torahmeansteacher's podcast
by Nahum Roman Footnick
Torah Means Teacher is a podcast which follows Dr. Nahum Footnick's Torah study class at Congregation Beth Yeshurun in Houston, Tx. Each class is dedicated to learning what the Torah is teaching us line by line. Much of the commentary is from Dennis Prager, Nahum Sarna, Umberto Cassuto, Jacob MIlgrom, Nehama Leibowitz, Abraham Heschel, the Chazal, and many more. As Hillel summed up so well the Torah is here to teach us that what is harmful to us we must not do to others, the rest is commentary... Now go learn.
Episodes
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TMT 201 Genesis 9:1 - 9:17
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Genesis 9 1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the...
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TMT 200: Genesis 9:3 -9:7
Gen Ch 9 3Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things. 4But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it. 5And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an...
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TMT 199: Genesis 9:1 - 9:17 (Reincarnation Q/A & Noahide Laws)
GEN 9 1Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea;...
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TMT 198: Genesis 9:1 - 9:7 part2
Genesis 9 1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered...
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TMT 197: Genesis 9:1 - 9:7
Genesis 9 1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered...
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TMT 196: Genesis 9:1 - 9:5
Genesis 9 1And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered...
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TMT 195: Genesis 8:18 - 9:1
LEAVING NOAH'S ARK. (Genesis 8:18-19). Line engraving, French, c1800. Gen 8 18So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives. 19All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on land—came out of the ark, one kind...
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TMT 194: Genesis 8:6 - 8:21
GEN 8 6After forty days Noah opened the window he had made in the ark 7and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth. 8Then Noah sent outa a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground. 9But the dove found no place to…
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TMT 193: Genesis 8:6 - 8:18
6After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark 7and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. 8Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. 9But the dove could find nowhere to perch...
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TMT 192: Genesis 8:1 - 8:6
1But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. 2Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. 3The water...
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TMT 191: Genesis 8:1 - 8:5
1But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside. 2The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained. 3The waters receded...
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TMT 190: Genesis 7:13 - 8:4
Ch.7 13On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons— 14they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature. 15They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every…
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TMT 189: Genesis 7:1 - 7:12
1Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2You are to take with you seven pairs ofa every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate; 3and seven pairs…
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TMT 188: Genesis 7:1 - 7:10
1Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2You are to take with you seven pairs ofa every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate; 3and seven pairs…
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TMT 187: Genesis 7:1 - 7:5
1Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate; 3and seven pairs of...
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TMT 186: Genesis 6:17 -6:22
16You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks. 17And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on...
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TMT 185: Genesis 6:13 -6:16
13So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. 14So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. 15This is how you are to...
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TMT 184: Genesis 6:9 - 6:15
L0032185 Internal view of Noah's Ark Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images [email protected] http://wellcomeimages.org Internal view of Noah's Ark showing the animals housed in their compartments over three decks Engraving and text 17th Century Arca Noë, in tres libros digesta,...
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TMT 182: Genesis 6:9 - 13
9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. 10And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. 12And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all...
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TMT 181: Genesis 6:9 - 6:12
9This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. 10And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence. 12And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all...
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TMT 180: Genesis 6:5 - 6:9
5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. 6And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7So the LORD said, "I will blot out man…
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TMT 179: Genesis 6:4 - 6:5 (2)
4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown. 5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every...
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TMT 178: Genesis 6:4 - 6:5
4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and afterward as well—when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown. 5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every...
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TMT 177: Genesis 6:4 (Nephilim & Gibborim)
NIV: The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. KJV: There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto...
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TMT 174: Genesis 6:1 - 6:7
1Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, 2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose. 3So the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever,a for he is mortal; his days shall…
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TMT 173: Genesis 6:1 - 6:6
1Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, 2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose. 3So the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever,a for he is mortal; his days shall…
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TMT 172: Genesis Ch. 5 - 6:2
Ch.5 1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness. 2Male and female He created them, and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them "man." 3When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after...
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TMT 171: Genesis Ch. 5
5 1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness. 2Male and female He created them,and He blessed them. And in the day they were created, He called them "man." 3When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his...
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TMT 170: Genesis 4:26 - 6:4 (+Sefer Chanoch)
4:26And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD. 5 1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness. 2Male and female He created them,and He blessed them. And in…
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TMT 169: Genesis 4:25 - 4:26
25And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, "God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him." 26And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to invoke the name of the LORD.
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TMT 168: Genesis 4:17 - 4:24 (pt.2)
Lamech FIRST5 17And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch. 18Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of...
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TMT 167: Genesis 4:17 - 4:24
17And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch. 18Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech. 19And...
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TMT 166: Genesis 4:17... short class
17And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch. 18Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methusael, and Methusael was the father of Lamech. 19And...
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TMT 165: Genesis 4:15 - 4:22
15"Not so!"e replied the LORD. "If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold." And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him. 16So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. 17And Cain had relations with...
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TMT 164: Genesis 4:8 - 4:15
8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let us go out to the field."c And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. 9And the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I do not know!" he answered. "Am I my brother's keeper?" 10"What have you done?"...
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TMT 163: Genesis 4:8 - 4:16
8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let us go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. 9And the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I do not know!" he answered. "Am I my brother's keeper?" 10"What have you done?"...
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TMT 162: Genesis 4:8
8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let us go out to the field."c And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
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TMT 161: Genesis 4:1 - 4:8
x1952-72, Cain Leadeth Abel to Death, Artist: Tissot, Photographer: John Parnell, Photo © The Jewish Museum, New York 1And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man," she said. 2Later she gave birth to...
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TMT 160: Genesis 4:1 - 4:7
1And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man," she said. 2Later she gave birth to Cain's brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil. 3So in the course of time, Cain...
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TMT 159: Genesis 3:21 - 3:24
21And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them. 22Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever…" 23Therefore the…
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TMT 158: Genesis 3:20 - 3:21
20And Adam named his wife Eve, because she was to be the mother of all the living. 21And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
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TMT 157: Genesis 3:8 - 3:20
8Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9But the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?" 10He answered, "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid…
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TMT 156: Genesis 3:8 - 3:19
8Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9So the LORD God called out to the man, "Where are you?" 10"I heard Your voice in the garden," he...
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TMT 155: Genesis 3:8 - 3:16
8Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9So the LORD God called out to the man, "Where are you?" 10"I heard Your voice in the garden," he...
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TMT 154: Genesis 3:4 - 3:16
4"You will not surely die," the serpent told her. 5"For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." 6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom,...
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TMT 153: Genesis 3:4 - 3:15
4"You will not surely die," the serpent told her. 5"For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." 6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom,...
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TMT 152: Genesis 3:4 - 3:13
1Now the serpenta was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat of any tree in the garden?'" 2The woman answered the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, 3but about the fruit of the…
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Torah Means Teacher is a podcast which follows Dr. Nahum Footnick's Torah study class at Congregation Beth Yeshurun in Houston, Tx. Each class is dedicated to learning what the Torah is teaching us line by line. Much of the commentary is from Dennis Prager, Nahum Sarna, Umberto Cassuto, Jacob MIlgrom, Nehama Leibowitz, Abraham Heschel, the Chazal, and many more. As Hillel summed up so well the Torah is here to teach us that what is harmful to us we must not do to others, the rest is commentary... Now go learn.
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