We wrap up the season with a conversation between Avigayil and Avidan about chavruta learning! We cover our chavruta origin story, what makes a chavruta work or flop, the Chavruta Triangle, gender and aggression, metaphors for Torah learning, and more.

Primary Source: Taanit 7a

Other sources: Pedagogy of Partnership, powered by the Hadar Institute

As is befitting for the time between Purim and Passover, this episode features a deep dive into the verses of the story of Esther through the lens of Leah's own "4 Questions" pedagogy. We talk through a cross-country move to Chicago, the choreographies of modern dance and modern Torah learning, and analyze Leah's pedagogical style in real time!

Primary Source: Esther 5:2-5

Other sources mentioned:

• Moshe in Rabbi Akiva’s classroom: Bavli Menachot 29b
• Rav's wife who prepares peas and lentils: Bavli Yevamot 63a

In this episode, we talk about the multi-layered interpretive work of making theater about modern midrash, the potential of empty space, and if solo travel is liberating, terrifying, or both.

• Primary Source: Rabbi Jill Hammer's Sisters at Sinai, "Miriam under the Mountain"
• Other source: the commandment to send away a mother bird if you are to take the eggs from her nest: Deuteronomy 22:6–7.