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Join Rabbi Jay Kelman, the founding director of Torah in Motion, as he shares a thought about the weekly parsha.
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- Yesterday10 min
Eikev: Counting to 100
Join as we discuss the connection between Birchat haMazon and the Garden of Eden. If you would like to partner with us to create more thoughtful and accessible jewish content, visit torahinmotion.org/donate, or email us at info@torahinmotion.org.Please send any questions, comments, or critiques to podcasts@torahinmotion.orgYou can find more thoughtful Jewish content at torahinmotion.org
- 1 weeks ago12 min
Va'etchanan: A Second Revelation
Join as we discuss the significance of an extra vav the second time around.If you would like to partner with us to create more thoughtful and accessible jewish content, visit torahinmotion.org/donate, or email us at info@torahinmotion.org.Please send any questions, comments, or critiques to podcasts@torahinmotion.orgYou can find more thoughtful Jewish content at torahinmotion.org
- 1 weeks ago19 min
Tisha b'Av | When Will the Kinnot End? The Horrors of October 7
These two moving kinnot written by survivors of the Nachal Oz and Kfar Aza ask as Yirmiyahu did, Eicha, How can it be? How can it be?If you would like to partner with us to create more thoughtful and accessible jewish content, visit torahinmotion.org/donate, or email us at info@torahinmotion.org.Please send any questions, comments, or critiques to podcasts@torahinmotion.orgYou can find more thoughtful Jewish content at torahinmotion.org
- 1 weeks ago27 min
BONUS | Rising From the Grave
Our ancestors are awoken by Yirmiyahs to plead on behalf of their children. But their children continue to sin and the merit of our ancestors has long expired. This is Episode 12 of our new daily podcast, running from the 17th of Tammuz through the 9th of Av. Check it out on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, to get all the episodes. If you would like to partner with us to create more thoughtful and accessible jewish content, visit torahinmotion.org/donate, or email us at info@torahinmotion.org.Please send any questions, comments, or critiques to podcasts@torahinmotion.orgYou can find more thoughtful Jewish content at torahinmotion.org
- 2 weeks ago15 min
Devarim: Torah for All
Join as we discuss why the most important messages of the Torah are for all of mankind. If you would like to partner with us to create more thoughtful and accessible jewish content, visit torahinmotion.org/donate, or email us at info@torahinmotion.org.Please send any questions, comments, or critiques to podcasts@torahinmotion.orgYou can find more thoughtful Jewish content at torahinmotion.org
- 2 weeks ago26 min
BONUS | The Ten Martyrs
This is Episode 12 of our new daily podcast, running from the 17th of Tammuz through the 9th of Av. Check it out on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, to get all the episodes. The story of the 10 martyrs is recounted–in very different ways–twice a year. Once on Yom Kippur and again on Tisha b’Av. We will discuss the links between the story of Yosef, making a widow wait and the deaths of Rabbi Yishamel and Rabi Shimon. If you would like to partner with us to create more thoughtful and accessible jewish content, visit torahinmotion.org/donate, or email us at info@torahinmotion.org.Please send any questions, comments, or critiques to podcasts@torahinmotion.orgYou can find more thoughtful Jewish content at torahinmotion.org
- 3 weeks ago15 min
Matot-Masei: Count to Ten
Join as we discuss why Moshe made three big mistakes.If you would like to partner with us to create more thoughtful and accessible jewish content, visit torahinmotion.org/donate, or email us at info@torahinmotion.org.Please send any questions, comments, or critiques to podcasts@torahinmotion.orgYou can find more thoughtful Jewish content at torahinmotion.org
- 3 weeks ago20 min
BONUS | And Jeremiah Cried: The King Who Did Everything Right, Until He Didn't
This is Episode 6 of our new daily podcast, which will run from the 17th of Tammuz through the 9th of Av. Follow on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.He found a lost Torah scroll. There was no greater leader since Moshe. Then one fateful decision cost him his life. Why did one of Judah's greatest kings ignore Yirmiyahu's warning—and what can his tragic mistake teach us about the limits of conviction and the necessity of humility?If you would like to partner with us to create more thoughtful and accessible jewish content, visit torahinmotion.org/donate, or email us at info@torahinmotion.org.Please send any questions, comments, or critiques to podcasts@torahinmotion.orgYou can find more thoughtful Jewish content at torahinmotion.org
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