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ParshaNut Podcast

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Torah for your ears.

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Episodes

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - Parshat Devarim

July 19, 2018 16:53 - 13 minutes - 28.3 MB

The Legend of Og!

THE LAST STOP - Parshat Matot-Masei

July 12, 2018 15:45 - 10 minutes - 20.7 MB

One last stop...

WOMEN OF VALOR - Parshat Pinchas

July 06, 2018 01:51 - 10 minutes - 21 MB

We should talk about the Daughters of Tzelophehad more.

THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION - Parshat Balak

June 27, 2018 14:44 - 8 minutes - 18 MB

Why 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 MB

What did Moses do that was so wrong?!

CHILDREN IN HELL - Parshat Korach

June 14, 2018 19:43 - 10 minutes - 20.7 MB

Do Jews believe in Hell? Well, yes... but not like you think.

THE GATHERER - Parshat Shelach

June 07, 2018 18:45 - 7 minutes - 16.4 MB

When 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 MB

Now is the summer of our discontent.

THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS - Parshat Naso

May 25, 2018 17:00 - 10 minutes - 21.5 MB

Asceticism in Jewish tradition.

THE TEMPLE OF DOOM - Parshat Bamidbar

May 17, 2018 18:52 - 7 minutes - 15.8 MB

The Book of Numbers, with help from Steven Spielberg.

DRIVEN MAD - Parshat Behar-Bechukotai

May 10, 2018 18:55 - 9 minutes - 18.8 MB

All 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 MB

This is the saddest story I know.

DEVIL INSIDE - Parshat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim

April 26, 2018 16:36 - 9 minutes - 19.9 MB

In search of the strangest creature of all.

LIKE A LEPER MESSIAH - Parshat Tazria-Metzora

April 19, 2018 23:19 - 9 minutes - 19.5 MB

Jews, 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 MB

Tragedy strikes. And Aaron is silent.

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY - Seventh Day of Passover

April 04, 2018 21:55 - 13 minutes - 25.5 MB

The 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 MB

Why is there a silent child in the Haggadah?

UNDRESSED TO KILL - Parshat Tzav

March 23, 2018 09:00 - 7 minutes - 14.2 MB

It's time for Aaron get dressed.

SALT OF THE EARTH, AND THE HEAVENS - Parshat Vayikra

March 16, 2018 17:15 - 5 minutes - 10.2 MB

The meaning behind the mineral.

I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR - Parshat Vayakhel-Pikudei

March 08, 2018 16:54 - 8 minutes - 18.2 MB

A curious new detail in the list of building materials for the Tabernacle inspires one of the richest rabbinic stories ever written.

THE PURIM TORAH

February 28, 2018 17:09 - 6 minutes - 12 MB

Where can we find Haman in the Torah?

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 MB

It all started with dolphins.

THE LOVE OF LAW - Parshat Mishpatim

February 08, 2018 16:52 - 8 minutes - 16.6 MB

A very Jewish love affair...

THE THINGS WE CARRIED - Parshat Beshalach

January 24, 2018 23:19 - 10 minutes - 15.8 MB

How did Joseph's bones make it out of Egypt?

SILENCING THE LAMB - Parshat Bo

January 17, 2018 21:24 - 8 minutes - 13.4 MB

The 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 MB

Behold the mighty finger of God!

BECOMING MOSES - Parshat Shemot

January 03, 2018 18:17 - 7 minutes - 14.6 MB

What was it about Moses?

IMMORTAL BELOVED - Parshat Vayechi

December 27, 2017 17:48 - 6 minutes - 11.5 MB

Jacob never died.

ALL IN THE APPROACH - Parshat Vayigash

December 21, 2017 18:43 - 10 minutes - 21.1 MB

Judah 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 MB

Two 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 MB

Jacob 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 MB

Any 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 MB

This 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 MB

Everybody'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 MB

You'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 MB

Important 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 MB

Happy 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 MB

A 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 MB

This 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 MB

Who 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 MB

Are 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 MB

This 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 MB

There'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 MB

With 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 MB

Moses has an anger problem.

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