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Turn it and Turn it
by Drisha Institute
Drisha has often run classes organized around a shared theme or topic. Each season of Turn It & Turn It comprises all the lectures on a given theme, bringing you multiple complementary takes on an issue. This podcast spans two decades, putting some of our earliest audio recordings shoulder to shoulder with more recent and contemporary lectures - all exemplifying the principle that Torah demands persistent, multi-angled study. Turn it and turn it: there’s a lot to discuss!
Episodes
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Vital Organ Donation and Determination of Death: Halakhic Tradition and the Modern Controversy, 3 of 3
In 1968, a committee at Harvard University sparked an intense bioethical debate when it redefined medical standards of death to allow for vital organs to be taken from brain-dead patients. Halakhic authorities have weighed in on both sides of the issue, and it remains one of the most emotionally...
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Vital Organ Donation and Determination of Death: Halakhic Tradition and the Modern Controversy, 2 of 3
In 1968, a committee at Harvard University sparked an intense bioethical debate when it redefined medical standards of death to allow for vital organs to be taken from brain-dead patients. Halakhic authorities have weighed in on both sides of the issue, and it remains one of the most emotionally...
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Vital Organ Donation and Determination of Death: Halakhic Tradition and the Modern Controversy, 1 of 3
In 1968, a committee at Harvard University sparked an intense bioethical debate when it redefined medical standards of death to allow for vital organs to be taken from brain-dead patients. Halakhic authorities have weighed in on both sides of the issue, and it remains one of the most emotionally...
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What Does the Torah Say about [Modern] Economics? (6/6) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" In this course, we will explore broad questions that ask what the Torah has to say about economic systems. We will focus on topics like Yovel, pricing, competition, and other topics that ask how Torah can help us engage with the...
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What Does the Torah Say about [Modern] Economics? (5/6) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" In this course, we will explore broad questions that ask what the Torah has to say about economic systems. We will focus on topics like Yovel, pricing, competition, and other topics that ask how Torah can help us engage with the...
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What Does the Torah Say about [Modern] Economics? (4/6) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" In this course, we will explore broad questions that ask what the Torah has to say about economic systems. We will focus on topics like Yovel, pricing, competition, and other topics that ask how Torah can help us engage with the...
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What Does the Torah Say about [Modern] Economics? (3/6) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" In this course, we will explore broad questions that ask what the Torah has to say about economic systems. We will focus on topics like Yovel, pricing, competition, and other topics that ask how Torah can help us engage with the...
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What Does the Torah Say about [Modern] Economics? (2/6) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" In this course, we will explore broad questions that ask what the Torah has to say about economic systems. We will focus on topics like Yovel, pricing, competition, and other topics that ask how Torah can help us engage with the...
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What Does the Torah Say about [Modern] Economics? (1/6) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" In this course, we will explore broad questions that ask what the Torah has to say about economic systems. We will focus on topics like Yovel, pricing, competition, and other topics that ask how Torah can help us engage with the...
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A Set Table: Jewish Perspectives on Household Labor from the Talmud to Present (3/3) with Sarah Zager
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" In this class we’ll explore how a range of Jewish texts, from rabbinic to modern, understand the significance of household labor, including cooking, cleaning, and childcare. These activities are part of our daily lives, and…
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A Set Table: Jewish Perspectives on Household Labor from the Talmud to Present (2/3) with Sarah Zager
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" In this class we’ll explore how a range of Jewish texts, from rabbinic to modern, understand the significance of household labor, including cooking, cleaning, and childcare. These activities are part of our daily lives, and…
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A Set Table: Jewish Perspectives on Household Labor from the Talmud to Present (1/3) with Sarah Zager
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" In this class we’ll explore how a range of Jewish texts, from rabbinic to modern, understand the significance of household labor, including cooking, cleaning, and childcare. These activities are part of our daily lives, and…
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Working Knowledge: Labor in Jewish Thought (4/4) with Dr. David Zvi Kalman
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" Most of life is work of one kind or another, and even our rest is often defined by the work that we’ve left behind. The first half of this series will explore how changing notions of labor have influenced core pieces of the…
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Working Knowledge: Labor in Jewish Thought (3/4) with Dr. David Zvi Kalman
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" Most of life is work of one kind or another, and even our rest is often defined by the work that we’ve left behind. The first half of this series will explore how changing notions of labor have influenced core pieces of the…
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Working Knowledge: Labor in Jewish Thought (2/4) with Dr. David Zvi Kalman
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" Most of life is work of one kind or another, and even our rest is often defined by the work that we’ve left behind. The first half of this series will explore how changing notions of labor have influenced core pieces of the…
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Working Knowledge: Labor in Jewish Thought (1/4) Dr. David Zvi Kalman
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" Most of life is work of one kind or another, and even our rest is often defined by the work that we’ve left behind. The first half of this series will explore how changing notions of labor have influenced core pieces of the…
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Resting Theology: Reading the Talmud on Shabbat (3/3) with Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" This course will analyze three different Talmudic sugyot that have import not only for their Halakhic conclusions but also for our theological understanding of Shabbat’s nature. These Sugyot will relate to one who is never...
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Resting Theology: Reading the Talmud on Shabbat (2/3) with Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" This course will analyze three different Talmudic sugyot that have import not only for their Halakhic conclusions but also for our theological understanding of Shabbat’s nature. These Sugyot will relate to one who is never...
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Resting Theology: Reading the Talmud on Shabbat (1/3) with Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" This course will analyze three different Talmudic sugyot that have import not only for their Halakhic conclusions but also for our theological understanding of Shabbat’s nature. These Sugyot will relate to one who is never...
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Invention of the Seven-Day Week (5/5) with Dr. Evan Zuckerman Sivan
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" This course covers two main themes based on a forthcoming book by Ezra Zuckerman Sivan: 1) the Torah as heralding the invention of the seven-day week, and secondarily 2) the social scientific question of how and why the…
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Invention of the Seven-Day Week (4/5) with Rabbi Ezra Zuckerman Sivan
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" This course covers two main themes based on a forthcoming book by Ezra Zuckerman Sivan: 1) the Torah as heralding the invention of the seven-day week, and secondarily 2) the social scientific question of how and why the…
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Invention of the Seven-Day Week (3/5) with Dr. Evan Zuckerman Sivan
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" This course covers two main themes based on a forthcoming book by Ezra Zuckerman Sivan: 1) the Torah as heralding the invention of the seven-day week, and secondarily 2) the social scientific question of how and why the…
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The Invention of the Seven-Day Week (2/5) with Dr. Evan Zuckerman Sivan
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" This course covers two main themes based on a forthcoming book by Ezra Zuckerman Sivan: 1) the Torah as heralding the invention of the seven-day week, and secondarily 2) the social scientific question of how and why the…
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The Invention of the Seven-Day Week (1/5) with Dr. Ezra Zuckerman Sivan
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" This course covers two main themes based on a forthcoming book by Ezra Zuckerman Sivan: 1) the Torah as heralding the invention of the seven-day week, and secondarily 2) the social scientific question of how and why the…
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Navigating the Employer-Employee Relationship (6/6) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" As work has moved remote for many, and others are hesitant to return to their jobs for a variety of reasons, the world is rethinking what it means to be an employer or employee. In this series, we will explore a number of topics...
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Navigating the Employer-Employee Relationship (5/6) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" As work has moved remote for many, and others are hesitant to return to their jobs for a variety of reasons, the world is rethinking what it means to be an employer or employee. In this series, we will explore a number of topics...
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Navigating the Employer-Employee Relationship (4/6) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" As work has moved remote for many, and others are hesitant to return to their jobs for a variety of reasons, the world is rethinking what it means to be an employer or employee. In this series, we will explore a number of topics...
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Navigating the Employer-Employee Relationship (3/6) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" As work has moved remote for many, and others are hesitant to return to their jobs for a variety of reasons, the world is rethinking what it means to be an employer or employee. In this series, we will explore a number of topics...
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Navigating the Employer-Employee Relationship (2/6) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" As work has moved remote for many, and others are hesitant to return to their jobs for a variety of reasons, the world is rethinking what it means to be an employer or employee. In this series, we will explore a number of topics...
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Navigating the Employer-Employee Relationship (1/6) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" As work has moved remote for many, and others are hesitant to return to their jobs for a variety of reasons, the world is rethinking what it means to be an employer or employee. In this series, we will explore a number of topics...
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The 21st Century Work/Shabbat Balance (4/4) with Rabbanit Leah Sarna and Rabbanit Sara Wolkenfeld
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" This course explores the intersection of work and melakhah (forbidden Shabbat actions) in our non-agrarian, globalized, work-from-anywhere economy. The first three meetings of the course will introduce participants to...
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The 21st Century Work/Shabbat Balance (3/4) with Rabbanit Leah Sarna and Rabbanit Sara Wolkenfeld
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" This course explores the intersection of work and melakhah (forbidden Shabbat actions) in our non-agrarian, globalized, work-from-anywhere economy. The first three meetings of the course will introduce participants to...
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The 21st Century Work/Shabbat Balance (2/4) with Rabbanit Leah Sarna and Rabbanit Sara Wolkenfeld
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" This course explores the intersection of work and melakhah (forbidden Shabbat actions) in our non-agrarian, globalized, work-from-anywhere economy. The first three meetings of the course will introduce participants to...
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The 21st Century Work/Shabbat Balance (1/4) with Rabbanit Leah Sarna and Rabbanit Sara Wolkenfeld
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" This course explores the intersection of work and melakhah (forbidden Shabbat actions) in our non-agrarian, globalized, work-from-anywhere economy. The first three meetings of the course will introduce participants to...
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Torah V’Avodah: Learning, Labor and the Hierarchy of Jewish Values with Rabbi Ben Skydell
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" Work is a hugely important aspect of the human experience, as described by the Torah and its laws. How does one go about making time for Torah study, another important priority? Is work itself ennobling or a curse? Click here to...
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Melekhet Makhshevet: Integrating Judaism and our Lives at Work with Rabbi David Silber
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Labour & Rest" What is the value of work? Does Judaism have a notion of a “calling?” How can I be a more moral boss, employee, and colleague? Can any job be part of a spiritual path? This audio was originally recorded on 10/11/2011
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The End of Shemittah: Community Conversation hosted by Michael Fraade
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Shemittah" As we come to the end of the Shemittah year–but not the end of Shemittah–we would like our community to take time to contemplate what was learned, what was released, what will be left behind, and what we might carry forward into the...
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“Ki Li HaAretz”: Changes in Meaning of “The Holy Place” in Heschel’s Thought (3/3) with Dr. Dror Bondi
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Shemittah" Shemitah’s social laws reflect a deep religious attitude to the “holy land.” Since the rise of Zionism, this term has taken on political implications, which caused Abraham Joshua Heschel to change his mind time and again about its...
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“Ki Li HaAretz”: Changes in Meaning of “The Holy Place” in Heschel’s Thought (2/3) with Dr. Dror Bondi
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Shemittah" Shemitah’s social laws reflect a deep religious attitude to the “holy land.” Since the rise of Zionism, this term has taken on political implications, which caused Abraham Joshua Heschel to change his mind time and again about its...
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“Ki Li HaAretz”: Changes in Meaning of “The Holy Place” in Heschel’s Thought (1/3) with Dr. Dror Bondi
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Shemittah" Shemitah’s social laws reflect a deep religious attitude to the “holy land.” Since the rise of Zionism, this term has taken on political implications, which caused Abraham Joshua Heschel to change his mind time and again about its...
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Covenantal Commandment: The Sabbatical Year in the Bible (4/4) with Rabbi David Silber
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Shemittah" The Torah sees the commandment of the Shemittah as a central observance with far-reaching social, ethical, and religious implications. We will pay close attention to the biblical text to understand how this observance is framed in…
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Covenantal Commandment: The Sabbatical Year in the Bible (3/4) with Rabbi David Silber
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Shemittah" The Torah sees the commandment of the Shemittah as a central observance with far-reaching social, ethical, and religious implications. We will pay close attention to the biblical text to understand how this observance is framed in…
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Covenantal Commandment: The Sabbatical Year in the Bible (2/4) with Rabbi David Silber
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Shemittah" The Torah sees the commandment of the Shemittah as a central observance with far-reaching social, ethical, and religious implications. We will pay close attention to the biblical text to understand how this observance is framed in…
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Covenantal Commandment: The Sabbatical Year in the Bible (1/4) with Rabbi David Silber
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Shemittah" The Torah sees the commandment of the Shemittah as a central observance with far-reaching social, ethical, and religious implications. We will pay close attention to the biblical text to understand how this observance is framed in…
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Shemittah in the Mishnah: Challenges and Opportunities (4/4) with Rabbi Avie Walfish
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Shemittah" This class will undertake the close study of Mishnayot Sheviit BeIyyun, working through the Masechta with a focus on literary and conceptual issues. This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 12/20/2021 as part of Drisha's fall...
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Shemittah in the Mishnah: Challenges and Opportunities (3/4) with Rabbi Avie Walfish
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Shemittah" This class will undertake the close study of Mishnayot Sheviit BeIyyun, working through the Masechta with a focus on literary and conceptual issues. This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 12/13/2021 as part of Drisha's fall...
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Shemittah in the Mishnah: Challenges and Opportunities (2/4) with Rabbi Avie Walfish
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Shemittah" This class will undertake the close study of Mishnayot Sheviit BeIyyun, working through the Masechta with a focus on literary and conceptual issues. This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 12/06/2021 as part of Drisha's fall...
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Shemittah in the Mishnah: Challenges and Opportunities (1/4) with Rabbi Avie Walfish
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Shemittah" This class will undertake the close study of Mishnayot Sheviit BeIyyun, working through the Masechta with a focus on literary and conceptual issues. This audio was originally captured from Zoom on 11/29/2021 as part of Drisha's Fall...
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A Sabbath of the Land for You: Shemittah, Ethics, and Jewish Philosophy (5/5) with Sarah Zager and Ranana Dine
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Shemittah" While Shemitah may appear to be a narrow topic linked specifically to agricultural laws in the land of Israel, this class will use Shemitah as a window into contemporary ethical questions about economics, the environment, and…
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A Sabbath of the Land for You: Shemittah, Ethics, and Jewish Philosophy (4/5) with Sarah Zager and Ranana Dine
This season of Turn it & Turn it is on the topic of: "Shemittah" While Shemitah may appear to be a narrow topic linked specifically to agricultural laws in the land of Israel, this class will use Shemitah as a window into contemporary ethical questions about economics, the environment, and…
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Drisha has often run classes organized around a shared theme or topic. Each season of Turn It & Turn It comprises all the lectures on a given theme, bringing you multiple complementary takes on an issue. This podcast spans two decades, putting some of our earliest audio recordings shoulder to shoulder with more recent and contemporary lectures - all exemplifying the principle that Torah demands persistent, multi-angled study. Turn it and turn it: there’s a lot to discuss!
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