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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 Epstein...
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 thread...
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 bri...
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 moment...
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...
Ep. 31 - Abraham's Training Ground
Abraham didn't become the father of the Jewish people in a single moment of faith. He was forged through ten tests—each one preparing him for the next, each one imposs...
Ep. 30 - Heaven's Two Entrances
Judaism holds a view almost no other religion shares: you don't need to be Jewish to get to heaven. You just need to be a good person.In this episode, Rabbi Bentzi Eps...
Ep. 29 - The Idol Smasher
What turns the son of an idol-maker into the father of monotheism? After 20 generations of humanity swinging between pure physicality and pure spirituality, one young ...
Ep. 28 - When Unity Becomes Rebellion
What happens when the entire world unites... for the wrong purpose? In this episode, Rabbi Bentzi Epstein takes you on a tour of the Tower of Babel and humanity's coor...