A challenging life situation becomes a 'test' when it requires making a difficult choice between two values that are both important to us. What are Avraham's tests in this week's Torah Portion that force him to painfully decide between competing values or compelling alternatives? What can we learn about the lasting impact of a good word on our ability to choose well when we are tested?

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Tovah Leah Nachmani - First Time Faculty Host for Pardes from Jerusalem

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

After the flood is over and Noach disembarks from the ark, he and his family are commanded by God to not consume a limb torn from a living creature and to not commit murder.  Our tradition expands God's prohibitions to Noach to include five more fundamental things, referring to the laws as the "Seven Noachide Laws".  In the podcast, Rabbi Michael Hattin considers the curious Talmudic derivation of the material as well as the profound implications for our own challenge to build a more moral society.

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Credits

Rabbi Michael Hattin - Faculty Host

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

After the flood is over and Noach disembarks from the ark, he and his family are commanded by God to not consume a limb torn from a living creature and to not commit murder.  Our tradition expands God's prohibitions to Noach to include five more fundamental things, referring to the laws as the "Seven Noachide Laws".  In the podcast, Rabbi Michael Hattin considers the curious Talmudic derivation of the material as well as the profound implications for our own challenge to build a more moral society.

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Credits

Rabbi Michael Hattin - Faculty Host

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

The story of creation starts with repeated 'good' but seems to go 'bad' quite quickly. In this podcast, Rav Mike Feuer (host of the Jewish Story) explores a different understanding of the meanings of these simple terms in which good and bad may not be so clearly divided.

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Credits

Rav Mike Feuer - Faculty Host

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

The story of creation starts with repeated 'good' but seems to go 'bad' quite quickly. In this podcast, Rav Mike Feuer (host of the Jewish Story) explores a different understanding of the meanings of these simple terms in which good and bad may not be so clearly divided.

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Credits

Rav Mike Feuer - Faculty Host

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

Listeners will focus on one metaphor in this week's poem - Deuteronomy/Devarim ch.32 - that charts Jewish History. We find that Israel is depicted as God's child, and God as our parent. Why? Why is the husband-wife metaphor, so common in the prophetic books, not used here? What can we conclude from the usage of this metaphor?

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Credits

Rabbi Alex Israel - Faculty Host

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

Listeners will focus on one metaphor in this week's poem - Deuteronomy/Devarim ch.32 - that charts Jewish History. We find that Israel is depicted as God's child, and God as our parent. Why? Why is the husband-wife metaphor, so common in the prophetic books, not used here? What can we conclude from the usage of this metaphor?

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Credits

Rabbi Alex Israel - Faculty Host

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

Sukkot: Four Species, Five Principles

In this podcast, Rabbi David Levin-Kruss takes the five explanations given for the four species and uses them to create  modern principles of faith that emphasize multiplicity, depth, and complexity.

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Credits

Rabbi David Levin-Kruss - Faculty Host

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

Sukkot: Four Species, Five Principles

In this podcast, Rabbi David Levin-Kruss takes the five explanations given for the four species and uses them to create  modern principles of faith that emphasize multiplicity, depth, and complexity.

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Credits

Rabbi David Levin-Kruss - Faculty Host

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

Death and Life: The Meaning of Yom Kippur According to the Rabbis

What is the link between afflicting one's soul on Yom Kippur and the day being the ultimate Shabbat? What do the Rabbis think are basic human needs? Why is the value of preserving life taught in the laws of Yom Kippur? In this podcast we will analyze some of the main of the mishnayot in the 8th chapter of Tractate Yoma.

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Credits

Rabbi Rahel Berkovits - Faculty Host

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media