11. An Exodus, With Exodus
from Rear Pew Mirror Hosted by Doug Brook
For our minyan (or baker's minyan) episode, we're providing a different kind of service. Based on my actual yes-they-let-me Rosh Hashanah sermon (January 1, 2022), this episode wades through Rodney Dangerfield, Crimson Tide football, Buck Rogers, the first seven plagues in Egypt (it's parshat Va'eira, early in Exodus), and more... ...to see how the Torah is far more relevant today, and every year we reread it, than we might realize. ...and how everyone today engages in Talmudic discourse – if they realize it or not – whether about Star Wars, Shakespeare, Harry Potter, or the infield fly rule.
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