Josh celebrates Purim and breaks out the Megillah. Drunk with the Spirit, Chase details the rise and fall of Spiritual Mobilization, a mid-twentieth century group whose history helps us make sense of movements as diverse as the Religious Right, QAnon, and Silicon Valley Buddhism.

NOTE: Chase keeps saying "James W. Fitfield." It's "Fifield." Chase is an idiot.

Intro ripped from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MDXBvf4MVE&ab_channel=SouthPark

Happy Purim!

We know you've been waiting with bated breath, friends, but BH, part two is here! Josh and Chase dissect a couple of articles about so-called "Haredi terrorists," before investigating how to treat these brain worms.  RaSHaSH and pious  flagellation turn out to be the only antidotes for the New York Times Op Ed page. Aramaic poetry and sweet, sweet asceticism save the day!

Haaretz brain mush:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-deradicalize-israel-s-covid-insurgents-before-they-incite-a-civil-war-1.9529626

Tablet piece about Haredim:

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/haredi-jews-trump-conspiracies

New Yorker article about Christina Mirabilis:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/31/christina-the-astonishing-1150-1224

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Chase and Josh meander through the life and times of Rabbi Shalom Sharabi (RaSHaSH), visiting 18th-century Yemen, Jerusalem, and the medieval Netherlands. On the way, they separate "good" from "bad" prayer " and rant about pop Buddhism, prison yoga, and the evangelical plot to save every soul with snakes and coca cola.

A video of prayer at modern Bet El:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9lem2WscYQ&ab_channel=%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9F

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Chase and Josh visit the prince of Torah by way of the New York Times. Then the boys are joined by a very special guest who dispenses wisdom you won't hear anywhere else. Once this visionary departs, Chase and Josh settle in to discuss religious grifters and the art of the holy deal.

Translation of the opening audio:

Yanki (grandson): "should a woman get the vaccine while she's breastfeeding?"
Kanievsky: "yes."
Yanki: "a woman who is pregnant and had COVID within the last six months, should she also get the vaccine?"
Kanievsky: "yes."
Yanki: "someone who did not get vaccinated is asking if it is correct to say that he is endangering the lives of others?"
Kanievsky: "correct."
Yanki: "if a husband isn't willing to get his wife the vaccine but the wife herself very much wants to, is she permitted to get vaccinated herself without her husband's knowledge?"
Kanievsky: "yes."

The New York Times profile of Reb Kanievsky:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/world/israel-virus-rabbi-orthodox.html?fbclid=IwAR0TVai9Z8Id62LnOR7CKMlqFA63RnI2s0vim5N4dH2NFPASLqfNE4nYn3Q

Chase's piece in Where Peter Is:

https://wherepeteris.com/when-the-us-catholic-church-got-saved/?fbclid=IwAR1YAGgvWYm-VK3ZA2fIHjOA3iW115qjdwA4KSvDCVCxKKOphWq0vUEPPoI

Substack series Chase mentions:

https://imaxafterlife.substack.com/archive?sort=new&fbclid=IwAR0qTLobeEN4QAkh-ARRmxQhWdOO6EEEVth-f85wn2QWJrkR1TKEJBIpY7s

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***The audio is not perfect in this episode, we know, we are still learning. Listen and the celestial kingdom will certainly await you.***

Josh and Chase head to the land of milk, honey, and anti-Semitism to dig up Moses' pinky toe and investigate recent COVID-19 related riots in the Orthodox city of Bnei Brak. Later on, Chase forces Josh to watch "Mayor" (David Osit, 2020), leading Josh to declare Israel treif and all nationalisms passé.

Haaretz article:

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-covid-sacrifice-new-jewish-martyrs-are-dying-to-defend-haredi-autonomy-1.9472069

Jerusalem Post article:

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/haredi-autonomy-is-killing-israel-with-covid-19-656279

Times of Israel article:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/fresh-clashes-in-bnei-brak-as-haredi-leaders-blame-police-for-violence/

Boyarin brothers' essay on Kiryas Joel:

https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/ylj/vol106/iss5/3/

Videos from Bnei Break:

https://twitter.com/hasidic_1/status/1353362112274341890

https://twitter.com/ishaycoen/status/1352489235937452033

https://twitter.com/haim_goldberg/status/1353478459473997824

https://twitter.com/haim_goldberg/status/1353316833575768064

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Chase and Josh welcome a new day in the US of A and check in with how the believers of America are reacting to the change in regime. Later on, Chase tells the story of one of his favorite saints, Abba Moses the Black, who, it turns out, was a Hasid all along.

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Josh and Chase talk the connection between so-called "Ultra-Orthodox" Jews, the American state, and the Coronavirus with a special appearance by the Satmar Rebbe, Zalman Teitelbaum, shlit'’a, PBUH. 

Josh takes Chase to shul and explains the significance of Nittel Nacht, or Jewish Christmas Eve. Why are the Hasidim not allowed to study Torah on this holiest of nights? The answer involves magic and the possible end of the world. Merry Nittel Nacht!

Chase and Josh chat about right-wing religious groups in the US and Israel, with a special focus on everyone's favorite sect of nebulous Protestant Know-Nothings: the evangelicals. Chase tells you who really owns the US (hint: it's not ZOG).

**disclaimer: this episode suffers from audio problems that are fixed in every other episode, please feel free to skip forward as this is only an introduction**

Welcome to Strange Language, where Chase Padusniak and Josh Calvo talk all things religion, especially what's impolite at the dinner table. Episode 01 outlines the goals of the podcast, explains the Patreon tiers, begs you to subscribe, and prophesies what is to come. Taste and see that the Lord is good, baby!