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R. Avi Strausberg on Parashat Noah: After the Worst Happens
R. Jason Rogoff: Cooperation and Competition: Israel and Babylonia as Centers of Torah
R. Avi Strausberg on Parashat Bereishit: A Song of Rising Up
R. Avi Killip: The Long and Winding Road to Redemption
A Festival About Nothing: Dr. Tsivia Frank Wygoda on Shemini Atzeret-Simhat Torah
R. Avital Hochstein on VeZot HaBerakhah: Journey Summary
R. Dena Weiss: Language As a Lens: Silence (Part 5)
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Ha'azinu: A Topography of Distance
R. Dena Weiss: Language As a Lens: Prayer (Part 4)
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Nitzavim-VaYeilekh: On Mutual Responsibility
R. Dena Weiss: Language As a Lens: When Is It OK to Lie? (Part 3)
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Ki Tavo: Clearing the Holy from the Home
R. Dena Weiss: Language As a Lens Part 2
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Ki Teitzei: Three Contemporary Readings of the Rebellious Son
R. Dena Weiss: Language As a Lens Part 1
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Shoftim: The Torah of Military Service
R. Elazar Symon on Rosh Hodesh Elul: A Different Kind of Comfort
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Re'eih: The Dangers of Incitement
R. Tali Adler: What Are You Doing Here, Elijah?
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Eikev: Memory and the Divine-Human Partnership
R. Shai Held: Hope After Hope Is Lost
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Va'Ethanan: Law After War
R. Elazar Symon on Tisha B'Av: Wood and Stone
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Devarim: Eikhah: What Does God Lament?
R. Dani Passow: Esh Kodesh: Finding God in the Midst of Suffering
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Mattot-Masei: The Daughters of Tzlofhad and the Sons of Menashe
R. Tali Adler: Rabbinic Personalities: Getting to Know R. Yohanan Ben Zakkai
4th of July Special: R. Ethan Tucker: 250 Years of Judaism in America
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Pinhas: Between Optional and Obligatory Wars
R. Elazar Symon on the 17th of Tammuz: What Must Be Broken
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Balak: “A People Like a Lion”
R. Elie Kaunfer: Stepping into Prayer
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Korah: Living in Dispute
R. Dena Weiss: Unintended Consequences
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Shelah: How to Stand in Minority
R. Aviva Richman: A Torah of Sexual Ethics: Part 3
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat BeHa'alotkha: Mitzvot as a Communal Project
R. Aviva Richman: A Torah of Sexual Ethics: Part 2
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Naso: Divine Communication
R. Elazar Symon on Shavuot: Many Hearts, One Torah
R. Aviva Richman: A Torah of Sexual Ethics: Part 1
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Bemidbar: Fire, Water, Wilderness: Living With the Torah
Faith and Doubt in Our Final Hours: A Conversation Between Dr. Lydia Dugdale and R. Shai Held
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat BeHar-BeHukkotai: A Reality Without Fear
R. Elazar Symon on the Omer: Counting Old and New
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Emor: Where Do Sinners Come From?
Faith WithHeld: A Conversation Between Sarah Wildman and R. Shai Held
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Aharei Mot-Kedoshim: “Will You Hear My Voice, My Distant One?”
R. Elazar Symon on Yom HaZikaron/Yom Ha'Atzma’ut: Unless God Builds the House
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Tazria-Metzora: Giving Birth to Hope
R. Elazar Symon on Yom HaShoah: After the Silence: Rebuilding from the Holy of Holies
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Shemini: Can Death Be Explained?
How to Read a Talmudic Story: Book Talk
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Tzav: On Offerings, Wholeness, and Peace
R. Shai Held: Why Doesn't God Redeem Us Again?: Living With and Without Exodus
R. Avital Hochstein on Vayikra: From Chance to Calling
R. David Kasher: Reading Tanakh as Tanakh Reads Itself
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei: Being in the Shadow of God
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Ki Tissa: When Moshe Leaves
R. Elazar Symon on Purim: Does God Sleep?
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Tetzaveh: “Who Stays Your Hand?”: On Interdependence
Searching for the Heart of Tanakh: R. Shai Held and R. David Kasher
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Terumah: The Blueprint of Intimacy
R. Shai Held: Loving the Stranger-Sojourner (Ger)
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Mishpatim: Who Rests on Shabbat?
R. Ethan Tucker: Reading the Torah Like a Love Letter
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Yitro: An Intimate Meeting
R. Elazar Symon on Tu Bishvat: Celebrating a Birthday for a Tree
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Beshallah: Where Does Amalek Come From?
R. Shai Held: Why Don’t We Make Blessings for Interpersonal Mitzvot?
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Bo: Slaves or Warriors: Who Were We When We Left Egypt?
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Va'Era: What is Slavery?
R. Avi Strausberg: The Promise and Impossibility of Unity
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Shemot: The Choice of Knowledge
R. Avi Killip: And God Waited
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Vayehi: Truth and Peace
R. Elazar Symon on the 10th of Tevet: “A Day of Hearing”: The Other Tevet Fast
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Vayigash: Three Paths to Closeness
R. Avi Killip: Birthing Worlds
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Mikeitz: How Do You Climb Out of a Pit?
R. Elazar Symon on Hanukkah: The Miracle of Home Carried into the Street
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat VaYeishev: Yosef's Father, a Symbol of the Future
R. Avi Killip: The Kiss of Death
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat VaYishlah: From Ya'akov to Yisrael—and Back
R. David Kasher: Klal Yisrael and Beyond: Balancing Communal Obligations with Civic Responsibilities
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat VaYeitzei: A Covenant of Separation
Independence and Interdependence: When do we need to stay together, and when must we strike out on our own?
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Toldot: Rivalry or Relationship?
R. Ayal Robkin: The Apprentice Mind Part 3
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Hayyei Sarah: Rivkah’s Blessing
R. Ayal Robkin: The Apprentice Mind Part 2
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Vayera: The Righteous With the Wicked
R. Aviva Richman: Why Talmud is the Bedrock of My Faith
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Lekh Lekha: Walking, Tradition, and Renewal
R. Ayal Robkin: The Apprentice Mind Part 1
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Noah: "In His Generation"
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Bereishit: What If Adam Had Reacted Differently?
R. Tali Adler on VeZot HaBerakhah: On Endings and Beginnings
R. Tali Adler on Parashat Ha'azinu: Living in Between
R. Tali Adler on Parashat Vayeilekh: Recreating Sinai