

Torah as the Spiritual in the Material: Avidan Halivni
24.2.2025 | 36 Min.
A Chasid and a Litvak sit down to talk about why Purim might be a holier day than Yom Kippur. Plus some reflections on ten episodes of Can't Stop Scrolling! What - or who - do you want to learn from next??Primary Source: Rav Shagar, "The Secret of the Mask" (from Pur Hu HaGoral)

Torah as Our Stories: Rabbi Miriam Lorie
17.2.2025 | 42 Min.
If there’s no seat at Kiddush for you, bring a folding chair. Rabbi Miriam Lorie teaches us about the Talmudic rabbis’ radical revision of the character of Hannah, the importance of listening to the stories of the people in front of you, and treating God with sacred impertinence. Primary Source: Berakhot 31a

Torah as Invitation: Rabbi Samantha Frank
10.2.2025 | 34 Min.
Have you ever thought that maybe the reason Creation took so long is that the universe was too hot and that God had to blow on the primordial soup of the universe to cool it down?? Have you ever been invited into the palace of Torah? After this episode, you will have.Primary Source: Genesis 1:1-2

Torah as the Whole of the Many: Rabbi Rachael Pass
03.2.2025 | 42 Min.
Rabbi Rachael Pass's house may be haunted, but that won't stop her from teaching the Torah of Wicked (where do you think wickedness come from??) or helping adults reengage with Judaism on their own terms. What does it look like when our metaphors for God reflect the plurality of our human and cosmic community? None of us alone know more than all of us combined.Primary Source: Dr. Judith Plaskow, Standing Again at Sinai and The Right Question is Theological

Torah as Philosophy: Hanna Sedletsky
27.1.2025 | 42 Min.
We have all lived in Berlin because we are super cool on this podcast. Hanna Sedletsky, a post-Soviet queer Jewish educator, talks with us about teaching Torah to people new to Torah, using different languages, and balancing academic and religious approaches to Talmud. Primary Source: Shemot Rabbah 5:9 (excerpt)



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