The Greatest Parashah Podcast

This week, we are joined by Rabbi Daniel Peled-Schwartz of OU's JLIC at Columbia/Barnard to do a deep dive into Yishak's character. Because the Torah writes the least about Yishak out of the Avot, he is often overlooked and underappreciated. However, he is actually the forefather from whom we have the most to learn in conducting our daily lives.

We are thrilled to have Ms. Yaffa Setton join us for this week's episode to discuss the process of how Eved Abraham finds Rivkah as a wife for Yishak. We delve into why Abraham sent his Eved to find a wife for Yishak immediately after Sarah passed away, what Eved Abraham was looking for in a wife for Yishak, and what we can take away from this process when approaching dating and relationships in our own lives.

In this week's episode, we discuss the story of Akedat Yishak. Specifically, how could Abraham, the paradigm of Hesed, be willing to commit child sacrifice, and how does this relate to what the test of the Akedah is? Must Abraham surrender his conception of morality in the face of Hashem's command, or does Abraham's ultimate refusal to sacrifice Yishak represent the assertion of what he believes is just?

We are honored to have Rabbi Ricky Hidary join us as our first guest of the season to discuss Parashat Lekh Lekha! In this episode, we explore the deep symbolism behind Berit Ben HaBetarim. Then, we examine its connection to Berit Milah and explain how these two Beritot can help us understand the two stories of Abraham journeying to Eres Kenaan. Rabbi Hidary tops it all off with a powerful message about how the two Beritot can help us think about our Jewish identity.

In this week's episode, Emily Tarrab and Asher Melamed discuss the story after the Mabul, where Noah plants a vineyard, gets drunk, and undresses in his tent. The hosts offer a few different ideas for what was going through Noah's mind and what the Torah wants us to learn from this story.

To kick off the new cycle and our first episode as hosts on The Greatest Parasha Podcast, Emily Tarrab and Asher Melamed discuss several possible answers to the question of why Hashem accepts Hevel's Minha but not Kayin's.

In this week's episode, we examine how Moshe's blessings relate to the character, inheritance, and potential of each tribe.

In this week's episode, we are joined by Ronnie Mizrachi to compare the teshuvah process as it appears in Tehilim 81 and Perashar Haazinu.

This week we host Rav Yitzchak Blau for his second time on the podcast, to walk through four approaches to the Berit obligating future generations!

In this week's episode, Emma Dayan and Raymond Ashkenazie are joined by Rabbi Albert and Yoetzet Halacha Yaffa Setton to explore the question: Can a covenant command us to feel joy?