In this episode, a d'var Torah about the parallels between two biblical stories of abuse, and the lessons we might learn from them. Music for the Episode: URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Meet_Podington_Bear_Box_Set_D

Bar Kamtza

Jul 24th, 2018 9m 15s

Today's story can be found in Gittin 55b-56a (https://www.sefaria.org/Gittin.56a?lang=en) Music: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Living_With_Trauma/Lee_Rosevere_-_Living_With_Trauma_-_02_This_Is_Difficult_For_Me Changed from

The Weight of Our Stories (Acharei Mot-Kedoshim)

Apr 29th, 2018 10m 32s

A d'var Torah that deals with Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 as honestly as I can, which is to say, offers no solution. I discuss Gordon Tucker's teshuvah at length.

Episode 9: Our Teacher Moses? (Rebroadcast)

Apr 9th, 2018 9m 11s

--RE-UPLOAD: For some reason, the first time I published this episode, the audio didn't do its thing. I have now republished this episode and it should work properly.-- In this week's story, it takes a little bit of trickery to save the Jews

Our Teacher Moses?

Apr 9th, 2018 9m 11s

Unhappy Couples and Ugly Brides

Mar 26th, 2018 7m 38s

Marriage is...hard. At least, I've been told that, having never been married. Second in my series of stories about couples gone awry, we'll learn about what happens when husbands embarrass their partners and when couple have a bit of a language

Bitter Water

Mar 12th, 2018 9m 30s

This episode is the first of several that will have to do with marriage and the Rabbis. In this episode, a couple of stories relating to the practice of Sotah.

D'var: Vayakhel Pekuedei

Mar 7th, 2018 6m 19s

This episode, something a little new, a little different, and yet still old. It's a d'var Torah! How cool. This one talks about divinely-inspired creativity.

Sarah and Conversion

Feb 26th, 2018 4m 25s

In this week's episode of Radio Rabbah, it's one of my absolute favorite pieces of Midrash/Aggadah about converts.

Slapping Babies

Jan 29th, 2018 8m 3s

In this episode of Radio Rabbah, I share two stories, both having to do with the strangeness of forgetting, learning and, yes, slapping babies.

Honi the Circle-Drawer

Jan 15th, 2018 13m 20s

In this episode, we explore the strange and wonderful life of Honi the Circle-Drawer as he brings the rain and sleeps for 70 years.

Moses Ascending

Jan 1st, 2018 8m 14s

Obviously this, and the following few episodes, are going to be mediocre at best. But you, dear listener, as the kind of person who bothers to read show notes, must either already know that or like me well enough that you're willing to put up w