Parshat Chayei Sarah: What are you Running After?
Rivkah and Lavan both run after guests, but do they run for the same reasons? How can we tell? Hear from Rabbi Yonatan Udren how the things that we run after in life teach us about what we truly desi...
28 Okt 20217min
Parshat Vayera: The Laughter of Infinite Possibility
What’s the difference between the laughter of Avraham and the laughter of Sara? Hear from Rabbi Yonatan Udren how an open-hearted laugh can teach us the deepest lesson of faith: that God can make any...
28 Okt 20216min
Parshat Lech Lecha: From Darkness You will Know Light
What does Avraham’s mysterious vision of birds and a torch teach us about the relationship between redemption and exile? Hear from Rabbi Yonatan Udren how the story of the Brit Bein HaBetarim teaches ...
14 Okt 20217min
Parshat Noach: Toppling the Tower of Conformity
What’s so bad about a world with a singular ideology and language? Hear from Rabbi Yonatan Udren how the story of the Tower of Bavel teaches us about the importance of the individual, and how we find ...
6 Okt 20219min
Parshat Bereishit: Desire Crouches at the Door
What kind of book is the Torah anyway? A history book? A science book about the creation of the world? Hear from Rabbi Yonatan Udren about how the Torah is an answer to life’s most meaningful question...
30 Sep 20217min
Parashat Vezot HaBracha: Why Does Moshe Cry?
What does Moshe cry as he records his death in the final passages of the Torah? Hear from Rabbi Yonatan Udren about how Moshe’s last moment on Earth teaches us that we must never become spiritually co...
27 Sep 20219min
Parashat Ha’azinu: The Mystery in Moshe’s Song
What does Moshe choose the medium of poetry to retell the story of Am Yisrael on his last day? Hear from Rabbi Yonatan Udren about how poetry gives space for the inherent contradictions in life, and w...
17 Sep 20218min
Parshat Vayelech: Never Stop Walking
What is the greatest encouragement that Moshe can offer his beloved nation as he nears his death? Hear from Rabbi Yonatan Udren about how the essential of the human being is to walk, i.e. to actualize...
9 Sep 20216min
