Parsha in Progress

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Parsha in Progress episodes

September 21, 2020 Why Torah is Like the Rain (Ha'azinu): Ep. 54
This week, we conclude the full cycle of parshas with a candid reflection on the end of the podcast, and a consideration of what makes poetry a powerful vehicle for divine messages.

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12 min
September 07, 2020 In Your Mouth and in Your Heart (Nitzavim): Ep. 53
This week, we discuss the poetic insistence of the Bible that every Jew should be able to feel ownership over the Torah's message.

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8 min
August 24, 2020 Wayward Sons and Kidnapped Women (Ki Tetzei): Ep. 52
This week, we have a lot of questions and few answers as we read some of the Bible's more unsettling passages, and consider what we could learn from situations we hope never actually happen.

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12 min
August 10, 2020 Is Compassion Extra Credit? (Re'eh): Ep. 51
This week, we debate what it means to "not shut your heart" against the needy, and why compassion is no substitute for justice when it comes to righting social wrongs.

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10 min
July 27, 2020 Why Did God Keep Moses From Entering Israel? (Vaetchanan): Ep. 50
This week, we discuss the importance of Mount Sinai in collective Jewish memory, and why Moses was not allowed to enter the Promised Land, even though he led the people out of Egypt.

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12 min
July 13, 2020 Did God Break a Promise? Did We? (Maatot-Maasei): Ep. 49
This week, we discuss whether it was a betrayal to make the Exodus generation die in the desert, and debate whether their sin of doubting the goodness of the land earlier in the Bible is similar to Jews hesitant to move to Israel today.

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10 min
June 29, 2020 What do we do when we see evil unpunished? (Balak), Ep: 48
This week, we consider whether one can ever take the law into their own hands, and the pitfalls of vigilante justice.

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12 min
June 22, 2020 Is Democracy Always the Divine Plan? (Korach): Ep. 47
This week, we look at the rebellion of Korach, who tried to oust Moses as leader by claiming he was no holier than the rest of the Israelites, and consider Moses' unique reaction.

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11 min
June 08, 2020 Who deserves to be cut off? (Beha'alotcha): Ep. 46
This week, we look at one of the Bible's most severe punishments, that of being "cut off" from the people, and consider what actions today might separate someone from the Jewish community.

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12 min
May 25, 2020 The Daily Call of Mount Sinai (Shavuot): Ep. 45
This week, we return to Mount Sinai to celebrate the holiday of Shavuot, and debate what it means to say that every day, Jews must recommit to the contract.

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13 min

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Parsha in Progress is the latest podcast by Tablet Magazine. Perfect for anyone interested in the Bible, every other week hosts Rabbi Dov Linzer and author Abigail Pogrebin, an Orthodox rabbi and a…