Unperplexed: Parsha Lessons from Maimonides's Guide of the Perplexed
By Yitzchak Sprung
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Each week, Rabbi Sprung uncovers a hidden layer of the Parsha through the lens of the Maimonides's Guide of the Perplexed — where reason meets revelation, and ancient words illuminate timeless questions. Listen to Unperplexed on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
| Episode | Date |
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Naso: The Holy Patient
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May 29, 2026 |
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Bemidbar: The Ark on Their Shoulders
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May 15, 2026 |
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Behar/Bechukotai: Does the Merit of the Patriarchs Ever Run Out?
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May 08, 2026 |
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Emor: Uncertainty and the Art of Torah Study
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Acharei Mot/Kedoshim: We All Sin. But How Do We Feel?
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Tazria-Metzora; The Gift of Tzara'at
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Tzav: Why Some Sins Matter More
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Vayikra: Make it Easy
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Vayakhel-Pekudei: Where is the Glory of God?
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Ki Tisa: Nietzsche and the Will to Shabbat
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Tezaveh: Sometimes a Cigar is Not Just a Cigar
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Bonus Episode!: Does the Rambam Believe in the Third Temple?
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Terumah: The Truth is Not Enough
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Yitro: Jewish Belief is Not Enough
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Beshalach: Don't Try to Change People
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Bo: Slaughtering Ideas
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Vaera: No Freedom to Choose
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Shemot: Moshe before Prophecy
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Vayechi: How Do We Know It’s Prophecy?
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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Vayigash: Unkelos's Translation, the Rambam, and Scholarly Trust
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Miketz: Money, Fear, and Moral Judgment
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Vayeshev: Debts We Carry
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Vayishlach: It's Just in Your Head
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Vayetze: Rethinking Angels
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Toldot: Esav's Secret Considered
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Chayei Sarah: Eliezer's Gamble
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Vayera: Innocents Abroad
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Lech Lecha: The Vindication of Avraham
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Noach: Speaking to Only to Ourselves
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Bereshit: Beginning with the End in Mind
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Introducing Unperplexed: Parsha Lessons from Maimonides's Guide of the Perplexed
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Ha'azinu: Praying Properly- After Listening and Thinking (Rebroadcast)
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Netzavim: Chasing Fantasies (Rebroadcast)
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Ki Tavo: As Pure at the End as at the Beginning
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Ki Teze: Halakha and the Harder Choice
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Shoftim: Finding Justice
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Re'eh: The Green and the Barren (Rebroadcast)
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Eikev: Rope to Grow (Rebroadcast)
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Vaetchanan: What did Moshe Really Want?
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Devarim: Truth vs. Truth
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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Matot-Masei: Loved (Rebroadcast)
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Pinchas: What They Said About Pinchas
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Balak: Last Wishes and Long Term Dreams (Rebroadcast)
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Chukat: When the Miracles Stop
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Korach: What Are We Really Seeing?
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Shelach: What Challah Teaches Us About War
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Rebroadcast: Beha’alotcha: A Torah of Second Chances
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Naso: Beyond the Silver Platter
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Bemidbar: The Palace With Guards
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May 29, 2025 |
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Behar Bechukotai: The Crime You Can’t Repay
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May 22, 2025 |
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Emor: Mourning in the Shadow of the Sanctuary
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May 15, 2025 |
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Acharei Mot/Kedoshim: Chain of Command
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May 08, 2025 |
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Rebroadcast: Tazria: First in Thought or Last in Value?
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May 01, 2025 |
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Shmini: Leadership Under Fire
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Rebroadcast: Tzav: Earning a Place in this World
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Vayikra: The Language of Divine Invitation
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Pikudei: Why Did Moses Bless the People at the Wrong Time?
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Every Thread Counts: The Power of Presence in Building Community
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Ki Tisa: "Why Do I Need You?'
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Tezaveh: How Consistenty Becomes Always
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Terumah
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Mishpatim: Torah to Lift Us
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Yitro: Honor the Parent You Meet
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Beshalach: Who Won the Battle Against Amalek?
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Bo: Why Did the Egyptians Suddenly Respect the Israelites?
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Vaera: Promises, Promises
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Shemot: Moshe Hits the Snooze Button
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Vayechi: Disassociation From Dignity
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Vayigash: To Die For (Rebroadcast)
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Miketz: You Need the Right Dirt
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Vayeshev: Yaakov's Special Community and Our Own
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Vayishlach: The Most Important Part of Jacob's Journey
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Vayetze: A Dream, the Sky, and Yaakov's View
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Toledot: What is Esav So Desperate For?
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Chayei Sarah: The Art of Spiritual Nobility
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Vayera: Choosing Avraham the Parent
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Lech Lecha: Take a Walk First
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Noach: The Raven, the Dove and the Escape from Freedom
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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V'Zot HaBracha/Bereshit: A Home Where I Belong
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Rebroadcast: Ha'azinu: Listen and then Speak
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Netzavim-Vayelech: Final Hours
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Ki Tavo: Finding Happiness
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Ki Tetzei: This Moment
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Shoftim: The Surprising Impact of Borders and Boundaries
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Re'eh: Are We Maximizing our Blessings?
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Ekev: How Great You Are
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Vaetchanan: The Right and the Good Versus the Laws
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Devarim: Deathbed Rebuke
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Mattot-Masei: An Assembly of Sinning Men
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Rebroadcast: Pinchas- Zealotry and the Jewish Interest
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Balak: Last Wishes
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Chukat: The Few and the Many
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Korach: Credit Where Credit is Due
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Shelach: Writing on the Wall
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Beha'alotcha: Finding a Second Act
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Bemidbar: The Levites Overtake the Firstborns but Failure Does Not
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Bonus Episode: Yom Yerushalayim with Rabbi Jordan Silvestri
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Bechukotai: "If"
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May 31, 2024 |
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Behar: A Time and Place for God
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May 23, 2024 |
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Emor: Cursed is that One, Fortunate the Other
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May 16, 2024 |
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Kedoshim: The Emperor's New Clothes
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May 09, 2024 |
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Acharei Mot: Defense or Prosecution
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May 02, 2024 |
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Metzora: Expertise versus Authority?
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Tazria: First in Thought or Last in Value?
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Shmini: Love, Then and Always
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Tzav: No Strings Attached?
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Vayikra: Whom Do We Serve?
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Pikudei: The Surprise of the Mishkan (and Why it Took So Long to Put Up)
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Vayakhel: Going Beyond the Title
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Ki Tisa: The Opposite of Holy
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Tezaveh: The Golden Thread
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Trumah: The Sacred Secret of the Menorah
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Mishpatim: True Lies?
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Yitro: The Power of Connection
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Beshalach: Recasting and Reframing in Freedom
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Bo: A Key to Renewal
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Vaera: Shortness of Breath
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Shemot: Cultivating Ignorance
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Vayechi: Make a Promise
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Vayigash: Better to Love and Lose
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Miketz: The Ant, The Grasshopper, and the Current Moment
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Vayeshev: Refuse Consolation
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Vayishlach: Jewish Struggle
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Veytze: Thanking God While Suffering
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Toldot: Help and Be Helped
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Chayei Sarah: The Many Lives of Sarah
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Vayera: The Banner of Avraham
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Lech Lecha: Beauty During Times of War
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Noach: In Our Generation
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Bereshit: Your Brother's "Bloods"
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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V'Zot HaBracha: A Man of Blessing
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Ha'azinu: His Prayer is Repugnant
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Netzavim (Vayelech): Fantasy and Suffering
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Ki Tavo: The Farmer and "This" Place
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Ki Teze: The Curse of the Judge Hangs
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Shoftim: The Next Moshe?
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Re'eh: Travels with Herodotus
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Eikev: Danger Still Lurks
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Vaetchanan: Religion and Reason
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Devarim: The Most Difficult Path
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Matot-Masei: Loved
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Pinchas: Zealotry, Fanaticism, Door Mats
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Chukat-Balak: Let My Serpents Go
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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The Inception of Korach
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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Shelach: With Alice in Wonderland
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Beha'alotecha: Carry Them to Their Calling
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Naso: The Nazir Balance
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Bemidbar: The True Children of Moshe
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May 18, 2023 |
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Behar-Bechukotai: Before We are Helpless
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May 11, 2023 |
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Emor: A Different Look at Situational Ethics
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May 04, 2023 |
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Acharei Mot- Kedoshim: Bringing Impurity into God's House
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Tazria-Metzora: Back from the Dead
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Shmini: King of the Khazars
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Tzav: Doing It Anyway
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Vayikra: Is Forcing Volunteerism Possible?
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Vayakhel-Pekudei: Essential Agency
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Ki Tisa: Fear of Sights and Evil Eyes
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Tezaveh: Hiring and Firing
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Terumah: Fain Versus the Commonwealth
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Mishpatim: To Be Consequential
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Yitro: "Just Don't Be Jealous"
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Beshalach: A Crisis of Unreasonableness
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Bo: Our Time is Now
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Vaera: What is a "Navi"?
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Shemot: Pharaoh's Secret
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Vayechi: One More Time
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Vayigash: To Die For
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Miketz: Forget the Past
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Vayeshev: Detached
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Vayishlach: You Made Me Dirty
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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VaYetze: Why Couldn't Yaakov Sleep?
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Toldot: Appreciating Esav's Cooking
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Chayei Sarah: Who is the Main Character of Parshat Chayei Sarah?
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Vayera: The Limits of Moral Knowledge
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Lech Lecha: To Be Abraham's People
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Noach: Watching with Dismay
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Bereshit: More than Willing
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Oct 20, 2022 |