R' Mike speaks about how darkness isn't just dispelled by light, but can actually be transformed into light itself.

Rav Mike speaks about why the miracle of Hannukah could not be written down.

In this episode, R' Mike describes the destruction of Jerusalem from without and from within. In order to do so he compares the perspectives of the great Jewish historian Josephus and the leading Sage R' Yochanan ben Zakkai. In the end it is clear that the real question is not how was Jerusalem destroyed, but rather - why?

Rav Mike's annual shiur in honor of the yartzheit of his father, Charles Feuer. He speaks about the holy power of imagination and what sparks the Hannukah lights.

R' Mike and R' Aaron discuss Hannukah, Hellenism and what it means to be the Chosen people in our time.

Rav Mike speaks about learning to fail forward and what we can see by the Hannukah lights.

We are on the eve of destruction. As the national vessel begins to fray at the seams and the Temple's burning looms, the cultural battle within the text of the Torah erupts. When the smoke clears from the destruction it will be the divergent understandings of God's will as embodied in the text which will serve as the foundation of the future. But for now the battle rages.

R' David Swidler's weekly class connecting the Haftorah to the Torah portion. If you want more of this Torah you can find it at www.sulamyaakov.com/ or by signing up for our newsletter here - madmimi.com/signups/175480/join

Rav Mike speak about the aftermath of the Expulsion and the birth of consciousness in which experience begins to take an authoritative role. It is the beginning of the age of sod.

Rav Mike and Rav Aaron talk about the nature of changing gender roles in Jewish society. This one will leave you with more questions then answers.