In the Podsha: A Weekly Parsha Conversation
By Sam Reinstein
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In the Podsha: A Weekly Parsha ConversationJul 11, 2018
Parshat Mishpatim with Shlomo Pill
For Parshat Mishpatim, I speak with Lawyer and Law professor at Emory U, Rabbi Shlomo Pill about the purpose of Mishpatim. How do these laws create the society we want? What is the purpose of these laws, and why are they after the Ten Commandments?
Shlomo Pill is a Professor of Law at Emory University. He Specializes in American Law and the intersection between Muslim and Jewish Law. He is the founding Director of the Institute for Jewish Muslim Action (IJMA), a policy-action group building cooperative relationships between American Jews and Muslims through educational programming, policy research, and political and legal advocacy on issues of mutual interest in American public life
Parshat Yitro With Rabbi Joshua Berman
I was honored to have on Rabbi Joshua Berman of Bar Ilan University to talk about his book Created Equal. In the conversation he discusses, the purpose of using Near Eastern texts to explain the Torah, what is going on with the Ten Commandments and how we each have a special relationship with G-d.
Rabbi Dr Joshua Berman is a Professor of Bible at Bar Ilan University. He is the author of various Academic books on Torah including Created Equal and Inconstancies in the Torah. You can see more of his work here: https://bible.biu.ac.il/en/node/559
Parshat Bo with Zahava Bauer
For parshat Bo, I hang out with Zahava Bauer, teacher of Literature and Halakha at Torah Academy of Greater Philidelphia, about the meaning of Firstborns for the Egyptians and the Jewish people and the importance of marking time.
Parshat Vaera with Miriam Gedwiser
I talk with Miriam Gedwiser, Judaic studies teacher at Ramaz upper school, about Moshe's job is a communal one, how we learn things even if we dont realize it, and why all the plagues had to happen.
Miriam Gedwiser teaches Talmud and Tanakh at the Ramaz Upper School and is on the faculty at Drisha. She has a B.A. in the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from N.Y.U. School of Law. She also serves on the board of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership and is a consulting Editor at the Lehrhaus.
Parshat Shmot with Alvin Reinstein
For Parshat Shmot, I chat with my dad about his Bar Mitzvah Parsha. We talk about why Moshe was chosen as a leader for the Jewish people, while going through buts of Torah along the way, and detail some of the Hero's journey Moshe goes through this week.
Yes, my dad and I were really in smicha together, you can see more about that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SbY0S5nldQ
Parshat Vayechi with Roy Feldman
Parshat Vayigash with Eli Lebowicz
See more of eli at elicomedy.com
Parshat Miketz with Dan Margulies
Dan Margulies very recently became the Rabbi at The Riverdale Minyan in Riverdale, NY. He also writes monthly for Morthodoxy, and is a guest writer at the Lehrhaus.
Parshat Vayeshev with Gershon Albert
This week for Parshat Vayeshev, I have Gershon Albert!
Gershon is the Rabbi at Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland, and was in my class at Yeshiva University!
Here we talk about what Yosef was thinking when he was telling his brother the dreams, what they actually might have meant, and who actually sold Yosef.
Parshat Vayishlach with Sara Wolkenfeld
This week I chat with Sara Wolkenfeld about all the good thing Sefaria.org is doing, Yaakov's name change's odd formulation, and Esav's and Yaakov's intentions while meeting again.
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Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld is the Director of Education at Sefaria.org. She has taught Talmud and Jewish Law at the Drisha Institute, and served as JLIC educator and Director of Education at the Center for Jewish Life - Hillel at Princeton University. Sara has taught at The Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, NY, at United Orthodox Synagogues of Houston, TX, where she was an intern for two years, and as a Beit Midrash Fellow at S.A.R. Academy in Riverdale, NY. She lectures in synagogues and Hillels on a variety of topics, and also teaches Hilkhot Nidah to brides and engaged couples. Sara holds a BA in Judaica and Comparative Literature from the University of Pennsylvania, and has studied Talmud and Jewish Law at Midreshet Lindenbaum, Drisha, Pardes, Nishmat,and Beit Morashah. She lives in Chicago, IL with her husband and four children.
Parshat Ki Tavo with Rivka Herzfeld
Rivka got her MA in Bible from Revel, and has taught in a variety of Jewish settings.
Podsha Ki Teitzei with Jon Leener
Jon, with his partner Faith, run BASE BKLN in crown heights, Brooklyn.
BASE is the home of a Rabbinic family which serves as a home-base, a grounding point for students, young adults, and their friends. While each Base reflects the personality of the Rabbinic couple and embodies their vision for a vibrant Jewish community, every Base is committed to pluralism and is founded upon three core values: hospitality, learning, and service.
Parshat Shoftim with Tzipporah Machlah Klapper
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Parshat Re'eh with Josh Botwinick
Parshat Eikev with Hannah Dreyfus
We talk about how the abuses of power that happen in the Jewish community (and beyond), the power of love over fear, and what Hannah should do with all the cattle she has.
Hannah Dreyfus is a Staff Writer for the Jewish Week. Check out her writing (hannahdreyfus.com) and her podcast (The Chutzpah Podcast)
Parshat Vaetchanan with Dovi Nadel
Dovi is also a Judiac studies teacher. You can read more about Chidon here: chidonusa.wordpress.com/coordinator-%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%96/
Parshat Devarim with Margot Botwinick
We talk about Moshe's unique ability to make a weakness a strength, the purpose of the book of Devarim, and Margot is far too kind to me.
Parshiot Matot-Maasei with Dasi Fruchter
Parshat Pinchas with Tal Attia
Parshat Balak with Sarah Robinson
Sarah graduated from Stern and GPATS (YU's Graduate Program for Advanced Talmudic studies), and now teaches Judaics in High School MDS, and previously Kushner, and has had a variety of teaching opportunities in MJE and Merrick, NY.
Parshat Chukat with MaNishtana
Parshat Korach with Isaiah Rothstein
Parshat Shelach with Willie Balk
Parshat Bahaalotecha with Rachel Weber Leshaw
Parshat Naso with Jeremy Borovitz
Parshat Bamidbar With Margot Botwinick (Reinstein)
This week I talk with Margot Botwinick (Reinstein) about what the Jews are doing in the desert, what is the Levites role, what it means to be an educator, and a bit about our parents and Margot's Aliyah adventure