Radio Rabbah
Radio Rabbah
Alex Friedman
Each episode, Alex Friedman explores a story or two from the Jewish tradition.
Vicious Cycles (Parshat Vayeira)
In this episode, a d'var Torah about the parallels between two biblical stories of abuse, and the lessons we might learn from them. Music for the Episode: URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Meet_Podington_Bear_Box_Set_Disc_1/13_New_Skin Comments: http://freemusicarchive.org/ Curator: Copyright: Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Feb 18, 2019
9 min
Episode 10: Bar Kamtza
Today's story can be found in Gittin 55b-56a (https://www.sefaria.org/Gittin.56a?lang=en) Music: https://bit.ly/2LksyVkChanged from the original. Attribution Non-Commercial, https://bit.ly/1Q1lKDc https://bit.ly/2LzbZED Changed from the original. Attribution Non-Commercial, https://bit.ly/1Q1lKDc https://bit.ly/2uYRozb Changed from the original. Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike, https://bit.ly/2mJd9zv Was "stay tuned" and "hi" a reference to NightVale? Ha! I'll bet you believe in mountains too.
Jul 24, 2018
9 min
The Weight of Our Stories (Acharei Mot-Kedoshim)
A d'var Torah that deals with Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 as honestly as I can, which is to say, offers no solution. I discuss Gordon Tucker's teshuvah at length.
Apr 29, 2018
10 min
Episode 9: Our Teacher Moses? (Rebroadcast)
--RE-UPLOAD: For some reason, the first time I published this episode, the audio didn't do its thing. I have now republished this episode and it should work properly.--   In this week's story, it takes a little bit of trickery to save the Jews of Spain from a terrible decree. All complaints about how I pronounce 'Shammash' should be directed to [email protected]   Music: Transmutation by Kara Square (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/56527 Ft: Spinningmerkaba
Apr 9, 2018
9 min
Episode 9: Our Teacher Moses?
In this week's story, it takes a little bit of trickery to save the Jews of Spain from a terrible decree. All complaints about how I pronounce 'Shammash' should be directed to [email protected]   Music: Transmutation by Kara Square (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mindmapthat/56527 Ft: Spinningmerkaba
Apr 9, 2018
9 min
Episode 8: Unhappy Couples and Ugly Brides
Marriage is...hard. At least, I've been told that, having never been married. Second in my series of stories about couples gone awry, we'll learn about what happens when husbands embarrass their partners and when couple have a bit of a language barrier. Music: Funky Bots by Admiral Bob (c) copyright 2015 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/admiralbob77/48709 Ft: jeris, Martijn de Boer
Mar 26, 2018
7 min
Episode 7: Bitter Water
This episode is the first of several that will have to do with marriage and the Rabbis. In this episode, a couple of stories relating to the practice of Sotah.
Mar 12, 2018
9 min
D'var: Vayakhel Pekuedei
This episode, something a little new, a little different, and yet still old. It's a d'var Torah! How cool. This one talks about divinely-inspired creativity.
Mar 7, 2018
6 min
Episode 6: Sarah and Conversion
In this week's episode of Radio Rabbah, it's one of my absolute favorite pieces of Midrash/Aggadah about converts.
Feb 26, 2018
4 min
Episode 5: Slapping Babies
In this episode of Radio Rabbah, I share two stories, both having to do with the strangeness of forgetting, learning and, yes, slapping babies.
Jan 29, 2018
8 min
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