Parshat Emor: Walking the Path of Elevation
📖 Parshat Emor This Week: Three times a year, the Jewish people made pilgrimage to the Temple, walking the same ancient stones, going uphill, literally 'oleh regel,' ascending for the festival. This ...
1 Touko 1min
How Do I Start Being More Jewish?
🎧 Listen to this and other episodes at www.joidenver.com/podcastsIn this episode of Dear Rabbi, I answer a question many people ask: What is the best way to get started in wanting to be more involved...
29 Huhti 2min
Parshat Achrei Mot: Mourning Lost Potential
📖 Parshat Achrei Mot This Week: Orthodox Jewish men look scruffy right now; we're in the Omer mourning period for Rabbi Akiva's 24,000 students who died in a plague. Why mourn them for over a month w...
24 Huhti 2min
Why Do Jewish Women Cover Their Hair?
🎧 Listen to this and other episodes at www.joidenver.com/podcastsIn this episode of Dear Rabbi, we answer a question about a distinctive Jewish practice: Why do some Jewish women cover their hair? Fo...
22 Huhti 2min
Why Does God Stay Hidden?
🎧 Listen to this and other episodes at www.joidenver.com/podcastsIn this episode of Dear Rabbi, I address a profound spiritual question: Why does God want some distance? Even when we draw close with ...
15 Huhti 3min
Parshat Tzav: When It's Not Inspiring, Do It Anyway
📖 Parshat Tzav This Week: Last week's Vayikra covered the big concepts behind sacrifices: the philosophy and the meaning. This week? Tzav gets unromantic. It's all the nitty-gritty details: how the k...
27 Maalis 1min
If Torah Says Don't Add to Mitzvot, How Do Rabbinic Laws Exist?
🎧 Listen to this and other episodes at www.joidenver.com/podcastsIn this episode of Dear Rabbi, I tackle an excellent paradox: The Torah explicitly states that one is prohibited from adding or subtra...
25 Maalis 3min
