The Tisch with Rabbi Michael Knopf

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The Tisch with Rabbi Michael Knopf episodes

August 13, 2018 Summer Pledge Drive
In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay does something that he nearly never does… he asks for money. In general, Darone puts out a single episode each year, that he posts on all of the JCast Network podcast channels, in December. In that episode, he talks about the important work of the […]
8 min
June 21, 2018 Monday Midrash: Ben Zoma Went Insane
Continuing his study of Chapter 2 of Genesis Rabbah, Rabbi Knopf unpacks a strange story involving the sage Ben Zoma.
0 min
June 07, 2018 Monday Midrash: Unformed and Void
Rabbi Knopf begins chapter two of Genesis Rabbah, discussing the state of the world at the beginning of creation, and what our past can predict about our future.
0 min
May 03, 2018 What’s Mine Is Yours
In commemoration of completing his pre-Passover study of the Mishnah’s Tractate Avot, Rabbi Knopf teaches about the rabbinic conception of how piety is related to how one thinks of his or her property.
35 min
April 19, 2018 Monday Midrash: Common Word, Uncommon Use
Continuing his ongoing study of midrash Genesis Rabbah, Rabbi Knopf discuss a peculiar use in Genesis’ opening verse of the Torah’s most common word.
1 hr
April 05, 2018 Monday Midrash: Humility, Perfect Construction, and the World to Come
Continuing his study of midrash Genesis Rabbah, Rabbi Knopf discusses topics ranging from blasphemy to God’s humility to the advent of the Messianic era.
1 hr 3 min
March 22, 2018 Monday Midrash: Leadership Lessons from God
Continuing his study of Genesis Rabbah, Rabbi Knopf explores how the creation story demonstrates God’s leadership skills, and what we might learn from God’s example.
43 min
March 15, 2018 Monday Midrash: Moses at Sinai
Continuing his exploration of Genesis Rabbah, Rabbi Knopf discusses the concept of a “Law Given to Moses at Mt. Sinai,” and the need for a Torah that is rooted in the past but perpetually innovative.
55 min
March 01, 2018 Monday Midrash: Starting With The Letter Bet
Continuing his study of Midrash Genesis Rabbah, Rabbi Knopf explores why the Torah begins with the letter “bet” rather than the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, “aleph.”
1 hr 6 min
February 15, 2018 Monday Midrash: The Building Blocks of the World
Continuing in his study of midrash Genesis Rabbah, Rabbi Knopf explores what building materials (if any) God used to create the world.

1 hr 7 min