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Rabbit Hole LIVE - Vayishlach10 Dec 202400:31:39

In this special edition of the Parshah Rabbit Hole, presented live at Chabad of West Hartford, CT, we dig into the background of a mysterious side character who is mentioned only twice in the Torah. Source Sheet: http://www.sefaria.org/sheets/609057

Nitzavim-Vayelech: Ocean Voyages and Space Travel26 Sep 202400:13:56

This Rabbit Hole starts with a verse about the sea and ends up in outer space.

Source Sheet:https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/593356?lang=bi

Korach: Gehenom Hole05 Jul 202400:05:38

This week's Rabbit Hole is about actually about a hole. In the earth. That swallowed some guys.

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https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/576718?lang=bi

Shlach: Giant Grapes!27 Jun 202400:18:35

This week's Rabbit hole starts with a mention of giant grapes in the Parshah, and eventually makes its way to record setting watermelons. This week's episode is dedicated by: https://chassiduswiki.com/ Source Sheet Link: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/575444?lang=bi

Behaalosecha: Trumpets and Treasure19 Jun 202400:11:53

This week's Rabbit hole explores a pair of trumpets that belonged to Moses.


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https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/574201?lang=en

Nasso: Potions, Wine and Dreams11 Jun 202400:14:27

This week's Rabbit hole splits into four different directions, each one exploring a different weird idea in the Torah Portion. Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/571991?lang=bi Here's links for each of the awesome guests in this week's episode... Hershey Sufrin: http://sufrin.tv Yisroel Arye Gootblatt: https://youtube.com/@yisroelarye2088?si=kk83tJe0yLiGLRNY http://YisroelArye.com Mendy Korer:https://youtube.com/@chabad-islington?si=5m71mM4KElRUwEpP https://www.jewishislington.co.uk/ Shais Taub:https://www.youtube.com/@SoulWords https://www.soulwords.org/

Bamidbar: Flags and Formations06 Jun 202400:14:44

This week's Rabbit Hole starts with flags and eventually gets to dragons and Disney World.


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https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/569867?lang=bi

Bechukosai: Math and Minyanim29 May 202400:14:34

This week's Rabbit Hole explores a verse with some mismatched Ratios, and eventually gets to nuclear physics.


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https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/568129?lang=bi

Behar: Bullies and Bears23 May 202400:14:44

This week's Rabbit hole explores the punishment of bullies in the afterlife and the ethical treatment of supernatural bears.


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https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/566808?lang=bi

Emor: Zombies in Halacha16 May 202400:14:00

This week's Rabbit Hole explores how certain Jewish laws apply to supernatural beings.


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https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/565190?lang=bi

Kedoshim: Plant Monsters and Primates09 May 202400:18:37

This week's Rabbit Hole follows the trail of a monster whose bones are used for necromancy.


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https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/563553?lang=bi


Acharei: Goats and Gremlins02 May 202400:15:09

This week's Rabbit Hole follows a cryptic clue in a commentary that leads us into the a realm of weirdness.Source Sheet:https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/562161?lang=en

Ki Savo: Baskets!19 Sep 202400:11:38

This week's Rabbit Hole starts with baskets and eventually gets to the cycle of poverty, shiva platters and arts and crafts.


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www.sefaria.org/sheets/591495

Metzora: Ears and Garlic Breath17 Apr 202400:17:40

This week's Rabbit hole explores a strange ritual involving ear, thumbs and toes, and eventually gets to the Talmudic origins is of a famous trope.


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Tazria: Fetuses and Soulmates10 Apr 202400:13:23

This week's Rabbit Hole starts with sources in the Talmud that talk about what a fetus does to keep busy in the womb, and eventually gets to reincarnation.

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Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/557837?lang=bi

Shemini: Fish Brains and Sea Monsters02 Apr 202400:18:36
This week's Rabbit Hole explores a bizarre fish mentioned in the Talmud whose brains taste like pig. HillulaStatus: https://api.whatsapp.com/send/?phone=17323288365&text=Subscribe Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/556033?lang=bi
Tzav: Sailors, Survival and Sinners28 Mar 202400:12:38

This week's Rabbit Hole starts with the Thanks Offering - the sacrifice brought after surviving a life-threatening experience and eventually gets to ancient mariners, arrogance and the definition of delinquency. Sponsor an upcoming episode or make a small recurring donation: https://www.creativejudaism.com/donate Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/554811?lang=bi

Vayikra: Radios in the Talmud?22 Mar 202400:09:38

This week's Rabbit hole explores a possible reference to radio waves in the Talmud and eventually gets to gremlins! Purim Technical Support Hotline: 1-812-577-8746 History of telephone broadcasts of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's talks: https://videos.jem.tv/video-player?clip=884 source sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/553628?lang=bi

Pekudei: Colors and Ancient Civilizations12 Mar 202400:18:35

This week's Rabbit Hole is all about colors and explores a midrash that says that Queen Esther was green, as well as an internet myth that ancient humans couldn't see the color blue.


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Vayakhel: Golems and Telepathy05 Mar 202400:17:08

This week's Rabbit Hole starts with Betzalel - the artist appointed by G-d to build the ark and the mishkan (portable temple), and eventurally gets to Golems and telepathy.


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Ki Sisa: How to Spot a Heretic28 Feb 202400:14:19

Does G-d have a face? How do you spot a Heretic? Can you get kicked out of Heaven? All of these questions are stops along the way down this Rabbit Hole.

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Tetzaveh: Anagrams and Astrology20 Feb 202400:16:38

This Rabbit Hole explores the Urim V'Tumim - mysterious elements of the breastplate used in the Temple which could tell the future.

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Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/546154?lang=bi

Terumah(?)14 Feb 202400:20:53

This week's Rabbit follows the trail of a mysterious extra Torah Portion than shows up in some sources and eventually gets us to bubble machines and chickpeas. To sponsor an episode of the Parshah Rabbit Hole go to: https://www.CreativeJudaism.com/donate Source Sheet Link: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/544761?lang=bi

Ki Seitzei: Birds and Brains12 Sep 202400:13:56

This Rabbit Hole starts with exploring how animals think and eventually gets to peripheral vision and neurodiversity. Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/589661?lang=en

Mishpatim: Civil Law and Unconventional Families06 Feb 202400:19:41

This week's Rabbit Hole begins with a peculiar wording for categories of civil laws, and eventually leads to the differences between mothers and fathers.


Source Sheet Link:

https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/542995?lang=bi

Yisro: Strange Deals and How to Get Out of Them31 Jan 202400:17:39

This week's Rabbit Starts with a bizarre deal Moses made with his father-in-law, Jethro and takes us to contractual loopholes and educational philosophy.

Source Sheet Link:

https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/541385?lang=bi

Beshalach: The Song of the Sea and Mary Poppins23 Jan 202400:22:17

This week's Rabbit hole starts with the Song sung by Moses and the Jewish People after the splitting of the sea, and then winds its way through the topics of music, masonry, feeding birds, Walt Disney and the Sherman Brothers- Robert and Richard Sherman. Source Sheet Link: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/539318?lang=bi

Bo: Dogs, Cats and Bad Jobs17 Jan 202400:25:32

This week's Rabbit hole starts with a verse that says that dogs didn't bark at the Israelites in Egypt, and follows the trail to cats, mice and philosophy. Source Sheet Link: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/538072?lang=bi

Vaera: Crocodiles!09 Jan 202400:27:13

This week's Rabbit Hole is a Crocodile Hole, and it turns out that there could be a lot more crocodiles in Torah than you think. Source Sheet Link: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/536360?lang=bi

Shemos: Sticks and Stones and Wizards01 Jan 202400:19:36

Our starting point in this week's Rabbit Hole is the Staff of Moses, which eventually leads us to medieval British legends and the real answer to the question "who knows 4?"


Source Sheet Link:https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/534611?lang=bi

Vayechi: Lions, False Messiahs and Psychology26 Dec 202300:20:45

This Rabbit hole starts with a quest to find information about a pair of lions that appear on the title page of the Talmud, but eventually gets to psychology and false messiahs. Source Sheet Link: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/533696?lang=bi

Vayigash: Pilpul, Carpentry and Spring Break19 Dec 202300:19:19

Is pepper a spice? Is learning carpentry better than learning Toroh? Is spring break the root of all evil? All of these topics are explored on our way down this week's Parshah Rabbit Hole.


Source sheet link:

https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/532389?lang=bi

Miketz: The Logic of Dreams14 Dec 202300:21:13

This week's Rabbit Hole explores dreams - specifically, is there any truth in them and if so, how much? Source Sheet link: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/531477?lang=bi

Vayeshev: Friendship and Immortality06 Dec 202300:22:25

We start with an obscure side-character mentioned in the Parshah and follow the path to 19th century British parliament and the dangers of immortality. Chanukah Booklet link: https://www.creativejudaism.com/dreidel Source Sheet link: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/529841

Shoftim: Cops and Cantors05 Sep 202400:11:11

This week's Rabbit Hole explores the role of police in Judaism, and eventually gets to cantors. To sponsor an episode or make a small recurring donation go to: https://www.creativejudaism.com/donate Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/587856?lang=bi

Vayishlach: Sippy Cups and Magic Jars28 Nov 202300:14:28

Our journey this week starts with some tiny jars, winds around through Midrashic manipulation of the Hebrew letters and eventually gets us to Chanukah.

Source Sheet:

www.sefaria.org/sheets/527813

Vayetze: Mandrakes and Magic Potions19 Nov 202300:23:04

This week we get some expert advice from Rabbi Shais Taub, who tells us to look into Mandrakes, which leads us to all sorts of magical plants. Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/523818

Toldos: An Olfactory Tour Through Torah13 Nov 202300:19:32

This week's Rabbit hole starts with a smell, passes through the Garden of Eden and eventually finds its way to bodily functions. Source Sheet Link: www.sefaria.org/sheets/524775

Chayei Sarah: Nose Rings, Groundhog Day and Reincarnation06 Nov 202300:19:41

This week's Rabbit Hole begins with an exploration of nose rings which somehow leads to Groundhog Day and reincarnation. Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/523002 (Follow along or print it out for your Shabbos table)

Vayera: Shabbos Angels and Bathroom Angels29 Oct 202300:14:48

This week's rabbit hole is all about angels, and apparently, they're a lot closer to home than you might think. We'll follow all the cookie crumbs (or whatever angels eat) to figure out all the details about your angel entourage. Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/521003 (Follow along or print it out for your Shabbos table)

Lech Lecha: Coins, Worms and Capital Punishment23 Oct 202300:11:30

Did you know that G-d blessed Abraham with a commemorative coin? That's where this week's rabbit hole starts and leads us to nautical history, worm related miracles and the fascinating story of Rabbi Elazar of Amsterdam as transmitted by the Belzer chasidic dynasty. Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/519207 (Follow along or print it out for your Shabbos table)

Noach: Broken Stars, Teleportation and Circadian Rhythm15 Oct 202300:20:10

This week's rabbit hole begins with a Midrash that says the sun, moon and stars didn't work during the flood, and leads to teleportation and the circadian rhythm of roosters. Source Sheet Link: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/516110... (follow along, or print it out for your Shabbos table)

Bereishis: Music, Money and Gremlins08 Oct 202300:21:37

Welcome to the first episode of "The Parshah Rabbit Hole" where your host Dovid Taub takes you on an adventure through the weekly Torah portion. This week's rabbit hole starts with some funny sounding names and eventually leads to the birth of capitalism, ancient musical instruments, and the gremlin king. Source sheet link: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/515525... (follow along, or print it out for your Shabbos table)

Phylacteries and Comics18 Aug 202400:05:11

This week's Rabbit Hole explores a strange connection between Tefillin and comic books.

Va'eschanan: Thieves and Gremlins14 Aug 202400:19:24
This week's Rabbit Hole explores the prayer of a thief, useless prayer and then somehow gremlins. To sponsor an episode or make a small recurring donation go to: https://www.creativejudaism.com/donate Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/583538?lang=bi
Devarim: Bees and Leaders04 Aug 202400:16:39

This week's Rabbit starts with bees and buzzes it's way to dream interpretation and the mystical significance of beekeeping. To sponsor an episode or make a small recurring donation go to: https://www.creativejudaism.com/donate Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/581694?lang=bi

Balak: Ancient Aircraft18 Jul 202400:19:46

This week's Rabbit Hole starts with a flying sorcerer and follows the trail of aeronautics in Torah. Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/578829... Dedicate and episode: https://www.creativejudaism.com/donate

Chukas: Giants and Babies08 Jul 202400:15:08

This week's Rabbit hole starts with Og, a giant mentioned in this week's Torah portion, and explores what happens to measurements when we're talking about giants. Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/577169... To dedicate an episode and help me keep on digging go to: https://www.creativejudaism.com/donate

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