Beresheit 5785: Beginnings and Fractures
This week’s podcast is sponsored by Simonne Abadee in celebration of the beginning of our creation, the new year, and a new reading of our…
Bereishit
Bereishit 5784: Let’s Talk About Rain
Dedicated to the healing of those who were injured, to the memory of those who lost their lives, and with hopes and prayers for the…
Parashat Bereishit 5783: Difficult Choices
Bereishit takes us from Creation to God’s decision to destroy the world. From “Tov” – a world filled with good – to “Ra” – a…
Parashat Bereishit 5782 – Let Us Create God in Our Image
In this podcast, we will look at a series of midrashim that reflect on the irrationality of God’s desire to create human beings and the…
5781 — Noach: To Meat or Not To Meat
There are many points of connection between the story of creation and the story of the flood, and at least one significant difference. The permission…
5781 — Bereishit: From Creation to Destruction
Bereishit opens with the hope of a new world. But ends with God’s decision to destroy his world. What happened. This shiur offers two readings…
The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel: Bereishit. Are Morals Innate?
There are many similarities between the sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and Cain’s murder of Abel. With Adam and Eve,…
5780 — Bereishit: A Very Good Story
The story of creation starts with repeated ‘good’ but seems to go ‘bad’ quite quickly. In this podcast, Rav Mike Feuer (host of the Jewish…
An Interactive Parsha Experience: Bereishit – The Blame Game, What a Shame!
“One of the first things that the first humans do is make mistakes, which means getting things wrong is a part of who we are.…