Julian Ungar-Sargon: Recent Episodes
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon
Post-Modern, Post-Orthodox, and Post-Hassidic, Rabbi Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon shares his unique take on the world in this remarkable podcast series
Miriam Gettinger shares insights and analysis of the Netziv's commentary on Parshas Tetzaveh. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
This week, Rabbi Yaakov Frankiel shares insights into the parsha from the Netziv's commentary.
This is Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon's presentation to the World Virtual Congress on Nursing Practice and Science, delivered live on November 25, 2025.
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Rabbi Refoel Moshe Gettinger shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Miriam Gettinger shares insights and analysis of the Netziv's commentary on Parshas Tetzaveh. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
This presentation was given on October 24, 2025 at the 5th Virtual Summite on Nursing Education & Healthcare.
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Dayan Reis shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
We explore the Maor Vashemesh's original thesis splitting of mitzvot aseh vs lo saaseh in terms of the emotional attachment associated with negative commandments...How could the negative connect us in any way to the Divine?
Podcast: Maor Vashemesh defines deveykut as access to Mochin Ila'in which is only possible through the attachment of Tefilah. The "residue" that follows when back in the real world ("shearis Mochin") gives him the ability to put into action the product of the inspiration. Punning on the word "beasamecha" as things that are "samui" hidden from view...the thoughts and inner work not open for scrutiny...even when performing mitzvot publically.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Commenting on Deut 21:15 "If a man has two wives, and he loves one but not the other, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son of the wife he does not love..." The Degel sees "the man" as the Divine and the two wives as two types of soul. How to negotiate the different spaces of worldliness and worship?
We explore the Ma'amar of Elul (Likutei Torah Parshas Re'eh and Likutei Sichos 1966) and the dramatic parable of the King in the Field by contrasting it with the King Parable of Kohelet Rabba 9:8 and TB Shabbat 153.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
The Tshuous Chen reads the war as an inner battle against two types of attacks: those projected onto the "enemy" from ones own sins and others from true wicked enemies.
The Degel uses Kabbalistic references to describe the actors in the mitzvah, the nest, the chicks/eggs and the mother bird. Each represents the hidden divine and the potential for rescuing the soul trapped in the grips of materialism or even worse addiction.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
We explore the seeming redundancy of the Levitical Priests as well as Secular Law Judges in deciding law that is opaque and the Ma'or Vashemesh's privileging of prophetic spirit over rational legalistic approach.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
In our avodas Hashem the Degel (Parshas Ekev) demands "Haamanah" as opposed to "emunah" even more so he claims that Haamanah is the very foundation of Torah and Miztvot. We explore this radical notion that raises the stakes of normative orthodoxy.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
We explore the notion of מוֹצָ֥א פִֽי־יְהֹוָ֖ה comparing the medieval discomfort with anthropomorphism to the mystical-hassidic interpretations and how suffering triggers the divine response.
Deuteronomy 7:15 with a dramatic radical internalization of the letter mysticism of Sefer yetzira that raises the stakes of spirituality and man's mission in this world.
The Degel struggles with the first command in the Decalogue as do other commentators, but brings his enormous skill in internalizing the mystical tones from his grandfather the Besht.
The Degel teaches us that the "king" down here on earth is the very broken heart, the heart of yerushalayim, and its shleimut is only in its brokeness.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
In our podcast we compare the Turkey Prince fable of Rebbe Nachman with the Kafka short story of the Hunger Artist to highlight differences between the superficial demands of a Torah life with Toras Chesed or Torah Lishmah.
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In delineating the status of Moshe Rebeinu's prophecy in the book of Devorim we encounter 2 separate opinions, in one comparing his unique ability compared with other prophets and in another his expounding Torah as will others in future generations. The mystical approach (the Degel) undermines both rational approaches.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
The meor vashemesh uses the struggle with the expression in Deut 5:19 "Hashem spoke those words—those and no more—to your whole congregation at the mountain, with a mighty voice out of the fire and the dense clouds. [God] inscribed them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me." the hebrew יָסָ֑ף is targum called וְלָא פְסַק
So which is it? only once but never again or never stopped? the master informs us as to the two types of individual "hasagah" of the Divine.
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
The Meor Vashemesh defines dvekut in a different manner than prior inquiries. His idea of spiritual leadership requires the zaddik to show how he manages his "katnut" and spiritual struggles, in front of his disciples , not merely the finished product of his perfection, rather teaching them how he managed his dark side.
In this episode, Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon examines the Midrash's understanding of the difference between Jewish and non-Jewish prophecy through the lens of the story of Baalam's donkey.
Rabbi Yaakov Frankeil is our special guest presenter this week to discuss an insight from the Netziv's commentary on the parsha.
Rabbi Kolonamas Kalman Epstein, the Meor Vashemesh, writes on the first verse of parshas Chukas, with a dazzling rereading of the Midrash Rabbah and the Gemara in Berachot. Torah as a paradigm of the Khok being internalized by each individual person.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
We explore the famous midrashic description of the machlokes between Korach and Moshe Rabeinu comparing (in Mishan Avot) with that of Hillel and Shammai.
Along the way the Gra’s comment on that mishnah references the Wars of the Lord poem in Num 21:14 which leads us down a different path.
We then return to chassidic dimensions of machlokes as an inner spiritual journey that somehow mediates between mankind and the Divine and how that applies to our own inner battles.
The Pri Haaretz of Reb Menachem Mendl of Vitebsk provides a radical insight into our exploration of dveykus and need to surrender as a prerequisite for Torah and Mitzvot.
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon shares a bold interpretation of the spiritual meaning of the meraglim, the Biblical spies who were sent to scout the Land of Israel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
In this concluding chapter of the series on Dveykus, Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon delivers the Degel's punchline.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
In this sixth part of the series, Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon continues to explore the Nesivos Sholom's concept of Dveykus.
In this fourth part of the series, Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon continues to explore the Nesivos Sholom's concept of Dveykus.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
In this fourth part of the series, Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon continues to explore the Nesivos Sholom's concept of Dveykus.
In this third part of the series, Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon continues to explore the Nesivos Sholom's concept of Dveykus.
Dayan Yona Reiss makes a guest appearance this week to share some Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
In this second part of the series, Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon continues to explore the Nesivos Sholom's concept of Dveykus.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
In this episode, Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon comes back to a concept that he has covered on this podcast in the past with a new twist courtesy of the Hasidic master The Nesivos Sholom.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Rebbetzin Miriam Gettinger shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon speaks on the occasion of Bluma and Avi's Sheva Brachos in Chicago.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Dayan Yona Reiss makes a guest appearance this week to share some Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
These were the speeches given following the Hakamat Matzevah for Rebbetzin Gettinger in Jerusalem on the 15h of Tevet in 2023.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Dr. Marina Zilbergerts Bitzan shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Dr. Julian Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Rabbi Eli Steinberg shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Miriam Gettinger shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares a difficult Netziv and asks for reactions from the chabura to it. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Miriam Gettinger shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Batya Ungar-Sargon shares four Netziv commentaries on the parsha. These sessions are held on Zoom every week in memory of our mother in-law whose dedication to the Netziv (her great great grandfather), was legendary. It is estimated she studied the Ha'amek Davar some 78 times throughout her life, devoting every Tuesday to its study. May her memory be a blessing to her family and klal Yisroel.
Open closed open. Before we are born, everything is open
in the universe without us. For as long as we live, everything is closed
within us. And when we die, everything is open again.
Open closed open. That's all we are.
I Wasn't One of the Six Million, Yehuda Amichai
We trace three episodes in the midrashic life of Noah, his father’s hope for him (Rashi: inventor of the plow), his wounding by the lion (either inside or on exiting the ark) and subsequent impotence, and his planting of the vineyard (with Satan) and inebriation.
How do these connect and how do they inform him and us as to the dark side of technology as a solution to the cursed ground?
We explore the challenge of describing a prelapsarian Edenic world without the yetzer hara…Using language of a post-lapsarian post-Eitz Hadaas self-consciousness
The Talmud (Kiddushin 30)suggests that torah is a Tavlin for the Yetzer hara….how do we translate this word?
And how does the translation affect the way we articulate the impact of the yetser hara?
We connect the verse in Ha’azinu with the liturgy of funerals (zadok hadin) and the Eleh eskera elegy (during Mussaf Yom Kippur) .
Can we see a similar self incrimination and divine justification in the famous story of Reb Eliezer and the Roman procurator (mirrored in 3 separate texts) ...
We explore the history of the Unetaneh Tokef prayer considered the most poignant part of the Mussaf liturgy, its origins and theology,
And how we can relate to the implicit themes of life, death, punishment and salvation.
The central liturgical text in Judaism the “Shema” Deut 6….contains the command to “love Hashem with all your heart(s)”
We explore the dual chambered heart and the Mishnaic exegesis of the good and evil desire brought into service of love.
The Rambam seems to contradict himself as to the means to achieve this love and the Sifre (midrashic) doubts about loving something intangible.
We try to resolve the difference between intellectual versus passionate love, with the hassidic masters.
A quick introduction to the life and work of the Netziv on the occasion of a community trip to Warsaw.
Parshas Pinchas: Moses' dialogue with the Divine regarding his successor...From biblical text through midrashic protest to Hassidic notions of leadership.
Examining the story of the speaking she-ass in Num 22 we struggle with making sense of the narrative from a literary and folklore perspective and exploring the comparison between Moses and Balaam (Sifre Deut. 357).
The literary problems with the two rock episodes in Exodus and Numbers open us to the midrashic reflections on the Moshe Rabeinu’s anxiety prior to striking the rock.
For Rashi and others they were 2 separate historical episodes, for Bechor Shor however, two stories with similar content refer to a single event.
The placing of the staff on the rock precipitates his rage and midrashic shame (woe is to me, maybe water will not issue and i will face my shame)
which allows us to explore the psychic meaning of the rod/serpent in producing both blood and water: from the first scene by the Burning Bush through the first plague to our two episodes the staff signifies the uncanny
unresolved issues that from the very ambivalence of his early infant abandonment and split identity.
We dig into the story of the man who collects wood on the Sabbath. Who is this character and what motivated his transgression?
In the Interpretation of Dreams (1900a), commenting on the "dream of the Fates (Knödel), Freud wrote that "at the woman's breast love and hunger meet.”
Our exploration of the midrashim surrounding the “mitonenim” (Num 11) reveals the connection between their disgust of the manna (tasting like breast milk) and Moshe Rabbeinu’s complaint of being a suckling father to his early traumatic childhood of abandonment and precociously refusing the Egyptian midwives’ milk...
We explore the notion of confession, religious , political and in recovery ...and Rebbe Nachman's image of inscription of sin in the bones....and Judah's rattling bones in his coffin.
For a millennium commentators have struggled to identify the mysterious skin disease mentioned in our sidra.
We explore the deeper meaning behind the eruption and the reentry sacrifices and mysterious connection to the simanim Rachel gave Leah.
We examine the sacrifices of the Yoledes in Leviticus 12 and the reverse sequence of the 2 korbanot she must bring to enter the Tabernacle. How to make sense of the notion of Tum'ah following her delivery.
We explore the meaning of the hapax “Erev Rav” as well as the term Asafsuf..in Num 11:4through the eyes of Midrash and Zohar and how the term has been used through the ages for those Jews wo do not conform to the normative values. Including the conversos arriving in Palestine in the 1600’s, the Frankist/contra talmudists against their orthodox neighbors in Wojsławice, Poland and as recent as Haredi gedolim in Israel calling chilonim…." Erev rav”. We end with the deep insight of the Tshuos Chen a talmid of the Baal Shem Tov who cautioned us as to the assafsuf maybe within each of us.
In this podcast, we explore the midrashic narratives that attempt to grapple with the absence of any mention of Moshe’s descendants
as opposed to his brother Aharon. (Num 3). We then recount the horrific midrashim regarding the use of newborn babies as quotas of bricks in building materials in Egypt.
God tells Moshe (Yalkut 243) "its just as well since they are all wicked" and if he likes he can remove one and see what happens. This little one turns out to be Micah who ends up hiring a “Levite”
Jonathan ben Gershon ben Menashe…the suspended nun refers to an older text ben Moshe... (Moshe’s grandson) to officiate in the sectarian idolatrous altar in Laish (judges 34) Pesel Micha.
We speculate as to the possible trauma suffered when age three (the trial with the coals in Pharaoh’s court) causing Moshe’s PTSD transmitted to his own sons, and to what extent his tragic life and death
may inform those of us who likewise are children of survivors or those with PTSD and how must integrate the darkness to heal.