Parshat Bo: Breaking False Loyalties
📖 Parshat Bo This Week: Before leaving Egypt, God commands the Israelites to take a lamb, Egypt's deity tie it to their bedposts, then slaughter it as the Korban Pesach. Why specifically a lamb? Beca...
23 Jan 59s
Why Does the Jewish Day Start at Sundown? Biblical Wisdom Explained
🎧 Listen to this and other episodes at www.joidenver.com/podcastsIn this episode of Dear Rabbi, I answer a fascinating question: Why does the Jewish concept of a day start at sundown instead of midni...
21 Jan 2min
Parshat Vaeira: When Ignoring Evil Becomes Evil
📖 Parshat Vaeira This Week: The plague of frogs was relentless, croaking everywhere, no escape from the noise. Why? Midah k'neged midah, measure for measure. For 210 years of slavery, Egyptians chose...
16 Jan 1min
Parshat Vayigash: The Ultimate Act of Forgiveness
📖 Parshat Vayigash This Week: 'I am Yosef, your brother.' Imagine the shock. The brothers stand before Egypt's viceroy, and suddenly realize it's the brother they sold into slavery years ago, assumed...
26 Des 20251min
What's the Point of Prayer If God Already Knows What I Need?
🎧 Listen to this and other episodes at www.joidenver.com/podcastsIn this episode of Dear Rabbi, I tackle a fundamental question about prayer: What's the point if God already knows what I need? Are we...
24 Des 20253min
Parshat Mikeitz: Forget Before You Flourish
📖 Parshat Mikeitz This Week: Yosef names his sons in revealing order. First, Menashe 'nashani Elokim', God made me forget the troubles of my past. Second, Efraim 'ki hifrani', God made me fruitful in...
19 Des 20251min
POV Parsha - Parshat Miketz - Joseph and Hanukkah Part 2
In Part 1, we laid out questions: Why does the Midrash connect Greece to the "horn of an ox"? Why is Yosef described by Moshe using that imagery? Why does Yosef's rise to power in Egypt matter for und...
18 Des 202524min
Parsha POV - Miketz - Joseph and Hanukkah Part 1
Chanukah always falls during the Torah portions that tell the story of Yosef, but the connection is rarely explored directly. In this episode, I do something simple: I ask questions.Why does the Midra...
18 Des 202529min
