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Welcome to The Jewish Hour with Rabbi Finman, for July 25, 2021. In this episode, Rabbi Finman talks to David May about the Ben and Jerry’s boycott. How do you listen to The Jewish Hour? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 17. The Talmud continues its creative understanding of the walls of the sukkah, with the imaginary “dofen akumah,” the crooked wall. Once again, we learn that a life of emunah–a life of faith and religious meaning– must be […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 16. Is Sukkot the holiday of illusion? Two principles which are applied in our mishnah suggest that what matters is not the actual structure of the Sukkah, but the halachic imagination which underlies it. The opening and closing […]

Rabbis Michael Knopf and Jesse Olitzky are lifelong friends, pop culture fanboys, and lovers of all things Jewish. Join them every other week for a conversation about what’s going on in pop culture from a Jewish perspective and about Judaism through the lens of pop culture. The new Marvel Cinematic Universe television series ‘Loki,’ currently […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 15. Why are the pieces of a wooden bed not permitted to be used as schach for a Sukkah? Perhaps this is the Talmud’s way of teaching us a lesson in Bal Taschit: do not waste! The opening […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 14. “The prayers of the righteous are like pitchforks.” Or are they? The opening and closing music for this podcast is Ufros from The Epichorus album One Bead.

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 13. In the rabbinic mind, some of the plants and species that we see around us were named before the giving of the Torah. It is amazing to think that the natural world and the language we use […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 12. The principle of Taaseh v’lo Min He’Asui (Make It! And don’t use something that is already made) extends beyond the rules of Schach throughout Jewish law. As in so many cases, it is the action itself, which […]

Welcome to the Daily Daf Differently. In this episode, Rabbi Abby Sosland looks at Masechet Sukkah Daf 11. Does our Sukkah represent the actual booths that we built in the desert or the Ananei Kavod (the Clouds of Glory) that protected us as we walked through the wilderness? According to the Vilna Gaon and the […]

Welcome to The Jewish Hour with Rabbi Finman, for July 18, 2021. In this episode, Rabbi Finman talks to Dr. Howard Lupovitch  about the Oxford Synod of 1222. How do you listen to The Jewish Hour? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!