In this conversation with Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash we delve into the two-pronged focus of Yeshayahu 1 which chastises the people's empty ritual observance and the social ills that plagued the population. This conversation explores the many bridges between this famous prophecy and contemporary societal challenges .

This year the Matan Podcast is exploring the weekly Haftarah.

This week Rabbanit Shani Taragin and Rabbanit Dr. Adina Sternberg sit down to discuss the second Haftarah of Ruin from Yirmiyahu 2. After an attempt to chronologically place this prophecy, our hosts discuss what could have been done better during the period of Yoshiyahu's reform, why this was not enough in the eyes of the prophet Yirmiyahu, and how this relates to our current national challenges.

This year the Matan Podcast is studying the weekly Haftarah.

This week, the Jewish world begins reading a special series of ten Haftarot: 3 prophecies of RUIN read before Tisha b'Av and 7 prophecies of COMFORT read afterward. All of these prophecies will be explored and featured on the podcast this summer with a wonderful lineup of guests. These episodes are available on Youtube with special high-quality video content filmed in the Matan Bet Midrash.

This week, Dr. Ayelet Hoffman Libson discusses Yirmiyahu's prophecy of inauguration which both informs him of his prophetic destiny as well as predicting the Temple's future destruction and ultimate renewal.

This episode has been sponsored by Carole Daman in memory of her father Isidor Goldberg, Simcha Yisroel ben Shmuel, whose yahrzeit is on the 16th of Tammuz.

This year the Matan Podcast is studying the weekly Haftarah.

This week we explore the Haftarah from the book of Micah with R. Yaakov Beasly who authored a commentary on Micah in the Maggid Studies inTanakh Series. This conversation explores the time period in which Micah lived, the complexity and tragedy of the Assyrian invasions of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms, and what unique message Micah tried to offer the Southern Kingdom during a devastating biblical period.

This week's episode has been sponsored by Rivki and Moshe Weinstein in celebration of eleven years of Aliyah.

This year the Matan Podcast is exploring the weekly Haftarah.

This conversation with Rachel Sharansky Danziger explores the story of Yiftach's career read in this week's Haftarah, and the way his childhood story influences the dangerous choices he makes later on as leader. We also explore several 'daughter' stories in the book of Shoftim and what they reflect about that period of biblical history.

This week's episode has been sponsored by the Feinblum family in memory of their husband and father, Selwyn Feinblum.

In this week's conversation with Tanakh scholar and master teacher R. Hayyim Angel, we discuss Shmuel's harsh rejection of kingship expressed in the Haftarah choice and why even God's approval of the people's request cannot convince him otherwise.

This year the Matan Podcast is exploring the weekly Haftarah.

In this conversation with Rabbanit Karen Miller Jackson, we discuss the spy story in the book of Yehoshua, read as this week's Haftarah, and why Rachav is the inspiring 'other' archetype of Israelite society.

This week's episode has been dedicated by Debby Sondheim in loving memory of her late husband Fred Distenfeld, Ephraim Uri ben Menachem Mani and Esther

This week's episode with Dr. Ayelet Hoffman Libson explores the parsha's depiction of the nation in transition--between the idyllic depiction in the first ten chapters of the book and the series of complaints that follow. Our guest offers a novel and moving interpretation of this narrative flow.

This week we temporarily returned to parsha study, because the Haftarah is read from Zecharya 2-4 which we explored in episode 247 with R. Alex Israel because the same portion is read on Shabbat Channukah.

https://www.matan.org.il/en/online/episode-247-parshat-miketz-rebuilding-with-spirit-and-might/

This week's episode has been dedicated by Michelle Feiglin in memory of her grandson Neriya Yosef Hoshea Ben Gidon & Avital in honor of his second yarzheit on the 8th of Sivan.

This year The Matan Podcast is exploring the weekly Haftarah reading.

In this conversation with Yael Liebowitz we explore the motif of the 'barren woman' which features in this week's haftarah as well as what Shimshon's unusual character can teach us about our national destiny.

This episode has been sponsored by Chava Mann.

This year the Matan Podcast is studying the weekly Haftarah.

In this conversation with Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash, we explore the Haftarah read the day before Rosh Chodesh: the story of David's absence from Shaul's Rosh Chodesh meal and Yehonatan's confirmation that David must flee from Shaul in order to remain alive (I Shmuel 20). This moment of crisis becomes the surprising birthplace of David's next life chapter.

This year The Matan Podcast is exploring the weekly Haftarah.