The Portion

The Portion

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The Portion episodes

  • Lech Lecha: Leave Home

    Welcome to our talk about Parshat Lech Lecha. In this episode, Aaron and Rabbi Bienenfeld will discuss: 

    • Negative Lech Lecha at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
    • G-d vs. Obi Wan
    • Is Avraham the most influential person of all time?
    • What was the best case scenario in Egypt?
    • Aaron confuses basic anatomy with beer.
    • The most frightening thing Rabbi Bienenfeld has ever heard in his entire life.
    • Drawing lessons about circumcision from "The Lion King." 
    39 min
  • Noach: Diving right in!

    Welcome to the first episode of "The Portion."

    Aaron Roller, a curious Orthodox Jew, sits down with his brother-in-law, Rabbi Jonathan Bienenfeld, to discuss the Torah portion that Jews around the world read each week. This week's parsha is Noach, which features the story of Noah's Ark and the Tower of Babel.

    In this episode, Aaron and Rabbi Bienenfeld discuss, among other things, what these stories are doing between the story of the Garden of Eden and the introduction of Abraham, how Noah compares to Abraham, and why the raven on the ark gets a bad rap. 

    53 min

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"The Portion" is a podcast where Aaron Roller, a curious Orthodox Jew, sits down with his brother-in-law, Rabbi Jonathan Bienenfeld, to discuss the portion of the Torah that is read each week by Jews…