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 Shemini: You Are What You Consume
Parshat Shemini This Week: The Torah gives us kashrut, laws about what we can and cannot eat. But it’s not just about food.We are what we consume. What we surround ourselves with. The people we follow...
10 Huhti 52s
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
Parshat Vayikra: Judaism is About What You Do
📖 Parshat Vayikra This Week: At a YU commencement, Rachel Goldberg-Polin said, "Judaism is not about what you think. It isn't about what you learn. It isn't about what you say. Judaism is about what ...
20 Maalis 1min
