Parshah Rabbit Hole

By Dovid Taub

A deep dive into the weird and obscure corners of the weekly Torah Portion. We'll follow authentic sources from 3000 years of Rabbinic literature as they lead us into such topics as gremlins, teleport... more

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The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.

Parshah Rabbit Hole episodes:

December 10, 2024 Rabbit Hole LIVE - Vayishlach
In this special edition of the Parshah Rabbit Hole, presented live at Chabad of West Hartford, CT, we dig into the background of a mysterious side character who is mentioned only twice in the Torah.
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32min
September 26, 2024 Nitzavim-Vayelech: Ocean Voyages and Space Travel
This Rabbit Hole starts with a verse about the sea and ends up in outer space.
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14min
September 19, 2024 Ki Savo: Baskets!
This week's Rabbit Hole starts with baskets and eventually gets to the cycle of poverty, shiva platters and arts and crafts.

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12min
September 12, 2024 Ki Seitzei: Birds and Brains
This Rabbit Hole starts with exploring how animals think and eventually gets to peripheral vision and neurodiversity.
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14min
September 05, 2024 Shoftim: Cops and Cantors
This week's Rabbit Hole explores the role of police in Judaism, and eventually gets to cantors.
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12min
August 18, 2024 Phylacteries and Comics
This week's Rabbit Hole explores a strange connection between Tefillin and comic books.
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6min
August 14, 2024 Va'eschanan: Thieves and Gremlins
This week's Rabbit Hole explores the prayer of a thief, useless prayer and then somehow gremlins.
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20min
August 04, 2024 Devarim: Bees and Leaders
This week's Rabbit starts with bees and buzzes it's way to dream interpretation and the mystical significance of beekeeping.
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17min
July 18, 2024 Balak: Ancient Aircraft
This week's Rabbit Hole starts with a flying sorcerer and follows the trail of aeronautics in Torah.
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20min
July 08, 2024 Chukas: Giants and Babies
This week's Rabbit hole starts with Og, a giant mentioned in this week's Torah portion, and explores what happens to measurements when we're talking about giants.
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16min

FAQs about Parshah Rabbit Hole:

How many episodes does Parshah Rabbit Hole have?

The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.