Xai, how are you?

By Michael Sokolovsky and Xava De CordovaReligion & Spirituality

Xai, how are you? episodes

October 25 274. Known Unknowns
Another complication gets added to our last mishnah, the guy walking down the road turns around, and the mystery of a vow with Schrodinger's cat conditions.
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21 min
September 29 273. Good in the Mouth, Good in the Heart
Ladies, we've all been there: you're out at girls night, then you and your besties make a 5-way interlocking chain of mutually exclusive but causally dependent vows of Naziriteship. What happens next? Only Hillel knows!
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27 min
September 29 272. Cow Thief's Remorse
Can you cancel your Nazirite vow because of force majeure? What about grand theft bovine? Also, a rare rare case of Rabbis straight up calling out their predecessors.
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25 min
September 10 271. Department of Mistaken Vows
Finally someone actually gets read to filth in the Mishnah. Also, our first instance of rabbinic bureaucracy! Check out the HiHos at Shel Maala here: https://bit.ly/shelmaala-5787
To ask us questions, email us at [email protected]. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.
26 min
August 17 270. Xava on Ways of Awe
Xava was part of making an amazing high holidays resource called Ways of Awe! Check out the episode she was on this week, and check out the full project here: https://waysofawe.buzzsprout.com/
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41 min
August 17 269. Black Ox Theatre
What's the difference between mistaken and erroneous? Why won't the Gemara just let the Tannaim be CHILL for once? How many oxen can a house even fit? Find out in this episode.
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32 min
July 05 268. Shaving It for a Rainy Day
Got a structured Nazarite funds inheritance settlement but need cash for sacrifices now? Call Mishnah Nazir, Chapter 4 Mishnah 7 cash now! Really though, why is chapter 4 all about stuff lady nazirites can't do? Join Shel Maala in England: http://bit.ly/torah-in-exile
To ask us questions, email us at [email protected]. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.
22 min
June 27 267. Teach a Man to Shave
What can you get away with for "educational purposes"? Could you, for instance, override the Torah? Maybe! Listen and find out. Check out Shel Maala in England at http://bit.ly/torah-in-exile
To ask us questions, email us at [email protected]. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.
27 min
June 10 266. Shaven Wife, Shaven Life
To ask us questions, email us at [email protected]. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.
To ask us questions, email us at [email protected]. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.
20 min
May 26 265. Dough D'Oh
When you're a hardworking woman making your own dough, but you end up designating animals for a sacrifice that will never happen, hijinks are bound to ensue. Chuck some money into the Dead Sea and take a listen. Check our The Torah is a Tiara here: http://bit.ly/torah-tiara
To ask us questions, email us at [email protected]. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.
28 min

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Queer Jews Michael Sokolovsky and Rabbi Xava De Cordova play with the multi-millennial dialectic that is the Talmud. Join them as they throw drash, seek prophetic insight and uncover the rabbinic…