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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How many episodes does Best Book Ever have?

The podcast currently has 136 episodes available.

Best Book Ever episodes:

June 15, 2022 The World's Shortest Book - Parshat Beha'alotkha
Someone must have slipped something into my drink. I’m reading my Torah late one night and, suddenly, the letters start to run backwards...

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17min
June 09, 2022 The Case of the Seventy Princes - Parshat Naso
Today's episode is a bit later than usual because of Shavuot.
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12min
May 30, 2022 Into the Wild - Parshat Bamidbar
Three striking midrashim help us understand how the Hebrew name for this fourth book of the Torah can help frame our journey through it.
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14min
May 27, 2022 BONUS CLASS Weapons of War - Parshat Behukotai
There is a curse upon the land.
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1h 7min
May 23, 2022 The Book of Love - Parshat Behukotai
So this is how it ends?!
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15min
May 20, 2022 BONUS CLASS The Meaning of Freedom - Parshat Behar
Pop Quiz: What Biblical verse is on the Liberty Bell? This is an edited version of Rabbi David Kasher's weekly Parsha Study class from 5/19/2022
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54min
May 18, 2022 Joy and Jubilee - Parshat Behar
A whole new spin on Yom Kippur.
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15min
May 13, 2022 BONUS CLASS Kabbalistic Storytelling - Parshat Emor
How did counting the Omer become so much more than numbers?
This is an edited down version of Rabbi David Kasher's weekly Parsha Studies Class from 5/12/2022.
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52min
May 09, 2022 A State of Moral Emergency - Parshat Emor
Right in the middle of the first major list of the Jewish holidays comes a major interruption.
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16min
May 06, 2022 BONUS CLASS Decoding the Codes - Parshat Kedoshim
Parsha study with Rabbi David Kasher from May 5, 2022
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48min

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How many episodes does Best Book Ever have?

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