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Torah Cafe

Zalman Gordon

Religion & Spirituality

Frequency: 1 episode/6d. Total Eps: 421

A discussion on a topic from the week's Parsha covering many important parts of Judaism that are not regularly addressed.

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11/09/2026
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10/09/2026
#51
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10/09/2026
#46
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09/09/2026
#32
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06/09/2026
#67
🇨🇦 Canada - Judaism
05/09/2026
#54

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Is G-d also a King?

Sunday, September 6, 2026 • Duration 41:26

We believe that G-d is our Creator and in our prayers often refer to Him as our father. However, on Rosh Hashanah, we mostly refer to G-d as our King.

What does it mean that G-d is a King? Is there an advantage to being a Monarch? How does G-d's role as King connect to Rosh Hashanah?

A fascinating discussion about G-d role as a king.

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Piyyut - How Jews Invented Poetry

Sunday, August 30, 2026 • Duration 54:43

Poetry has always played a central role in Judaism. Jewish poetry began in the Tanach (the Hebrew scriptures), which contain the earliest known poetry. Later in the early Middle Ages, Jewish poets developed extensive liturgical poems that became central to our prayers and served as a model copied by Christian and Muslim poets.

A fascinating discussion about Piyyut, early Jewish poetry and how it influenced all subsequent poetry.

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Freeing Hostages

Sunday, August 23, 2026 • Duration 55:40

It is a great Mitzvah to do everything we can to free our fellow Jews who have been captured. Many Jewish communities maintained special funds for freeing captives and hostages. But should we always free captives at any price? Can we overpay? What if we are asked to exchange the captives for terrorists? What if the captives' lives are in danger? J

A fascinating class about the Jewish responses to the agonizing questions about freeing hostages.

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Get - The Jewish Divorce Ceremony

Sunday, August 16, 2026 • Duration 47:32

Judaism allows for couple to go separate ways once their marriage reached an end. The process of Jewish divorce - Get in Hebrew - is among the most detailed and complex religious ceremonies in Judaism.

A fascinating overview of the detailed Jewish divorce ceremony.

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Beth Din - The Jewish court system https://open.spotify.com/episode/09KcwTo04tQSmpQlHNaVsX?si=zQkf-1STRWijimsTFQf0oA

The Aguna problem https://open.spotify.com/episode/7oVSHf15s3tWvomhmDgKnt?si=3ayHGUYWR3K2ElquMNkglg

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Are we reaching the end-of-times?

Sunday, August 9, 2026 • Duration 49:56

From the beginning of time, people have been predicting the end-of-times, when the world as we know it will come to an end. Today, there are countless people who claim to know the signs that we are almost there.
Jews have always believed in the coming of Mashiach and the "end-of-times". But is that going to happen soon? Do we know when Mashiach will come and when history will end?

A fascinating discussion about the Jewish traditions regarding predicting the end-of-times.

Link to past episode about the End of Times https://open.spotify.com/episode/0R4X8w7NDAFscNpIYZLAAO?si=WpGJAtdkTQ6sxWbZfv9DQQ

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Is it Kosher to eat fish and meat together?

Sunday, August 2, 2026 • Duration 47:09

The Torah forbids us from eating milk and meat together. What about fish and meat, fish and fowl, or even fish and milk?

A fascinating discussion about the rules of eating fish with meat or milk in Judaism.

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Mixing Milk and Meat https://open.spotify.com/episode/5FtZuAhFtMbOLfpHhPf6IO?si=sMrC4igkTFie6GOQ8sWpxQ

What makes fish Kosher? https://open.spotify.com/episode/4NVIqPADTsRGf4S1E5XyQl?si=vfmlreIrT2uR3wPke4rqeg

The Shulchan Aruch https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gwgTVDqHl6bNOEnoLcJcB?si=lJ1QLKlURIWuR3cwqTev_w

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When Chopping Wood is a Mitzvah

Sunday, July 26, 2026 • Duration 44:57

An important part of the Temple service was the chopping and donating wood to the Temple for the fire on the Altar. This Mitzvah came with great celebrations and many families had designated days for wood donations. This Mitzvah is still celebrated today on the 15th of Av each year.

A fascinating discussion about the Wood Chopping Mitzvah, its celebrations, and the life changing impact it has on us today.

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Josephus: Historian, Traitor or Propagandist?

Sunday, July 19, 2026 • Duration 49:59

Josephus is our single most important source for the final decades of the Second Temple period. He was a former Jewish commander who surrendered to the Romans and later became a writer in the court of the Flavian emperors. Josephus wrote important books about the Jewish revolt, Jewish history, and Judaism that we still have today.
But can his account be trusted? Was Josephus a careful historian preserving the past, a political propagandist serving Rome, or something far more complicated?

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Good vs. Evil: Who Wins?

Sunday, July 12, 2026 • Duration 45:06

In our personal lives and our world in general, there is an epic battle between good and evil. Each side is constantly battling to gain the upper hand. Who wins this battle?

Our own life experience and observations often suggest that evil is winning, but counterintuitively, the Rebbe explains why logically, in the long run good will always win

A fascinating discussion based on the teachings of the Rebbe about the epic battle between good and evil and how we can definitively show that good always wins. Links to related episodes

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Do Jews Believe in Satan? https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bPGhW5ZxVANNIc8gGhL1H?si=dztRQvx7S8i1Biktg4iWRw

Can people be truly bad? https://open.spotify.com/episode/5wGuRasHfU3oXQJhdIZYtL?si=Rz31y0QRQAGqTT5YthozPg

The Battle of Two Souls https://open.spotify.com/episode/4B2WFOLWlop7Yb4742AY9X?si=EEVfTYLaRhOWxucsxZ5pwA

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The Great American Jewish Experiment

Sunday, July 5, 2026 • Duration 01:04:06

While historically, Jewish communities were organized and structured, the freedoms in the United States have made Jewish communities fractured and fragile. This created an open market for Judaism in the United States that never existed anywhere else.

How did Judaism in America adapt to this unusual community structure? What can guarantee Judaism's survival in this free open society?

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