Rabbi Tolwin is fresh back from 6 weeks overseas. Does a visit like that change a person? is it ridiculous for a person to be certain? What about tattoos? Wouldn't you rather have a king? Table manners of Jews.

Rabbi Tolwin turns the tables on the interviewer...Torah and constitution..."there's no such thing as free speech."... The golden calf= sexual freedom. Hat tip to Nathan for his role in this story.

2.16 The Future of Judaism?

Ortho, Con and Reform... Is perfect parenting possible?  The exotic  lure of the cheeseburger. The tragedy of the demise of conservative Judaism.  What about "spiritual but not religious?"

History as a spiral... "everything is measured by wisdom"....GUILT...Devil's Advocate...Shabbos squared equals Yom Kippur? And a night's sleep equals 1/60th of death?  The maths of Torah. What does I'm a Little Teapot have to do with it?

Solid episode If i say so myself. Maybe a bit too much Gare, but then again, that is always a danger. Dinner with Springsteen story, God's forgiveness is not automatic! Crunchers vs Doritos, and more. Thanks for listening. Please tell one other person if you enjoy this pod.

Steve H from macomb County asks the Rabbi about the f word. Rabbi Tolwin tells his first spicy story about room service... Have you ever been flim-flammed? is it ever ok to be get flimmed OR, for that matter,  flammed in the first place?

Woke up... feelin' weird/
Dragged a comb across my beard.

Rabbi Tolwin gives us a glimpse inside the many traditions and rituals and  tasks that liven up his day, including Shabbos.

Does a rabbi put on his pants one leg at a time?

Gary wants to know how different Rabbi Tolwin's day is than his (mine). So we talk it through. We discuss the kiss of death, and answer the question, "if sleep is 1/60th of death, what happens after two months?...

Rabbi introduces an existential dilemma. We discuss looking for meaning and why that may be a mistake; is being a Rabbi enough? The nature of good; looking over your shoulder at honor, and changing the world from a room, no hat tip to Leonard Cohen.

2.9. Why are there 48 ways, anyhoo? Part b is about sleepwalking, which I suffer from. and when I say suffer...

Was I careful with the cosmic balance? Is proof absolute? The stakes are your life! Keep your wisdom in large bills.... and, binge watching the Sopranos with the Rabbi.