Explore every episode of the podcast Parashah Explorations
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| Ki-Savo: The Soul's Sole Sojourn (2026-08-25) | 04 Sep 2026 | 00:51:18 | |
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| Eikev: Bitahon, Fear, and Prudence (Revisited) (2026-07-28) | 28 Jul 2026 | 00:50:39 | |
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| Va'eshanan: Keeping Body and Soul Together (2026-07-21) | 22 Jul 2026 | 00:59:29 | |
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| Devarim: Exegesis and Exaggeration (2026-07-14) | 17 Jul 2026 | 01:01:15 | |
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| Matos: Mud Not the Fountain that Gave Drink to Thee (2026-07-07) | 17 Jul 2026 | 00:49:13 | |
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| Pinhas: Procreation and Parnassah (2026-06-30) | 30 Jun 2026 | 01:04:08 | |
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| Hukas: Similia Similibus Curentur (2026-06-23) | 23 Jun 2026 | 00:55:58 | |
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| Korah: The Sacred Service of Song (2026-06-16) | 23 Jun 2026 | 00:57:27 | |
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| Shelah: People the World Could Not Do Without (2026-06-09) | 10 Jun 2026 | 00:54:47 | |
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| Behaaloscha: Blowing Our Own Trumpets (2026-06-02) | 10 Jun 2026 | 01:00:17 | |
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| Naso: Moral Dialetheism (2026-05-26) | 26 May 2026 | 00:55:53 | |
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| Naso: The Benefit of the Doubt (2026-05-19) | 21 May 2026 | 00:51:34 | |
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| Bamidbar: Numbers, Nefalim, and Neonatal Mortality (2026-05-12) | 21 May 2026 | 00:54:35 | |
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| Behar: Legal Fictions (2026-05-05) | 17 May 2026 | 01:03:31 | |
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| Emor: Nulla Poena Sine Lege Praevia (2026-04-28) | 17 May 2026 | 00:51:04 | |
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| Aharei Mos: Kohanim and Kategorim (2026-04-21) | 17 May 2026 | 00:53:13 | |
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| Metzora: Woe Unto the Wicked, Woe Unto His Neighbor (2026-04-14) | 17 May 2026 | 00:43:11 | |
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| Shemini: The Hare, the Hyrax, and the Ham, and Their Homage of Hypocrisy (2026-03-29) | 17 May 2026 | 00:47:21 | |
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| Tzav: As Night Follows Day (2026-03-22) | 08 May 2026 | 00:45:52 | |
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| Vayikra: The Duty of Testimony (Revisited) - Costs, Consequences, and Commitments (2026-03-15) | 08 May 2026 | 00:51:32 | |
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| Ki Sisa: Seeing Is Believing (2026-03-01) | 02 Mar 2026 | 00:55:40 | |
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| Tetzaveh: Night Lights (2026-02-24) | 02 Mar 2026 | 00:42:05 | |
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| Terumah: The Mystery Of the Missing Metal (2026-02-17) | 19 Feb 2026 | 00:49:06 | |
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| Mishpatim: Double Jeopardy and Actual Innocence (2026-02-10) | 11 Feb 2026 | 00:47:13 | |
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| Yisro: Taking the L-rd's Name In Vain (2026-02-03) | 09 Feb 2026 | 00:47:28 | |
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| Beshalah: Testing, Testing (2026-01-27) | 05 Feb 2026 | 00:56:48 | |
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| Bo: Friends, Egyptians, and Countrymen (2026-01-20) | 23 Jan 2026 | 00:58:07 | |
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| Shemos-Vaeira: The Three Day Getaway (Revisited) (2026-01-13) | 13 Jan 2026 | 00:54:54 | |
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| Shemos: You Are What You Eat (Or Drink) (2026-01-06) | 06 Jan 2026 | 00:48:51 | |
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| Vayehi: Going Halfsies (2025-12-30) | 01 Jan 2026 | 00:51:38 | |
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| Mikeitz-Vayigash: Danger! Danger! (2025-12-21) | 28 Dec 2025 | 00:44:59 | |
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| Mikeitz: There Are No Perfectly Safe Courses (2025-12-16) | 16 Dec 2025 | 00:56:53 | |
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| Vayeishev: The Great Compromisers (2025-12-09) | 09 Dec 2025 | 01:01:59 | |
In this class we discuss Judah's proposal to his brothers to sell Joseph rather than kill him. Our discussion involves two of our favorite themes: the question of the legitimacy of moral compromise when moral absolutism seems infeasible, and the moral ambiguity frequently present in Biblical narrative. Archive.org version, including handout: link | |||
| Vayishlah: A Woman's Place Is In The Home (2025-12-02) | 05 Dec 2025 | 00:40:16 | |
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| Ki-Savo: The Sinfulness Of Smiting Secretly (2025-09-07) | 13 Oct 2025 | 00:50:54 | |
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| Ki-Seitzei: Forestalling the Foretold Fall (2025-08-31) | 13 Oct 2025 | 00:50:42 | |
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| Shoftim: Speaking For the Trees, For the Trees Have No Tongue (2025-08-24) | 12 Oct 2025 | 00:46:19 | |
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| Korah: The Duty of De-escalation (2025-06-26) | 27 Jun 2025 | 00:46:11 | |
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| Yisro: Well Qualified (2024-01-28) | 20 Nov 2024 | 00:45:46 | |
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| Beshalah: A Date Which Will Live In Infamy (2024-01-25) | 11 Mar 2024 | 00:50:33 | |
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| Bo: Spiritual Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (2024-01-14) | 11 Mar 2024 | 00:47:54 | |
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| Vaeira: Magic and Medicine (2024-01-11) | 04 Mar 2024 | 00:55:36 | |
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| Shemos: The Nuremberg Defense (2023-12-31) | 04 Mar 2024 | 00:53:31 | |
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| Vayehi: His Earth Atones For His People (2023-12-28) | 27 Feb 2024 | 00:50:35 | |
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| Vayigash: A Sheep In Swine's Clothing (Revisited) (2023-12-21) | 06 Feb 2024 | 00:45:59 | |
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| Mikeitz: Feeling Others' Pain (2023-12-14) | 01 Feb 2024 | 00:46:49 | |
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| Vayeishev: Risking One's Life For the Ones Who Gave One Life (2023-12-07) | 23 Jan 2024 | 00:47:18 | |
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| Vayishlah: Diplomacy: From Esau-Edom To Evil Empires (2023-11-30) | 09 Jan 2024 | 00:53:31 | |
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| Vayeitzei: Beauty In the Bible (Revisited) (2023-11-19) | 09 Jan 2024 | 00:50:42 | |
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| Toldos: But He Was Good To His Father (2023-11-16) | 08 Jan 2024 | 00:52:41 | |
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