A Look at the Numbers
On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah
English - May 14, 2018 09:00 - 11 minutes - 15.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 251 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality Education torah jewish judaism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Parashat B’midbar is the first parashah in the Book of Numbers, and it’s called the Book of Numbers because it opens with a census. In this episode of On the Other Hand, Rabbi Jacobs uses the occasion to think about contemporary numbers, including a few particular surveys that the Reform Movement has been part of, that give a new and exciting window into Jewish life.