EPISODE · Nov 18, 2025 · 32 MIN
Toldot 5786: Words that shape worlds
from Pardes from Jerusalem · host Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies
In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Raphael Polisuk explore Parshat Toldot through the lens of prayer, blessing, and the extraordinary power of human speech. They discuss Yitzchak’s deeply active model of prayer—la’ator, a language of turning reality—and how the rabbis imagine his tefillah transforming both himself and God. The episode then turns to the drama of the blessings, asking why words matter so profoundly in Torah and how language can create, heal, or harm.
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