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Ep. 51 - Too Tired to Run
Lot is standing outside Sodom with two angels, just before the city burns, and they tell him to run for the mountains. He asks for an alternative: a nearby town named ...
Ep. 50 - Bring Them Out to Us
The angels have entered Sodom, and Lot has pulled them into his home despite the risk, in a city where sheltering a guest overnight is itself a crime. Rabbi Epstein an...
Ep. 49 - Sitting at Sodom's Gate
Sodom is a city under a death sentence. Abraham has just finished negotiating with G-d over how many righteous people it would take to save it. Now the angels sent to ...
Ep. 48 - An Exercise in Humility
What is a righteous life worth? Abraham puts that question to G-d directly, negotiating on behalf of a city he owes nothing to and testing how many good people it take...
Ep. 47 - Why Bother Praying?
This episode opens as the three guests rise from Avraham's table and set out toward Sodom. G-d then tells Avraham about the impending destruction of Sodom. Avraham pra...
Ep. 46 - Sarah’s Laugh
Last episode, Avraham sent a messenger to bring his guests water. Everything else, he did himself. This episode picks up where that left off, as Avraham runs to prepar...
Ep. 45 - The Messenger Problem
Avraham rushes to host three strangers and personally oversees every detail. Everything, that is, except the water. For that, he sends a messenger. Rabbi Bentzi Epste...
Ep. 44 - Putting G-d on Hold
It's been three days since Avraham's circumcision. He is in pain, sweating in the midday heat, when G-d comes to visit him. Then three strangers appear in the distance...
Ep. 43 - The One-Time Mitzvah
Avraham has already passed nine of his ten tests, and G-d is standing in front of him with a covenant that will be stamped into the flesh of every Jewish male for the ...
Ep. 42 - Walk Before Me and Be Perfect
Avram is 99 years old when Hashem appears to him with a new name for Himself, El Shaddai, and an interesting command: walk before Me and be perfect. Rabbi Epstein and ...
Pesach Special: The Inner Exodus
The Haggadah tells us that if we don't mention three things on Seder night, we haven't fulfilled the mitzvah: Pesach, Matzah, and Maror. But why reduce one of the most...
Ep. 40 - Where have you come from, and where are you going?
Sarai had a plan. Unable to conceive, she tells Avram to take her maidservant Hagar as a concubine. Whatever child comes from this union will be hers. She picks Hagar ...
Ep. 39 - Sarai's Gambit
Sarai, the matriarch of the Jewish people, makes a stunning statement to her husband: take Hagar, my maidservant, as a concubine. Whatever child comes from this will b...
Ep. 38 - Locking in for Eternity
G-d has just promised Abraham children and a land to inherit. And then Abraham has the audacity to ask G-d: "How will I know that I will inherit it?" How could he ask ...
Ep. 37 - Looking Down at the Stars
Abraham just defeated four kings. He refused their wealth. He should feel victorious. Instead, he's terrified. G-d appears to him in a vision and says: "Fear not, Abra...
Ep. 36 - Not a Thread
Abraham comes back from the battle. The king of Sodom is waiting with an offer: keep all the wealth, just return the people. Abraham won't touch any of it. Not a thre...
Ep. 35 - Abraham's Impossible War
Four mighty kings wage war against five. They crush armies, wipe out giants, conquer cities. When the fighting ends, Lot has been taken captive. A fugitive named Og br...
Ep. 34 - Lot's Gamble
Abraham and Lot can't stay together anymore. Their shepherds are fighting. The land can't support both of them. It's time to separate. But here's what makes this mome...
Ep. 33 - Famine, Faith, and Divine Silence: Abraham's Egyptian Descent
Abraham finally arrives in the land G-d promised him…and immediately faces famine. No rain. Dying animals. A starving community. This is G-d's idea of a blessing? This...
Ep. 32 - The Illusion of Control: Abraham's Journey to Canaan
When G-d tells Abraham "Go for yourself from your land, from your relatives, and from your father's house to the land I will show you," there's a problem: Abraham does...