Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded live on Clubhouse on January 26, 2023. God hardens the heart of Pharaoh. We ignore the question of free will and God’s omnipotence and instead we ask: “What makes a man’s heart so hard that it can’t be softened?
Sefaria Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/462193
Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2023/01/25/hard-hearts/
Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on January 19th 2023. The Rabbis learn from Moses the importance of Hakarta HaTov; recognizing good and showing gratitude even to inanimate objects. We explore this character trait as it relates to personal conduct and current Israeli politics.
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/460393
Transcript on episode web page:
https://madlik.com/2023/01/18/thank-the-donkey-of-the-messiah/
Join Geoffrey Stern recorded on clubhouse on January 12th 2023. The Exodus from Egypt is not simply an episode in the script of the Jewish People; it is The refrain. The fact that it represents the essence of the Jewish people is captured in every commandment that is זֵכֶר לִיצִיאַת מִצְרָיִם to commemorate the Exodus from Egypt. Modern liberation movements have taken their inspiration from the exodus as a paradigm so what does the Exodus Liberation paradigm look like for Jews and for Israel?
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/458913
Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2023/01/11/liberation-theology-for-jews/
Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse on January 5th 2023. Jacob, upon his reunion with Joseph exclaims: לֹ֣א פִלָּ֑לְתִּי “I had never imagined” that I would see my son again. The word he uses for imagining is the same word we use for praying, so we imagine prayer as a form of imagining.
Link to YouTube Vidio of Esther Peterseil z'l at Auschwitz-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/C98M8IaHGNQ
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/456805
Transcript on Podcast webpage: https://madlik.com/2023/01/04/imaginary-prayer/