A Thought for the Week

Podcast Episodes

Vayakhel: Return of the Covenant

Speakers: Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss how the "second" Mishkan differs from the first. 

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Purim: Gather Together

Speakers: Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss the challenge of unity in a time with limited persecution. 

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Ki Tisa: Perfect Timing

Speakers: Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss the many links between Ki Tisa and Purim. 

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Tetzaveh: A Construction Project

Speakers: Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss the relationship between the Exodus and the Tabernacle. 

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Terumah: Time to Volunteer

Speakers: Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss why involuntary religion is no religion at all. 

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Mishpatim: Saying What You Mean

Speakers: Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss why our Sages often reject the plain meaning of the Biblical text. 

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Yitro: Why Observe Mitzvot?

Speakers: Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss how the people responded to the Ten Commandments. 

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Beshalach: Joseph Leads the Way

Speakers: Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss why Moshe had to look for Joseph's bones on the way out of Egypt.

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Bo: Egyptian Exile

Speakers: Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss why our exile had to be in Egypt. 

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Va'eira: Stranger Things

Speakers: Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss gratitude and its role in the Exodus from Egypt. 

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