Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on August 25th 2022. The Torah prohibits us from adding or detracting to its directives and also against rewriting history. It even predicts that there might be a time where our leaders will try to reinvent our past. We discuss.
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/426413
Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/08/24/a-time-that-never-was/
Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on clubhouse on August 18th 2022. Much in this parsha relates to the correct and incorrect attitude. The Israelites are described as “stiff necked” and “rebels” (mamrim). They are warned not to attribute their success to their own power and commanded to bless God even when satiated. Finally, they are told that all God wants from them is their fear. We explore the power of disposition and attitude in Jewish thought.
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/425215
Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/08/17/attitude-is-everything/
Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on August 11th 2022. Moses pleads with God to cross the Jordan into the Promised Land. God is cross with Moses. When should we ask for more? When do we ask for too much? That is the question.
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/424108
Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/08/10/enough/
Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on August 4th 2022. The fifth book of the Five Books of Moses is called Mishneh Torah which means the Second Torah or the Repetition of the Torah. We use this as an opportunity to explore how the Torah has been renewed and rediscovered over time.
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/422607
Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2022/08/04/a-second-torah/