Best Book Ever

By Rabbi David Kasher

Every week, Rabbi David Kasher takes us on a 15-minute dive into the Parsha (the weekly Torah portion), to see some of its layers and complexity. We'll try to get a feeling for why this text has captu... more

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The podcast currently has 160 episodes available.

Best Book Ever episodes:

August 11, 2022 What’s Love Got to Do With It? - Parshat Vaetchanan
How knowing God is a revelation of ourselves.
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12min
August 05, 2022 BONUS CLASS The Axis of Evil - Parshat Devarim
Who does Moses remember as his greatest enemies?
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50min
August 03, 2022 Moses Grabs the Mic - Parshat Devarim
If Moses speaks for God and the People of Israel, what happens when he decides to speak for himself?
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18min
July 28, 2022 BONUS CLASS Anger Management - Parshat Matot-Masei
Moses has a problem. This is an edited down recording of Rabbi David Kasher's weekly Parsha studies class from July 28, 2022.
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44min
July 26, 2022 The Forest of Sadness - Parshat Matot-Masei
The last stop in the itinerary of the Israelites' desert journey has a very strange name. And a heartbreaking story.
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15min
July 21, 2022 BONUS CLASS The Death Register - Parshat Pinchas
This is a recording of Rabbi David Kasher's Parsha Studies class from July 21, 2022
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1h 4min
July 19, 2022 Everything is Permitted - Parshat Pinchas
It's one of the most difficult problems in theology: does God know everything we're going to do, or do we have free will? This week, we consider an answer by Judaism's most deterministic thinker: Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Leiner, the Mei HaShiloach, and a response by his most illustrious student.
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18min
July 13, 2022 Donkey Xote - Parshat Balak
If Bilaam is really so bad, that brings us back to our original question - what is he doing in the Torah? What are we reading this bizarre story at all???
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14min
July 11, 2022 BONUS CLASS The Legend of Miriam's Well - Parshat Chukat
This is a recording of Rabbi David Kasher's Parsha Study Class from July 7, 2022. For the full class visit IKAR's YouTube channel.
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54min
July 07, 2022 The Birth of Jewish Culture - Parshat Hukat
n Chapter 21 of the Book of Numbers, after forty years of desert wandering, we suddenly detect the stirrings of a cultural awakening.
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17min

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