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Pinhas 5768: Reward or Therapy?

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:37:43 -0400

This episode is a recording I did for another podcast in which I participate, KOACH.org, a wonderful resource for Jews on university campuses.

In this Devar Torah, I investigate the nature of the berit shalom (pact of peace) that God bestowed upon Pinhas and his descendants. Why would God reward Pinhas for assassinating two human beings?

Balak 5768: Animal Rights? (Text only, click in black space above)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:08:03 -0400

In this sermon that will soon be used in a RabbiPod episode, I examine the question of animal rights from a Jewish perspective.

Behaalotekha 5768: A Special Needs Child

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:12:25 -0400

In this episode of RabbiPod, we learn what Moses' construction of the Menorah can teach us about special needs children.

Emor 5768: The Conversion Crisis

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:41:54 -0400

In this episode of RabbiPod, I argue that Israel needs to have a law permiting civil marriage, and that the Israeli government should not have the power to decide who and who is not a Jew. That power should be left to individual rabbis and their respective communities.

Kedoshim 5768: General Tso's Torah

Fri, 2 May 2008 17:12:14 -0400

In this episode of RabbiPod, we learn about the worship of the ancient idol Molech and its connection to modern-day China.

Yizkor Pesah 5768: The Bread of Death

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:29:33 -0400

In this episode of RabbiPod, we learn about the role our Passover rituals play as a reaction to death.

Pesah 5768: The Path to Hell and Good Intentions

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:03:47 -0400

In this episode of RabbiPod, we learn about the wise child from the Haggadah. Why is he considered wise? What does he know that others don't?

Pesah 5768: Four Sons for Four Cups of Wine

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:03:16 -0400

In this episode of RabbiPod, I explain how each of the four sons in the Pesah haggadah represents one of the four cups of wine.

Metzora 5768: Warning Signs of Love

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:06:55 -0400

In this episode of RabbiPod, we learn why the Torah lists the different forms of leprosy in a specific order, and what that order teaches us for life today.

Tazria 5768: A Plague On Your House, Clothes, and Skin

Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:42:24 -0400

In this episode of RabbiPod, we learn why the Torah says that leprosy (tzara'at) can afflict houses and clothing as well as human skin.