Defeating Extremism With Acts of Courage

On the Other Hand: Ten Minutes of Torah

English - July 02, 2018 09:00 - 15 minutes - 24.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 251 ratings
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Parashat Pinchas is an intense parashah, one with an act of religious extremism—and just because it’s in the Torah, doesn’t mean it should be taken at face value. In this episode of On the Other Hand, Rabbi Jacobs discusses what we can learn from a Torah portion that goes in a different direction than what we believe today.