Misfit Torah
Who the Heck Is This Guy?: Akiva Weisinger goes through the Jewish Library telling who the heck is that guy, what he does, and when you'd use his book. Come for the Torah, stay for the Ibn Ezra jokes.
Judaism From The Ground Up: An attempt to work out a vision of what Judaism is supposed to accomp
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Religion & Spirituality
Judaism From The Ground Up: It Is Not Good for Man to Be Alone
On hierarchy and miscommunication
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Oct 24 2023 24m
Power Reveals: Shaul at The End and The Beginning
What does Power reveal about Shaul?
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Jun 1 2023 23m
Podchad Yitzchak 6: Pesach 52 with Avidan HaLivni
I did not know Avidan before we recorded this. We hi...
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Mar 17 2023 1h
Podchad Yitzchak 5: Shabbos 9 with R. Aryeh Bernstein
After being Facebook friends for years, I finally "m...
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Mar 2 2023 1h 37m
Podchad Yitzchak 4: Pesach Samech Tet
PY Pesach, Samech Tet. A favorite of mine. Just Akiv...
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Feb 15 2023 55m
Podchad Yitzchak: Sukkos 19 with R. Aryeh Klapper
The thing about R. Klapper is that I genuinely do no...
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Dec 30 2022 1h 6m
Podchad Yitzchak Episode 2 Shavuot 13 with Avigayil Halpern
Our first episode with a guest welcomes Avigayil Hal...
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Dec 14 2022 46m
Judaism From The Ground Up: Man is Created Alone
Episode One of my "Judaism from the Ground Up" serie...
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Nov 23 2022 28m
Podchad Yitzchak: Purim 4
A New Podcast Series, with guests (hopefully). This ...
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Nov 20 2022 25m
The Kli Yakar: On The Non-Binary Nature of Reality
The Kli Yakar and his commentary are discussed. Hein...
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Jun 23 2022 1h 10m
Judaism From The Ground Up: Intro
Why have I had a religious crisis? What is this seri...
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Feb 4 2022 16m
Seforno: On Embracing Your Context
Binaries are proposed and rejected. The author's alm...
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Jun 28 2020 53m
Abravanel: The First Modern Biblical Commentator
Part 10 of the "Who the Heck is that Guy" series. Mo...
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Feb 18 2020 53m
In Defense of a Larger Toolbox: The Zohar and Mystical Biblical Commentary, Part 8 of the "Who The Heck is That Guy...
The Zohar is discussed. Stories of young firebrands ...
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Feb 26 2019 1h 2m
What I Know vs. What I Believe: The Ralbag and Rationalist Commentary
The relationship between religion and truth is ponde...
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Dec 27 2018 1h 2m
The Baal Haturim: The Shallow End of the Pool
The Baal Haturim is discussed, and defended. Our hos...
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Aug 23 2018 26m
The Advantages of Intellectual Diversity: The Brilliance of the Ramban
The Ramban is discussed. Diversity is extolled. Seph...
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Jul 17 2018 1h 23m
A Dinner with Ibn Ezra
Ibn Ezra is discussed. Stars are railed against. Rid...
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Jul 6 2018 1h 16m
Is Creativity Possible in a Religious Tradition? The Paradigm Busting Rashbam
In our latest episode, Akiva talks about the Rashbam...
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Jun 29 2018 51m
Humpty Dumpty in Peshat and Derash: An Intro to Biblical Commentary
We introduce our series about Biblical Commentators ...
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Jun 14 2018 36m