Jewish 101

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Excerpts from Maimonides' Guide Of The Perplexed, on how the Torah is to be read as parable and on the Rambam's metaphor for religious experience. Also Martin Buber's I-Thou; and the Rabbinic concept of K'ilu (As If). Host Rabbi Mark S. Golub.

Learn about the greatest legal authority and philosopher of Jewish history, the Rambam, Moses Maimonides, in an ongoing discussion of how the Jewish tradition is all about people.

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Does God ever make a mistake? How does the Jewish Tradition understand the notion of God acting in history? Through Rabbinic interpretation (midrash) of the story of Noah (Genesis 6-11)

When the Man and Woman first break the commandment not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

An ongoing study of the story of the Garden of Eden, including the rabbinic view of female sexuality, birth control and the day most appropriate for sexual relations.

How classical Christianity interpreted the Adam & Eve story, and how their eating the forbidden fruit became the Original Sin and shaped western views of sexuality.

Questions are addressed in the Jewish reading of Genesis Chapter 2 in an ongoing study of Jewish values.

Does God ever make a mistake? How does the Jewish Tradition understand the notion of God acting in history? Through Rabbinic interpretation (midrash) of the story of Noah (Genesis 6-11)

A look at the essence of the Torah and if it's poetry according to the Jewish Tradition.

Learn about the greatest legal authority and philosopher of Jewish history, the Rambam, Moses Maimonides, in an ongoing discussion of how the Jewish tradition is all about people.

No episode description is available yet.

Excerpts from Maimonides' Guide Of The Perplexed, on how the Torah is to be read as parable and on the Rambam's metaphor for religious experience. Also, Martin Buber's I-Thou; and the Rabbinic concept of K'ilu (As If). Host Rabbi Mark S. Golub.

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A pluralistic introduction to the teachings, ideas and values of the Jewish Tradition which have shaped the thinking and behavior of the Jewish People throughout history, often through midrash -- rabbinic commentaries to the Torah.

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How various rabbinic midrash answer the question about events at Sinai?

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When the Man and Woman first break the commandment not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.

How classical Christianity interpreted the Adam & Eve story, and how their eating the forbidden fruit became the Original Sin and shaped western views of sexuality.

An ongoing study of the story of the Garden of Eden, including the rabbinic view of female sexuality, birth control and the day most appropriate for sexual relations.

Questions are addressed in the Jewish reading of Genesis Chapter 2 in an ongoing study of Jewish values.