Rabbi David Kasher
Best Book Ever
Every week, Rabbi David Kasher takes us on a 15-minute dive into the Parsha (the weekly Torah portion), to see some of its layers and complexity. We'll try to get a feeling for why this text has captured the human imagination for millennia, and why the Torah truly is the greatest story ever told.
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Episodes
The Ambivalent Angel - Parshat Korah 29.06.2022 15:00
This week, the Angel of Death showed up twice.
Overkill - Parshat Shelach 22.06.2022 11:25
Forty years in the desert?? Really?!?
BONUS CLASS Appealing Divine Law - Parshat Beha'alotkha 17.06.2022 56:08
God gave us the law. Now we're giving it back. From Rabbi David Kasher's Parsha Studies class June 16, 2022
The World's Shortest Book - Parshat Beha'alotkha 15.06.2022 16:45
Someone must have slipped something into my drink. I’m reading my Torah late one night and, suddenly, the letters start to run backwards...
The Case of the Seventy Princes - Parshat Naso 09.06.2022 11:48
Today's episode is a bit later than usual because of Shavuot.
Into the Wild - Parshat Bamidbar 30.05.2022 13:04
Three striking midrashim help us understand how the Hebrew name for this fourth book of the Torah can help frame our journey through it.
BONUS CLASS Weapons of War - Parshat Behukotai 27.05.2022 1:06:38
There is a curse upon the land.
The Book of Love - Parshat Behukotai 23.05.2022 14:05
So this is how it ends?!
BONUS CLASS The Meaning of Freedom - Parshat Behar 20.05.2022 54:00
Pop Quiz: What Biblical verse is on the Liberty Bell? This is an edited version of Rabbi David Kasher's weekly Parsha Study class from 5/19/2022
Joy and Jubilee - Parshat Behar 18.05.2022 14:35
A whole new spin on Yom Kippur.
BONUS CLASS Kabbalistic Storytelling - Parshat Emor 13.05.2022 51:51
How did counting the Omer become so much more than numbers? This is an edited down version of Rabbi David Kasher's weekly Parsha Studies Class from 5/12/2022.
A State of Moral Emergency - Parshat Emor 09.05.2022 15:49
Right in the middle of the first major list of the Jewish holidays comes a major interruption.
BONUS CLASS Decoding the Codes - Parshat Kedoshim 06.05.2022 47:11
Parsha study with Rabbi David Kasher from May 5, 2022
The Most Important Thing - Parshat Kedoshim 04.05.2022 15:30
This podcast was produced while standing on our heads. The rest is commentary.
BONUS CLASS The Nakednesses - Parshat Acharei Mot 29.04.2022 1:03:11
Uncovering the familial sexual prohibitions of Leviticus.
Telling the Story Differently 22.04.2022 14:42
Rabbi Kasher checks in from his Seder in Israel
BONUS CLASS The Priests of Passover 08.04.2022 57:26
Parsha study with Rabbi David Kasher from April 7, 2022
Shedding Our S(k)ins - Parshat Metzora 04.04.2022 16:28
What's the connection between gossip and skin disease?
BONUS CLASS The Origins of Impurity 31.03.2022 47:57
Parsha study with Rabbi David Kasher from March 31, 2022
The Haunted House - Parshat Tazria 28.03.2022 12:32
Can a house get sick? The Torah seems to think so.
Kasher on Kosher - Parshat Shemini 21.03.2022 17:24
This week, we receive the first major list of kosher laws. But why are we supposed to keep kosher? There are some classic answers. But Rabbi Kasher's got a theory of his own.
Shattered - Parshat Tzav 14.03.2022 12:37
Let us begin with one little clay pot. And we will arrive at the whole of existence.
BONUS CLASS The Sin of Abel - Parshat Vayikra 11.03.2022 57:46
Parsha study with Rabbi David Kasher from March 10, 2022
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