Episodes

  • LGBT+ Halakhah

    LGBT+ Halakhah
    Jul 6 2025
    In honour of Pride and in our final session before the Summer break, we look at LGBT+ life and law in Judaism
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Love, Sex & Marriage - Part II

    Love, Sex & Marriage - Part II
    Jun 20 2025
    In a follow up to last week's episode, we review laws of marriage (Kiddushin), explore some aspects of sexuality in Jewish practice (Onah, Niddah), and consider the laws of divorce (Gittin)
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    59 mins
  • Love, Sex & Marriage - Part I

    Love, Sex & Marriage - Part I
    Jun 15 2025
    We look at Jewish laws, custom and practices around dating, engagement, sex and marriage
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Hope & Havoc – Messianism

    Hope & Havoc – Messianism
    May 22 2025
    In our 40th episode (!) we deal with the thorny questions of the Messiah (who it is and why) and Messianism
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Death & Dying

    Death & Dying
    May 8 2025
    A rapid-fire tour of the Jewish conceptions of death, dying, burial and mourning.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • History of Modern Israel

    History of Modern Israel
    Apr 25 2025
    A brief and incomplete survey of modern Israel, from the first Zionist Congress (1897) until the 39th, coming up later this year.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Sacred Sevens

    Sacred Sevens
    Apr 11 2025
    A slightly out-of-the-box look at the magic of the number 7 – from the Menorah to the Omer to Shemittah, Shabbat and more, join us to explore this most sacred of numerals.
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    1 hr
  • Pesaḥ

    Pesaḥ
    Mar 27 2025
    All things Pesach: what it is, how we observe it, its history, procedures, practices and frustrations. From Kitniyot to the Haggadah, from Ḥaroset to Ḥazeret
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    1 hr and 4 mins