Neo-Chassidut and Experiencing G-d: A Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier (129)
There is a tremendous amount of Torah learning taking place today, and Orthodox Jews should be excited that such study occupies a central place in so many Jewish lives. Daf Yomi has encouraged and ins...
12 Sep 202253min
Does Belief in Torah Judaism Require a Leap of Faith? (128)
Is belief in Judaism self-evident? Are our principles of faith wholly rational and perhaps even obvious to any thinking person? Or is faith in G-d and Torah more complicated and suffused with question...
6 Sep 20221h 19min
Rediscovering Passionate Judaism - for Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews - with Rabbi Mark Wildes (127)
This episode is, in some ways, two distinct podcasts in one: one about outreach, and one about some major spiritual challenges that exist in the Modern Orthodox world. Many in the Centrist or Modern O...
29 Aug 20221h 4min
18 Years and Still Waiting for a Get... and Doing Something About it: Lonna Ralbag's Story (126)
Lonna Ralbag has been demanding a get from Meir Kin for 18 years and still hasn't received it. According to Jewish law, this means that she cannot remarry, and is effectively trapped as a type of agun...
22 Aug 20221h 6min
Preventing Sexual Abuse in Schools, and Addressing Accusations Properly and Effectively (125)
We all know that there have been numerous high profile scandals involving sexual abuse on the part of teachers and authority figures in the Orthodox world. We also know that as light is shed on these ...
15 Aug 202258min
More Issues in Jewish Education - with Out-Of-The-Box Solutions (124)
Six weeks ago, the Orthodox Conundrum released a panel discussion with Rabbi Moshe Simkovich, Mrs. Rachel Schwartzberg, Mrs. Olivia Friedman, and Rabbi Pesach Sommer entitled The Crisis of Orthodox Te...
9 Aug 20221h 2min
The Kinot of Tisha B'Av: Explanations and Commentary (Bonus Episode Rerelease)
Join Scott Kahn in this rereleased bonus episode for commentaries on 25 of the 40 kinot (lamentations) that Jews recite on the morning of Tisha B'Av. (The time signatures for each commentary are liste...
4 Aug 20221h 45min
Women At The Wall. Not Of. Not For. Just At. (123)
This is not an episode about Women of the Wall. It is not an episode about Women for the Wall. It is not an episode about the egalitarian space at Robinson's Arch. Instead, this is an episode about fa...
1 Aug 202254min
