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_Disc_1/13_New_Skin Comments: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Curator: Copyright: Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

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Vicious Cycles (Parshat Vayeira)

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 original. Attribution Non-Commercial, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Living_With_Trauma/Lee_Rosevere_-_Living_With_Trauma_-_10_Transitioning Changed from the original. Attribution Non-Commercial, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode http://freemusicarchive.org/music/tzara/degrowth/02_interlude Changed from the original. Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/legalcode Did I say "Stay tuned" and "Hi" as a reference to NightVale? Ha! If you believe that, you probably believe in mountains too.

Episode 10: Bar Kamtza

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.

The Weight of Our Stories (Acharei Mot-Kedoshim)

--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 of Spain from a terrible decree. All complaints about how I pronounce 'Shammash' should be directed to radiorabbah@gmail.com   Music: Transmutation by Kara Square (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/56527 Ft: Spinningmerkaba

Episode 9: Our Teacher Moses? (Rebroadcast)

Episode 9: Our Teacher Moses?

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 barrier.   Music: Funky Bots by Admiral Bob (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/admiralbob77/48709 Ft: jeris, Martijn de Boer

Episode 8: Unhappy Couples and Ugly Brides

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.

Episode 7: Bitter Water

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.

D'var: Vayakhel Pekuedei

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

Episode 6: Sarah and Conversion

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

Episode 5: Slapping Babies

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.

Episode 4: Honi the Circle-Drawer

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 with my learning curve. Thank you for that. There's a reason I'm saving my absolute favorite stories for when I know what I'm doing. It's worth sticking around (I hope).   MUSIC: Brunch (mini album mix) by Candlegravity

Episode 3: Moses Ascending

In this episode of radio Rabbah, we explore two stories, both concerning our closest celestial neighbor.

Episode 2: The Moon

Welcome to Radio Rabbah! In this Episode, I introduce the idea of the show and define a couple of important terms.

Episode 1: Welcome to Radio Rabbah

Each episode, Alex Friedman explores a story or two from the Jewish tradition.

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