
Jan. 25, 2015
21:01
5775 — Bo: Learning from our Oppressors
Jan. 18, 2015
5775 — Vaera: The Name El Shaddai
Jan. 14, 2015
Title: 5775 — Shemot: The Difficulties of an I-Thou Encounter
Jan. 8, 2015
0:13
5775: Vayehi — Food, Family and the End of Days
Dec. 28, 2014
5775 — Vayigash: Tears of Reunion
Dec. 24, 2014
17:43
5775 — Parshat Miketz: Hannukah Triage
Dec. 15, 2014
16:48
5775 — Vayeshev: Our Obligation to the non-Immediate Other
Dec. 10, 2014
11:50
5775 — Vayishlach: Jacob’s Struggle for Closure
Dec. 4, 2014
33:07
5775 — Vayetzei: Jacob – A Very Human Being
Nov. 26, 2014
20:33
5775 — Toldot: Self-fulfilling Prophecies
Nov. 20, 2014
24:30
5775 — Chayei Sara: What is the Moral of the Story?
Nov. 12, 2014
14:41
5775 — Vayera: Prayer
Nov. 4, 2014
14:27
5775 — Lekh Lekha
Oct. 30, 2014
25:03
5775 — Noach: The Tower of Babel
Oct. 21, 2014
23:28
5775 — Bereshit
25:53
5775 — Sukkot: The Sukkah
Oct. 5, 2014
19:48
5775 — Yom Kippur
Sept. 30, 2014
24:07
5775 — Ha’azinu: So Near And Yet So Far
Sept. 23, 2014
3:37
5775 — Rosh Hashanah: Teshuva Time
7:16
5774 — Nitzavim: Elul, the Days of Judgement Approach
Sept. 16, 2014
5774 — Ki Tavo: First Fruits
Sept. 10, 2014
23:52
5774 — Ki Teitzei: The Jewish Military Camp
Sept. 2, 2014
23:01
5774 — Shoftim: The Courts
Aug. 27, 2014
21:32
5774 — Re’eh: When Your Get-up-and-go Gets Up and Goes
Aug. 19, 2014
21:03
5774 — Eikev: The Desert Experience
Aug. 13, 2014
24:56
5774 — Vaetchanan: Jealousy
Aug. 4, 2014
21:23
5774 — Devarim: Tisha B’Av
July 28, 2014
20:26
5774 — Masai
July 22, 2014
25:14
5774 — Matot: Oaths and Vows
July 15, 2014
26:03
5774 — Pinchas: The Personality of Pinchas
July 8, 2014
5767 — Balak: Balaam’s Blessings
July 2, 2014
29:53
5774 — Chukat: Leadership and the Failure of Leadership
June 25, 2014
19:47
5774 — Korach: Moses the Prophet
June 18, 2014
22:01
5774 — Shlach: My Servant Calab
June 11, 2014
20:29
5774 — Beha’alotcha: To include or exclude?
June 2, 2014
14:11
5774 — Nasso: Order and Organization
May 28, 2014
17:12
5774 — Bamidbar
May 21, 2014
14:44
5774 — Bechukotai: The Tochacha (the Rebuke)
May 13, 2014
25:06
5774 — Behar: The Sabbatical Year
May 7, 2014
19:06
5774 — Emor: Every person who brings an offering…
April 30, 2014
18:32
5774 — Kedoshim: Do not Gossip
April 23, 2014
25:22
5774 — Shabbat Hagadol: Behold, I’m sending to you Eliyahu…
April 8, 2014
5774 — Metzora: What’s Miriam Doing Here?
April 3, 2014
5774 — Tazria: Contagious Diseases
March 26, 2014
18:01
5774 — Shemini: It was on the Eighth day…
March 19, 2014
22:30
5774–Tzav: The Minha, or Meal, Offering
March 11, 2014
14:31
5774 — Purim: What should the Magillah mean to us?
March 4, 2014
25:08
5774 — Pekudei: Shabbat Shekalim
Feb. 26, 2014
33:26
5774 — Vayakhel: Bringing Shabbat into your week
Feb. 19, 2014
19:25
5774 — Ki Tisa: Praying for Forgiveness
Feb. 12, 2014
18:27
5774 — Tetzaveh: Priestly Garments, a Comparative Approach
Feb. 4, 2014
10:29
5774 — Terumah: The Keruvim (Cherubs)
Jan. 29, 2014
27:07
5774 — Mishpatim: Eat, Drink, and…
Jan. 22, 2014
16:53
5774 — Yitro: Which G’d Do You Worship?
Jan. 13, 2014
23:53
5774 — Beshalach
Jan. 8, 2014
24:58
5774 — Bo: The Sojourn in Egypt
Jan. 2, 2014
19:39
5774 — VaEra: The “10 Plagues”
Dec. 24, 2013
28:47
5774 — Shemot: Life planning
Dec. 16, 2013
21:00
5774 — Vayehi: Yaakov’s Reassurance
Dec. 10, 2013
15:39
5774 — VaYigash: Reunification
Dec. 3, 2013
24:45
5774 — MiKetz: The Teshuvah of Jacob
Nov. 27, 2013
17:05
5774 — VaYeshev: The Brothers’ conflict
Nov. 19, 2013
5774 — VaYishlah: Esau
Nov. 13, 2013
28:46
5774–VaYetze: Jacob’s Ladder
Nov. 7, 2013
5774 — Toldot
Oct. 31, 2013
5774 — Chaye Sarah: Models of Prayer
Oct. 22, 2013
5774 — VaYera: Why was Abraham singled out?
Oct. 16, 2013
26:59
5774 — Noach: “Hi, my name is Noah and I am an alcoholic.”
Oct. 5, 2013
15:43
5774 — Bereishit: The Sin in the Garden
Sept. 28, 2013
28:17
Unexpected Encounters: Where is the Love? Passionate Teshuva – The High Holy Days
Sept. 9, 2013
26:52
5773 — Nitzavim-Vayelekh: Choose Life
Aug. 26, 2013
22:15
5773 — Ki Tavo: “How Odd of G-D to Choose the Jews!”
Aug. 20, 2013
27:44
5773 — Ki Tetze: The Beautiful Captured Woman
Aug. 12, 2013
26:12
5773 — Shoftim: Justice, justice, you shall pursue
Aug. 6, 2013
37:42
5773 — Ekev: The Replacement Tablets
July 23, 2013
5773 — Va’etchanan: I beseeched the Lord
July 16, 2013
23:31
5773 — Devarim: Devarim vs the First 4 Books
July 9, 2013
31:27
Unexpected Encounters: The Jewish Holidays and the Other–Tisha B’av
July 8, 2013
38:02
5773 — Matot Massei: The Unintentional Killer
July 2, 2013
25:31
5773–Pinchas: The New Leaders
June 25, 2013
24:38
5766 — Balak
June 16, 2013
22:23
5773 — Chukat: Miriam’s Well
June 12, 2013
5773 — Korach: May One Argue With One’s Rabbi?
June 2, 2013
23:23
5773 — Shelach: The Sin of the Spies, the Sin of Adam and Eve
May 29, 2013
34:27
5773 — Beha’alotecha: Speaking against Moshe
May 21, 2013
27:43
5773–Naso: The Nazerite
May 16, 2013
22:35
Unexpected Encounters: The Jewish Holidays and the Other–Shavuot
May 7, 2013
48:50
5773 — Bamidbar
17:20
5773 — Behar, Bechukotai: An Economic Vision of Justice
April 30, 2013
37:25
5773 — Emor: Laws for the Priests
April 24, 2013
27:27
5773 — Acharei Mot, Kedoshim: Shatnez
April 17, 2013
27:59
5773 — Tazria-Metzora: The Woman who has given birth
April 10, 2013
26:05
Unexpected Encounters: The Jewish Holidays and the Other–Yom Ha’atzmaut
April 9, 2013
39:27
5768 — Shemini
April 2, 2013
26:02
Unexpected Encounters: The Jewish Holidays and the Other–Pesach
March 20, 2013
59:03
5773 — Tzav and Shabbat HaGadol: Family unity and Elijah’s role
March 19, 2013
22:38
5773 — Vayikra: The Order of the Sacrifices
March 12, 2013
5773 — VaYakhel, Pekudei: Leadership
March 3, 2013
27:14
5773 — Ki Tisa: Breaking the Tablets
Feb. 26, 2013
5773 — Purim: Doors closing, Doors opening
Feb. 20, 2013
16:15
5773 — Tetzaveh: Clothes
Feb. 19, 2013
29:19
5773 — Teruma: Mutual respect or conflict?
Feb. 12, 2013
15:23
5773 — Yitro: Yitro’s Advice
Jan. 29, 2013
23:57
5773 — B’Shalach: The Manna
Jan. 23, 2013
16:16
5773 — Bo: Pesach and the First Seder
Jan. 16, 2013
17:37
5773 — VaEra: The Redemption Speech
Jan. 8, 2013
33:08
5773 — Shemot: Fear of Sin, Mindfulness and a Softened Heart
Jan. 1, 2013
30:01
5773 — Vayehi: The “Blessing” of Shimon and Levi
Dec. 24, 2012
30:06
5773 — VaYigash: Judah’s approach to Joseph, on Three Levels
Dec. 18, 2012
25:05
5773 — MiKetz
Dec. 12, 2012
20:39
5773 — Hannukah: Latkes Sufganiyot or Tofu?
5773 — Vayeshev: Joseph in the house of Potiphar
Dec. 4, 2012
27:19
5773 — VaYishlah: Jacob’s Blessings
Nov. 28, 2012
20:11
5773 — VaYetze: Jacob’s Exodus from Haran
Nov. 21, 2012
5773 — Toldot: Isaac
Nov. 13, 2012
23:36
5773 — Chaye Sarah: And she fell off the camel
Nov. 7, 2012
19:16
5769 — Vayera
Oct. 31, 2012
28:44
5773 — Lech Lecha: Avraham the Warrior
Oct. 22, 2012
41:43
5773 — Noah
Oct. 14, 2012
24:41
5767 — Bereshit
Oct. 12, 2012
38:00
5773 — Sukkot: The Sukkah
Sept. 30, 2012
36:37
5773 — Ha’azinu: Moses’ Will to Live
Sept. 28, 2012
5773 — Yom Kippur: The Repentance of Nineveh
Sept. 23, 2012
25:13
5773 — Vayelech: Moses’ Final Actions & Feelings
Sept. 21, 2012
24:24
5773 — Rosh Hashanah: The Sound of the Shofar
Sept. 13, 2012
22:56
5772 — Nitzavim: Deut. 29:28 The Secrets of the Universe
Sept. 12, 2012
20:10
5772 — Ki Tavo: His-Story
Sept. 6, 2012
20:18
5772 — Ki Tetze: The Obligatory War
Aug. 30, 2012
5772 — Shoftim: Returning from the front
Aug. 21, 2012
5772 — Re’eh: A city of idol worshipers
Aug. 14, 2012
24:34
5768 — Ekev
Aug. 6, 2012
31:26
5772 — VaEtchanan: Shema Yisrael…
Aug. 1, 2012
22:54
5772 — Devarim: Bacon, Eggs and the Zionist Question
July 24, 2012
21:17
5772 — Matot: The Battle against Midian
July 14, 2012
26:39
5772 — Pinchas: The daughters of Zelophehad
July 10, 2012
31:10
5772 — Balak: Holy Chutzpa
July 3, 2012
15:28
5772 — Chukat: The sin of Moses and Aaron
June 25, 2012
23:16
5772 — Korach: The Rebel Groups
June 20, 2012
24:05
5772 — Shelach: When you enter the land
June 12, 2012
17:06
5772 — Beha’alotecha: Why So Short?
June 6, 2012
18:00
5772 — Naso: The Nazirite
May 30, 2012
31:02
5772 — Shavuot: Joining the Jewish nation
May 22, 2012
5772 — Bechukotai: The Sanctity of the Land
May 16, 2012
27:36
5772 — Behar: Particularism and Universalism
May 7, 2012
10:45
5772 — Emor: Arguments Not For the Sake of Heaven
May 2, 2012
14:25
5772 — Acharei Mot & Kedoshim: The Prohibition of Shatnez
April 25, 2012
18:58
5766 — Tazria-Metzora: Ritual Impurity
April 19, 2012
27:23
5772 — Shemini: Strange Fire
April 11, 2012
5772 — Pesach 8th Day: Messianism Today
April 10, 2012
19:30
5772 — Pesach: Slavery and Freedom
April 3, 2012
30:28
5772 — Terumah: The Sfat Emet: “Torah joins together the souls of Israel”
Feb. 19, 2012
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