Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi recorded on Clubhouse on November 17th 2022. With Akedat Yitzchak (the Sacrifice of Isaac) still on our minds we look at Brit Milah from a fresh perspective and review the meaning, function and maybe even contemporary sensibilities regarding circumcision.

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Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/11/16/circumspect-about-circumcision/

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded November 10th 2022 on Clubhouse. We look at the Binding of Isaac and wonder whether Abraham passed or failed this test. What possible lessons are to be learnt from this narrative other than blind faith and obedience. Finally, we are puzzled why Abraham confronts God over Sodom and confronts Sarah over sending away Ishmael but remains silent when it comes to sacrificing his son.

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Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/11/09/unbinding-isaac/ 

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on November 3rd 2022. We discover that when the younger son Isaac is chosen, the older son Ishmael’s banishment in some way endears him to his father and latter Rabbinic and Muslim commentators. By being rejected Ishmael may actually provide an alter ego of the Jewish people. We will discuss…

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Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/11/02/call-me-ishmael/ 

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on October 27th 2022. According to the popular Bible translations, “in the generation of Noah, God regretted having made humankind”. As if to say that regret is the first Divine emotion represented in the Torah… not mercy, not anger, not joy, not love and not jealousy. We discuss…

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Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/10/26/with-regret-god/ 

Join Geoffrey Stern and Dr. Richard J. Meddleton recorded on Clubhouse on October 20th 2022.  As we begin reading the Torah all over again we are joined by a leading Christian Hebrew Bible scholar for a fresh insight into the message of Bereshit.  Richard is revolutionizing the way Christians read our Torah and he does the same for us. So crack open your Humash and join us for Shared Beginnings.

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Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/10/19/shared-beginnings/ 

Join Geoffrey Stern recorded on clubhouse on October 12th 2022 for Madlik Disruptive Torah. In a previous podcast called Architecture in Time we’ve discussed Judaism’s unique concept of the holiness of time. This coming Shabbat is Shabbat Sukkot so find yourself a temporary booth and join us as we explore Judaism's unique concept of holiness of place.

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Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/10/12/fallingsukkah/ 

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on October 6th 2022. In Moses’ parting song to the Jewish people he mentions Faith (emuna) in two different ways, both of which don’t refer to man’s faith in God. We take the opportunity to explore the meaning of Faith in the Torah and latter Rabbinic thought.

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Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/10/05/god-believes/

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on September 29th 2022. The weekly parsha becomes particularly topical this year as we end the year of the Shmitah (Sabbatical Year). As the life of Moses comes to an end, he provides his last instructions which relate to the blowing of the Shofar on Yom Kippur and the public reading by the King of the Book or Deuteronomy on Sukkot.... Join us as we draw lessons for the new year ahead.

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Transcript on podcast web page: https://madlik.com/2022/09/28/free-at-last/ 

Parshat Nitzavim - Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on September 22nd 2022. The Book of Deuteronomy, also known as Mishna Torah, or the second; Reviewed Torah is drawing to an end and provides us with an opportunity to review some of the Rabbinic Principles that have guided us in the reading of the Five Books of Moses. Starting with the iconic statement that "The Torah is not in Heaven" we realize how the Rabbis began a process of humanizing, maybe even secularizing the Torah in a very radical way…. Almost as though they took the Torah from Heaven. With no apologies to Abbie Hoffman, join us for - Steal this Book.

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Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/09/21/steal-this-book/ 

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on clubhouse on September 15th 2022. As we approach the high prayer season we trace the evolution of the oldest prayer preserved in the Torah. The First Fruits Declaration, a once iconic prayer made by a farmer on Shavuot; the Harvest Festival. We see how this prayer was censored, repurposed and reinterpreted up until today and wonder what license it provides to us.

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Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/09/15/first-fruits-first-prayers/