The ritual of the Red Heifer is perhaps the most obscure, confusing practice in the entire Torah. In this episode we talk about whether Jewish rituals need reasons - and how that debate plays out traditionally and in liberal Judaism.
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Hardening Our Hearts (Va’era)
AND These are the Names (Sh’mot)
Judah the Growing Hero (Miketz)
Envisioning a Better World (Vayeshev)
Violence, Vengeance, and Voice in the Rape of Dinah (Vayishlach)
Connection is an Act of Godliness (Vayetze)
Sharing The Land (Toldot)
The Abrahamic Family (Chayei Sarah)
Seeing Each Other’s Humanity (Vayera)
What’s in a Name? (Lech Lecha)
The Earth Was Filled with Lawlessness (Noach)
Chaos, Order, and Words (Bereshit - A Conversation with Alden Solovy)
A Final blessing (V’zot Ha’brachah)
Adversity and Growth (Ha’azinu - encore)
Until 120 (Nitzavim-Vayelech)
Praying in Hebrew, Praying in English (Ki Tavo)
Preserving the Earth (KI Teitzei)
Judaism in Constant Evolution (Shoftim - encore)
Eating is an Act of Holiness (Re’eh - encore)
Helping the Rains Fall (Ekev - encore)
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