What happens to holiness when there is no Temple?

In Episode 3, we uncover the surprising parallels between the Mishkan and the palace of Shushan. Feasting replaces sacrifice. Fasting replaces ritual. And Purim becomes a kind of inverted Yom Kippur.

This episode reveals how sacred space and sacred time are reimagined in exile.

Watch Episode 3 now.

Source sheets are avaliable here: https://www.matan.org.il/en/podcast/secrets-of-the-scroll-en/episode-3-vayikra-sanctity-without-sanctuary/

Redemption does not always come with miracles. Sometimes it comes through politics, courage, and silence.

In Episode 2, Rabbanit Shani Taragin shows how the story of Esther mirrors the Exodus but in a radically different key. Moshe confronted Pharaoh with God’s voice. Esther faced a king without it.

This episode explores what it means to be redeemed when God is hidden and leadership must operate in the shadows.

Watch Episode 2 and continue the journey. 

Source sheets are avaliable here: https://www.matan.org.il/en/podcast/secrets-of-the-scroll-en/shemot-dynamic-analogies-of-leadership/

The story of Esther does not begin in Persia. It begins in Bereishit. In Episode 1 of the new podcast series hosted by Rabbanit Shani Taragin, we discover that Megillat Esther is built on the DNA of Genesis itself. Hidden identities, sibling rivalries, exile, and reversal are not new themes. They are the ancient language of Jewish survival. Yaakov and Esav. Yosef in a foreign court. Binyamin and Yehuda. Esther before the king. What looks like coincidence is actually a pattern. What feels like exile is often divine strategy. This opening episode reveals how Megillat Esther quietly reuses the stories of Bereishit to teach us how redemption works when God is hidden. Watch Episode 1 and begin the journey. 

Source sheets are avaliable here: https://www.matan.org.il/en/podcast/secrets-of-the-scroll-en/episode-1-bereishit-from-rivalry-to-royalty/

What if Megillat Esther is not the most hidden book in Tanakh, but the most brilliantly written one? We are launching a powerful 20 episode podcast series hosted by Rabbanit Shani Taragin that uncovers Esther as a text written in code. A story where God is hidden, miracles are quiet, and redemption unfolds through courage, strategy, and deep biblical memory. In the first episode, Shani sets the stage. Why God’s name never appears. Why Esther almost did not enter the canon. And how Jews in exile learned to speak in allusions instead of open theology. This is not a surface level Purim series. It is a journey into the inner language of Tanakh and into the heart of what it means to survive, believe, and interpret. Watch the first episode and follow the full series.

Source sheets are avaliable here: https://www.matan.org.il/en/podcast/secrets-of-the-scroll-en/secrets-of-the-scroll-introduction-unmasking-the-megillah-history-canon-and-concealment/