Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. Nachshon is the posterchild of what Heschel called “Praying with your feet”. He personifies Judaism’s clear bias for action over the status quo, action over prayer and even action over reflection. Today we explore the darker side of Nachshon and the potential deficiencies of Action Bias in decision theory.
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/539799
Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2024/01/24/nachshon-and-action-bias/
Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. Of all the plagues, only the plague of the firstborn carries a timeless message. It represents the culmination of the Torah’s critique of primogeniture and takes on a life of its own in the Israelite law of the firstborn and first fruits. So join us as we explore how the death of the firstborn impacts the message of the Exodus.
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/538044
Transcript onm episode web page: https://madlik.com/2024/01/17/entitlement-reform/
Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. We explore Martin Luthur King Jr.’s iconic “I have a Dream” speech along with an interview he gave at the Convention of the Rabbinical Assembly for Conservative Judaism, a year after the 6 Day War and 10 days before he was assassinated. We will showcase King’s identification with a prophetic tradition which saw the universality of the Exodus story without diminishing its unique message for the Children of Israel.
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/536664
Transcript on episode web page: https://madlik.com/2024/01/11/mlk-and-exodus/
Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam MIntz recorded on Clubhouse. Following Classical Rabbinic sources that show a link between the Family Story of Genesis and the Birth of a Nation Story of Exodus we review a recently published book: Why the Bible Began: An Alternative History of Scripture and its Origins by Jacob Wright and reflect on what made the Hebrew Bible so unique and its message so eternally timely.
Sefaria Source Sheet: www.sefaria.org/sheets/534972
Transcript on episode website: https://madlik.com/2024/01/04/exodus-and-the-birth-of-a-nation/