Answers WithHeld

By Hadar Institute

What's Answers WithHeld about?

When kids ask big questions, how do you respond? This podcast, hosted by Rabbi Shai Held, doesn’t have all the answers, but it can give you the language and frameworks to engage meaningfully with these questions. 

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Answers WithHeld episodes:

05.13.2024
Why Do You Believe in God?
In this special season finale, R. Shai Held welcomes his two oldest children to model a genuine conversation about God, experiences, belief, and doubt. Lev and Maya share some of the biggest questions on their minds as well as offer...
05.06.2024
What Happens After I Die?
Questions surrounding our own mortality are some of the hardest to ask, and certainly some of the hardest to answer. What happens when we die? What does it mean to have a soul? R. Sharon Cohen Anisfeld joins R. Shai...
04.15.2024
Why Do Bad Things Happen?
R. Aviva Richman joins R. Shai Held to discuss one of the most difficult moral and religious questions - why do bad things happen? Where is God when they do? Personal childhood memories of confronting this question lead them to...
04.08.2024
What If I'm Not Sure I Believe in God?
What if I don't believe in God? What if I'm not sure? Rabbi Dr. Leon Wiener Dow joins Rabbi Shai Held to reflect on the importance of doubt and continuing to question. They identify some of the straight-jackets that we...
04.01.2024
Am I My Brother's Keeper?
Universalism or particularism? It's often cited as a debate of one versus the other, but R. Shai Held and R. Jill Jacobs reflect on how both these priorities can actually strengthen the other. They consider texts that speak to how...
03.25.2024
Why Did God Create the World?
Why did God create the world - and why did God create me within it? R. Yitz Greenberg joins R. Shai Held to ponder these theological questions and consider what it means to have a posture of gratitude and to...
03.18.2024
Why Does the Torah Allow Slavery?
What do we do when we encounter morally troubling parts of Torah? Dr. Arna Poupko Fisher joins R. Shai Held to try and understand slavery in the Torah's historical context, as well as how we might understand the Torah more...
03.11.2024
Was the World Really Created in Six Days?
In a playful and poignant way, Rabbis Shai Held and Brad Artson explore questions of science and Torah. Was the world really created in six days? What are the truths we can discover when we look deeply at Torah and...
03.04.2024
Who is God? (Part 2)
R. Avi Killip and R. Shai Held continue to explore questions about God, especially thinking about the role of doubt. How can we understand God when we just don't know? And how can we have conversations with kids when we...
02.26.2024
Who is God? (Part 1)
In this inaugural episode, R. Avi Killip joins R. Shai Held to explore a very big question - who is God? Their poignant conversation includes personal stories of early wonderings about God as well as particular images from text and...
02.15.2024
Welcome to Answers WithHeld!
When kids ask big questions, how do you respond? Whether you are parent, educator, or just a curious person, you've probably asked yourself the same questions.This podcast doesn’t have all the answers, but it can give you language and frameworks...

What's Answers WithHeld about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Answers WithHeld episodes:

Why Do You Believe in God?

What Happens After I Die?

Why Do Bad Things Happen?

What If I'm Not Sure I Believe in God?

Am I My Brother's Keeper?

Why Did God Create the World?

Why Does the Torah Allow Slavery?

Was the World Really Created in Six Days?

Who is God? (Part 2)

Who is God? (Part 1)

Welcome to Answers WithHeld!

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