Sivan Says: Taking the Torah Personally

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Each week, Israeli journalist and Torah scholar Sivan Rahav-Meir and Tablet’s own Liel Leibovitz discuss the week’s parsha, giving practical advice from our holiest book.

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Sivan Says: Taking the Torah Personally episodes:

06.26.2024
Shelach
On Parashat Shelach, spies are sent into the Land of Israel, and report back on its flowing milk and honey. But the majority are scared to enter. Many Israelites even want to go back to Egypt. Now imagine yourself in the...
06.19.2024
Beha'alotekha
With this week's parsha, Parshat Beha'alotekha, we ask the question: how do we want to want? Sivan ties the parsha's disparate stories together, from Aaron's lighting of the menorah to Miriam being punished with leprosy, through the theme of wanting to take...
06.10.2024
Naso - Shavuot
This week, we're skipping Parshat Naso and bringing you an episode all about Shavuot. To celebrate this great holiday where we received the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai, Sivan brings us five things we can each do to strengthen our...
06.05.2024
Bamidbar
Today we begin the Book of Numbers with Parshat Bamidbar. In the Sinai Desert, God commands the Israelites to conduct a census. It's about numbers, and counting, sure. But, as Sivan explains, the parsha is really about making sure each person...
05.29.2024
Bechukotai
Parshat Bechukotai's got a lot of blessings, and a lot of curses. Follow God's commandments, you're in the clear. Don't follow ’em, some gnarly stuff can happen. Persecution. Exile. A divine wrath. But could it be that it's all a blessing, even...
05.22.2024
Behar
In Parshat Behar, we're talking about community. From business dealings to first responders, Sivan explains how the week's parsha emphasizes the bond to "achicha" - in Hebrew, your brother. How do we build this brotherly bond with others? How can we...
05.15.2024
Emor
Between Yom HaZikaron, Israel's memorial day, and Yom HaAtzmaut, its independence day, Parshat Emor's got us thinking about the difference between valuing life and valuing death. What can we learn from those who've fallen in defense of the Jewish state? How...
05.08.2024
Kedoshim
In this week's parsha, Parshat Kedoshim, we get holy. With 51(!) mitzvot - about family, salaries, sex, blindness, gossip, neighborly love, you name it - Sivan explains how the parsha is really about...everything. It's about your life. The lives of those...
05.02.2024
Acharei Mot
Parshat Acharei Mot is all about taking action. Sivan brings three examples - from Aaron, Moses' brother, to Elie Wiesel, and to the founder of Zionism himself, Theodor Herzl - and explains how each took charge, even in the wake...
04.17.2024
Metzora
On this week's episode, Sivan tells us a bit about Parshat Metzora, and a lot about Passover. The word Seder, as Sivan explains, means order. And in a chaotic world, a little Monday night Seder is what Jews around the world...
04.10.2024
Tazria
As we start hodesh ha'aviv, the rejuvinating Passover-prep filled spring season, Parshat Tazria tells us all about...tzara'at - supernatural plagues! Sivan takes us from the RamBam to the Lubvutcher Rebbe to Rebbenu Jonathan Sachs in order to answer the question: What does tzara'at have to do with lashon...
04.03.2024
Shemini
This week we're talking Parshat Shemini, which tells the story of the death of Aaron's two sons, and gives insights into the laws of Kashrut. And, as Sivan tells us, the two go hand in hand: the death of Aaron's...
03.27.2024
Tzav
On today’s episode, we discuss Parshat Tzav, the second parsha in the book of Leviticus, and it’s about…ANIMAL SACRIFICES. You would think sacrifices have very little relevance for us moderns. However, as Sivan explains, the parsha has two urgent messages:...
03.20.2024
Vayikra
Today is the debut of our brand new weekly parsha podcast, Sivan Says: Taking the Torah Personally. It’s with me, Liel Liebovitz, and Israeli journalist and Torah scholar Sivan Rahav-Meir. And we start things off by talking about, well, not...
03.18.2024
Coming Soon - Sivan Says: Taking the Torah Personally
Each week, Israeli journalist and Torah scholar Sivan Rahav Meir and Tablet’s own Liel Leibovitz discuss the week’s parsha, giving practical advice from our holiest book.

What's Sivan Says: Taking the Torah Personally about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Sivan Says: Taking the Torah Personally episodes:

Shelach

Beha'alotekha

Naso - Shavuot

Bamidbar

Bechukotai

Behar

Emor

Kedoshim

Acharei Mot

Metzora

Tazria

Shemini

Tzav

Vayikra

Coming Soon - Sivan Says: Taking the Torah Personally

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