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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
FAQs about Parshah Rabbit Hole:How many episodes does Parshah Rabbit Hole have?The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.
February 06, 2024Mishpatim: Civil Law and Unconventional FamiliesThis week's Rabbit Hole begins with a peculiar wording for categories of civil laws, and eventually leads to the differences between mothers and fathers.Source Sheet Link:https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/542995?lang=bi...more20minPlay
January 31, 2024Yisro: Strange Deals and How to Get Out of ThemThis week's Rabbit Starts with a bizarre deal Moses made with his father-in-law, Jethro and takes us to contractual loopholes and educational philosophy.Source Sheet Link:https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/541385?lang=bi...more18minPlay
January 23, 2024Beshalach: The Song of the Sea and Mary PoppinsThis week's Rabbit hole starts with the Song sung by Moses and the Jewish People after the splitting of the sea, and then winds its way through the topics of music, masonry, feeding birds, Walt Disney and the Sherman Brothers- Robert and Richard Sherman.Source Sheet Link:https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/539318?lang=bi...more23minPlay
January 17, 2024Bo: Dogs, Cats and Bad JobsThis week's Rabbit hole starts with a verse that says that dogs didn't bark at the Israelites in Egypt, and follows the trail to cats, mice and philosophy.Source Sheet Link:https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/538072?lang=bi...more26minPlay
January 09, 2024Vaera: Crocodiles!This week's Rabbit Hole is a Crocodile Hole, and it turns out that there could be a lot more crocodiles in Torah than you think.Source Sheet Link:https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/536360?lang=bi...more28minPlay
January 01, 2024Shemos: Sticks and Stones and WizardsOur starting point in this week's Rabbit Hole is the Staff of Moses, which eventually leads us to medieval British legends and the real answer to the question "who knows 4?"Source Sheet Link:https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/534611?lang=bi...more20minPlay
December 26, 2023Vayechi: Lions, False Messiahs and PsychologyThis Rabbit hole starts with a quest to find information about a pair of lions that appear on the title page of the Talmud, but eventually gets to psychology and false messiahs.Source Sheet Link:https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/533696?lang=bi...more21minPlay
December 19, 2023Vayigash: Pilpul, Carpentry and Spring BreakIs pepper a spice? Is learning carpentry better than learning Toroh? Is spring break the root of all evil? All of these topics are explored on our way down this week's Parshah Rabbit Hole.Source sheet link:https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/532389?lang=bi...more20minPlay
December 14, 2023Miketz: The Logic of DreamsThis week's Rabbit Hole explores dreams - specifically, is there any truth in them and if so, how much?Source Sheet link:https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/531477?lang=bi...more22minPlay
December 06, 2023Vayeshev: Friendship and ImmortalityWe start with an obscure side-character mentioned in the Parshah and follow the path to 19th century British parliament and the dangers of immortality.Chanukah Booklet link:https://www.creativejudaism.com/dreidelSource Sheet link:https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/529841...more23minPlay
FAQs about Parshah Rabbit Hole:How many episodes does Parshah Rabbit Hole have?The podcast currently has 48 episodes available.