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Best Book Ever episodes
- One Little Verse - Parshat Shemot
How much work can one little verse do? We put that question to the test with the seventh verse in the Book of Exodus.
16 min - BONUS CLASS: Jacob's Obsession - Parshat VayechiThe family is back together again. Years of bitterness and resentment have been healed. Finally we're on the right track. But Jacob just can't let go of his great obsession...50 min
- BONUS CLASS: The Woman Between the Walls - Parshat Vayigash70 people went down to Egypt. But we only count 69! Who's missing? The woman between the walls.46 min
- Ep 12: Zombie Love - Parshat Vayehi"Our Father Jacob never died.” That’s what our rabbis tell us. But he was embalmed and buried! So what could they mean?12 min
- Ep 11: A New Approach - Parshat VayigashThis book has been analyzed and interpreted for millennia - so how can there possibly be anything left to say? But thanks to the concept of 'hiddush,' there's always room for a new approach.21 min
- Ep 10: Torah Dreams - Parshat Mikeitz
Joseph rises to power in Egypt on the strength of his dream interpretations. But where did he learn how to do this so convincingly? Listen carefully, and you’ll find out.
12 min - Ep 9: Weird, Wild Stuff - Parshat VayeishevThe rabbis of the Talmud dig their fingers into the Joseph story and come up with some weird, wild stuff.17 min
- EP 8: Vampire Torah - Parshat Vayishlah
There's a vampire hiding in your Torah. To find him, you'll have to connect the dots.
15 min - EP 7: Talking Rocks - Parshat Vayetzei
A talking snake. A talking donkey. And now… talking rocks! Are we really supposed to believe this stuff?! A 16th-century Jewish philosopher offers us a novel approach for reading the wildest texts in our religious tradition.
14 min - EP 6: Playing Favorites - Parshat Toldot
In this week's parsha, parents are playing favorites - and so is Rabbi Kasher.
17 min
About Best Book Ever
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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…
captured the human imagination for millennia, and why the Torah truly is the greatest story ever told.
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