Sunday | September 8, 2024

Episode 181 – Parshat Ki Tezte: The Characterization of Moshe Rabbeinu

In this archived episode, the second of a four-part series on...

Sunday | September 1, 2024

Episode 180 – Parshat Shoftim: The Netziv on Innovative Torah

We’re so happy for the chance to reload this episode with...

Sunday | August 25, 2024

Episode 179 – Parshat Re’eh: A Designated ‘Makom’

Welcome to the Matan Podcast’s summer ‘vacation’! For the next three...

Sunday | August 18, 2024

Episode 178 – Parshat Ekev: Communication Is the Foundation

In this conversation, Dr. Tanya White speaks personally and broadly about...

Sunday | August 11, 2024

Episode 177 – Parshat Ve’etchanan: A Rendition of His Own

In this sweeping conversation with author and translator Ilana Kurshan, we...

Sunday | August 4, 2024

Episode 176 – Parshat Devarim: Our Greatest Teachers

Welcome to our Devarim Series titled “Torah from our Teachers.” Moshe...

Sunday | July 28, 2024

Episode 175 – Parshat Matot-Masei: The Shape of Commitment

In this conversation with R. Dina Najman, we discuss the interconnected...

Sunday | July 21, 2024

Episode 174 – Parshat Pinchas: The Many Faces of Religious Violence

In this conversation with Rabbanit Myriam Ackermann Sommer, we discuss the...

Sunday | July 14, 2024

Episode 173 – Parshat Balak: Symptoms and Root Causes

In this illuminating conversation with Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig, we explore the...

Tuesday | July 9, 2024

Episode 172: Parshat Chukat : When Grief Goes Unrecognized

In this conversation with Dr. Erica Brown, we discuss the emotional...

Sunday | June 30, 2024

Episode 171 – Parshat Korach: Responses to Internal-Communal Conflict

In this episode with Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, we explore Moshe’s reaction...

Sunday | June 23, 2024

Episode 170 – Parshat Shelach: Standing up to the Scouts

In this candid conversation with Dr. Mijal Bitton about the reconnaissance...

Sunday | June 16, 2024

Episode 169 – Parshat Bha’alotcha: Kindling the Flames

In this conversation with Rabbanit Oshra Koren, Head of Matan Hasharon...

Sunday | June 9, 2024

Episode 168 – Parshat Naso: Between the Individual and the Collective

In this conversation with Rabbanit Chamutal Shoval, we discuss community-related elements...

Sunday | June 2, 2024

Episode 167 – Parshat Bamidbar: Community Structure in the Wilderness

In this conversation with Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis, the Rabbanit of...

Sunday | May 26, 2024

Episode 166 – Parshat Bechukotai : A Return to Eden

In this conversation with Dr. Yael Ziegler, we explore the ways...

Sunday | May 19, 2024

Episode 165 – Parshat Behar: The Philosophical Roots of Shemitta

In this conversation with Rabbi Binyamin Zimmerman, a conversation about the...

Sunday | May 12, 2024

Episode 164 – Parshat Emor: Counting Up to Shavuot

In this conversation with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz, we explore the...

Sunday | May 5, 2024

Episode 163 – Parshat Kedoshim: Bringing Kedusha into our Lives

In this probing conversation with Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash, we discuss...

Sunday | April 30, 2024

Episode 162 – Parshat Acharei Mot: The Boundaries of Touch

In this wise and candid conversation with Rabbanit Shayna Goldberg, we...

Sunday | April 21, 2024

Episode 161 – Special Pesach Episode: Selling Chametz and other Legal Loopholes

In this conversation with Dr. Elana Stein Hain, we discuss rabbinic...

Sunday | April 14, 2024

Episode 160 – Parshat Metzora: Tzara’at and the Torah of Dis-ease

In this conversation with Chinese acupuncturist and herbalist Batya Prebor, we discuss...

Sunday | April 7, 2024

Episode 159 – Parshat Tazria: Pregnancy-A Tale of Two Readings

In this vibrant and candid conversation with Rabbanit Leah Sarna, we...

Tuesday | March 30, 2024

Episode 158 – Parshat Shmini: Kashrut Adventures

This episode, like its title, is an adventure. Through his amazing...

Tuesday | March 26, 2024

Episode 157 – Parshat Tzav: Remembering the Mikdash

This conversation with Shulie Mishkin, veteran Matan tour guide, discusses the...

Sunday | March 17, 2024

Episode 156: Parshat Vayikra: Do We Really Want to Return to Sacrifices?

In this candid and insightful conversation with Rabbi Alex Israel, we...

Sunday | March 10, 2024

Episode 155: Parshat Pekudei – Betzalel as Creator

In this moving conversation with R. Michael Hattin, we explore Betzalel’s...

Sunday | March 3, 2024

Episode 154: Parshat Vayakel – When Seeing is Perceiving (Mei Hashiloach)

In this conversation with Rabbanit Batya Hefter, we speak about the...

Sunday | February 25, 2024

Episode 153: Parshat Ki Tisa: What Was He Thinking?

In this conversation with Dr. Michelle Levine, we discuss Aaron’s role...

Sunday | February 18, 2024

Episode 152: Parshat Tetzaveh: When Refuse becomes Incense

In this poignant conversation with Hassidism scholar Ora Wiskind, she brings...

Sunday | February 11, 2024

Episode 151 – Parshat Terumah: Sefat Emet and the Role of Shabbat in Our Week

In this probing conversation with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni, we explore a...

Sunday | February 4, 2024

Episode 150 – Parshat Mishpatim: Biblical Law Meets the Real World

In this conversation with Dr. Yoel Finkelman we speak about core...

Sunday | January 28, 2024

Episode 149 – Parshat Yitro: The Character and Contribution of Yitro

In this episode with Rabbanit Neima Novetsky, we discuss the different...

Sunday | January 21, 2024

Episode 148 – Parshat Beshalach: The Exodus in Its Original Context

In this fascinating conversation with Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman, we discuss...

Sunday | January 14, 2024

Episode 147 – Parshat Bo: Who is Pharaoh, Anyways?

In this conversation with Matan’s Academic Director and Rashat Bet Midrash,...

Wednesday | January 8, 2024

Episode 146 – Leading with the Heart

“As the reward for the righteous women who lived in that generation the...

Sunday | January 7, 2024

Episode 145 – Parshat Vaera: Why Enslavement?

In this conversation with Rabbanit Dr. Adina Sternberg we discuss Nechama...

Sunday | December 31, 2023

Episode 144 – Parshat Shemot: When It All Changed

In this two-pronged conversation with the 18Forty Podcast host David Bashevkin...

Sunday | December 24, 2023

Episode 143 – Parshat Vayechi: Tying Up Loose Ends

In this conversation with Dr. Nechama Price, we discuss the moving...

Tuesday | December 19, 2023

Matan Women on the Homefront sharing Torah Care & Love ❤️

In this conversation with Chaya Bina-Katz, CEO of Matan, and Rabbanit...

Sunday | December 17, 2023

Episode 142 – Parshat Vayigash: Present and Future Brotherhood

This conversation with Adina Blaustein explores the climactic interaction between Yosef...

Sunday | December 10, 2023

Episode 141: The Biblical and Post-Biblical Personality of Yosef

In this fascinating conversation with Dr. Malka Simkovich, we analyze the...

Wednesday | December 6, 2023

Episode 140 : The Persistence of Evil (special content)

In this episode with Dr. Tanya White, we add another installment...

Sunday | December 3, 2023

Episode 139 – Parshat Vayeshev: Leading the Family of Yaakov

In this insightful conversation with Dr. Lisa Fredman, we discuss the different leadership styles...

Sunday | November 26, 2023

Episode 138 – Parshat Vayishlach: The Evolution of Yaakov

This conversation with Rabbanit Sally Mayer explores Yaakov’s adult life, uncovering the...

Sunday | November 19, 2023

Episode 137 – Parshat Vayetze: On Dreaming, Archetypes, and Hanan Ben Ari

Through the prism of Hanan Ben Ari’s hit song “Dream like...

Sunday | November 12, 2023

Episode 136 – Parshat Toldot: The Roots of a Ruse

This conversation with educator and podcast host Rabbanit Anne Gordon, explores...

Sunday | November 5, 2023

Episode 135 – Parshat Chayei Sara: Finding One’s Imago

Through a sensitive reading of Yitzchak and Rivka’s betrothal and marriage, Rachel Sharansky Danziger...

Wednesday | November 1, 2023

Episode 134 – Creativity in a Time of Crisis (Special Content)

In this conversation with Sari Kopitnikoff, creator of That Jewish Moment,...

Sunday | October 29, 2023

Episode 133 – Parshat Vayera: Cultivating Loyal Servants

In this conversation with Dr. Avital Levi, we explore the traits...

Tuesday | October 24, 2023

Episode 132 – Psalm 139: When God’s Presence Both Overwhelms and Eludes (special content)

In this special episode brought to you by Matan and Tradition,...

Sunday | October 22, 2023

Episode 131 – Parshat Lech Lecha: Am Levadad

This conversation with R. Alan Haber explores the universal implications of Avraham...

Tuesday | October 17, 2023

Episode 130 – A Portrait of Noach

This week’s episode is a little different. Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble...

Sunday | October 8, 2023

Episode 129 – Parshat Bereishit: OnChoosing Life

In this conversation with beloved Matan lecturer Dr. Tanya White, we...

Monday | October 2, 2023

Episode 128 – Parshat V’zot Habracha: Endings as Beginnings

In this panel conversation with Gabi Gellman, Annie Nagel, and Rachel...

Tuesday | September 26, 2023

Episode 127 – Sukkot: Kohelet and Eden

In this special episode for Sukkot we speak with David Curwin, ...

Sunday | September 10, 2023

Episode 126- Parshat Ha’azinu: 70 Faces of Leadership

In this conversation with Dr. Ariella Agatstein we examine Moshe’s multifaceted...

Sunday | September 3, 2023

Episode 125 – Parshat Nitzavim- VaYelech: A Nation of Individuals

In this conversation with Rabbanit Shani Taragin we explore Teshuva and...

Sunday | August 27, 2023

Episode 124 – Parshat Ki Tavo: Experiential Beginings

In this conversation with Rabbanit Margot Botwinick we delve into the...

Sunday | August 20, 2023

Episode 123- Parshat Ki Tetzei: Honor and Shame

This episode is dedicated by Aviva Aspler Drazin in memory of...

Sunday | August 13, 2023

Episode 122- Parshat Shoftim: Accidental Judgement

In this conversation with Rabbanit Rachel Weinstein we delve into the...

Sunday | August 6, 2023

Episode 121- Parshat Re’eh: In the Eye of the Beholder

In this conversation with Adina Ellis we explore the sense of...

Sunday | July 30, 2023

Episode 120- Parshat Ekev: The Experience of Reciprocity

In this conversation with Rabbanit Debbie Zimmerman we discuss lessons from...

Sunday | July 23, 2023

Episode 119- Parshat Va’etchanan: Plusses and Minuses

In this conversation with Rabbanit Dr. Adina Sternberg we explore the...

Wednesday | July 19, 2023

Episode 118 – Tisha B’Av: The Rhetoric and Relevance of Eicha

In this bonus episode for Tisha B’Av, we speak with Rabbi Dr....

Sunday | July 16, 2023

Episode 117 – Parshat Devarim: Opening A Message for Generations

This conversation between Rivi Frankel and Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble explores...

Sunday | July 9, 2023

Episode 116 – Parshat Matot-Masei: The Journeys Along The Way

In this conversation with Channa Lockshin Bob, we explore the parsha’s...

Sunday | July 2, 2023

Episode 115: Parshat Pinchas: Mining and Undermining The Request for Inheritance

In this conversation with beloved Tanakh teacher Judy Klitsner, she uncovers...

Sunday | June 25, 2023

Episode 114 – Parshat Balak: Outside In

In this conversation with Rachel Sharansky Danziger, we explore the literary, theological,...

Sunday | June 18, 2023

Episode 113 – Parshat Chukat: The Changing of the Guard

In this candid conversation with Rabbanit Rachel Weber Leshaw, we speak...

Sunday | June 11, 2023

Episode 112 – Parshat Korah: Conflict Resolution in the Wilderness

In this conversation with Professor Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin, we discuss the emotional...

Sunday | June 4, 2023

Episode 111 – Parshat Shelah:On Lifequakes and the Spy Narrative

In this conversation with Rabbanit Mali Brofsky we discuss the sin...

Sunday | May 28, 2023

Episode 110 – Parshat Bha’alotcha: A Crisis of Leadership

In this conversation with Dr. Yael Ziegler, we explore the catalysts...

Sunday | May 21, 2023

Episode 109 – Parshat Naso: The (Potentially) Adulteress Woman and Communal Protocol

In this fascinating conversation with Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash we discuss...

Sunday | May 14, 2023

Episode 108 : Parshat Bamidbar: The Individual and the Collective

In this conversation with Dr. Tanya White we touch upon some...

Sunday | May 7, 2023

Episode 107 – Parshat Behar-Behukotai: A Shmitta Beyond Prohibition

In this conversation with Tamar Weissman, a Torah personality and sustainable...

Sunday | April 30, 2023

Episode 106: Parshat Emor – The Potential and Lived Experience of Shabbat and the Holidays

This almost poetic episode with Dr. Tammy Jacobowitz explores the spiritual...

Sunday | April 23, 2023

Episode 105 – Parshat Acharei Mot – Kedoshim: What Does it Mean to Be Holy?

In this episode with Dr. Julie Goldstein, we discuss different interpretations of the...

Sunday | April 16, 2023

Episode 104: Parshat Tazria-Metzora: Making Sense of Sexual Prohibitions

In this sensitive conversation with Shayna Goldberg, we discuss bodily ritual...

Monday | April 3, 2023

Episode 103 – Pesach Announcement and Parshat Shmini: The Laws of Kashrut in Theory and in Practice

In this episode we speak with Channa Lockshin Bob about the biblical...

Sunday | March 26, 2023

Episode 102: Parshat Tzav: Making Meaning of the Korbanot

In this illuminating conversation with R. Yitzchak Blau, we explore thematic...

Sunday | March 19, 2023

Episode 101: Parshat Vayikra – Understanding Korbanot and the Mikdash in Context

In this important conversation with Dr. Tova Ganzel, we explore the...

Wednesday | March 15, 2023

Live Podcast Recording: Teaching Tanakh Today

In honor of reaching our 100th episode, Dr. Yael Ziegler and...

Sunday | March 12, 2023

Episode 100 – Parshat Vayakel-Pekudei

In this conversation with Joanne Greenaway, LSJS’s chief executive, we discuss...

Sunday | March 5, 2023

Episode 99 – Ki Tisa: Sinning as a Nation

In this conversation with R. Dr. Shlomo Brody, we discuss the...

Sunday | February 26, 2023

Episode 98 – Parshat Tetzave: Do the Clothes Make the Man?

In this illuminating conversation with Rabbanit Dr. Adina Sternberg, we discuss...

Sunday | February 19, 2023

Episode 97 – Parshat Teruma: Getting to Know the Mishkan

In this illuminating conversation with Malka Hubscher, we touch upon the central...

Sunday | February 12, 2023

Episode 96 – Parshat Mishpatim: Understanding the Concept of Covenant

In this invaluable conversation with Rabbi Dr. Josh Berman, we discuss...

Sunday | February 5, 2023

Episode 95 – Parshat Yitro: When ‘the Other’ Illuminates

In this enlightening conversation with Matan lecturer and Kitvuni scholar Yael...

Sunday | January 29, 2023

Episode 94 – Parshat Beshalach: The Power of Transition

In this illuminating conversation with Matan Lecturer Rachel Sharansky Danziger, we...

Sunday | January 19, 2023

Episode 93 – Parshat Bo: The Exodus, Present and Future

In this conversation with Dr. Ayelet Hoffman Libson, we speak about...

Sunday | January 15, 2023

Episode 92 – Parshat Vaera: The Purposes of the Plagues

In this conversation with Dr. Yael Ziegler, we explore the Egyptian...

Sunday | January 8, 2023

Episode 91 – Parshat Shemot: The Crafting of Memory

In this fascinating conversation with Rav Mike Feuer, host of The...

Sunday | January 1, 2023

Episode 90 – Parshat Vayechi: Enduring Legacies

In this conversation with R. Alex Israel that weaves in and out of...

Sunday | December 25, 2022

Episode 89 – Parshat Vayigash: Inching Toward Resolution

In this insightful conversation with Tanakh educator and family therapist Rabbanit...

Sunday | December 18, 2022

Episode 88 – Parshat Miketz: You Can Never Go Home Again

In this probing conversation with Matan faculty member Catriella Freedman, we...

Sunday | December 11, 2022

Episode 87 – Parshat Vayeshev: On Thorns and Wheat in the Episode of Tamar

In this candid conversation with Rabbanit Leah Sarna, we explore how...

Sunday | December 4, 2022

Episode 86 – Parshat Vayishlach: Dinah’s Violation – A Family Matter

In this insightful conversation with Matan Lecturer Rachel Sharansky Danziger, we...

Sunday | November 27, 2022

Episode 85 – Parshat Vayetze: The Relationship Between Rachel and Leah

In this probing conversation with Matan’s Rosh Batei Midrash and Academic Director...

Sunday | November 20, 2022

Episode 84 – Parshat Toldot: The Struggles of Yaakov

In this conversation with Rabbi Shmuel Klitsner, author of Wrestling Jacob: Deception,...

Sunday | November 11, 2022

Episode 83 – Parshat Chayei Sara: Relationship Dynamics in Bereishit

In this episode with returning guest Shayna Goldberg (Episode 12), we...

Sunday | November 6, 2022

Episode 82 – Parshat Vayera: The Sacrifice of Yitzchak: Divine Commands and Familial Loyalties

In this deep and thought-provoking conversation with Matan Lecturer Dr. Tanya...

Sunday | October 30, 2022

Episode 81 – Lech Lecha: Lot as Imitator and Emulator

In this conversation with educator and spiritual coach Rabbi Johnny Solomon,...

Monday | October 24, 2022

Episode 80 – Parshat Noach: Family As the Foundation of Civilization

In this conversation with rabbi and philosophy professor Dr. Sam Lebens,...

Tuesday | October 18, 2022

Episode 79 – Parshat Bereishit: Intimacy As the Family’s Foundation

In this first episode of a new season, podcast host Dr....

Sunday | October 9, 2022

Episode 78 – Parshat V’zot Habracha: Ending Where It Begins

In this episode with Matan’s founder and president Rabbanit Malka Bina,...

Sunday | October 2, 2022

Episode 77 – Parshat Ha’azinu: On Poetry and other Torah Technologies

In this enlightening conversation with Sara Tillinger Wolkenfeld, who serves as the Chief Learning...

Sunday | September 25, 2022

Episode 76 – Parshat Vayelech: Public Activism and Moshe’s Final Moments

In this illuminating conversation, Jennifer Raskas illustrates how Moshe’s final series...

Sunday | September 18, 2022

Episode 75 – Nitzavim: Where Can the Torah Be Found?

In this conversation with R. Betzalel Daniel–communal rabbi, Dayan in a...

Sunday | September 11, 2022

Episode 74 – Ki Tavo: Happiness in the Service of God

In this sweeping conversation, Matan faculty member and tour guide Rivi...

Sunday | September 4, 2022

Episode 73 – Parshat Ki Tetzeh: The Mouth That Eats and Speaks

In this candid conversation with Dr. Chana Shacham-Rosby, we speak about...

Sunday | August 28, 2022

Episode 72 – Parshat Shoftim: The Netziv on Innovative Torah

In this conversation with the always personable and candid Matan Faculty...

Monday | August 22, 2022

Episode 71 – Parshat Re’eh: A Designated ‘Makom’

In this enriching and enjoyable conversation with Matan’s favorite tour guide...

Sunday | August 14, 2022

Episode 70 – Parshat Ekev: When Repetition Matters (The Writings of R. Elchanan Samet)

In this wonderful conversation with returning guest and Matan faculty member...

Monday | August 8, 2022

Episode 69 – Parshat V’etchanan: Rav Hirsch and the Sinai Experience

In this searching conversation with Yoetztet Halacha Atara Eis, we speak...

Sunday | July 31, 2022

Episode 68 – Parshat Devarim: Devarim as Oral Law?

In this enlightening conversation with Rabbi Yitzchak Blau, we survey talmudic...

Sunday | July 24, 2022

Episode 67 – Parshat Masei: Journeying with the Ba’al Shem Tov

In this moving conversation with Matan faculty member and returning podcast...

Sunday | July 17, 2022

Episode 66 – Parshat Matot: When Student Becomes Teacher

In this conversation with Rabbanit Surale Rosen, we discuss the role...

Sunday | July 10, 2022

Episode 65 – Parshat Pinchas: Pinchas the Zealot- A Hassidic Perspective

In this wonderful conversation with Yossi Ben Harush, a charismatic educator...

Monday | July 4, 2022

Episode 64 – Parshat Balak: Women, Peor and The Allure of the Outside

In this thought-provoking episode with Matan Graduate and faculty member Rabbanit...

Sunday | June 26, 2022

Episode 63 – Parshat Chukat: Moshe’s Leadership, Then and Now

In this moving conversation with Rachel Sharansky Danziger, we speak about...

Sunday | June 19, 2022

Episode 62 – Parshat Korah: The Wilderness as Spiritual Landscape

In this conversation with the ever-moving Dr. Erica Brown, she discusses...

Sunday | June 12, 2022

Episode 61 – Parshat Shlach: Moshe through the Eyes of Philo

In this eye-opening conversation with Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich, we survey...

Monday | June 6, 2022

Episode 60 – Parshat Beha’alotcha: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z”l on Humility

In this conversation with returning guest and Matan Faculty member Tanya...

Monday | May 30, 2022

Episode 59 – Parshat Naso: The Nazir Next Door

In this conversation with beloved teacher and author, Rabbi Alex Israel,...

Sunday | May 22, 2022

Episode 58 – Parshat Bamidbar: Family Dynamics and the Desert Encampment

In this eye-opening conversation with Matan’s Rosh Batei Midrash and Academic...

Sunday | May 12, 2022

Episode 57 – Parshat Behukotai: The Roots and Uprooting of a Nation

In this conversation with longtime educator Ilana Goldstein Saks, we discuss...

Sunday | May 8, 2022

Episode 56 – Parshat Behar: Theological and Social Dimensions of Shemita

Sunday | May 1, 2022

Episode 55 – Parshat Emor: Economic Perspectives on the Holiday Cycle

Tuesday | April 26, 2022

Episode 54 – Parshat Kedoshim: Love Through the Eyes of Rebbe Akiva

In this conversation with Morat Halakha and Matan Hasharon Faculty member...

Monday | April 18, 2022

Episode 53 – Parshat Acharei Mot: Seeing Aaron Through the Eyes of Josephus

Sunday | April 10, 2022

Episode 52 – Loving God: Shir Ha-Shirim and Pesach

Enjoy this pre-Pesach episode on Shir Ha-Shirim with Dr. (Yosefa) Fogel...

Sunday | April 30, 2022

Episode 51 – Parshat Metzora: When the Body Speaks for God

In this conversation with Dr. Elana Stein Hain,  Director of Faculty...

Sunday | March 27, 2022

Episode 50 – Parshat Tazria: Birth, Then and Now

In this candid and fun conversation with Rabbanit Rachel Weber Leshaw,...

Sunday | March 20, 2022

Episode 49 – Parshat Shmini: Aharon and his Sons’ Death as Plot and Sub-Plot

In this moving conversation with Matan Eshkolot graduate Rabbanit Margot Botwinick,...

Sunday | January 30, 2022

Episode 48 – Parshat Tzav: Ritual and Moral Impurity

In this conversation with Matan Lecturer Yael Leibowitz, we discuss two...

Sunday | March 6, 2022

Episode 47 – Parshat Vayikra: Sanctity in Time, Place, and Person

In this spiritually intimate conversation with Matan graduate and faculty member Rabbanit...

Monday | February 28, 2022

Episode 46 – Parshat Pekudei: Concluding the Book of Shemot with Leon Kass

In this conversation with Matan Faculty member Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash,...

Sunday | February 20, 2022

Episode 45 – Parshat Vayakel: Physicality and Creativity through the eyes of Shai Agnon

This week’s episode is dedicated in memory of Sara Litton z”l...

Monday | February 14, 2022

Episode 44- Parshat Ki Tisa: Having and Being

In this sweeping conversation with Tanya White, she speaks about seminal...

Tuesday | February 8, 2022

Episode 43- Parshat Tetzave: Law and Narrative Through the Eyes of Rashi

This conversation between Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble and Dr. Adina Sternberg–...

Sunday | January 30, 2022

Episode 42 – Parshat Teruma: The Mishkan As A Divine Marriage

In this candid conversation with Dr. Leore Sachs Shmuely–lecturer in Kabbalah...

Monday | January 24, 2022

Episode 41 – Parshat Mishpatim: Creating a Just Society through the Eyes of the Or ha-Chaim

In this conversation with Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis, she passionately brings...

Tuesday | January 18, 2021

Episode 40 – Parshat Yitro: Redemption Through the Eyes of Franz Rosenzweig

This week Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble speaks with Rabbanit Yafit Clymer...

Tuesday | December 11, 2021

Episode 39 – Parshat Beshalach: R. Moshe Shamah Recalls the Covenant

Wednesday | January 5, 2021

Episode 38 – Parshat Bo: Jewish History, Jewish Memory

This week Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble speaks with Rabbanit Rachelle Sprecher...

Wednesday | December 29, 2021

Episode 37 – Parshat Vaera: Moshe as Lawmaker and Lawbreaker

This week Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble speaks with Dr. Ayelet Hoffman...

Wednesday | December 22, 2021

Episode 36 – Parshat Shemot: Cassuto and the Exodus in its Ancient Egyptian Context

Welcome to a new season of One on One! In the...

Sunday | December 19, 2021

Episode 35 – Biblical Women (4/4)

Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble and Dr. Yael Ziegler discuss a vast...

Wednesday | December 15, 2021

Episode 34 – Noticing the Small People: Secondary Characters (3/4)

In this episode, Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble and Dr. Yael Ziegler...

Wednesday | December 8, 2021

Episode 33 – How to Character Sketch (2/4)

In this episode, Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble and Dr. Yael Ziegler...

Thursday | December 2, 2021

Episode 32 – The World of Biblical Characters (1/4)

In this first conversation of a four-part series, Dr. Yosefa (Fogel)...

Wednesday | November 17, 2021

Episode 31 – Universal Suffering in the Eyes of Contemporary Philosophy (4/4)

In this final episode of the series, Yosefa and Tanya transition...

Wednesday | November 10, 2021

Episode 30 – Grappling with National Suffering: The Holocaust (3/4)

In this episode Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble and Tanya White discuss...

Wednesday | November 2, 2021

Episode 29 – Marginalized Theologies in Rabbinic Writings (2/4)

This episode explores rabbinic sources on the topic and focuses on...

Wednesday | October 27, 2021

Episode 28 – Suffering: Where Does God Fit In? The Roots of Biblical Suffering (1/4)

This episode opens a new season of One on One and...

Sunday | September 26, 2021

Episode 27 – V’zot ha-beracha: How to Die Better

Enjoy the final parsha shiur in this series given by Dr....

Tuesday | September 14, 2021

Episode 26 – Shirat Ha’azinu, a song for generations

Enjoy this week’s short shiur on Parshat Ha’azinu given by Rivi...

Sunday | September 5, 2021

Episode 25 – Be There or Be Square: Hakhel, Yehoshua, and the Value of Experience

Enjoy this short shiur on Parshat Vayelech given by Matan summer...

Tuesday | August 31, 2021

Episode 24 – Choice and the Circle of Life

Enjoy this week’s short parsha shiur on Parshat Nitzavim given by...

Tuesday | August 24, 2021

Episode 23 – Land & Law, History & Halakha

Enjoy this week’s parsha shiur on Parshat Ki Tavo given by...

Tuesday | August 17, 2021

Episode 22 – The Beautiful Captive Woman: A New Look at Midrashic Sources

Enjoy this week’s short parsha shiur on Parshat Ki Tetze given...

Tuesday | August 10, 2021

Episode 21 – “The Calf That Ties Devarim and Breishit Together.”

Enjoy this week’s short parsha shiur on Parshat Shoftim given by...

Tuesday | August 2, 2021

Episode 20 – The Torah’s Sensitivity to Animals

Enjoy this week’s short parsha shiur on Parshat Re’eh given by...

Tuesday | July 27, 2021

Episode 19 – Rain and Rivers: The Difference between Israel and Egypt

Enjoy this week’s short parsha shiur on Parshat Ekev given by...

Tuesday | July 20, 2021

Episode 18- On the Importance of Listening

Enjoy this week’s short parsha shiur on Parshat Va’etchanan given by...

Tuesday | July 13, 2021

Episode 17 – A Sage is Greater than a Prophet

Enjoy this week’s short parsha shiur on Parshat Devarim given by...

Sunday | June 27, 2021

Episode 16 – Season Finale: Women Writing Torah with Dr. Erica Brown (7/7)

In this honest and raw conversation with Dr. Erica Brown, we...

Sunday | June 20, 2021

Episode 15 – When Three Become One: Medicine, Public Health and Halakha (6/7)

In this fascinating conversation with Dr. Sharon Galper Grossman, MD-MPh and...

Sunday | June 13, 2021

Episode 14 – Loving and Living in the Tribal Land with Tamar Weissman (5/7)

In this episode, Matan Summer Program coordinator Tamar Weissman movingly discusses...

Sunday | June 6, 2021

Episode 13 – Torah in Translation with Sara Daniel and Oritt Sinclair (4/7)

This episode takes us behind the scenes with two wonderful translators–...

Sunday | May 30, 2021

Episode 12 – Women Writing Wisdom with Shayna Goldberg (3/7)

In this kind and transparent conversation, Shayna Goldberg speaks about her...

Sunday | May 23, 2021

Episode 11 – Reading and Writing Midrash with Simi Peters (2/7)

In this intimate and moving conversation, Simi Peters reflects on her...

Sunday | May 16, 2021

Episode 10 – Shayla: Matan Women’s Online Responsa w/ Rabbanit Surale Rosen & Fran Miller (1/7)

Welcome to the second season of One on One! In this...

Sunday | May 2, 2021

Episode 9 – From Dream to Reality: Creating Matan with Rabbanit Malke Bina

In this intimate conversation about the shaping of a world of...

Sunday | April 25, 2021

Episode 8 – Learn & Tour with Shulie Mishkin

In this fun, personable, and honest conversation, seasoned tour guide Shulie...

Monday | April 19, 2021

Episode 7 – Self-Knowledge, Autonomy, and Torah Life with Dr. Ayelet Hoffmann Libson

Dr. Ayelet Hoffmann Libson taught at Matan for over a decade....

Sunday | April 11, 2021

Episode 6 – Cultivating Torah with Rabbanit Shani Taragin

In this important and honest conversation, Rabbanit Shani Taragin speaks about...

Sunday | April 04, 2021

Episode 5 – Leading with Torah with Margot (Reinstein) Botwinick

Margot (Reinstein) Botwinick is a graduate of Matan’s Bellows Eshkolot Educators...

Monday | March 29, 2021

Episode 4 – Re-Examining Torah with Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash

Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash teaches contemporary halacha and Talmud at Matan...

Sunday | March 21, 2021

Episode 3 – Thinking Torah with Tanya White

Tanya White is a graduate of Matan’s Matmidot program and teaches...

Monday | March 15, 2021

Episode 2 – Matan Torah with Dr. Yael Ziegler

Dr. Yael Ziegler is a senior Tanakh lecturer at Matan and Herzog College...

Monday | March 8, 2021

Episode 1 – Living Torah with Rabbanit Adv. Yardena Bodenheimer (Cope-Yossef)

Rabbanit Adv. Yardena Bodenheimer (Cope-Yossef) has spent years learning, teaching, and...

Thursday | March 4, 2021

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Opportunities for women to engage in serious Torah study, have expanded...