Episodes
May 5, 2021
Why Do Jews Still Adhere to the Torah’s Covenant?: Behar-Behukkotai 5781
The JTS Commentary for Behar-Behukkotai by Jeremy Tabick. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
April 27, 2021
Struggling to Celebrate: Emor 5781
The JTS Commentary for Emor by Rabbi Naomi Kalish. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
April 19, 2021
The Palace of Torah Expanded: Aharei Mot - Kedoshim 5781
The JTS Commentary for Aharei Mot - Kedoshim by Rabbi Daniel Nevins. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
April 13, 2021
The Values of a Jewish Home: Tazria-Metzora 5781
The JTS Commentary for the Tazria-Metzora by Rabbi Matthew Berkowitz. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
April 5, 2021
The Seed of the Rabbinic Revolution: Shemini 5781
The JTS Commentary for the Last Days of Passover by Dr. Jason Rogoff. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
March 29, 2021
Learning from God to Anticipate the Reactions of Others: Last Days of Passover 5781
The JTS Commentary for the Last Days of Passover by Dr. Walter Herzberg. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
March 23, 2021
A Holiday of Contradictory Emotions: Passover 5781
The JTS Commentary for Passover / Shabbat Hagadol by Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
March 16, 2021
Standing at the Gates: Vayikra 5781
The JTS Commentary for Vayikra by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
March 10, 2021
Holy Bling: Vayak-hel - Pekudei 5781
The JTS Commentary for Vayak-hel - Pekudei by Dr. Amy Kalmanofsky. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
March 2, 2021
The Path to Justice: Ki Tissa 5781
The JTS Commentary for Ki Tissa by Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
Feb. 22, 2021
The Masks that We Wear: Tetzavveh 5781
The JTS Commentary for Tetzavveh by Dr. Ofra Arieli Backenroth. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
Feb. 18, 2021
Remembering Our Sacred Spaces: Terumah 5781
The JTS Commentary for Terumah by Rabbi Julia Andelman. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
Feb. 8, 2021
God's Currency: Shabbat Shekalim 5781
The JTS Commentary for Shabbat Shekalim by Rabbi Gordon Tucker. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
Feb. 1, 2021
Can God Prohibit an Emotion?: Yitro 5781
The JTS Commentary for Yitro by Dr. Sarah Wolf. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
Jan. 25, 2021
Speaking of Exodus: Beshallah 5781
The JTS Commentary for Beshallah by Dr. David G. Roskies. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
Jan. 20, 2021
Sworn to Sacred Service: Bo 5781
The JTS Commentary for Bo by Rabbi Daniel Nevins. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
Jan. 11, 2021
To Destroy and to Overthrow, to Build and to Plant: Va'era 5781
The JTS Commentary for Va'era by Rabbi Marcus Mordecai Schwartz. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
Jan. 4, 2021
Guided by the Covenant: Shemot 5781
The JTS Commentary for Shemot by Dr. Arnold M. Eisen. This commentary was first published in 5767. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
Dec. 28, 2020
In Every Place: Vayehi 5871
The JTS Commentary for Vayehi by Rabbi Rafi Cohen. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
Dec. 21, 2020
A Song of Hope: Vayiggash 5781
The JTS Commentary for Vayiggash by Rabbi Burton Visotzky. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
Dec. 15, 2020
Strangers to Ourselves: Miketz 5781
The JTS Commentary for Miketz by Rabbi Jan Uhrbach. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
Dec. 8, 2020
Miracles of Today: Hanukkah 5781
The JTS Commentary for Hanukkah by Chancellor Shuly Rubin Schwartz. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
Dec. 1, 2020
Having It All: Vayishlah 5781
The JTS Commentary for Vayishlah by Rabbi Matthew Berkowitz. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.
Nov. 23, 2020
The World in God: Vayetzei 5781
The JTS Commentary for Vayetzei by Rabbi Gordon Tucker. Music provided by JJReinhold / Pond5.