Torah Means Teacher: Lessons from the First Five Books of the Bible: Dr. Nahum Roman Footnick ~ Inspired by Dennis Prager and many more…
147 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsMaking the Torah Meaningful Verse By Verse
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TMT 151: Genesis 3:4 – 3:7 (Cognitive Biases)
September 29, 2019 21:43 - 52 minutes - 61.8 MB5“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and […]
TMT 150: Genesis 3:5 – 3:7
September 29, 2019 21:00 - 59 minutes - 69.9 MB5“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and […]
TMT 149: Genesis 3:1 – 3:5
September 29, 2019 20:19 - 1 hour - 73.7 MB1Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat of any tree in the garden?’” 2The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, 3but […]
TMT 148: Genesis 2:23 – 3:1
August 29, 2019 23:40 - 1 hour - 75.1 MB23And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.” 24For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. 25And the man and […]
TMT 147: Genesis 2:18 – 2:23
August 29, 2019 22:30 - 51 minutes - 60.9 MB18The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.” 19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would […]
TMT 146: Genesis 2:16 – 2:20
August 29, 2019 20:00 - 48 minutes - 57.6 MB16And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden, 17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.” 18The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the […]
TMT 145: Genesis 2:15-2:17 (again…)
July 28, 2019 22:34 - 1 hour - 70.3 MB15Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it. 16And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden, 17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day […]
TMT 144: Genesis 2:15 – 2:17
July 27, 2019 00:18 - 1 hour - 70.7 MB15Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it. 16And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden, 17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day […]
TMT 143: Genesis 2:10 – 2:16
July 01, 2019 00:25 - 57 minutes - 67.6 MB10Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters: 11The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there. 13The […]
TMT 142: Genesis 2:10 – 2:15
June 28, 2019 20:59 - 48 minutes - 57.4 MB10Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters: 11The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there. 13The […]
TMT 141: Genesis 2:7 – 2:12
June 27, 2019 23:06 - 52 minutes - 61.6 MB7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.b 8And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed. 9Out of the ground the LORD God […]
TMT 140: Genesis 2:4-2:9 (Featuring an Israeli guest, author of Torah Commentary)
June 27, 2019 00:06 - 46 minutes - 54.9 MBWe had a special guest attend this class. He is an Israeli author of Torah commentary. We were all talking at the beginning of class, but I didn’t start recording until 15 minutes into the session. GENESIS 2 4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day […]
TMT 139: Genesis 2:5 – 2:8
May 30, 2019 23:20 - 1 hour - 70.2 MB5Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. 6But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the […]
TMT 138: Genesis 2:4 – 2:7
May 26, 2019 18:42 - 1 hour - 80.2 MB4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them. 5Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, […]
TMT 137: Genesis Ch.1 – 2:4 (Review, Questions, & Comments)… and some misc. banter.
May 26, 2019 17:33 - 1 hour - 82.1 MBThe Beginning 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4God saw that the light was good, […]
TMT 136: Genesis 2:1 – 2:3 (plus Shabbat & Life commentary)
April 30, 2019 02:25 - 1 hour - 81.6 MB1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. 3Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the […]
TMT 135: Genesis 1:29 – 2:3
April 22, 2019 18:35 - 1 hour - 90.3 MB29Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food. 30And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the […]
TMT 134: Genesis 1:27 – 1:31
March 31, 2019 22:17 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB27So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and […]
TMT 133: Genesis 1:26 – 1:28 (yet again…)
March 29, 2019 02:29 - 57 minutes - 54.5 MB26Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, a and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27So God created mankind in his […]
TMT 132: Genesis 1:26 – 1:28 (again…)
March 29, 2019 01:38 - 1 hour - 69.7 MB26Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, a and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27So God created mankind in his […]
TMT 131: Genesis 1:26 – 1:28
March 29, 2019 00:35 - 57 minutes - 54.4 MB26Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, a and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27So God created mankind in his […]
TMT 130: Genesis 1:24 – 1:31
February 28, 2019 17:20 - 59 minutes - 56.2 MB24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and wild animals according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its […]
TMT 129: Genesis 1:24 -1:26
February 27, 2019 20:19 - 54 minutes - 51.1 MB24And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and wild animals according to their kinds.” And it was so. 25God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its […]
TMT 128: Genesis 1:1 – 1:23
February 27, 2019 19:35 - 1 hour - 66.5 MB1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And seeing that the light […]
TMT 127: Genesis 1:14 – 1:19
February 01, 2019 02:11 - 1 hour - 59.6 MB14And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and to mark the seasons and days and years. 15And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so. 16God made two great […]
TMT 126: Genesis 1:9 – 1:13
January 31, 2019 20:27 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so. 10God called the dry land “earth,” and the collection of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation, […]
TMT 125: Genesis 1:6 – 1:8
January 29, 2019 20:39 - 54 minutes - 51.7 MB6And God said, “Let there be an expansea between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” 7So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so. 8God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
TMT 124: Genesis 1:1 – 1:5
January 29, 2019 19:28 - 54 minutes - 51.1 MB1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4And seeing that the light […]
TMT 123: Genesis 1:1 – 1:2
December 31, 2018 23:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBGen 1 (NIV) 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
TMT 122: Genesis 1:1 (Continued)
December 31, 2018 21:09 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBGen 1 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
TMT 121: Genesis 1:1
December 28, 2018 18:42 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBGen 1 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
TMT 120: Exodus 40:22- 40:38 and Intro to Leviticus
December 28, 2018 18:07 - 1 hour - 58 MBExodus 40 (NIV) 22Moses placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle outside the curtain 23and set out the bread on it before the Lord, as the Lord commanded him. 24He placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table on the south side of […]
TMT 119: Exodus 40:1 – 40:22
November 30, 2018 22:29 - 57 minutes - 54.2 MBExodus 40 1Then the Lord said to Moses: 2“Set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month. 3Place the ark of the covenant law in it and shield the ark with the curtain. 4Bring in the table and set out what belongs on it. Then bring in […]
TMT 118: Exodus 38:1 – 39:43
November 29, 2018 22:33 - 55 minutes - 52.8 MBExodus 38 (NIV) The Altar of Burnt Offering 1They a built the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, three cubits b high; it was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide. c 2They made a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar were of one […]
TMT 117: Exodus 37:1 – 38:8
September 30, 2018 22:57 - 58 minutes - 55.5 MBExodus. 37 The Ark 1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. a 2He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it. 3He cast four gold rings for it and […]
TMT 116: Exodus 36:1 – 38:8
September 28, 2018 23:18 - 58 minutes - 54.7 MBExodus 36 1So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the Lord has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the Lord has commanded.” 2Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the […]
TMT 115: Exodus 35:3 – 35:35
September 28, 2018 22:26 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBExodus 35 1Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things the Lord has commanded you to do: 2For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it is […]
TMT 114: Exodus 35:1 – 35:3
September 28, 2018 22:01 - 57 minutes - 54 MBExodus 35 1Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things the Lord has commanded you to do: 2For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it is […]
TMT 113: Exodus 34:27 – 34:35
August 31, 2018 23:03 - 53 minutes - 50.5 MBExodus 34 (NIV) 27Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of […]
TMT 112: Exodus 34:27 – 34:31
August 31, 2018 20:36 - 57 minutes - 54.3 MBExodus 34 (NIV) 27Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of […]
TMT 111: Exodus 34:21 – 34:26
August 31, 2018 20:08 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBExodus 34 (NIV) 21“Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest. 22“Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year.b 23Three times a year all your […]
TMT 110: Exodus 34:10 – 34:24
August 31, 2018 19:35 - 57 minutes - 54.1 MBExodus Ch. 34 (NIV) 10Then the Lord said: “I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you. 11Obey what […]
TMT 109: Exodus 34:01 – 34:16
July 25, 2018 17:53 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBEx. 34 1The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. […]
TMT 108: Exodus 33:21 – 34:07
July 25, 2018 17:06 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBExodus 33 21Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. 22When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23Then I will remove my hand and you will see […]
TMT 107: Exodus 33:17 -33:21
July 25, 2018 16:48 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB17And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.” 18Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” 19And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim […]
TMT 106: Exodus 33:01 – 33:16
March 10, 2018 00:37 - 51 minutes - 48.9 MBExodus 33 (NIV) 1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ 2I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, […]
TMT 105: Exodus 33:01 – 33:11
February 06, 2018 11:56 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBExodus Ch. 33 (NIV) 1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ 2I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, […]
TMT 104: Exodus 32:25 – 32:35
January 30, 2018 01:00 - 64.5 MBExodus 32 (NIV) 25Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies. 26So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him. 27Then he […]
TMT 103: Exodus 32:22 – 32:32
December 14, 2017 20:32 - 62.4 MBExodus Ch. 32 (NIV) 22“Do not be angry, my lord,” Aaron answered. “You know how prone these people are to evil. 23They said to me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.’ 24So I told them, […]
TMT 102: Exodus 32:15 – 32:26
November 24, 2017 23:49 - 61.3 MBExodus 32 (NIV) 15Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. 16The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. 17When Joshua heard the noise of the people […]