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Poetry and Prayer — 138 episodes

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Psalm 123: Servant and Child

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Psalm 122: David's Vision of Jerusalem

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Psalm 121: The Journey and the Prayer

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Psalm 120: Jaw and War

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Psalm 119—Part 8: The Lost Sheep and the Guidance of God

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Psalm 119—Part 7: Far and Near

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Psalm 119—Part 6: A Heavenly Light on Earth

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Psalm 119—Part 5: Whose Torah Is It?

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Psalm 119—Part 4: A Beacon and a Guide

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Psalm 119—Part 3: Testimonies

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Psalm 119—Part 2: The Music of the Torah

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Psalm 119—Part 1: The Longest Psalm and the Love of the Law

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Psalm 118: The Shortest Psalm

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Psalm 117: The Shortest Psalm

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Psalm 116: Salvation in the Dark

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Psalm 115: Lo Lanu and Henry V

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Psalm 114: Agam and Renewal

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Psalm 111: Philosophy and Awe

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Psalm 113: Hallel

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Psalm 112: Judaism, the Righteous, and Memory

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Psalm 110: David and the Mysterious Monarch

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Psalm 109: Wickedness and Words

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Psalm 108: The Wind in the Harp

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Psalm 107: The Mayflower and the 107th Psalm

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Psalm 106: Not a Mirror, but Two Sides of a Coin

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Psalm 105: Love of Abraham and of His Children

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Psalm 104: The Song of Nature

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Psalm 103: Fallibility, Faith, and Forgiveness

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Psalm 102: The Stones of Jerusalem

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Psalm 101: Justice and the House of David

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Psalm 100: Thanksgiving to God and Fellowship with Others

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Psalm 99: Moses, Aaron, Samuel, and Leadership

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Psalm 98: Two Forms of Music

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Psalm 97: Let There Be Light Sown

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Psalm 96: Sanctity and Beauty

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Psalm 95: The Galilee Sabbath Greeting

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Psalm 94: Wickedness and Moral Wisdom

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Psalm 93: Creation and Hope

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Psalm 92: The Missing Sabbath of the Sabbath Psalm

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Psalm 91: A Prayer for Providential Protection

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Psalm 90: Fourscore

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Psalm 89: David, King of Israel

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Psalm 88: The Wise, Unknown Man of Faith

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Psalm 87: The Endless Wonder of Jerusalem

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Psalm 86: A Single Heart

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Psalm 85: Truth, Love, and Righteousness

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Psalm 84: Proclaim Dror and the Spiritual Home

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Psalm 83: The Battle of Yehoshaphat

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Psalm 82: Judges and Virtue

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Psalm 81: The Shofar of Rosh Hashanah and the Clock of the Long Now

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Psalm 80: Love and the Cherubim

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Psalm 79: Of and Wrath and Joy

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Psalm 78—Part 4: Two Types of Shepherds, Two Types of Staffs

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Psalm 78—Part 3: A Cloud, a Fire, and a National Seal

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Psalm 78—Part 2: A Discordant Complaint and Heavenly Food

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Psalm 78—Part 1: The Psalm of Jewish History

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Psalm 77: Exodus and the Exile

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Psalm 76: The Curious Date of Purim and the Psalm of Salvation

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Psalms 74 & 75: Tisha b'Av, Purim, and Two Separate Psalms

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Psalm 73: The God of the Temple and the Ways of the World

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Psalm 72: David's Prayer for His Son

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Psalm 71: Mr. Old, Mr. Young, and the 71st Psalm

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Psalm 70: Scorn, Derision, and Exclamations of Delight

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Psalm 69—Part 2: An Obscure Blessing and the Fulfillment of Psalm 69

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Psalm 69—Part 1: A Yiddishism in Two Separate Psalms

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Psalm 68—Part 2: The Plural City

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Psalm 68—Part 1: The Journey of the Ark and the Symbol of Faith

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Psalm 67: The Universal Priestly Blessings

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Psalm 66: The Anonymous Psalm of Jewish History

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Psalm 65: Nature's Praise and the Nature of Praise

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Psalm 64: The Profound Power of the Spoken Word

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Psalm 63: David, Churchill, and the Desert

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Psalm 62: The Psalm of Silence

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Psalm 61: Generation to Generation

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Psalm 60: David and Grant: Defeat and Victory

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Psalm 59: The Monarch and the Mannequin

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Psalm 58: Justice Jackson, C.S. Lewis, and the Psalms of Anger

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Psalm 57: Of Plato's Cave and an Elven Queen

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Psalm 56: Two Types of Doves

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Psalm 55: Et tu, Achitofel

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Psalm 54: David Among the Judahites

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Psalm 53: The Repeated Psalm and the Two Names of God

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Psalm 52: The Wormtongue of Tanakh

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Psalm 51: Rembrandt's David and the Etching of a Psalm

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Psalm 50: George Washington and the Korban Todah

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Psalm 49: Of Tolstoy and Tehillim

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Psalm 48: The Secretary of State Cites the Psalms

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Psalm 47: The International Shofar

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Psalm 46: Assyria and Apocalypse

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Psalm 45: The Royal Marriage

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Psalm 44—Part 2: God's Prediction and Presence

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Psalm 44—Part 1: A Psalm of Tragedy and Faith

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Psalm 43: The Spiritual Soliloquy

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Psalm 42: The Shocking Sons of Korach

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Psalm 41: Moses, David, and the Five Books

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Psalm 40: Inscribed on Our Souls

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Psalm 39: The Levite That Sang David's Songs

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The Reminder Psalm

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Seeing and a Call to Action

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The Anav and the Nature of Humility

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True Enlightenment in the Midst of Darkness

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Psalm 35: The Psalm That United the Continental Congress

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Psalm 34: The Psalm of the Antic Disposition

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Psalm 33: The Purpose of Praise

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Psalm 32: The Psalm of the Imperfect King

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Psalm 31: The Heart of the Fugitive King

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Psalm 30: Whose House Is It?

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Psalm 29: The Voice of God and the Beauty of Holiness

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Psalm 28: A Psalm and a Famous Song

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Psalm 27: Two Psalms in One

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Psalm 26: A Friend in Deed

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Psalm 25: An Aleph, Bet Psalm

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Psalm 24: The God of the World and the Mountain of God

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Psalm 23: Yossi Hershkovitz and the 23rd Song

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Psalm 22: Night and Dawn

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Psalm 21: The Golden Crown of David

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Psalm 20: Omer Shem Tov and the Psalm of War

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Psalm 19: C.S. Lewis and the Sweetness of the Law

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Psalm 18—Part 3: You Say "Migdol," I Say "Magdil"

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Psalm 18—Part 2: Subject and Object in Statesmanship and Salvation

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Psalm 18—Part 1: David's Song and Stanley Spyler

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Psalm 17: The Bedtime Psalm

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Psalm 16: Truman's Torah and the Right Hand of David

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Psalm 15: A Funeral Psalm About Life

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Psalm 14: The Fool Named Fool and the Wise King's Psalm

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Psalm 13: A Psalm of Anguish and Joy

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Psalm 12: The Danger of Duplicity and the Silver Speech of the Divine

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Psalm 11: A Mountain, a Bird, and the Nature of Faith

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Psalm 10: Athens, Jerusalem, and Injustice

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Psalm 9: David, the Psalms, and the Existence of Evil

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Psalm 8: Majesty and Humility in the Psalms

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Psalm 7: David, Saul, and the Psalms

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Psalm 6: Tachanun and the Intimate Encounter with the Almighty

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Psalm 5: To Be Like Bees

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Psalm 4: For the Conductor

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Psalm 3: For the Sake of the Sacred City

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Psalm 2: Jerusalem, DC

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Psalm 1: Psalms in a Gulag and on a Gameshow