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Can't Stop ScrollingTorah as the Spiritual in the Material: Avidan HalivniA Chasid and a Litvak sit down to talk about why Purim might be a holier day than Yom Kippur. Plus some reflections on ten episodes of Can't Stop Scrolling! What - or who - do you want to learn from next??Primary Source: Rav Shagar, "The Secret of the Mask" (from Pur Hu HaGoral)2025-02-2436 min
Can't Stop ScrollingTorah as Our Stories: Rabbi Miriam LorieIf there’s no seat at Kiddush for you, bring a folding chair. Rabbi Miriam Lorie teaches us about the Talmudic rabbis’ radical revision of the character of Hannah, the importance of listening to the stories of the people in front of you, and treating God with sacred impertinence. Primary Source: Berakhot 31a2025-02-1742 min
Can't Stop ScrollingTorah as Invitation: Rabbi Samantha FrankHave you ever thought that maybe the reason Creation took so long is that the universe was too hot and that God had to blow on the primordial soup of the universe to cool it down?? Have you ever been invited into the palace of Torah? After this episode, you will have.Primary Source: Genesis 1:1-22025-02-1034 min
Can't Stop ScrollingTorah as the Whole of the Many: Rabbi Rachael PassRabbi Rachael Pass's house may be haunted, but that won't stop her from teaching the Torah of Wicked (where do you think wickedness come from??) or helping adults reengage with Judaism on their own terms. What does it look like when our metaphors for God reflect the plurality of our human and cosmic community? None of us alone know more than all of us combined.Primary Source: Dr. Judith Plaskow, Standing Again at Sinai and The Right Question is Theological2025-02-0342 min
Can't Stop ScrollingTorah as Philosophy: Hanna SedletskyWe have all lived in Berlin because we are super cool on this podcast. Hanna Sedletsky, a post-Soviet queer Jewish educator, talks with us about teaching Torah to people new to Torah, using different languages, and balancing academic and religious approaches to Talmud. Primary Source: Shemot Rabbah 5:9 (excerpt)2025-01-2742 min
Can't Stop ScrollingTorah as Bridge: Rabbi Lara Haft Yom-TovWhere in your body does your anxiety live? If you have no anxiety at all, will you teach us how? We talk with Rabbi Lara Haft Yom-Tov about balancing between different values like critique and generosity or confidence and stretching ourselves, and teaching liberatory Torah to Jews of all ages.Primary Source: Mishnah Berurah 242:12025-01-2047 min
Can't Stop ScrollingTorah as Language: Aron WanderIn this episode, we encounter the Torah of autocorrect and of chronic pain, and when Torah can and can’t speak to our deepest questions - especially in the moments when it seems like it's too late. Plus, should Avigayil start giving sermons about women’s basketball?Primary Source: Chayei Moharan 1:12025-01-1345 min
Can't Stop ScrollingTorah as a Seed: Laynie SolomanLaynie Soloman chats with us about the Torah of Magneto, falling in love with Talmud, and ideal cupcake-eating strategies.Primary Source: Bamidbar Rabbah 19:72024-12-3142 min
Can't Stop ScrollingTorah as Kaleidoscope: Rabbi Sivan RotholzIf a rabbi tells a joke, is it a rabbi joke? Rabbi Sivan Rotholz chats with Avidan and Avigayil about how anger relates to Torah, the importance of poetry, and informed choice.Primary Source: Numbers 122024-12-3150 min
Can't Stop ScrollingTorah as Relationship: Rabbi Avigayil Halpern and Avidan HalivniWho are we?? Why are we doing this? Why do we love the Torah? Is gossip okay??Primary Source: Pachad Yitzchak Shavuot 132024-12-3146 min