Episodes

  • The Sabbath: Thou Art One
    Mar 17 2026

    Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

    The Sabbath: Its Meaning for the Modern Man

    Part Two: Chapter V - Thou Art One

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    8 mins
  • The Sabbath : Only Heaven and Nothing Else?
    Mar 15 2026

    Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

    The Sabbath: Its Meaning for the Modern Man

    Part Two - Only Heaven and Nothing Else?

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    6 mins
  • The Sabbath: Part Two - The Splendor of Space
    Mar 12 2026

    Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

    The Sabbath: Its Meaning for the Modern Man

    Part Two - The Splendor of Space

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    12 mins
  • Esther and the inauguration of Shlomo
    Mar 2 2026

    NOTE: This is an AI generated podcast.

    The literary and textual similarities between 1 Kings 1 and the story of Esther are numerous and readily apparent.

    I took a basic outline of this idea and had Claude turn it into a full-blown essay. Then Notebook LM turned the essay into a podcast.

    What comparisons did the AI miss? What else did it get right/wrong?

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    17 mins
  • The Sabbath: Part One Continued: Beyond Civilization
    Mar 1 2026

    Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

    The Sabbath: Its Meaning for the Modern Man

    Part One Continued: Beyond Civilization

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    9 mins
  • Ezekiel in Depth: Chapters 9 and 10
    Feb 13 2026

    Yechezkel Chapters 9 & 10This week we learn of the punishment and destruction that ensued after surveying the wanton sinning in the last chapter.

    Chapter 10 reminds us of the Yom Kippur ceremony with more discussion of the celestial retinue.

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    18 mins
  • Paterfamilias: Decoding the Secrets of Mishnah Avot - episode 11
    Feb 9 2026

    Pirkei Avos 1:8-9

    We note again how much of Avot is instruction not for the common person, but for the Avot, the leaders of the people (in this case judges).

    Next we examine the life of Shimon ben Shetach and see how his teaching here reflects tragedy of his own personal story.

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    14 mins
  • Ezekiel in Depth: Chapters 7 and 8
    Jan 28 2026

    Yechezkel Chapters 7 & 8: Comparative Religion or Lecha Dodi bête noire

    With these chapters we finally begin to understand why Hashem is so angry with the people. Yechezkel is taken on an out of body tour of the sins being perpetrated in the Beit HaMikdash.

    We try to explicate the various forms of idolatry that the prophet is witnessing including Tammuz and the Barsom ritual.

    We note how much of the language in the chapter duplicates that of Devarim ch. 4 and explain just how disgusting the behavior is by referencing Kiddushin 72b.

    Finally, on my soapbox I note a similarity to the practice of the congregation turning their backs to the ark (and the East) during the Lecha Dodi prayer Friday night. R' Abe Faur explores the halachic implications of this in his Hakirah article


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    25 mins