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Poetry and Prayer — 164 episodes
The Day of Jerusalem and Psalm 126
Psalm 150: The Orchestra That Is Us
Psalm 149: A New Song
Psalm 148: Praise of God and the Great Chain of Being
Psalm 147: The God That Counts the Stars
Psalm 146: Polyphonic Music and the 146th Psalm
Psalm 145: What Is the Most Famous Psalm?
Psalm 144: David's Thanksgiving
Psalm 143: God's Tzedek and the Human Being
Psalm 142: David's Cave and Plato's Cave
Psalm 141: The Incense Offering and the Offering of One's Heart
Psalm 140: The Sharpened Tongue
Psalm 139: The Almighty and Infinity
Psalm 138: The Strings and Heart of David
Psalm 136: The Great Hallel and the Fifth Cup
Psalm 135: David's Temple and Solomon's Temple
Psalm 134: The Final Song of Ascent
Psalm 133: Brothers in Unity
Psalm 132: David's Search and David's Vision
Psalm 131: David, Aristotle, and the Great-Souled Man
Psalm 130: The Depths
Psalm 129: Providence vs. Chance
Psalm 128: The Temple and the Family
Psalm 127: David, Solomon, and Posterity
Psalm 125: The Mountains Around Jerusalem
Psalm 124: The Jewish Miracle
Psalm 123: Servant and Child
Psalm 122: David's Vision of Jerusalem
Psalm 121: The Journey and the Prayer
Psalm 120: Jaw and War
Psalm 119—Part 8: The Lost Sheep and the Guidance of God
Psalm 119—Part 7: Far and Near
Psalm 119—Part 6: A Heavenly Light on Earth
Psalm 119—Part 5: Whose Torah Is It?
Psalm 119—Part 4: A Beacon and a Guide
Psalm 119—Part 3: Testimonies
Psalm 119—Part 2: The Music of the Torah
Psalm 119—Part 1: The Longest Psalm and the Love of the Law
Psalm 118: The Shortest Psalm
Psalm 117: The Shortest Psalm
Psalm 116: Salvation in the Dark
Psalm 115: Lo Lanu and Henry V
Psalm 114: Agam and Renewal
Psalm 111: Philosophy and Awe
Psalm 113: Hallel
Psalm 112: Judaism, the Righteous, and Memory
Psalm 110: David and the Mysterious Monarch
Psalm 109: Wickedness and Words
Psalm 108: The Wind in the Harp
Psalm 107: The Mayflower and the 107th Psalm
Psalm 106: Not a Mirror, but Two Sides of a Coin
Psalm 105: Love of Abraham and of His Children
Psalm 104: The Song of Nature
Psalm 103: Fallibility, Faith, and Forgiveness
Psalm 102: The Stones of Jerusalem
Psalm 101: Justice and the House of David
Psalm 100: Thanksgiving to God and Fellowship with Others
Psalm 99: Moses, Aaron, Samuel, and Leadership
Psalm 98: Two Forms of Music
Psalm 97: Let There Be Light Sown
Psalm 96: Sanctity and Beauty
Psalm 95: The Galilee Sabbath Greeting
Psalm 94: Wickedness and Moral Wisdom
Psalm 93: Creation and Hope
Psalm 92: The Missing Sabbath of the Sabbath Psalm
Psalm 91: A Prayer for Providential Protection
Psalm 90: Fourscore
Psalm 89: David, King of Israel
Psalm 88: The Wise, Unknown Man of Faith
Psalm 87: The Endless Wonder of Jerusalem
Psalm 86: A Single Heart
Psalm 85: Truth, Love, and Righteousness
Psalm 84: Proclaim Dror and the Spiritual Home
Psalm 83: The Battle of Yehoshaphat
Psalm 82: Judges and Virtue
Psalm 81: The Shofar of Rosh Hashanah and the Clock of the Long Now
Psalm 80: Love and the Cherubim
Psalm 79: Of and Wrath and Joy
Psalm 78—Part 4: Two Types of Shepherds, Two Types of Staffs
Psalm 78—Part 3: A Cloud, a Fire, and a National Seal
Psalm 78—Part 2: A Discordant Complaint and Heavenly Food
Psalm 78—Part 1: The Psalm of Jewish History
Psalm 77: Exodus and the Exile
Psalm 76: The Curious Date of Purim and the Psalm of Salvation
Psalms 74 & 75: Tisha b'Av, Purim, and Two Separate Psalms
Psalm 73: The God of the Temple and the Ways of the World
Psalm 72: David's Prayer for His Son
Psalm 71: Mr. Old, Mr. Young, and the 71st Psalm
Psalm 70: Scorn, Derision, and Exclamations of Delight
Psalm 69—Part 2: An Obscure Blessing and the Fulfillment of Psalm 69
Psalm 69—Part 1: A Yiddishism in Two Separate Psalms
Psalm 68—Part 2: The Plural City
Psalm 68—Part 1: The Journey of the Ark and the Symbol of Faith
Psalm 67: The Universal Priestly Blessings
Psalm 66: The Anonymous Psalm of Jewish History
Psalm 65: Nature's Praise and the Nature of Praise
Psalm 64: The Profound Power of the Spoken Word
Psalm 63: David, Churchill, and the Desert
Psalm 62: The Psalm of Silence
Psalm 61: Generation to Generation
Psalm 60: David and Grant: Defeat and Victory
Psalm 59: The Monarch and the Mannequin
Psalm 58: Justice Jackson, C.S. Lewis, and the Psalms of Anger
Psalm 57: Of Plato's Cave and an Elven Queen
Psalm 56: Two Types of Doves
Psalm 55: Et tu, Achitofel
Psalm 54: David Among the Judahites
Psalm 53: The Repeated Psalm and the Two Names of God
Psalm 52: The Wormtongue of Tanakh
Psalm 51: Rembrandt's David and the Etching of a Psalm
Psalm 50: George Washington and the Korban Todah
Psalm 49: Of Tolstoy and Tehillim
Psalm 48: The Secretary of State Cites the Psalms
Psalm 47: The International Shofar
Psalm 46: Assyria and Apocalypse
Psalm 45: The Royal Marriage
Psalm 44—Part 2: God's Prediction and Presence
Psalm 44—Part 1: A Psalm of Tragedy and Faith
Psalm 43: The Spiritual Soliloquy
Psalm 42: The Shocking Sons of Korach
Psalm 41: Moses, David, and the Five Books
Psalm 40: Inscribed on Our Souls
Psalm 39: The Levite That Sang David's Songs
The Reminder Psalm
Seeing and a Call to Action
The Anav and the Nature of Humility
True Enlightenment in the Midst of Darkness
Psalm 35: The Psalm That United the Continental Congress
Psalm 34: The Psalm of the Antic Disposition
Psalm 33: The Purpose of Praise
Psalm 32: The Psalm of the Imperfect King
Psalm 31: The Heart of the Fugitive King
Psalm 30: Whose House Is It?
Psalm 29: The Voice of God and the Beauty of Holiness
Psalm 28: A Psalm and a Famous Song
Psalm 27: Two Psalms in One
Psalm 26: A Friend in Deed
Psalm 25: An Aleph, Bet Psalm
Psalm 24: The God of the World and the Mountain of God
Psalm 23: Yossi Hershkovitz and the 23rd Song
Psalm 22: Night and Dawn
Psalm 21: The Golden Crown of David
Psalm 20: Omer Shem Tov and the Psalm of War
Psalm 19: C.S. Lewis and the Sweetness of the Law
Psalm 18—Part 3: You Say "Migdol," I Say "Magdil"
Psalm 18—Part 2: Subject and Object in Statesmanship and Salvation
Psalm 18—Part 1: David's Song and Stanley Spyler
Psalm 17: The Bedtime Psalm
Psalm 16: Truman's Torah and the Right Hand of David
Psalm 15: A Funeral Psalm About Life
Psalm 14: The Fool Named Fool and the Wise King's Psalm
Psalm 13: A Psalm of Anguish and Joy
Psalm 12: The Danger of Duplicity and the Silver Speech of the Divine
Psalm 11: A Mountain, a Bird, and the Nature of Faith
Psalm 10: Athens, Jerusalem, and Injustice
Psalm 9: David, the Psalms, and the Existence of Evil
Psalm 8: Majesty and Humility in the Psalms
Psalm 7: David, Saul, and the Psalms
Psalm 6: Tachanun and the Intimate Encounter with the Almighty
Psalm 5: To Be Like Bees
Psalm 4: For the Conductor
Psalm 3: For the Sake of the Sacred City
Psalm 2: Jerusalem, DC
Psalm 1: Psalms in a Gulag and on a Gameshow