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Tazria - Torah Portion Read on 4/9/16 episode / season 1

This week Rabbi Rick Jacobs teaches us from?Parashat Tazria in the book of Leviticus, asking where we start when we need healing.?

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T'rumah, Torah Portion Read on 2/13/16

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Our Spiritual Ascents

Making an Impact

How to be a Hero

Seeing Blessings Every Day

Who Will Carry Our Tradition Forward?

Electing a Righteous Leader

Creationism vs Science: Which is the Truth?

Do we believe that good behavior brings rewards, and bad behavior brings punishment?

B'har - Torah Portion Read on 5/28/16

Vayikra - Torah Portion Read on 3/19/16

Yitro, Torah Portion Read on 1/30/16

Facing the Future

Tzav - Torah Portion Read on 3/26/16

Mishpatim, Torah Portion Read on 2/6/16

Sukkot and the Fragility of Life

Spiritual Centering

The Sacred Art of Letting Go

T'tzaveh, Torah Portion Read on 2/20/16

Healing a Negative Relationship

Thirsting for Wisdom

How Does a Curse Become a Blessing?

Standing for What Matters Most

The Morality of War

Shabbat HaGadol - Read the Shabbat before Passover

P'kudei - Torah Portion Read on 3/12/16

Special Edition: The Jewish Calendar

Ki Tisa, Torah Portion Read on 2/27/16

K'doshim - Torah Portion Read on 5/14/16

Sh'mini - Torah Portion Read on 4/2/16

Special Edition: Pesach

Parashat Vayak'heil ? Torah Portion Read on 3/05/16

Acharei Mot II - Torah Portion Read on 5/7/16

Demanding Justice

Entitlement vs Gratitude

Uniting as one, despite our differences

What is the Essence of Judaism?

What Makes Life Meaningful?

Fighting Poverty

Leaving the Comfort Zone

Religious Extremism

Emor - Torah Portion Read on 5/21/16

Life is a Journey, Not a Destination

Questionable Intentions

Fighting Darkness with Light

Modern Day Moses

Reconnecting With the Earth.

How to Have Moral Courage

Where is God Today?

Hate Will Not Define Us

The Value in both Jacob and Esau

Cities of Refuge

8 Lessons for Today?s World in the Book of Genesis

What Do We Really Think About God?

Putting Faith into Action

Courageous Leadership

The Beauty of Humility

Jewish/Catholic Relations: On Reconnecting

Fighting for Freedom

What?s in a Name?

When it's the Time to Act, and When it's the Time to Pray

Reward and Punishment

Why Mental Health Matters.

The Difference Between Truth and Fact

How to Be Generous

How We Can End Poverty

Can War Ever Be Ethical?

The Future of Judaism

Creating a Strong Jewish Future

Knowing When to Wrestle and When to Hug

A Person?s Impact

The Right Ways to Give

#MeToo and Torah

Always Be Present

Poetry as Torah

What?s the Point?

Creating The Power of a Space with Michael Arad

Lifting Our Heads, One Year After Charlottesville, A Conversation with Charlottesville Rabbis

We Need to Talk About Anti-Semitism

Mindful Jewish Eating

Following Their Lead

Never Again for Anyone

Making Passover Personal

A Look at the Numbers

The Torah?s Take on Respecting the Earth

Ethics in the Marketplace

What Makes a Leader?

Pursuing Justice From the Torah

Why Tragedies Happen and How to Respond

Remembering Rabbi Aaron Panken, Ph.D, z"l

Defeating Extremism With Acts of Courage

Optimism and Hope

A Place Unlike Any Other

Building a Sacred Space

A Little Drop of Sweetness

What is Lost in Translation

Why Organ Donation is Jewish.

The Meaning of Our Miracle

Dancing With Our Tradition

Two Jews, Three Opinions, One Heart

Losing and Finding Connection.

And You Shall Love...

The Commitment of Covenant

Raising Our Voices

Within These Three Walls

Everyone Thinks They Are The Good Guys

Creation and Co-Existence, with Special Guest David Broza

On The Road Again

Moving On And Letting Go

The Heart Of The Matter

It Only Takes One

The Altar of Achievement

Remembering Debbie Friedman z?l on Shabbat Shira

Formed in the Wilderness

Fruit of the Vine

The Power of Jewish Meditation

When Judaism Calls Us to Speak Out Courageously

Breaking Down Labels

Bridging The Divide

Spirituality and Art

The Laws of Leviticus, Choice, and AJ Jacobs, the Gratitude Expert

Courageous Choices

The Pursuit of Justice

The Dangers and the Neccessity of Innovation

Our Moral Compass

Stand Up and Be Counted

Passover II: Song of Songs

Does our Clothing Show our Identity?

What is Blasphemy?

From Curses to Blessings

Passover: Our Obligations When in Power and When Powerless

Making Our Community Better for Everyone

Healing the Spirit

To Live a Wholly Holy Jewish Life

With Liberty & Economic Justice for All

Shabbat HaGadol: Spiritual Cleansing

Understanding Human Connection

Rebel With (or Without) a Cause

How Do We Build Our Communities?

Challenge Accepted

Breaking Barriers and Saving Lives

But, Who's Counting?

Suspicious Minds: The ?Errant? Woman

"Loving the Stranger" Isn't Always Intuitive

Reaching the Promised Land

Do You Really Care?

The Sacred Pursuit for Reparations

Our Multiracial Jewish Community

What Is Blasphemy, Anyway?

Lifting Hands and Sharing Power

Slowing Ourselves to Anger

The Jewishness of Healing

Special Episode: Announcing a New Format, Coming Soon!

Born to Lead, Born to Serve

Mindfulness, Being Present, and Having Heart

Three United Faiths, One Divine Presence

Building Our Own Tabernacle Together

The Antidote to Kvetching

A Passover of Hope

L?hitraot, for Now...

Go Ahead, Be an Innovator

Let Your Eternal Light Shine

Using Our Words to Heal, Not Hurt

The Blessing of Blessing One Another

How the Book of Ruth Connects Us All Today

The Wife-Sister Motif

Where the Mishnah Meets the #MeToo Movement

The Amazing Women of Exodus

Commanded to Honor, Compelled to Care

Deciding Who You Are

Putting the Judah in Judaism

Jacob the Refugee

Protecting Our Planet and Other Sacred Places

The Menorah in the Window

Are You My Idol?

Kashrut Explained (Or, Why I Can?t Eat A Camel)

Learning from Joseph

What Lives After Death

Dinah?s #MeToo Story

What Does ?Generosity? Really Mean?

Looking Beyond Our Differences

How Not to Hate

The Torah?s Take on Love

Songs of the Soul

Challenging The Rules

Not If, But When

Do You Always Reap What You Sow?

There?s Something About Seven

Nothing Left Behind

It is Not in the Heavens

The Death of Sarah

Should We Question Authority?

A Modern-Day Joseph

Repentance and Forgiveness

What Made Moses Great

What the Torah Says About Being Green

Finding the Truth in our Stories

An Eye for an Eye

How to Be a Leader

Gratitude, Obligation, and Responsibility, A Jewish Year with Abigail Pogrebin

Why is This Passover Different from Other Passovers?

When Torah Meets Theater

Life's Shortcuts and the Benefits of a 40 Year Journey

What We Get Wrong About the Dreaded Parashiyot

What Makes a Space Sacred?

What is a Blessing

What Makes a Good Judge

Do Numbers Matter?

Is the Torah Colorblind?

Judaism on the Fringes

When to Ask Why

Sacred Disagreement

Eating with Compassion

A Seat at the Table

For All of the Jewish People

Why We Should Bring Politics to the Pulpit

What Lives on of Us When We Die?

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