I’ve always been sensitive to hypocrisy and double-standards, particularly those along partisan lines, so the past two years have been particularly exhausting. The same people who will excoriate political …
In this episode I talk with Eitan Press about the Voice of Jacob and the Hands of Esav בראשית רבה פרשת תולדות פרשה סה סימן כ כ ויגש יעקב …
This week Eryn London joins in all the way from Australia to talk about aging and expectations. בראשית כד, א וְאַבְרָהָם זָקֵן בָּא בַּיָּמִים וַיקֹוָק בֵּרַךְ אֶת אַבְרָהָם …
This week I’m by Jonathan Greunhut to discuss Avraham’s arguments with God over justice and Sodom. Gen Rabba 49:9 R. Levi said: Two men said the same thing, viz. …
This week, Tikva Blaukopf Schein and I talk about families and breakups based on Gen Rabba 41:8 בראשית רבה (וילנא) פרשת לך לך פרשה מא סימן ח ח וה’ …
Rabbi Avraham Bronstein skypes in to talk about the relativity of righteousness with a discussion on Gen Rabba 30:9. בראשית רבה (וילנא) פרשת נח פרשה ל ט בדורותיו, רבי …
For the first installment of What’s the Point of the Midrash we be discussing the following two midrashim: בראשית רבה פרשת בראשית פרשה א סימן י רבי יונה בשם …
Since leaving the rabbinate my Torah productivity has taken a sharp decline. In an effort to at least try to get back to doing what I’ve missed, I’m starting …
Right before Shabbat I shared a new resolution adopted by the Rabbinic Council of America (RCA) requiring member rabbis who officiate weddings to use a halakhic prenup, that is, …
For various personal and ideological reasons, I have avoiding signing on to rabbinic positions or statements for several years. I recently made an exception to join over 150 Jewish …