Madlik Podcast – Disruptive Torah Thoughts on Judaism
182 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMadlik – Disruptive Torah thoughts from a post-orthodox Jew with a life-long love and appreciation of Jewish texts and a fresh and sometimes heterodox perspective on their meaning, intent and practical (halachic) implications.
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Prozbul & Iska LLC
May 12, 2023 04:25 - 31 minutes - 25 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on May 11th 2023 on Clubhouse. We marvel at how Rabbinic Judaism modified if not totally abrogated explicite Biblical injunctions against selling land in perpetuioty and taking interest on loans. Using the Pruzbol and Heter Iska as case studies we explore the audacity of Rabbinic Judaism. Sefaria Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/486023 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2023/05/10/prozbul-and-iska-llc/
rounding the corner
May 05, 2023 04:23 - 34 minutes - 28 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on May 4th 2023 on Clubhouse. This week’s Torah portion is Emor. In it we come across the source for the tradition for Jewish men to grow beards and Peyot (side curls) and the prohibition to cut the corners of the beard. We are struck by a recurring theme of the holiness of the corner whether in beard grooming, agricultural laws or in the four-cornered garment and we wonder whether there is something more at play. Sefaria Source Sheet: htt...
women who love women who love The Torah
April 28, 2023 03:13 - 39 minutes - 31.6 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern ansd Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on April 27th 2023. This week’s Torah portion is Achrei Mot-Kedoshim. It contains what is known as the Holiness code which describes and prescribes pretty much every sexual deviation. It is the perfect opportunity to celebrate and review a radical responsa that was published earlier this year. It was written by Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, and called Gay Women (Nashim Mesolelot) A Teshuva and published by Maharat Yeshiva. So join us for ...
Cosmetic Theology
April 21, 2023 03:00 - 42 minutes - 34 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on Thursday April 20th. – We peel away the stigma of leprosy from the biblical Tzorat and instead look at it through the lens of the death-averse Tumah/Taharah paradigm …. with some insights into life. Sefaria Source sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/480513 Transcript: https://madlik.com/2023/04/19/cosmetic-theology/
Prayer and Services and the Sickness unto Death - Replay
April 14, 2023 02:53 - 29 minutes - 23.3 MBPassover has finally come to an end and we are putting away our Passover plates and unboxing our Hametz. What a great opportunity to revisit one of our favorite episodes recorded in 2021 where we challenge our Rabbis and ourselves to re-imagine our Synagogue Services after Covid. Join us for a replay of Prayer and Services and the Sickness unto Death. Sefaria Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/313001
Protest Haggadah cont.
March 30, 2023 02:39 - 41 minutes - 33 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on March 29th 2023. We continue our exploration of Haggadot that break with the past. Today we will focus on Kibbutz Haggadot which were written, for the most part, by secular Jews who had a deep understanding of Jewish texts and traditions. In these Haggadot these self-proclaimed "New Jews" reimagine the message of the Seder and inspire us to do the same. Sefaria Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/477153 Trans...
Protest Haggadah
March 24, 2023 04:12 - 42 minutes - 33.8 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Avraham Bornstein recorded on Clubhouse on March 24th 2023. This week’s Torah portion is Vayikra. Vayikra is a call to action. In every generation we are admonished to imagine ourselves overthrowing the Pharaoh of our day and liberating the People of Israel. Today we’ll survey haggadot that take this challenge to heart and re-imagine the Haggadah in their time and for their time. As Israelis take to the streets, we challenge ourselves to join this tradition an...
man made
March 17, 2023 03:24 - 45 minutes - 36.1 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recordeed on March 16th 2023 on Clubhouse. The craftsmen and craftswomen building the Tabernacle are commanded to weave curtains showcasing images of two Cherubs and fashion golden statues to match. We wonder how these winged-creatures differ from the Golden Calf and the forbidden images that the Bible ridicules with such scorn? Sefaria Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/474160 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2023/03/...
Wash your hands
March 10, 2023 03:24 - 39 minutes - 31.5 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on March 9th 2023. The Torah commands the Priests to wash their hands and feet before conducting the Temple service. The Rabbis command hand washing upon waking, before prayer, before eating and on multiple other opportunities. When I studied in the Yeshiva, I had a bowl and cup of water under my bed so that I could wash my hands before my feet touched the floor. If you’ve been to an Orthodox wedding or a rest room in Israel you...
Temple Politics
March 03, 2023 06:42 - 35 minutes - 28.3 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on clubhouse on March 2nd 2023. We survey the prophetic and Rabbinic re-imagining of a Temple culture without a Temple but we also continue our discussion from last week where we noted how Jewish Messianism includes an often violent break with accepted practice, intentionally breaking moral and Rabbinic norms to hasten the end. We explore how after the Six Day War, but specifically after the Oslo Accords previous Rabbinic guidance relating to...
WHEN GOD gets small cont.
February 24, 2023 08:21 - 34 minutes - 27.4 MBJoin Goeffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on February 24th. Last year when we discussed the creation of the tabernacle, we explored a powerful theological concept called Tzimzum where God creates the world by contracting his presence. This year we continue the discussion from a historical, ideological and political perspective. We explore how after the expulsion from Spain this concept profoundly impacted every aspect of the Jewish Journey into modernity and up until t...
Shadows of Sinai cont.
February 17, 2023 04:16 - 51 minutes - 40.9 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on February 16th 2023. We continue our discussion of Sinai with a focus on the negative aspects foreshadowed even at the climactic moment of revelation. We survey the Rabbinic tradition as preserved in our texts and surprisingly in the Koran. Finally we wonder whether Israel and God have entered into a relationship at Sinai that neither one can resist? Sefaria Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/467460 Transcript on...
Shadow of Sinai
February 10, 2023 02:54 - 30 minutes - 24.1 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on clubhouse on February 9th 2023. The Torah uses two words that describe the orientation of the Israelites towards Mt. Sinai: נֶ֥גֶד and תַחְתִּ֥ית. We survey the interpretation of these words in the Rabbinic tradition to shed some light on revelation and even to critique synagogue architecture. Sefaria Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/465646 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2023/02/08/shadows-of-sinai/
High Five
February 03, 2023 04:04 - 53 minutes - 42.6 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on clubhouse on February 2, 2023. The Torah declares that the Israelites went up out of the land of Egypt “Hamushim” חֲמֻשִׁ֛ים , a word related to Hamesh, the number five. According to many commentaries this word implies that only some of the Israelites left Egypt … armed and ready to fight. This is the first time that distinctions are made between one set of Jews and another. So, as divisions begin to surface within the ranks of the Israeli...
Hard Hearts
January 26, 2023 22:05 - 34 minutes - 27.8 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded live on Clubhouse on January 26, 2023. God hardens the heart of Pharaoh. We ignore the question of free will and God’s omnipotence and instead we ask: “What makes a man’s heart so hard that it can’t be softened? Sefaria Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/462193 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2023/01/25/hard-hearts/
Thank the Donkey of the Messiah
January 19, 2023 21:45 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on January 19th 2023. The Rabbis learn from Moses the importance of Hakarta HaTov; recognizing good and showing gratitude even to inanimate objects. We explore this character trait as it relates to personal conduct and current Israeli politics. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/460393 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2023/01/18/thank-the-donkey-of-the-messiah/
Liberation Theology - for Jews
January 12, 2023 15:55 - 34 minutes - 27.6 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern recorded on clubhouse on January 12th 2023. The Exodus from Egypt is not simply an episode in the script of the Jewish People; it is The refrain. The fact that it represents the essence of the Jewish people is captured in every commandment that is זֵכֶר לִיצִיאַת מִצְרָיִם to commemorate the Exodus from Egypt. Modern liberation movements have taken their inspiration from the exodus as a paradigm so what does the Exodus Liberation paradigm look like for Jews and for Israel...
Imaginary Prayer
January 06, 2023 02:36 - 34 minutes - 27.8 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on January 5th 2023. Jacob, upon his reunion with Joseph exclaims: לֹ֣א פִלָּ֑לְתִּי “I had never imagined” that I would see my son again. The word he uses for imagining is the same word we use for praying, so we imagine prayer as a form of imagining. Link to YouTube Vidio of Esther Peterseil z'l at Auschwitz-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/C98M8IaHGNQ Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/456805 Transcript on Podcast we...
Seventy Faces
December 29, 2022 22:32 - 39 minutes - 31.5 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse December 29th 2022. Even if you are not a proponent of numerology you cannot ignore the repeated claim of the Torah that seventy souls went down to Egypt. The implied significance of the number 7 and its variants 70 and 49 provide a unique lens to view the Biblical narrative. Join us as we explore Gematria, rules of Biblical interpretation and the number Seventy in the Bible. Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/455577 Trans...
body language
December 23, 2022 04:11 - 36 minutes - 29.4 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on December 22nd 2022 on Clubhouse. The human act of bowing plays a major role in the dreams of the young Joseph. The people of Egypt actually call Joseph: “Abrek” a name shared by Hosni Mubarak and Barak Obama which means both blessed and bow-worthy. Join us as we explore the relationship between blessing and bowing; prayer, praise and body movement in the Bible and latter Rabbinic texts…. and on this festival of rededication, wonder how we ...
Joseph and the Spirit of Capitalism
December 16, 2022 03:25 - 33 minutes - 26.6 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on December 15th 2022 on Clubhouse. Joseph is the first and only biblical personality characterized as a success. With a nod to Max Weber who wrote the iconic socioreligious study; The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, we take this opportunity to explore the Biblical and latter Rabbinic definition of financial and other success. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/453456 Transcript on episode web page: https://mad...
The Conversion Factor
December 09, 2022 03:10 - 34 minutes - 27.6 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on clubhouse on December 8th 2022. An innocuous reference to a Princess named Timna teaches us a profound lesson regarding accepting potential converts and how critical such a choice can be to the future of Judaism. We are oh so fortunate to be able to explore the lenient opinion of conversion in Rabbinic texts with one of its leading practitioners…. our very own Rabbi Adam Mintz. So join us for The Conversion Factor. Sefaria Source Sheet: ...
Mother Rachel comes to me
December 02, 2022 05:24 - 31 minutes - 25.3 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on December 1st 2022. In a parsha that starts with Jacob having an iconic dream of a ladder joining heaven to the holiest place on earth, we find foreshadowing of the origins and significance of the third holiest site in Judaism; Rachel’s Tomb Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/449816 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/11/30/mother-rachel-comes-to-me/
Lost and Found in Translation
November 25, 2022 04:28 - 37 minutes - 30.2 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on Thanksgiving 2022. Isaac and Jacob choose brides from Aram. Aramaic is the chosen legal and liturgical language of the Rabbis and the lingua franca of the Ancient world. Why is Laban vilified and should we slander or offer our gratitude to the Arameans? Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/448278 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/11/23/lost-found-in-translation/
Circumspect about Circumcision
November 18, 2022 02:53 - 31 minutes - 25 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi recorded on Clubhouse on November 17th 2022. With Akedat Yitzchak (the Sacrifice of Isaac) still on our minds we look at Brit Milah from a fresh perspective and review the meaning, function and maybe even contemporary sensibilities regarding circumcision. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/446688 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/11/16/circumspect-about-circumcision/
Unbinding Isaac
November 11, 2022 04:00 - 55 minutes - 44.8 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded November 10th 2022 on Clubhouse. We look at the Binding of Isaac and wonder whether Abraham passed or failed this test. What possible lessons are to be learnt from this narrative other than blind faith and obedience. Finally, we are puzzled why Abraham confronts God over Sodom and confronts Sarah over sending away Ishmael but remains silent when it comes to sacrificing his son. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/444778 Transcrip...
Call me Ishmael
November 04, 2022 03:11 - 33 minutes - 26.8 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on November 3rd 2022. We discover that when the younger son Isaac is chosen, the older son Ishmael’s banishment in some way endears him to his father and latter Rabbinic and Muslim commentators. By being rejected Ishmael may actually provide an alter ego of the Jewish people. We will discuss… Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/442342 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/11/02/call-me-ishmael/
With regret, God
October 28, 2022 01:54 - 33 minutes - 26.9 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on October 27th 2022. According to the popular Bible translations, “in the generation of Noah, God regretted having made humankind”. As if to say that regret is the first Divine emotion represented in the Torah… not mercy, not anger, not joy, not love and not jealousy. We discuss… Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/440854 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/10/26/with-regret-god/
Shared Beginnings
October 21, 2022 01:36 - 39 minutes - 31.6 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Dr. Richard J. Meddleton recorded on Clubhouse on October 20th 2022. As we begin reading the Torah all over again we are joined by a leading Christian Hebrew Bible scholar for a fresh insight into the message of Bereshit. Richard is revolutionizing the way Christians read our Torah and he does the same for us. So crack open your Humash and join us for Shared Beginnings. Sefariah Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/438848 Transcript on episode web page: https:/...
Fallingsukkah
October 14, 2022 01:47 - 30 minutes - 24 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern recorded on clubhouse on October 12th 2022 for Madlik Disruptive Torah. In a previous podcast called Architecture in Time we’ve discussed Judaism’s unique concept of the holiness of time. This coming Shabbat is Shabbat Sukkot so find yourself a temporary booth and join us as we explore Judaism's unique concept of holiness of place. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/437526 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/10/12/fallingsukkah/
God Believes
October 07, 2022 02:41 - 40 minutes - 32.7 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on October 6th 2022. In Moses’ parting song to the Jewish people he mentions Faith (emuna) in two different ways, both of which don’t refer to man’s faith in God. We take the opportunity to explore the meaning of Faith in the Torah and latter Rabbinic thought. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/436267 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/10/05/god-believes/
Free at Last
September 30, 2022 02:46 - 32 minutes - 26.3 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on September 29th 2022. The weekly parsha becomes particularly topical this year as we end the year of the Shmitah (Sabbatical Year). As the life of Moses comes to an end, he provides his last instructions which relate to the blowing of the Shofar on Yom Kippur and the public reading by the King of the Book or Deuteronomy on Sukkot.... Join us as we draw lessons for the new year ahead. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/shee...
Steal This Book
September 23, 2022 02:29 - 35 minutes - 28.2 MBParshat Nitzavim - Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on September 22nd 2022. The Book of Deuteronomy, also known as Mishna Torah, or the second; Reviewed Torah is drawing to an end and provides us with an opportunity to review some of the Rabbinic Principles that have guided us in the reading of the Five Books of Moses. Starting with the iconic statement that "The Torah is not in Heaven" we realize how the Rabbis began a process of humanizing, maybe even seculari...
First Fruits - First Prayers
September 16, 2022 03:20 - 38 minutes - 30.7 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on clubhouse on September 15th 2022. As we approach the high prayer season we trace the evolution of the oldest prayer preserved in the Torah. The First Fruits Declaration, a once iconic prayer made by a farmer on Shavuot; the Harvest Festival. We see how this prayer was censored, repurposed and reinterpreted up until today and wonder what license it provides to us. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/431313 Transcript on episode...
Remember to Forget
September 09, 2022 03:37 - 40 minutes - 32.2 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on clubhouse on September 8th 2022. As we approach the Jewish New Year with its emphasis on Zichronot, we ask: what role does memory play in the Torah? Is it for historical accuracy or moral edification? In this week’s parsha we are told to despise some of our foes and others to offer our gratitude. For our arch enemy, Amalek we are told to remember to forget! Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/429450 Trtanscript on episode web ...
Restore our Judges
September 02, 2022 02:45 - 31 minutes - 25.4 MBParshat Shoftim - Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on clubhouse on September 1st 2022. In the same parsha that the Torah concedes to the people’s desire to have a king “like the other nations” it also suggests another leadership model. The Shofet, normally translated as the Judge. We discuss the meaning of Shofet and explore a past and promised age of Shoftim. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/427752 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/08/3...
A time that never was
August 25, 2022 17:50 - 29 minutes - 23.7 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on August 25th 2022. The Torah prohibits us from adding or detracting to its directives and also against rewriting history. It even predicts that there might be a time where our leaders will try to reinvent our past. We discuss. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/426413 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/08/24/a-time-that-never-was/
Attitude is Everything
August 19, 2022 01:50 - 32 minutes - 26.3 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on clubhouse on August 18th 2022. Much in this parsha relates to the correct and incorrect attitude. The Israelites are described as “stiff necked” and “rebels” (mamrim). They are warned not to attribute their success to their own power and commanded to bless God even when satiated. Finally, they are told that all God wants from them is their fear. We explore the power of disposition and attitude in Jewish thought. Sefaria Source Sheet: www...
Enough
August 12, 2022 02:16 - 33 minutes - 27 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on August 11th 2022. Moses pleads with God to cross the Jordan into the Promised Land. God is cross with Moses. When should we ask for more? When do we ask for too much? That is the question. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/424108 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/08/10/enough/
A Second Torah
August 05, 2022 02:51 - 31 minutes - 25.6 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on August 4th 2022. The fifth book of the Five Books of Moses is called Mishneh Torah which means the Second Torah or the Repetition of the Torah. We use this as an opportunity to explore how the Torah has been renewed and rediscovered over time. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/422607 Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/08/04/a-second-torah/
The United States of Israel
July 29, 2022 02:07 - 35 minutes - 28.2 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz reorded on Clubhouse on July 28th 2022 as we look at the configuration of the Israelite tribes through new eyes… the eyes of modern scholarship that suggests that the conquest of the Land of Israel by the freed slaves from Egypt also included the uprising of local tribes. Together they formed a confederation of tribes, united in their rejection of the existing class structure and the sovereign-vassal subjugation of Egypt and later empires. Sefaria S...
The Circle of Life
July 21, 2022 21:48 - 33 minutes - 26.6 MBJoin Geoffey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz on Clubhouse recorded on Thursday July 21st 2022 for another episode of Madlik disruptive Torah. The Torah uses a term associated with harassment, pain, siege, and tsuris and we are intrigued, because it is also associated with being bound up in the bundle of life. In a week when we mourn our losses we explore the connections. Sefaria Source Sheet: Transcript: https://madlik.com/2022/07/20/the-circle-of-life/
God - What's in a Name
July 15, 2022 00:48 - 33 minutes - 27.1 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on clubhouse on July 14th 2022. We read the story of Balaam and note the selective use of the generic “God-Elohim” and the particular name of the God of Israel – “YHVH”. We wonder if it is simply stylic variation or does it have significance. In the process we compare traditional Rabbinic solutions to the so-called Documentary Hypothesis and consider whether the Torah is comprised of different literary voices edited together. Sefaria Source...
Murder in the Desert
July 08, 2022 00:14 - 30 minutes - 24.4 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded July 7th 2022 on Clubhouse. In a parsha dedicated to death and with much attention on the enigmatic law of the Red Heifer we also witness the death of Moses and his siblings; the primary protagonists of the Exodus. Miriam dies in two verses and Moses and Aaron are sentenced to death with Aaron quickly dispatched. Which leads to the age-old question: Who Done it and why? Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/417920 Transcript on Epi...
Milk and Money
July 01, 2022 05:31 - 33 minutes - 26.9 MBJoin Geoffey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on June 30th 2022 on Clubhouse as we take a fresh look at Korach’s rebellion. Dathan and Abiram refer to Egypt as a Land Flowing with Milk and Honey and defy Moses even were he to offer fields and vineyards in a land flowing with milk & honey. What does the Biblical “Flowing with Milk & Honey” mean? Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/416706 Transcript: https://madlik.com/2022/06/30/milk-and-money/
Make Challah
June 24, 2022 01:28 - 31 minutes - 24.9 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse June 23rd, 2022 as we discuss parshat Shelach. We ignore the headline story of the spies who lacked vision. We overcome the urge to defend the מְקֹשֵׁ֣שׁ עֵצִ֑ים the gatherer of sticks on Shabbat. We even pass up a chance to enjoy the blue indigo of the tzitzit. Instead, we focus on the lowly loaf of challah and explore how it saved the Jews. So join us as we Make Challah! Sefariah Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/415522 ...
Joining the Tribe
June 17, 2022 01:58 - 32 minutes - 25.8 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on June 16th 2022. The Torah breaches the subject of a Ger (Convert alt. resident alien) celebrating the Exodus from Egypt. Jews-by-birth praise God who took “us” out of Egypt and we wonder along with Nachmanides and Maimonides whether a convert can or should consdier him/herself a part of past Jewish historical experience as well as part of the Jewish People. In the process, we discover an ambivalence Judaism has to converts and...
Rashi, Women & Wine
June 10, 2022 02:34 - 31 minutes - 25.3 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on June 9th 2022 as we read the text of the weekly portion through the eyes of the iconic Torah Commentator; Rashi. Keep in mind that Rashi was the proud father of four daughters (no sons) and had a day job as a vintner. Did this affect his treatment of the Sotah (Unfaithful Wife) and the sober Nazirite? Grab a glass of wine and let’s discuss. L’chaim! Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/412925 Transcript on episode ...
Nachshon
June 03, 2022 02:30 - 33 minutes - 26.5 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on as we meet a man named Nachshon ben Aminadav. A man with only a insignificant walk-on role in the text of the Torah but an iconic presence in Jewish religious and secular thought, culture and mythology. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/410450 Transcript on episode web site: https://madlik.com/2022/06/01/nachshon/
as a driven leaf
May 27, 2022 03:42 - 32 minutes - 25.7 MBJoin Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on May 26th 2022. This week we see the flip side of not owning our land. We are exposed to exile and alienation, both physical and emotional. But mostly, we are struck by the almost too rich vocabulary and overly haunting imagery the Torah exhibits for a people without a land. Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/408510 Transcript on episode website: https://madlik.com/2022/05/25/as-a-driven-leaf/