16 I Am The Lord Your God by Sulam Yaakov

There is a debate whether great individuals shape history or history shapes them, but there is no argument about the role which R' Saadia Gaon played in shaping the Jewish Middle Ages. A mastery of poetry, polemics, Bible and language R' Saadia revolutionized Jewish literature. Nevertheless. his quest to reconcile reason and revelation sowed the seeds of conflict to come.

15 Our God Is One by Sulam Yaakov

It as been quite a long while since R' Yochanan fled the Roman siege of Jerusalem, but now after seven hundred years the Jews have been united under what can be definitively called Judaism. But the birth of unified identity is itself what invites schism into the world.

In this episode R' Aaron and R' Mike speak about the rising tide of female clergy in orthodoxy.

Rav Mike speaks with special guest and bet midrash member R' Lev Israel about Sefaria's recent launch of an English translation of the gemara. Is this 'old wine in new bottles' or a digital revolution?

Rav Aaron and Rav Mike talk about the recent events of Amona through the lens of Torah, politics and society.

Rav Mike speaks about how redemption begins with crying out, moves forward through action and flowers in song.

In this class Rav Mike speaks about Court Jews and the development of early Modern European Jewry. He focuses on the spiritual and socio-political developments which laid the groundwork for the emergence of Shabbatai Zvi.

The rise of Islam will offer new opportunities and pose new challenges for the survival of Am Yisrael. On one hand, the struggle to claim teh title of true Israel which dominates life in the Christian world will be absent. On the other, the ease of cultural fusion with Islam will sometime cause confusion about where one leaves off and the other begins.