Episodes

  • Vayeira – Five Languages of Laughter

    Vayeira – Five Languages of Laughter
    Nov 14 2024
    Isaac is the most mysterious of the forefathers. His storyline does not have the same rich and dramatic narrative as Abraham and Jacob. What lessons we are supposed to learn from Isaac is an equally confounding mystery. In this very special podcast, we explore a fascinating motif that recurs throughout the Parsha: laughter, and suggest […]
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Vayeira – The Struggle Is Real (5783)

    Vayeira – The Struggle Is Real (5783)
    Nov 12 2024
    How do we respond when we are faced with challenges? What are we supposed to think when the path before us seems unsteady and laden with dangers? Our Parsha contains some of the most memorable and iconic stories of the whole Torah. It begins with the single greatest documented episode of hospitality, and it ends […]
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    58 mins
  • Parshas Vayeira (Rebroadcast)

    Parshas Vayeira (Rebroadcast)
    Nov 10 2024
    This week’s parsha features several iconic episodes: Abraham was visited by God as he was recuperating from his circumcision, and concurrently engaged in superlative kindness with three angels masquerading as pagan travelers; Abraham was informed that the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were about to be destroyed and was unsuccessful in interceding on their behalf; […]
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Lech Lecha – Abraham’s Fellow Travelers

    Lech Lecha – Abraham’s Fellow Travelers
    Nov 7 2024
    Abraham seems to always be journeying. In last week’s Parsha he traveled from his birthplace of Ur to Charan. This week the Parsha begins with Abraham’s journey to Canaan. He traveled there with his family, he traversed the land in every direction; and when famine strikes, he went down to Egypt and returns. Abraham’s journey […]
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Lech Lecha – A Lot of Testing (5783)

    Lech Lecha – A Lot of Testing (5783)
    Nov 5 2024
    Abraham was the most consequential human in all of history. He began the process of fixing the world and humanity. Amid a cesspool of idolatry, Abraham emerged as a beacon of faith. When the entire world had forgotten about its Creator, Abraham restored faith in God to the world. Our Parsha follows Abraham in his […]
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    56 mins
  • Parshas Lech Lecha (Rebroadcast)

    Parshas Lech Lecha (Rebroadcast)
    Nov 3 2024
    In this week’s parsha, Abraham is instructed to move to Israel, is given divine promises that he will be the father of many nations; his children will be as numerous as the dust of the earth and the stars of the heaven, a son Ishmael is born, and he is commanded to circumcise his foreskin […]
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Noach – Cured Ham

    Noach – Cured Ham
    Oct 31 2024
    After spending a year in the ark, Noah and his family exited it to find an empty and desolate world. The sinners who dominated the world before the flood were gone as were basically everything else. The animals, not including token representatives of each species, were gone. The trees, the grass, the plants – everything […]
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    53 mins
  • Noach – The Flood and The Fish (5783)

    Noach – The Flood and The Fish (5783)
    Oct 29 2024
    The Flood was a disaster for all the Earth’s inhabitants, humans and animals alike. With the exception of Noah and his family and the animals safely housed in the Ark, all the land-based animals died in the Flood. But not the fish. The fish were completely unaffected by the Flood. The sources maintain that the […]
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    58 mins