In the Podsha: A Weekly Parsha Conversation

In the Podsha: A Weekly Parsha Conversation

In the Podsha is a discussion based Parsha podcast. Each week I will discuss two ideas with a guest educator surrounding the weeks Torah portion. They'll bring their own insights and personalities to that week. I hope it is insightful and accessible. Now it's easier than ever before to learn on the go, Enjoy!

Episodes

Parshat Mishpatim with Shlomo Pill

January 30, 2019 • 31 mins

For Parshat Mishpatim, I speak with Lawyer and Law professor at Emory U, Rabbi Shlomo Pill about the purpose of Mishpatim. How do these laws create the society we want? What is the purpose of these laws, and why are they after the Ten Commandments? 


Shlomo Pill is a Professor of Law at Emory University. He Specializes in American Law and the intersection between Muslim and Jewish Law. He is the founding Director of the In...

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Parshat Yitro With Rabbi Joshua Berman

January 22, 2019 • 33 mins

I was honored to have on Rabbi Joshua Berman of Bar Ilan University to talk about his book Created Equal. In the conversation he discusses, the purpose of using Near Eastern texts to explain the Torah, what is going on with the Ten Commandments and how we each have a special relationship with G-d. 


Rabbi Dr Joshua Berman is a Professor of Bible at Bar Ilan University. He is the author of various Academic books on Torah in...

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Parshat Bo with Zahava Bauer

January 8, 2019 • 29 mins

For parshat Bo, I hang out with Zahava Bauer, teacher of Literature and Halakha at Torah Academy of Greater Philidelphia, about the meaning of Firstborns for the Egyptians and the Jewish people and the importance of marking time. 

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Parshat Vaera with Miriam Gedwiser

January 1, 2019 • 36 mins

I talk with Miriam Gedwiser, Judaic studies teacher at Ramaz upper school, about Moshe's job is a communal one, how we learn things even if we dont realize it, and why all the plagues had to happen.


Miriam Gedwiser teaches Talmud and Tanakh at the Ramaz Upper School and is on the faculty at Drisha. She has a B.A. in the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine from the University of Chicago and a J.D. fr...

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Parshat Shmot with Alvin Reinstein

December 23, 2018 • 35 mins

For Parshat Shmot, I chat with my dad about his Bar Mitzvah Parsha. We talk about why Moshe was chosen as a leader for the Jewish people, while going through buts of Torah along the way, and detail some of the Hero's journey Moshe goes through this week.

Yes, my dad and I were really in smicha together, you can see more about that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SbY0S5nldQ

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Parshat Vayechi with Roy Feldman

December 18, 2018 • 33 mins
For Parshat Vayechi, I chat with Roy Feldman, Rabbi at Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob in Albany, NY, about the purpose of the book of Genesis, what Joseph's brothers must have felt and some musings on the Rabbinate.
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Parshat Vayigash with Eli Lebowicz

December 13, 2018 • 39 mins
For Parshat Vayigash, I chat with Eli, an Orthodox stand up comedian, about the nature of Yehuda's change and what Yosef knew and didn't know, while making a whole bunch of jokes throughout. See more of eli at elicomedy.com
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Parshat Miketz with Dan Margulies

December 3, 2018 • 35 mins
In this week's Podsha I hang out with Dan Margulies, Rabbi at The Riverdale Minyan, where we talk about how Yoseph interpreted the dreams, how Yoseph could solve alot of our problems wether personally, financially or religiously, and why Yoseph did all the tricking of his brothers. Dan Margulies very recently became the Rabbi at The Riverdale Minyan in Riverdale, NY. He also writes monthly for Morthodoxy, and is a guest writer at...
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Parshat Vayeshev with Gershon Albert

November 27, 2018 • 34 mins
(Apologies for static in parts of the episode, tried to get rid of it and it is only there for parts) This week for Parshat Vayeshev, I have Gershon Albert! Gershon is the Rabbi at Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland, and was in my class at Yeshiva University! Here we talk about what Yosef was thinking when he was telling his brother the dreams, what they actually might have meant, and who actually sold Yosef.
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Parshat Vayishlach with Sara Wolkenfeld

November 20, 2018 • 31 mins
In the Podsha is back! Thanks for being patient, I had to take a break to work on an actuarial exam and the holidays. This week I chat with Sara Wolkenfeld about all the good thing Sefaria.org is doing, Yaakov's name change's odd formulation, and Esav's and Yaakov's intentions while meeting again. Subscribe and like to get more episodes of In the Podsha! Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld is the Director of Education at Sefaria.org. Sh...
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Parshat Ki Tavo with Rivka Herzfeld

August 27, 2018 • 37 mins
In this week's Podsha, I talk to Rivka Herzfeld about being grateful for our bad history, and we let everyone know a secret about the curses promised if we don't listen. Rivka got her MA in Bible from Revel, and has taught in a variety of Jewish settings.
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Podsha Ki Teitzei with Jon Leener

August 21, 2018 • 29 mins
In this week's Podsha, I talk with fellow Crown Heights resident Jon Leener about the nature of all the interpersonal commandments in Ki Teitzei, and how one thing leads to another in our personal and spiritual lives. Jon, with his partner Faith, run BASE BKLN in crown heights, Brooklyn. BASE is the home of a Rabbinic family which serves as a home-base, a grounding point for students, young adults, and their friends. While each...
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Parshat Shoftim with Tzipporah Machlah Klapper

August 11, 2018 • 29 mins
Enjoy this free flowing conversation with Tzipporah Machlah from the Center for Modern Torah Leadership about the responsibility of our leaders to be part of the community, how those responsibilities are split up, and how our actions influence our personalities. Rate and subscribe to In the Podsha wherever you get your podcasts
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Parshat Re'eh with Josh Botwinick

August 5, 2018 • 29 mins
In this week's Podsha, I talk with Josh, Co-director of JLIC in Herzeliya, about how the rules of Avodah Zarah (foreign worship, usually understood as idol worship) can be relevant today, and how limiting can be a holy practice.
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Parshat Eikev with Hannah Dreyfus

August 1, 2018 • 32 mins
This week, I have some family time with an excellent Journalist, Hannah Dreyfus. We talk about how the abuses of power that happen in the Jewish community (and beyond), the power of love over fear, and what Hannah should do with all the cattle she has. Hannah Dreyfus is a Staff Writer for the Jewish Week. Check out her writing (hannahdreyfus.com) and her podcast (The Chutzpah Podcast)
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Parshat Vaetchanan with Dovi Nadel

July 23, 2018 • 31 mins
This week brings Dovi Nadel, the coordinator for the Chidon HaTanach in the US, to talk about whats so special about Jewish people/Torah, what's up with the beginning of a really famous prayer, and we reminisce about an old teacher of his. Dovi is also a Judiac studies teacher. You can read more about Chidon here: https://chidonusa.wordpress.com/coordinator-%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%96/
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Parshat Devarim with Margot Botwinick

July 15, 2018 • 30 mins
In this week's Podsha, I bring back my sister Margot! We talk about Moshe's unique ability to make a weakness a strength, the purpose of the book of Devarim, and Margot is far too kind to me.
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Parshiot Matot-Maasei with Dasi Fruchter

July 10, 2018 • 28 mins
This week I talk to Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter, Assistant Spiritual Leader at Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah in Potomac, MD. We talk about people's responsibility to be honest when asking for things, some guy that sounds like Dumbledore, and Dasi's love for Feminist documentaries.
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Parshat Pinchas with Tal Attia

July 3, 2018 • 36 mins
Tal Attia, director of JLIC at Brandeis, joins me to talk about Pinchas, what it means to be zealous for G-d, whether Pinchas did the right thing, and why we should aim to be more like Joshua and less like Moshe
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Parshat Balak with Sarah Robinson

June 24, 2018 • 31 mins
For Parshat Balak, I talk with Sarah Robinson about how we should relate to Balak as a character, why there is an entire Parsha from a non-Jewish perspective, how different challenges deserve different approaches, and Karma throughout the Bible. Sarah graduated from Stern and GPATS (YU's Graduate Program for Advanced Talmudic studies), and now teaches Judaics in High School MDS, and previously Kushner, and has had a variety of te...
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