2 Paleys on a Pod

This week Briyah is in Peru for what will likely be another transformative experience! As usual, the Parsha and this new book of Numbers, correlates. The Jews are entering into their 40 years in the desert and each tribe is counted. This is an essential part of the journey from slavery to freedom. And isn’t that where we are now, in this current war and struggle?

We hope you enjoy this episode. Shavuot is in a few days and we didn’t get to speak about it specifically but this whole podcast is about receiving the Torah!

Briyah did this episode entirely on her phone but alas, wasn’t able to add the intro and outro music!

This week we discuss this double Parsha and what it means to us. It covers the laws of the Sabbatical year (Shemitah) and the Jubilee (Yovel), as well as the consequences of obedience and disobedience to God's commandments.

Briyah is heading to Peru so potentially there will be no new episodes for the next few weeks.

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Shabbat shalom and may we know no more sorrow.

Hello friends!

It's that time again. This Parsha, Emor, is about Priests and death and mourning and holidays. Rabbi Michael tells a few stories and Briyah talks about her healing journey. The usual. But...is it? Listen and find out! Enjoy the video if you're using Spotify. I wore my llama onesie just for you!

Shabbat shalom

It's a solo episode with Briyah! She discusses her take on the Parsha and how it relates to her life in this moment!

The Parsha begins with the command, "You shall be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy".

The parsha emphasizes the importance of ethical behavior as a path to holiness, highlighting the interconnectedness of individuals and their responsibility to create a just and compassionate society.

Thank you for listening. Michael will be back next week.

This week, Rabbi Michael and Briyah talk about skin disease in the Parsha. Was it connected to a person's sins? Is obsessive skin picking a spiritual malady?

Tune in for Briyah's intermittent harmonica playing and saucy bits of information.

If you need help with skin picking, check out https://www.osparecovery.org/

It's our 3 year anniversary of the Podcast! We are so grateful to be able to share our conversations with you each week.

This week we talk about Shir Hashirim, a love song celebrating our desire for intimacy. This leads us into a conversation about dating where Briyah spills the tea from this week's shenanigans.

This episode might make you blush at times, but that's what being alive is about! Enjoy!

We messed up and forgot it was the Passover Parsha this week! Apologies.

Instead we are talking about next week’s Parsha, Shemini.

Did Nadav and Avihu have a psychedelic experience by trying to get too close to Hashem? How do you regulate yourself?

What does food and kashrut have to do with it?

We hope you enjoy this episode and don't forget to subscribe and review!

Passover is here again and we are discussing the second part of the Haggadah and how we connect it to our Podcast theme of Recovery.

Are we really free? What does that mean? What is the purpose of the Seder? What do we hope to experience?

We even manage to connect it to this season's The White Lotus TV series (spoiler alert)!

Wherever you are and whomever you're with, we wish you a Chag Kasher v'Sameach. Have a Happy Passover and let us know how it went!

This week's Parsha is Vayikra, but it's mainly about animal sacrifice. We decided to focus on the upcoming holiday of Passover and how we interpret the first part of the Haggadah. We hope you enjoy this episode!

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I'll be honest, I really wasn't feeling it this week. I nearly skipped it. But this Podcast is a practice for me in showing up and doing the thing even when you don't want to. This episode gets raw and emotional at times, which I know listeners have come to expect. I've read reviews that mention how narcissistic I am, how mean I am to my father, and how my siblings are right to stay away from me.

Thanks! Seriously, thank you. It's refreshing to know that people are listening to me and having a reaction. I have never been a people pleaser. I am true to myself and I, like all of us, am flawed. I do answer to Hashem and I feel held in that connection, regardless of what others say about me.

This episode is called Pekudei, which means accounting. No, not like tax season exactly, but more of an inventory. This is the end of Exodus. So, how did we do? What did we learn? Where do we go from here? Did we try our best? Did things get messy? Did we play it safe? Did we hurt others with our actions and words? If we did, we can acknowledge it and move forward.

That is what I am doing here. Sharing my process with all of you. It is real and honest and unfiltered and at times I expect it to make you CRINGE. Life is a bit cringe, isn't it? Do we always get what we want? No.

But...holy crap, we are ALIVE.

Thanks for spending time with me on here. Whether you love me, hate me, or love to hate me, I am grateful for the opportunity to share.

If you feel moved, please leave a review. Any kind of review you'd like!

--Briyah