Rabbi Janes on Torah and Life: Recent Episodes
Rabbi Janes on Torah and Life
A podcast journey on the weekly Torah portion in search of hope, well-being and positivity for all humanity.
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This week we take a look at Parashat Vayetzei and Jacob's journey in life - the stone monuments that are like way points on the journey of life. A podcast of my sermon for this Shabbat in memory of my father whose Hebrew Yahrzeit falls this week.
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Exploring David Daube's seminal work, "Collaboration with Tyranny in Rabbinic Law" and the challenge - what do we give up to save ourselves and what would we protest to save others?
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Looking at one verse from the portion and how it's interpretation changes we learn about how Judaism has changed in time and place and then we learn about ourselves. Plus a beautiful idea that learning/teaching Torah is akin to creating the words themselves and should change us and form us.
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Reflections on Noah and entering the ark with his family and leaving once again - what do we learn from the description of this in the Torah? How does the pandemic constrain our human connections and what can we do to help ourselves overcome that? Where are the windows that we can open to the world?
Citing three articles on Hannah Arendt:
https://aeon.co/essays/for-hannah-arendt-totalitarianism-is-rooted-in-loneliness
https://tocqueville21.com/le-club/isolation-loneliness-and-solitude-hannah-arendts-triumvirate/
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/philosophy/hannah-arendt-misunderstood-philosophy-fascism-authoritarianism-trump
This week we have the first Shabbat of the new Torah reading cycle - the beginning. It's the story of creation of the world, the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel...so much! At the same time many people are struggling with the rising numbers of COVID-19 and anxiety. In this podcast, we share the tale of the first human being and their anxiety about the world out of their control - how do they respond? How can we respond to stay well and build our resilience?
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What is at stake on Rosh Hashanah? There is plenty going on in the world today for us to think about, but on Rosh Hashanah we are called to look at ourselves. So what does the Psalm mean that we should 'speak the truth in our heart' - we explore that theme here.
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