Parashah Explorations

Mishpatim: Double Jeopardy and Actual Innocence (2026-02-10) 11.02.2026 47:13 ↓

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Yisro: Taking the L-rd's Name In Vain (2026-02-03) 09.02.2026 47:28 ↓

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Beshalah: Testing, Testing (2026-01-27) 05.02.2026 56:48 ↓

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Bo: Friends, Egyptians, and Countrymen (2026-01-20) 23.01.2026 58:07 ↓

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Shemos-Vaeira: The Three Day Getaway (Revisited) (2026-01-13) 13.01.2026 54:54 ↓

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Shemos: You Are What You Eat (Or Drink) (2026-01-06) 06.01.2026 48:51 ↓

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Vayehi: Going Halfsies (2025-12-30) 01.01.2026 51:38 ↓

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Mikeitz-Vayigash: Danger! Danger! (2025-12-21) 28.12.2025 44:59 ↓

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Mikeitz: There Are No Perfectly Safe Courses (2025-12-16) 16.12.2025 56:53 ↓

In parashas Mikeitz, Judah responds to his father's concern for Benjamin's safety by saying: "Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones." Many commentators explain this to mean that Judah was conceding the danger that the trip posed to Benjamin but arguing that the danger to the whole family of not going was greater....

Vayeishev: The Great Compromisers (2025-12-09) 09.12.2025 1:01:59 ↓

In this class we discuss Judah's proposal to his brothers to sell Joseph rather than kill him. Our discussion involves two of our favorite themes:  the question of the legitimacy of moral compromise when moral absolutism seems infeasible, and the moral ambiguity frequently present in Biblical narrative. Archive.org version, including handout: link

Vayishlah: A Woman's Place Is In The Home (2025-12-02) 05.12.2025 40:16 ↓

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Ki-Savo: The Sinfulness Of Smiting Secretly (2025-09-07) 13.10.2025 50:54 ↓

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Ki-Seitzei: Forestalling the Foretold Fall (2025-08-31) 13.10.2025 50:42 ↓

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Shoftim: Speaking For the Trees, For the Trees Have No Tongue (2025-08-24) 12.10.2025 46:19 ↓

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Korah: The Duty of De-escalation (2025-06-26) 27.06.2025 46:11 ↓

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Yisro: Well Qualified (2024-01-28) 20.11.2024 45:46 ↓

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Beshalah: A Date Which Will Live In Infamy (2024-01-25) 11.03.2024 50:33 ↓

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Bo: Spiritual Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (2024-01-14) 11.03.2024 47:54 ↓

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Vaeira: Magic and Medicine (2024-01-11) 04.03.2024 55:36 ↓

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Shemos: The Nuremberg Defense (2023-12-31) 04.03.2024 53:31 ↓

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Vayehi: His Earth Atones For His People (2023-12-28) 27.02.2024 50:35 ↓

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Vayigash: A Sheep In Swine's Clothing (Revisited) (2023-12-21) 06.02.2024 45:59 ↓

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Mikeitz: Feeling Others' Pain (2023-12-14) 01.02.2024 46:49 ↓

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Vayeishev: Risking One's Life For the Ones Who Gave One Life (2023-12-07) 23.01.2024 47:18 ↓

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Vayishlah: Diplomacy: From Esau-Edom To Evil Empires (2023-11-30) 09.01.2024 53:31 ↓

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