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Richmond Jewish Learning Experience — 105 episodes · page 1 of 2
Crash Course in High Holiday Prayers: Yom Kippur
Crash Course in High Holiday Prayers: Musaf for Rosh Hashanah
How Scary are the High Holidays?
Crash course in the Machzor part 1
Isaac Leeser: The Hero of 19th century American Jewry
Shelach: Moshe's Art of the Deal
Breaking Biblical Stereotypes: Ruth Chapter 4
Breaking Biblical Stereotypes: Ruth Chatper 3
Breaking Biblical Stereotypes: Ruth Chapter 2 (summary)
Breaking Biblical Stereotypes: Ruth Chapter 1
Haggadah Musings
Vayakhel-Pekudei: From Shemot to Vayikra
Ki Tisa: Models of Leadership
Purim: The Many Layers of Megillat Esther
Mishpatim: What Should You Do If You See God?
Yitro: Who Heard What With the Ten Commandments?
Beshalach: Who Took the Plunge?
Vaera: Magic, Miracles, and Belief in God
Shemot: Moshe's Origin Story
Farmers vs. Shepherds part 2: The Gideon Story
Farmers vs. Shepherds part 1
Vayeshev: Who Sold Yosef?
Vayishlach: Brawl at the Riverbank
Thanksgiving: The Jewish Way to Give thanks
Toldot: Esav Nabs Some Shiva Food
Chayei Sarah: The Importance of Me'arat HaMachpela
Vayera: Connecting Hospitality and Fertility
Noach: What's With Biblical Genealogies?
Torah thoughts on the release of the hostages
What Does Atonement Mean?
Ki Teitze: Parshanut and Polygamy
Shoftim: Does the Torah Endorse Monarchy
Va'etchanan: Zachor vs. Shamor
Devarim: eMOSHEnal Intelligence
Matot-Masei: East of the Jordan
Pinchas: Good or Bad?
Balak: Did Bilam Curse the Jews?
Korach: How the Punishment Fits the Crime
Shelach: Faith as Hope
The Anxiety of Waiting for Iran's Response - Thoughts
Behaalotcha: Two Complaints, One Story
Naso: A Mishkan for All People
Ruth: Real Story vs. Reel, Story
Emor: Blasphemy, Sympathy, and Accountability
Acharei Mot Kedoshim: The Nadav and Avihu Non-Sequitur
Yom Haatzmaut/Tazria-Metzora: Pain and Partial Geula
Elitism in the Priesthood: The Sin of Nadav and Avihu
All You Need to Know About: Shabbos Erev Pesach
Did Lot Celebrate Pesach?
Vayakhel: The Golden Calf and the Mishkan
Mordechai: Hero or Shlemeil?
A Torah thought on the hostage tragedy
The Purim Story: Midrashic and Historical Context
Yitro: Thinking Outside the Box
Beshalach: Sota Stream
Va'era: Plagues, Politics, and Pedagogy
Shemot: What Was Moshe's Real Name?
Vayechi: Why THESE Stories?
Vayigash: Numbers in Tanach - Was Mitt Romney a Gilgul of Yaakov?
Did Avraham Keep the Torah?
What Can't We Pray For?
Vayishlach: Yaakov's House for God
Summary of Yaakov: Dreamer or Doubter?
Vayetze - Yaakov: Doubter or Dreamer?
Toldot: Was Esav Such a Bad Guy
Future Tents: Circumcision, Motherhood, and the Destruction of Sodom
SUMMARY Lech Lecha shiur
Abraham's Biblical Doppelgangers
Bereshit and Noach: Man's Place in the World
Shemini Atzeret and Bereshit: God's Tough Goodbye
Yom Kippur: The atonement of Isaiah 58
Nitzavim-Vayelech: What's with Hakhel?
Ki Tavo SUMMARY
Ki Tavo: Why Moshe's Speech Ends in a Tithe
Ki Tetze: Is All Fair in Love and War?
Shoftim: The Relevance of Egla Arufa
Re'eh: Avraham's Vindication?
Ekev: Manna, Moaning, and Mitzvot
Defining Deuteronomy: To Review or Repeat?
The Life and Death of Rabban Gamliel
Balak: Bilam and the Biblical-Rabbinic Ping-Pong
Chukat: Did Moshe and Aharon Do Anything Wrong?
July 4th Shiur: Appreciating Good Leaders and Praying for Bad Ones
Korah and the Banality of Evil
Behaalotcha: Where It All Went Wrong
Bechukotai: Value-Laden Absentmindedness
Behar: Jubil-ant Jews - The Mindset of Yovel
Emor: Building the Beit Hamikdash Without Building the Beit Hamikdash
Kedoshim: What is Holiness?
Shemini: Nadav, Avihu, and Uzza
Tzav: Tackling the Tabernacle - The Holiness of the Levites
Mishpatim: Awls for Shackles, and Unshackling All
Purim: Mikra, Midrash, and Meaning Part 2 - Identifying the Antagonist
Purim: Mikra, Midrash, and Meaning - Let the Megillah Speak for Itself
Vayakhel: Tackling the Tabernacle: Shabbos, Creation, and the Mishkan
Tetzaveh: Tackling the Tabernacle - The Glitz, Glam, and Fashion of the Priestly Clothes
Terumah: Tackling the Tabernacle - The Chronology of Command
Yisro: When did he come? Why does it matter?
Beshalach: Amalek Attacks
Bo: Is Pesach on the Wrong Date?