In this episode Rabbi Spiro is discussing what the Oral Torah is, where it came from, the history of it from Mishna to Gemara to Talmud and onwards and how we relate to it today.

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S2 Ep10: In this episode Rabbi Spiro gives us a tour of Tanach and how each text was transmitted, copied, preserved and shared throughout the centuries. 

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Happy Birthday Rabbi Spiro! He wanted to have conversation about Judaism, Particularism and Universality. Enjoy!

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Rabbi Ken Spiro is taking us through the history of some of the most charged and misunderstood words in our language today. Where did these words come from historically, and are they being used in an appropriate manner today that really allows us to accurately diagnose some of the worlds worst ills? 

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As Ukraine continues to be under siege and over 2 million people are now fleeing, including the 5th largest Jewish population of Jewish people in the world, Rabbi Spiro takes us through the very long, and very complex, history of the Jews in Ukraine. 

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The ancient city of Caesarea Maritima was built by Herod the Great about 25–13 BCE as a major port in the kingdom of Judea. Located midway between Tel Aviv and Haifa on the coastal plain near the city of Hadera, it is now a seaside town of around 5,000 people known as Caesarea. 

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S2 Ep5: Take a trip through the history of Jaffo, one of the oldest port cities in the world, and it's neighbouring wonder Tel Aviv which in just over 100 years has gone from barren waste to one of the most coveted real estate markets in the world as well as become the Tech hub of the Middle East. 

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S2 Ep4: This week we are "travelling" to Tiberius, the ancient Israelite city with a Roman name. At once an ancient site and now modern vacation hub it is filled with beautiful scenery, winding roads and many burial sites of some of our most well-respected Jewish sages of history. 

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S2 Ep 3: In this episode Rabbi Spiro and Ellie give a historic rundown of Chanukah and where the holidays actually comes from.

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S2 Ep 2: In this episode Rabbi Spiro and Ellie are "travelling" to Hebron/Hevron to unpack why this city is so important to our Jewish history and so bloody in it's past. 

Want more history? Go back and listen to this series from the beginning, as Winston Churchill once said “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” so we are going all the way back, so we can understand what is happening now and plan for the future.

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