Join husband Travis McElroy and wife Teresa McElroy every Friday and they'll improve your etiquette week by week! Perplexed by thank you notes? Baffled by black tie? Dismayed by dinner parties? Worry no more, Shmanners has your answers!
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Bringing you recent lectures, classes, and programs from the Hadar Institute, Ta Shma is where you get to listen in on the beit midrash. Come and listen on the go, at home, or wherever you are. Hosted by Rabbi Avi Killip of the Hadar Institute.
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Smack talk is a podcast about just funny stuff weather it be a story or a conversation Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bubbatx12/support
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Listen now to one of our informative and inspiring SHMA Talks. Each episode covers a different issue or thought leadership topic aimed to motivate, engage and inspire the leaders of today and tomorrow. Taking the form of interviews, conversations, panel discussions, live Q&As and debates, you can hear from national and local disruptors, industry experts, entertaining and motivational speakers, as well as Shakespeare Martineau leaders and rising stars.
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Lee loves Batman. Sam is indifferent. Lee plans to change that by forcing all things Batman down Sam’s throat… but not like that.
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Two anime lovers hold their skeptical friend's hand through a list of new and classic anime titles. Tune in weekly to watch the fibers of their friendship be pushed to their limits... and beyond.
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R. David Kasher on Parashat Metzora: Like a Leper Messiah
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We Jews, who have been perennial outcasts, ought to read the Torah’s account of the leper with particular care.“Leper,” we should note from the outset, is not really an accurate rendering of the Hebrew, מצורע (metzora). The biblical affliction of tza’arat is clearly different from what we today call “leprosy,” most obviously so because it can only …
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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history of the 17th century upper-class tradition known as THE GRAND TOUR! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!Door Travis & Teresa McElroy
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Dr. Jeremy Tabick: Why Are There Four Cups at the Seder?
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Ever wondered why we have to drink four cups of wine at our Seders? This class explores the history and the symbolism of this idea and how it transforms from something more functional to the framing around the entirety of Seder night. Fittingly, there are at least four different ways to think about these cups! Recorded on 4/10/24. Source sheet: htt…
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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history and tenets of the LEAVE NO TRACE movement! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!Door Travis & Teresa McElroy
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R. David Kasher on Parashat Tazria: Covenantal Numerology
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From the very beginning, the Torah imbues certain numbers with great significance. The first chapter of Genesis carefully divides Creation into seven days. Seven then becomes the most significant number in nearly all Jewish time rituals—not just Shabbat, but Pesah, Shavuot, Sukkot, as well as the seventh month, the seventh year, the seven cycles of…
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R. Elie Kaunfer: Is the Seder Really So Ordered?
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There's a catchy song that tells us what we're supposed to do during the Seder and when (Kaddeish Urhatz). But when you dig a little deeper, the song is a little simplistic for the actual Seder structure. How can the giant Maggid section be covered by a single word? And why is Hallel actually split into two? Rav Elie discusses the overall structure…
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Hello Internet! It’s time for another IDIOMS episode, full of phrases about nostagia, birds, and different animal poops! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!Door Travis & Teresa McElroy
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R. David Kasher on Parashat Shemini: Waters of Hope
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Throughout our history, one of the central institutions of a Jewish community has been the mikveh. Immersion in this ritual bath was required in Temple times in order to purify oneself after coming into contact with various types of tumah (ritual impurity). Since then, the practical need for a mikveh has been relegated primarily to the laws of sex …
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Jewish Law and Jewish Values: A Conversation with R. Ethan Tucker and R. Aviva Richman
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In this panel discussion given at the February Learning Seminar 2024, Hadar’s rashei yeshiva, R. Ethan Tucker and R. Aviva Richman, reflect on their approach to Jewish law and how our quest for God can be lived through the details of our halakhic lives.Door Hadar Institute
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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about some historically WILD WEDDINGS, including the most expensive, the most watched, and the most . . . naked? Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!Door Travis & Teresa McElroy
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R. David Kasher on Parashat Tzav: Four Links in a Chain
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For the most part, Parashat Tzav repeats much of what we learned last week in Parashat Vayikra. Again, the Torah details the choreography of the sacrificial system—only this time from the perspective of the priest. All of the offerings from last week show up again. But there is at least one thing that is unique to Tzav: a shalshelet.…
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R. Micha'el Rosenberg: Making Sense of Insensible Food Laws
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To what extent is Jewish law “fake” or “real”? Is halakhah a game where you can say whatever you want, or does a ruling, once issued, create a new reality? What are the underlying principles of kashrut and Jewish food laws? Recorded live at Hadar's Manger Winter Learning Seminar in January 2024. Source sheet available here: https://mechonhadar.s3.a…
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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history and etiquette of AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!Door Travis & Teresa McElroy
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R. David Kasher on Parashat Vayikra: A Prehistory of the Sacrifices
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The laws of Leviticus appear to be entirely separate from the narrative and themes of the Torah so far. Exodus, by contrast, picks up directly from the narrative of Genesis, and—as we have seen—even the case laws in Exodus sometimes make subtle references to earlier stories. But when we enter Leviticus, we feel ourselves to be in another kind of bo…
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Go Fact Yourself #MaxFunDrive Kick-off Spectacular featuring Teresa McElroy, Ross Blocher, Ella Hubber, Tom Lum, and Jordan Morris
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This special network wide event is a celebration of the MaxFunDrive! If you’d like to support podcasts you love for just $5 a month and get bonus gifts in the process, go to maximumfun.org/join. We’re kicking off the most exciting time of the year for the MaxFun Network with a trivia game show featuring hosts from tons of great podcasts. J. Keith v…
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As someone who longs to feel God’s presence in my life in a clear and direct manner, I have always been struck by the fact that God is noticeably absent from Megillat Esther. In a story that is about the near demise and heroic salvation of the Jewish people, it is not God’s hand that is featured in this story as the saving force, but rather the hum…
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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history and etiquette of leaving ONLINE REVIEWS! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!Door Travis & Teresa McElroy
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R. David Kasher on Parashat Pekudei: The Invisible Palace
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There is something hidden in the mishkan. A story of creation. Nehama Leibowitz, the great 20th century compiler of Torah commentary, calls our attention to a group of modern scholars who sensitized us to the use of repetition as a rhetorical device in the description of the building of the mishkan. She cites a list of the greats: Buber, Rosenzweig…
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R. Leah Sarna and R. Tali Adler: The Torah of Pregnancy
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From one perspective, pregnancy is a miracle. But from another, pregnancy is a nightmare. In her essay that won the Ateret Zvi Prize in Hiddushei Torah, Rabbanit Leah Sarna argues that the Jewish tradition makes space for both of these stories about pregnancy. This presentation and conversation with Rabbi Tali Adler is from February 2024.…
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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history and daily life of medieval KNIGHTS! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!Door Travis & Teresa McElroy
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R. David Kasher on Parashat VaYakhel: Half-Measures
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Is there meaning in a measurement? Two great masters of midrashically-styled Torah commentary—both writing in 14th century Spain—will offer two very different interpretations of a particular form of measurement that appears frequently in this week’s Torah reading: the half.Door Hadar Institute
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The Gift that Does Not Keep on Giving: The Tisch With Dena Weiss #25
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Shabbat is described in the Talmud as a "good gift." But aren’t all gifts supposedly good? What makes Shabbat a gift that is uniquely positive in contrast to other gifts which do not receive this stamp of goodness? The Ohev Yisrael explores. Transcript and source sheet: https://mechonhadar.s3.amazonaws.com/mh_torah_source_sheets/WeissTisch5-5.pdf “…
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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history and etiquette of going to BRUNCH! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!Door Travis & Teresa McElroy
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The person recovering from the biblical disease tzara'at has to bring, in addition to their offering, a piece of cedar wood and a piece of hyssop. The Ohev Yisrael tells us that these items are symbolic for the two character traits we need in order to do true teshuvah: pride and humility. Transcript and source sheet: https://mechonhadar.s3.amazonaw…
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R. David Kasher on Parashat Ki Tissa: Facing the Fire
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Parashat Ki Tissa makes repeated reference to God’s “face” when describing Moshe’s communication with God. But what exactly did Moshe see when he looked into the face of God? A comparison to Moshe’s own use of parallel imagery later in the Torah gives us a fuller sense of the visual experience of revelation.…
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