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Two and half tribes make a replica of the altar of YHVH on the other side of the Joradan. Jono and Yoel discuss the many facets and issues with this action and wrap up the book of Joshua with the parallels to Deuteronomy and the tombs of the ancestors. (Recorded at Truth2U, May 2012)
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We begin in Joshua 19:49 covering the practice of casting lots, cities of refuge, the laws of murder and manslaughter, Levites and their inheritance. (Recorded at Truth2U, May 2012)
Clothing can be used as a motif in Biblical literature and sometimes is used to depict an element about the person wearing it. In the book of Genesis, we find several cases describing clothing, and in the case of Ya’aqov and Esav, it is a fundamental element in the storytelling.
וַתִּקַּח רִבְקָה אֶת בִּגְדֵי עֵשָׂו בְּנָהּ הַגָּדֹל הַחֲמֻדֹת אֲשֶׁר אִתָּהּ בַּבָּיִת
“Then Rebecca took the best clothes of Esau her older son, which she had in the house” Gen 27:15
The Hebrew calls Esau’s clothing חמדת which is translated as best/favorite.
Parashat Lech Lecha tells us about Avram’s calling to another land, but the end of the previous parashah tells it a little differently.
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How do we know we are to fast? What constitutes afflicting the soul in the Rabbinic world? Is Blood Required For All Atonement? Yoel answers these questions as well as
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In this final episode, Yoel and Jeff wrap up the Oral Torah series with a discussion of modern Judaism and the Judaisms that make up Judaism; from the Neologs to the Ultra Orthodox; from the emancipation of the mind in the 1700’s to our current world.
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In Part 21, Yoel and Jeff bring the discussion into the modern era; still several hundred years back in time from today, and the series is nearly complete.
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Yoel brings us the setting, background and a walk-through of the discovery of Joshua’s altar on Mt. Eval and how it matches up to the biblical description.
Photo By Yoel Halevi
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In Part 20, Yoel and Jeff begin the discussion on the pre-modern age of our current day Judaism.
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How involved is God in our personal, everyday lives? Yoel and Jeff discuss this issue intertwined with an education on Maimonides (Rambam) and his writings, in episode 19 of 22 in our Oral Torah series.
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