ParshaNut Podcast
100 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsTorah for your ears.
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WOMEN OF VALOR - Parshat Pinchas
July 06, 2018 01:51 - 10 minutes - 21 MBWe should talk about the Daughters of Tzelophehad more.
THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION - Parshat Balak
June 27, 2018 14:44 - 8 minutes - 18 MBWhy do we hate Bilaam so much? There's an answer hidden between the lines of this week's parsha.
EIGHTEEN ANSWERS - Parshat Chukat
June 21, 2018 17:02 - 9 minutes - 19.9 MBWhat did Moses do that was so wrong?!
CHILDREN IN HELL - Parshat Korach
June 14, 2018 19:43 - 10 minutes - 20.7 MBDo Jews believe in Hell? Well, yes... but not like you think.
THE GATHERER - Parshat Shelach
June 07, 2018 18:45 - 7 minutes - 16.4 MBWhen the Children of Israel were in the wilderness, they came upon a man gathering twigs on the Sabbath day.
THE LONGING - Parshat Beha'alotcha
May 31, 2018 13:31 - 9 minutes - 18.8 MBNow is the summer of our discontent.
THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS - Parshat Naso
May 25, 2018 17:00 - 10 minutes - 21.5 MBAsceticism in Jewish tradition.
THE TEMPLE OF DOOM - Parshat Bamidbar
May 17, 2018 18:52 - 7 minutes - 15.8 MBThe Book of Numbers, with help from Steven Spielberg.
DRIVEN MAD - Parshat Behar-Bechukotai
May 10, 2018 18:55 - 9 minutes - 18.8 MBAll week, I’ve been thinking about this book, “A Driven Leaf,” by Milton Steinberg.
THE CURSE - Parshat Emor
May 03, 2018 16:26 - 10 minutes - 21.8 MBThis is the saddest story I know.
DEVIL INSIDE - Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim
April 26, 2018 16:36 - 9 minutes - 19.9 MBIn search of the strangest creature of all.
LIKE A LEPER MESSIAH - Parshat Tazria-Metzora
April 19, 2018 23:19 - 9 minutes - 19.5 MBJews, who have been perennial outcasts, ought to read the Torah’s account of the leper with particular care.
THE SOUND OF SILENCE - Parshat Shemini
April 12, 2018 16:20 - 8 minutes - 17.3 MBTragedy strikes. And Aaron is silent.
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY - Seventh Day of Passover
April 04, 2018 21:55 - 13 minutes - 25.5 MBThe seventh day of Passover commemorates the day the Children of Israel reached the Red Sea and witnessed both the miraculous 'Splitting of the Sea,' the drowning of all the Egyptian chariots, horses and soldiers that pursued them, and the Passage of the Red Sea.
THE SILENT CHILD - Passover Haggadah
March 29, 2018 01:05 - 11 minutes - 21.8 MBWhy is there a silent child in the Haggadah?
UNDRESSED TO KILL - Parshat Tzav
March 23, 2018 09:00 - 7 minutes - 14.2 MBIt's time for Aaron get dressed.
SALT OF THE EARTH, AND THE HEAVENS - Parshat Vayikra
March 16, 2018 17:15 - 5 minutes - 10.2 MBThe meaning behind the mineral.
I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR - Parshat Vayakhel-Pikudei
March 08, 2018 16:54 - 8 minutes - 18.2 MBA curious new detail in the list of building materials for the Tabernacle inspires one of the richest rabbinic stories ever written.
LAWS OF THE HEART - Parshat Tetzaveh
February 22, 2018 16:37 - 8 minutes - 16.9 MB"You shall make a breastplate of judgment." - Exodus 28:15
UNICORNS AND MERMAIDS - Parshat Terumah
February 15, 2018 17:00 - 8 minutes - 15.6 MBIt all started with dolphins.
THE LOVE OF LAW - Parshat Mishpatim
February 08, 2018 16:52 - 8 minutes - 16.6 MBA very Jewish love affair...
THE THINGS WE CARRIED - Parshat Beshalach
January 24, 2018 23:19 - 10 minutes - 15.8 MBHow did Joseph's bones make it out of Egypt?
SILENCING THE LAMB - Parshat Bo
January 17, 2018 21:24 - 8 minutes - 13.4 MBThe strangest thing about that first Passover was living with the lamb for four days.
THE FINGER - Parshat Va'eira
January 10, 2018 23:40 - 9 minutes - 18 MBBehold the mighty finger of God!
BECOMING MOSES - Parshat Shemot
January 03, 2018 18:17 - 7 minutes - 14.6 MBWhat was it about Moses?
ALL IN THE APPROACH - Parshat Vayigash
December 21, 2017 18:43 - 10 minutes - 21.1 MBJudah saves the day. How did he know just what to say?
THE GREAT AWAKENING - Parshat Mikeitz
December 13, 2017 14:21 - 9 minutes - 18.9 MBTwo dreams. Two dreams. Two dreams. Why does this keep happening?
THE KILLING FIELDS - Parshat Vayeishev
December 06, 2017 20:14 - 7 minutes - 15.5 MB“Do not go out into the field. Do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword, and there is terror on every side.” - Jeremiah 6:25
THE MAN IN THE MIDRASH - Parshat Vayishlach
November 29, 2017 22:22 - 7 minutes - 14.3 MBJacob is headed back home, after all these years, and preparing to face the greatest challenge of his life - a confrontation with Esau, the brother who once wanted him dead. But there is another man he will have to face first.
MATING RITUALS - Parshat Vayeitzei
November 22, 2017 21:23 - 10 minutes - 19.7 MBAny great lover of the Torah must eventually confront the simple truth that certain parts of this book are just not that interesting.
FEAR AND TREMBLING - Parshat Toldot
November 15, 2017 14:36 - 7 minutes - 13.7 MB"He saw Hell open up beneath him."
ISAAC UNBOUND - Parshat Chayei Sarah
November 08, 2017 20:35 - 8 minutes - 17 MBThis has got to be the most Freudian line in the Torah.
PLAYING AROUND WITH THE TORAH - Parshat Vayeira (Season 3, Ep. 3)
November 02, 2017 10:32 - 11 minutes - 23 MBEverybody's wondering what Ishmael did to the baby.
DESTINED TO DOUBT - Parshat Lech Lecha
October 25, 2017 14:45 - 8 minutes - 17.3 MB"There once was a man who carved grooves in time."
OPEN THE FLOODGATES - Parshat Noach (Season 3, Ep. 1)
October 18, 2017 19:50 - 6 minutes - 12.8 MBYou'll never guess my favorite line in the Torah.
THE LAST LETTER - Simchat Torah (Season 2, Ep. 46)
October 11, 2017 09:18 - 11 minutes - 21.5 MBImportant announcement in this week's podcast!
A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE - Parshat Ha'azinu (Season 2. Ep. 45)
September 20, 2017 14:47 - 11 minutes - 21.2 MBHappy New Year from ParshaNut!
MAY YOU LIVE TO 120 - Parshat Nitzavim-Vayeilech (Season 2, Ep. 44)
September 15, 2017 05:29 - 10 minutes - 20.5 MBA discussion of the source of the classic Jewish blessing, "May you live until one hundred and twenty!"
WANDERING JEWS AND SYRIANS - Parshat Ki Tavo (Season 2, Ep. 43
September 08, 2017 13:03 - 9 minutes - 18.3 MBThis week's podcast is dedicated to all those who, like me, are descended from immigrants.
THE BASTARD KING - Parshat Ki Teitzei (Season 2, Ep.42)
September 01, 2017 19:57 - 15 minutes - 31.3 MBWho is a Jew? This question is at the center of one of contemporary Judaism’s most difficult and painful conversations.
KINGS OF FLESH AND BLOOD - Parshat Shoftim (Season 2, Ep. 41)
August 25, 2017 19:41 - 12 minutes - 24.8 MBAre Jews supposed to have a king?
THE BODY POLITIC - Parshat Re'eh
August 18, 2017 05:57 - 8 minutes - 16.2 MB"You are all children of the Lord your God - so do not make gashes in your flesh..." (Deut. 14:1) What does the first part of this verse have to do with the second?
THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN... - Parshat Eikev (Season 2, Ep. 39)
August 11, 2017 07:35 - 11 minutes - 21.5 MBThis week's parsha is called 'Eikev,' a word taken from the first verse. But what, exactly does that word mean? Well, as usual, it's complicated...
A MATTER OF INTERPRETATION - Parshat Va'etchanan
August 04, 2017 17:14 - 9 minutes - 19.7 MBThere's a problem with the Ten Commandments...
THE ORIGINAL CHABAD - Parshat Devarim (Season 2, Ep. 37)
July 27, 2017 23:38 - 12 minutes - 25.4 MBWith great love and respect for the modern Chabad movement - though no particular affiliation, and certainly no intention to speak on their behalf.
FROTHING WITH RAGE - Parshat Matot-Masei (Season 2,Ep. 36)
July 21, 2017 15:38 - 12 minutes - 24.3 MBMoses has an anger problem.