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Xai, how are you?233. To the Point of DistractionXava brings some sugyes about intention and prayer that connect back to episode 228, plus why you should never hold bread and pray! Check out Torah from the Inside Out Here: http://bit.ly/torahinsideout Check out Laasok here: http://bit.ly/laasok
To ask us questions, text or leaves us a voicemail at the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 or email us at xaihowareyou@gmail.com. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.2025-04-0827 minXai, how are you?231. Rich Torah, Poor TorahXava brings a sugye on the things that can "distract" us from Torah study, which leads to a discussion on how the hell we're supposed to relate to Torah when it's being used for wicked ends. Register for Torah from the Inside Out here: http://bit.ly/torahinsideout
To ask us questions, text or leaves us a voicemail at the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 or email us at xaihowareyou@gmail.com. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.2025-02-2632 min
Judaism UnboundBonus Episode: Shabbetai Zevi Unbound - Xava De CordovaXava De Cordova is the co-founder of Shel Maala: a digital-first queer Yeshiva, and the co-host of Xai, How are You, one of our favorite fellow-podcasts in the Jewish podcasting universe. She is about to be teaching an amazing 3-week mini-course in the UnYeshiva, entitled Sabbatean Heresy: Shabbetai Tzvi and Permitting the Forbidden. We're thrilled to be offering a sneak-preview of the course by offering up this episode of Judaism Unbound featuring De Cordova, along with Michael Sokolovsky -- her co-host of Xai, How are You.Sign up for the UnYeshiva mini-course Sabbatean Heresy: Shabbetai Tzvi and...2024-12-1653 minXai, how are you?228. Intention vs StructureXava brings a buffet of texts exploring intention and structure, mitzvahs, prayer, baby birds and being force fed matza. Sign up for In Every Tongue with Ada Morse here: https://bit.ly/ineverytongue
To ask us questions, text or leaves us a voicemail at the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 or email us at xaihowareyou@gmail.com. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.2024-11-2728 minXai, how are you?226. The Secret Jewish History of the EtrogIn today's episode, Xava brings some sugyes and history about the etrog (aka the citron aka the Persian apple aka the thing that Rabbis look at with intense love and delight), and how it made its way into our sukkot ritual! Check out Shel Maala's East Coast Tour here: https://bit.ly/shelmaalaeastcoast
To ask us questions, text or leaves us a voicemail at the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 or email us at xaihowareyou@gmail.com. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.2024-10-2826 minXai, how are you?224. Get Off My LawnXava's got a sugye about keeping your side of the street clean, zoning ordinance, Rabbinic humility and home improvement. Sign up for Shel Maala in Western Mass at https://bit.ly/shelmaalamass !
To ask us questions, text or leaves us a voicemail at the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 or email us at xaihowareyou@gmail.com. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.2024-09-2327 minXai, how are you?222. Protesting Exactly the Right AmountXava brings a series of property law sugyes that tell us about how, why, and how much we should protest, halakhically speaking. Sign up for Shel Maala's Alef Bet class here: https://bit.ly/decodingalefbet, Sign up for Sand into Pearls here: https://bit.ly/sandintopearls
To ask us questions, text or leaves us a voicemail at the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 or email us at xaihowareyou@gmail.com. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.2024-08-1535 minXai, how are you?219. Everything was BeautifulXava brings some kabbalah and xasidut about the transcendent nature of beauty, plus some Talmud and Torah that seems to contradict it by saying that beauty is basically worthless. Sign up for Trancestors and Chalices here: bit.ly/shelmaalasadeh
To ask us questions, text or leaves us a voicemail at the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 or email us at xaihowareyou@gmail.com. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.2024-07-0929 minXai, how are you?217. To Work, or not to Work?We've got grain on the brain! In honor of counting the omer, Xava brought a text about grain, strain, pain and...Torah. Let's see if the sages can find a healthy work/life balance. Sign up for Shel Maala at Sadeh in England here: bit.ly/shelmaalasadeh
To ask us questions, text or leaves us a voicemail at the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 or email us at xaihowareyou@gmail.com. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.2024-06-1725 minXai, how are you?215. Noahide and SeekA listener has a question about Noahidism and we've got answers! Also, the Chabad factor, alternate universes and the REAL messianic Jews. Sign up for Xava's class here: https://bit.ly/thornsinthevineyard Sign up for Shel Maala at Sadeh in England here: bit.ly/shelmaalasadeh
To ask us questions, text or leaves us a voicemail at the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 or email us at xaihowareyou@gmail.com. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.2024-05-1827 minXai, how are you?213. The Rabbi and the Helpful DemonXava brings a story of politically useful sinning, the Rashbi, a suspiciously convenient demon friend and a truly bizarre system of law abolishment. Sign up for her next class here: https://bit.ly/thornsinthevineyard
To ask us questions, text or leaves us a voicemail at the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 or email us at xaihowareyou@gmail.com. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Music by Ben Schreiber.2024-05-0623 min
Hadar's WebShel Maala: An Anti-Zionist Queer Yeshiva with Binya Kóatz & Rabbi Xava De CordovaBinya Kóatz is a talmud teacher and standup comedian, trying to be radical and funny wherever she goes. She helped start Shel Maala, an online Queer anti-zionist Yeshiva, and has performed and taught in cities across North America.
Rabbi Xava De Cordova is a disabled, Sefradi, Mizraxi trans woman and co-host of the world's first Queer Talmud podcast, "Xai, how are you?". She is a long-time SVARA-style Talmud learner and SVARA teaching kollel fellow who got her start as a teacher by creating Beit Midrash Behind Bars, an organization that facilitated Jewish learning opportunities for incarcerated pe...2024-04-081h 00Xai, how are you?207. Foxy LoxyPart 2 of Xava's spontaneous series on foxes! Featured are Babylonian pedagogy, greedy wolves, overzealous interpretation and selfishness in the Rabbinate. Sign up for Sacred Wiggles here: https://bit.ly/sacredwiggles
To ask us questions, text or leave us a voicemail at the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 or email us at xaihowareyou@gmail.com. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2024-03-2621 minXai, how are you?203. Body HorrorXava brings a source sheet from friend of the pod Olivia Devorah Tucker about bodies, fluids, clay and the strange ways they mix. Sign up for Building Our Brakhas here: https://bit.ly/buildingbrakhas
Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2024-02-2026 minXai, how are you?201. Blood StainsXava brings us a (maybe) allegorical story about conquest, revenge, bloodshed and breaking cycles of violence.
Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2024-02-0423 minXai, how are you?196. Demonic SmorgasbordXava's brought a big long daf with 9 headed demons, bad father son relationships, arrogance, punishment, gay content and everything else you could possibly want in a few short paragraphs. Sign up for Who Created These here: https://bit.ly/whocreatedthese
To ask us questions, text or leaves us a voicemail at the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 or email us at xaihowareyou@gmail.com. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2023-12-1022 min
EvolveFor Us, By Us: The Trans Halakhah ProjectHalakhah is for Orthodox Jews. It means Jewish law: what you can do and can’t do. Right? Not according to Laynie Soloman, a passionate teacher of Jewish text and thought at SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva. Soloman says that Halakhah isn’t law, per se, since law – especially when it comes to queer and trans folks – can serve as an instrument of oppression. Rather, Soloman speaks of Halakhah as “Jewish practice and its surrounding discourse,” i.e. what Jews do. Soloman discusses SVARA’s Trans Halakhah Project, which seeks to empower trans Jews. Soloman talks with hosts Bryan Schwartzman ab...2023-11-3051 minXai, how are you?191. Text ChangeXava gives a primer on mitzvot that women (supposedly) aren't obligated in and why, what even is a gender, why we get left out of the fanciest mitzvahs and whether we're okay with that.
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Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2023-10-1935 minXai, how are you?189. What's up with essential dignity?Xava brings in some texts and talks to explore the concept of basic dignity, honor and human rights. Sign up for CTNTC here: https://svara.org/course/trans-codex/
Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2023-10-0529 minXai, how are you?186. Immigration and MarriageA listener asked us: does that Talmud have anything to say about getting married for immigration or citizenship purposes? This week Xava brought us the answer (which is not legal advice but just a fun podcast episode)!
Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2023-09-1530 min
On the NoseTrans HalakhaEarlier this year, the Trans Halakha Project—an initiative of SVARA, a queer and trans yeshiva—published a series of teshuvot, or answers to questions about halakha (Jewish religious law). These pieces speak to questions of Jewish life and practice for trans people, from who is obligated to undergo circumcision or to follow the prescriptions around menstruation, to whether it’s permissible to wear a chest binder when immersing in the mikveh (a ritual bath that traditionally requires nudity). While there have been some previous efforts to apply halakha to specific questions of trans life, almost none of this work h...2023-09-1444 minXai, how are you?181. The Tree WhispererThis episode, it's giving tree y'all! Listen in for a date with dates, mystical plant revelations and Xava's favorite verse from Tehillim. Sign up for Frootcamp here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/frootcamp-a-summer-shiur-series-to-up-your-practical-gay-talmud-skills-tickets-657309780247
Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2023-08-0919 minXai, how are you?177. Oh, Honey!This episode is the bee's knees...and that is only one of the many horrible bee puns you'll be subjected to! Xava brought a talmudic cornucopia about bees and their place in the world, both metaphysically and culinarily. Sign up for The Flavor of Text here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-flavor-of-text-a-deep-dive-into-melody-in-the-beit-midrash-tickets-657305076177
Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2023-07-1128 minXai, how are you?166. Passover and OverMichael brings a juicy tidbit about what to do if you miss out on sacrificing your lamb plus other repeat holidays! Sign up for Xava's class, Beyond Measure, here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-measure-recovering-talmudic-wisdom-on-life-learning-and-love-tickets-594079998267
Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2023-04-1817 minXai, how are you?165. Vacation BreakWe won’t have a regular episode coming out this week because of Passover! We’ll be back next week with our normal nonsense, in the meantime, sign up for this class that Xava is teaching on some Mishnah that she absolutely loves and adores! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-measure-recovering-talmudic-wisdom-on-life-learning-and-love-tickets-594079998267
Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2023-04-1001 minXai, how are you?157. Do Not Covet Your Neighbor's WiFiXava brings a survey of halakhic rulings that help us make sense of the ethics of "stealing" WiFi.
Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2023-02-1417 minXai, how are you?154. Niddah For Trans WomenRitual purity law? In my trans gender? It's more likely than you think! Xava is finally unveiling the general vibe and arguments of her paper on niddah for trans women, it's a bloody good time.
Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2023-01-2349 minXai, how are you?138. Vacation: Cucumbers or Honey?Xava is getting new boobies, so we're taking a week off. Enjoy this patron replay, and we'll be back next week! Michael brings a sugye addressing the age old question: are halakhic loopholes more like a barrel of cucumbers or a vat of honey?
Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2022-10-0221 min
Xai, how are you?136. Russian Doll 1:7The penultimate episode of season one of Russian Doll takes us on a journey through our own guilt, survivor's guilt, blessing really special trees, Elisha Ben Abuya and making Xava cry.
Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2022-09-1846 minXai, how are you?132. God Is Here: Metaphor and WaterPart one of our exploration of "God Is Here" by Toba Spitzer, we're talking about the concept of God metaphors and specifically God as water. Featuring: magical wells, our own cynicism, divine bathtubs and how Xava learned to believe in stuff again. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2022-08-2148 min
RABBITHOLEIs School Good? #9: Xava De CordovaEditor's note - apologies for any audio dropouts on yesterday's upload! We've gone over everything and it should be all fixed now. Sparky and Pete speak with Jewish educator and Talmud scholar Xava De Cordova, co-host of the Xai, How Are You? Podcast, to discuss the pedagogical possibilities of a queer reading of Talmud.Listen to Xai, How Are You? on Soundcloud, support them on their Patreon, and follow them on Instagram and Twitter.This episode was edited by Dan Thorn (@danieljtvthorn) of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA, and it f...2022-08-1757 minXai, how are you?128a. Russian Doll 1:4Finally, the second main character of Russian doll is introduced! Also, the danger of compassion, humble brags, Xava's type and a pair of Rabbinic lovers. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2022-07-2424 min
Xai, how are you?119a. A Lizard's Tale ReduxI (Xava) was INCREDIBLY depressed this week, so we're re-releasing a patron episode for y'all! I'm sorry for the inconsistency recently but I'm feeling better and bringing you lots of new episodes soon. Thank you for your support, we literally couldn't do it without y'all. Episode Description: Want to know how the way you measure bread influences your fitness for the priesthood? Listen and find out! Plus, pork talk!
Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon...2022-05-2221 minXai, how are you?116a. Xava's Sick DayXava got COVID but is recovering and feeling a lot better. We're taking this Sunday off, but back with a bonus episode later in the week. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2022-05-0201 minXai, how are you?Daf 108a. Snaking BadXava is at a wedding in Texas so we're replaying a recent bonus episode. What are the various stages of male hyena transformation? What do our spines turn into after we die? Which animals are inherently naughty? Barukh HaShem, Michael is here to help us find out. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2022-03-0623 minXai, how are you?105a. Vacation: Animal NatureXava got her wisdom teeth out, so we're taking the week off. Enjoy this formally Patron-only episode about what we can learn from animals. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2022-02-1322 minXai, how are you?97a. What if I can't be honest with my Rabbi?Today's listener question is about conversion under a Rabbi who seems to view Zionism as mandatory. Michael and Xava bring a relevant Talmudic tale and our own experiences to answer. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2021-12-1923 min
Xai, how are you?66a. Disincorporating into the MysticIt's crossover time! Xava went on her friend J's podcast to talk about the poetry of Yehudi Amichai and Nazim Hikmet, and we thought you all would wanna hear it. Discussion of communisim, myticism and kosher slaughter all rolled into one! Go find the rest of their episodes at https://soundcloud.com/couplet-pod. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2021-05-161h 50Judaism UnboundEpisode 269: Shabbetai Zevi - Permitting the Forbidden - Xava De Cordova, Michael SokolovskyXava De Cordova and Michael Sokolovsky, co-hosts of Xai, How Are You? (a fellow podcast in the Jewish pod-o-sphere), join Dan and Lex for a crossover episode, airing simultaneously as an episode of Judaism Unbound and an episode of Xai, How are You! The four of them talk about what the Talmud is, who Shabbetai Zevi is, what Xai How are You is, and -- for the first time in Judaism Unbound's history -- how Dan and Lex are doing. Perhaps most importantly, they dwell on the figure of Shabbetai Zevi, and what his life may have to teach...2021-04-0953 min
Xai, how are you?56a. Lost and FoundOn Bava Metzia 21b, Michael and Xava explore yeush shelo mida'at, the observer effect in halakha, Xava's formerly lost Jewish heritage, and the genders we never knew we had. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2021-03-0721 minXai, how are you?55a. Shabbatai, Failed Messiah: Queer IconIn our thrilling finale, guests Binya Koatz and daph ben david dazzle us with Shabbatean trans love poetry in Ladino, trancestors in the Torah and little bit of analysis on Frankism. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2021-02-2836 minXai, how are you?54a. Shabbatai, Failed Messiah: The ImpactSam Biagetti returns in the second installment of the Shabbatai series, where we move on to discussing the legacy of the Shabbatean movement, Jewish renewal, buyer's remorse, conversos and Bernie Sanders. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2021-02-2133 minXai, how are you?53a. Shabbatai, Failed Messiah: The HistoryIn a special crossover episode, @Historiansplaining podcast host Sam Biagetti and Michael kick off our Shabbatai series by doing a deep dive into the facts, foibles and little known intricacies of the failed messiah's rise and fall. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2021-02-141h 26Xai, how are you?52a. Cosmic AccountabilityWe journey to Shabbat 54b to explore lemonology, parasocial relationships, the interconnectedness of injustice and our own obligation to act up. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2021-02-0718 minXai, how are you?51. The Tyranny of StructurelessnessMichael and Xava talk stonks, hierarchy, the commons, tzedakah and the benefits of collective ownership using a sugye from Eruvin 3a. Plus we reveal that our theme song can be found at https://youtu.be/sJnE616RucQ! Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2021-01-3122 minXai, how are you?50. Spit Happens feat. Azariah LironWe welcome an incredible guest, Azariah, to talk about phlegm, death fetishes, masking, disability in the Beit Midrash and edge cases. You can find KC Tenants Union at https://kctenants.org/ . Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Find Azariah @onservantswings and at http://onservantswings.com/ Music by Ben Schreiber.2021-01-2419 minXai, how are you?49. How do I start studying Talmud?We answer a listener question about the overwhelming nature of starting Talmud, share our personal experiences and a TON of resources for starting your study journey. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2021-01-1719 minXai, how are you?48. How do we survive depression?We made this episode during an attempted coup! Podcast news part deux, personal depression experiences and advice, plus a mystical gate of feelz. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2021-01-1017 minXai, how are you?47. Apocrypha? In my Talmud?It's more likely than you think! We talk banned books, foolishness, Heidegger vs. Neo-Kantianism, and movie stars as sources of scriptural authority. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2021-01-0321 min
Xai, how are you?46. This is not the WayIn-Laws and outlaws, gender roles and gender trolls, Michael and I argue about exegesis plus a fun side bit about doulas. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-12-2723 minXai, how are you?45. Conversion and ShabbatThe Hot Debate of 1848, Michael's etymology corner, Xava breaks her absolute self-determinist streak. Anecdote from Contemporary Halakhic Problems Volume 4, Chapter 7. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xavadecordova. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-12-2027 minXai, how are you?44. Rabbi Meir: The Next GenerationThe thrilling conclusion of the Rabbi Meir trilogy, where we meet his prize pupil, Michael challenges my epistemological frame, and I mistakenly say a snake is a sheretz don't come for me. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-12-1321 minXai, how are you?43. Rabbi Meir: Baby Got BackThe most powerful booty in the Talmud, the virtue of truthiness, temporal-spatial orientations and genius that goes unrecognized. Visit our website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-12-0623 minXai, how are you?42. Rabbi Meir: Wit's EndThe start of a trilogy on one of Xava's faves, Rabbi Meir. We wonder whether ontological truth matters in Talmud, who is a good teacher, what it means to be too cool for school and whether it pays to be a smarty pants. Visit our new website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-11-2922 minXai, how are you?41. Eye, eye Captain!Another wonderful listener voicemail, more talk about fascism and our response to it as conditioned by Talmud, and some banter about our personal dramas. Visit our new website to ask us questions at xaihowareyou.com and call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-11-2221 minXai, how are you?40. God said no cops!We answer a listener question about abolition, celebrate Michael's first lady pill, do an unboxing and deal with issues of anachronism when discussing police. Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xavadecordova. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-11-1517 minXai, how are you?39. Week Off MessageWe're taking a week off this week, but enjoy this really cute and soothing message that Michael made!2020-11-0806 minXai, how are you?38. TyposOne changed letter and a listener question lead us down a rabbit hole of epistemological silliness and materialist feminist reinterpretation. Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-11-0125 minXai, how are you?37. Xai, Halloween Finale: SpookotBinya Koatz returns! Find her at binyakoatz.com and find the laws of Spookot at https://rb.gy/y3higw . We talk with her about this ancient and much venerated holiday, plus as usual, lots of gay stuff! Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-10-2523 minXai, how are you?36. Xai, Halloween: NecromancerWe dive back into Sanhedrin 65b to talk about raising the dead, joints, Heroes of Might and Magic, and mystic politics in ancient Israel. Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-10-1817 minXai, how are you?35. Xai, Halloween: WitchWe explore the Rabbi's obsession with sexual perversion, give some listener shout outs, and interrogate the divine monopoly on fortune telling. Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-10-1117 minXai, how are you?34. Xai, Halloween: ZombieZombie rabbi rap battle, 'nuff said. To register for my Mishna Beit Midrash, just go to https://www.teprov.org/form/adultedfall20 and select Mishnah Beit Midrash! Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-10-0416 minXai, how are you?33. Xai, Halloween: GolemThe beginning of our Halloween series! What does it mean to be god-like, what is a golem, Xava's health, malarkey and the mysteries of alternate fractal realities. Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-09-2720 minXai, how are you?32. Why God?Michael does a transcendent interview with Sam Biagetti of the Historiansplaining podcast about belief in God, the movies, Jewish particularity and the non-existence of religion. Follow Historiansplaining at @historiansplaining. Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-09-2030 minXai, how are you?31. The Bad SeedDemon Babies! Lilith, neo-Dworkinism, mpreg and the existential and sexual import of our historical moment all make an appearance. You won't wanna miss it! Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-09-1323 minXai, how are you?30. Gender? In my creation story?It's more likely than you think! Fractal primordial beings, queer representation in history, being sad about texting and much much more. Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-09-0619 minXai, how are you?29. Back in the USSRWe try a special new kind of episode! Michael interviews their dad about Jewish life in the former Soviet Union and we provide commentary. Plus a special shout out and plenty of banter. Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-08-3027 minXai, how are you?28. Bernie goes to BabylonSenator Sanderz calls the show, Rabbis in their economic context , Xava mixes up Yehuda and Shimon, and we deal with persistent class antipathy. Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-08-2322 minXai, how are you?27. Talmudic Trans GirlsWe welcome back special guest Binya Koatz, discuss Yochanan a.k.a the hottest trans girl in the Talmud, magical beauty spells, queer yeshiva love and much more! Check out Binya's poetry and other work at https://www.binyakoatz.com/ Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-08-1634 minXai, how are you?26. Give 'em the fingerWe welcome a very special guest, Maimonides Nutz! Support her on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/maimonides_nutz Talking healing, Jewish goth vibes, a dimension of suffering and how we handle Jewish childhood trauma. Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-08-0922 minXai, how are you?25. Xevruta or Death!Talmudic Rip Van Winkle, Wellbutrin, what sweet dreams are made of, revenge of the carobs, plus fan mail, and anxiety as Jewish practice. Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xavadecordova. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-08-0220 minXai, how are you?24. The Affordable Carob ActHoni bologna, historical construction of sexualities, conservatism versus radicalism plus emergency fast days. Call or Text the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-07-2624 minXai, how are you?23. Ex Gonna Give it to YahHow to "get" from A to B, divorce documents, boring Talmud, socialist terrariums, epistemological panic, and why the Rabbis weren't radical enough. Call the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xavadecordova. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-07-1922 minXai, how are you?22. Trial MixSmutty gossip, Jewish sensuality, our 60th patron, translation, plus koshering the unkosherable. Call the Talmud Hotline at 401-484-1619 and leave us a voicemail! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-07-1222 minXai, how are you?21. All Chachamim Are BeautifulAesthetic value as moral virtue, sorcery, transmisogyny in the Jewish community, the issues with leftist fashion, plus now you can call in and tell Michael what to do, Jewishly! Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-07-0523 minXai, how are you?20. Discipline and PunishUndermining capital punishment, undoing expertise, the limits of academia, plus Michael designs clothing and goes to an anti-police protest. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Join the Shel Maala FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/920910168356795/ Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-06-2824 min
Kosher Queers36 — Korach: Sacred AnarchyThis week, Jaz and Lulav are joined by Xava De Cordova, host of the queer Talmud podcast Xai, how are you? We talk about why a staff helps bring religious traditions together, how cool it is to have 250 union organizers as biblical characters, and the beauty of a time-travelling anarchist visionary. Xava also reveals her secret title as head of the Anti-Moses Sentiment Committee. (Lulav says she's not a member of that particular committee, and instead belongs to the rival Moshe-was-Progressive-to-Some-Extent-But-as-Soon-as-He-Got-a-Taste-of-Power-Became-a-Bootlicking-Liberal Brigade.) Full transcript here. You can support Xava on Patreon, follow her on Twitter...2020-06-2548 minXai, how are you?19. Talmud Says ACAB + SolidarityThe Talmud says don't talk to cops and practice solidarity! We banter, Xava feels inadequate, historical transmisogyny, we're behind on our reading, and Jewish relationships to the carceral state. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-06-2120 minXai, how are you?18. Talmud and the Absurd FinaleGay psalms, the conclusion of our existential debate, metaphysical democracy , and on Mike's Jewish journey, we talk about Jastrows, psychedelics and reasons for Jewish learning. Find a bail fund near you and donate: bailfunds.github.io/2020-06-1419 minXai, how are you?17. Talmud and the Absurd Pt. 2Black Lives Matter, Michael is sad, existential dilemmas, Talmudic attempts to find meaning in life, materialism vs. the transcendent. Find a bail fund near you and donate: https://bailfunds.github.io/2020-06-0716 minXai, how are you?16. Talmud and the Absurd Pt. 1Xava forgets her stuff, Michael shares his opinions on coasters, Hillel and Shammai duke it out, DSA vs. IWW, and on Mike's Jewish Journey, we talk about non-dualism and Shabbat candles. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-05-3120 minKosher Queers32 — Shavuot: What’s a Jew, Anyway?This week, for Shavuot, we answer a question from Xava De Cordova (from Xai, how are you?) and talk about what it means to be a member of a Jewish community. But that's a big topic, so in particular, we're contrasting our perspectives on Christian beliefs in the context of Jewish communities and what it means to hold an expansive idea of community while also valuing Judaism’s uniqueness. Basically, we argue about what Judaism is, but agree that arguing itself is definitely Jewish. Plus, we read some podcast reviews on air! Full transcript here. Th...2020-05-2825 minXai, how are you?15. To be, or not to Rashbi? Pt. 2The gendered labor of God! Carobs agricultural role, what's so special about bread, and the Talmud as a time capsule of the oppressed. Plus a new segment! On Mike's Jewish Journey we talk about first generation Belarusian immigrant experiences and rediscovering Judaism as adults. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-05-2423 minXai, how are you?14. To be or not to Rashbi? Pt. 1Gendered labor, good compliments, hiding out from the Romans and learning to accept our own paradoxical origins. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-05-1715 minXai, how are you?13. Tiny VesselsTwitter crushes, rehashing the Beit Midrash, Yaakov on the run, important tiny jars and my intense love for all our listeners. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber.2020-05-1016 minXai, how are you?12. Interview with a Sam-pireGeocaching, interview with Sam Biagetti, host of Historiansplaining, the Torah as patchwork and quasi -professional history gays. Support us on patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber. Follow Historiansplaining at https://soundcloud.com/historiansplaining.2020-05-0422 minXai, how are you?11. What is Talmud?Icosahedrons, chronic depression, what is the Talmud, what does it do, and what does it tell us? Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou, follow us on Twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Music by Ben Schreiber2020-04-2721 minXai, how are you?10. Adonai Exad?Special guest Abhilasha Deka! We eat pizza, repudiate the concept of Rabbis, ponder the afterlife and of course, take hot takes. Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/xaihowareyou. Follow us on Twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured. Theme music by Ben Schreiber.2020-04-1921 minXai, how are you?9. Gotta get down on FridayWe answer a listener question, accidentally discuss the idea of moral goodness, and analyze the Talmudic scripture that is "Friday" by Rebecca Black ( youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0 ). Also our first episode with music! Music by Ben Schreiber ( bschreiber.com/ ) Join our Patreon on patreon.com/xaihowareyou and follow us on Twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured2020-04-1216 minXai, how are you?8.5. Keeping It PlatonicMichael and Xava accidentally delve into Platonism, the Rambam, and all our bad COVID feels. Support us at patreon.com/xaihowareyou and follow us onTwitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured2020-04-0913 minXai, how are you?8. Eighteen Shades of GreyFeaturing special guest Jaz Twersky of Kosher Queers Podcast(https://www.patreon.com/kosherqueers)! Hair dye, old genders, voices behind thrones and a listener question! Support us at patreon.com/xaihowareyou and follow us on Twitter @xaihowareyou and @miss_figured2020-04-0522 minXai, how are you?7.5. Listener Questions Pesax EditionWe answer all the listener questions pertaining to Passover, complain about COVID, and discuss leather undies at the dinner table.
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Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/xaihowareyou2020-04-0211 minXai, how are you?7. Talmudic Socialism Part 3The Joy of Gleaning! Various takes on Star Trek, structural vs. individual solutions, special guest Molly Hastings, plus some really bad puns.
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Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/xaihowareyou2020-03-2914 minXai, how are you?6.5. Who cares about the Talmud?A corona bonus episode! Why study the Talmud specifically, avoiding postmodern pitfalls, kosher for Passover cookies and the legitimization of queer Talmud learning.
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Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/xaihowareyou2020-03-2613 minXai, how are you?6. Talmudic Socialism Part 2We worry about the potential rise of homegrown Nazis, complain about the Democrats, discuss horrible Talmudic economic reforms, and figure out what to do about parts of the tradition that we really don't like.
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Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/xavadecordova2020-03-2311 minXai, how are you?5. Talmudic Socialism Part 1Emoji names of G-d, debt cancellation, the inherently socialistic Talmud, prosecco and Jewish sweat. Plus our first guest, Binya Koatz!!! PS! Check out this spreadsheet for COVID-19 mutual aid: shorturl.at/aikqZ
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Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/xaihowareyou2020-03-1522 minXai, how are you?4. Polyamorous PurimSexy freaky queers, good poly boundaries, talmudic trans tops, hot takes and super Tuesday!
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Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/xaihowareyou2020-03-0915 minXai, how are you?3. Esther is a Sexy ChameleonMeta-talmudic systems of illogical value, Xava makes a phone call, Michael goes to California, and we finally find out what Esther tastes like.
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Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/xaihowareyou2020-03-0216 minXai, how are you?2. Ugly Torah ScholarsEpisode two! We're really making a podcast now. And it has a name, which is Xai, how are you? Highlights: Xava gets ignored by an orthodox guy, a thornbush slaps people in the face, Roman princesses are petty, Danny DeVito, and the Talmud is a gender!
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Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/xaihowareyou2020-02-2311 minXai, how are you?1. The Talmud is GayXava De Cordova tells us just how gay the Talmud can get. Gird your everything.
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Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/xaihowareyou2020-02-2209 min