Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on May 26th 2022. This week we see the flip side of not owning our land. We are exposed to exile and alienation, both physical and emotional. But mostly, we are struck by the almost too rich vocabulary and overly haunting imagery the Torah exhibits for a people without a land.
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/408510
Transcript on episode website: https://madlik.com/2022/05/25/as-a-driven-leaf/
Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on clubhouse on May 19th 2022. The earth is the Lord’s resonates throughout the Torah nowhere stronger than in the laws of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. We explore what a Promised Land means when land ownership is only temporary.
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/406956
Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/05/18/this-land-is-my-land/
Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on May 12th 2022 for a discussion of the Biblical taboo against contact with death. We explore Biblical and Rabbinic texts and wonder what the Torah’s aversion to death teaches us about life.
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/404890
Transcript on episode website: https://madlik.com/2022/05/11/life-after-death/
Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on May 5th 2022 as we ask: what does it mean to be holy? Does holiness divide or unite us? Join us as we ask whether the revolutionary perception of holiness contained in the biblical text is eclipsed by puritanism and sectarianism.
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/403778
Transcript: https://madlik.com/2022/05/04/divide-and-sanctify/