Rabba Rachel Kohl Finegold and Anita Silvert join together in a new podcast which finds the meeting between Broadway and Torah, examining everything from Golden Age to modern musicals as well as Tanakh, Talmud and so much more.

The specificity of beams in the Mishkan reflects a storied past. Amy Newman analyzes Ya’akov’s future-forward planning and the two forms of change a leader can exact by thinking outside the box.

Rabbanit Aliza Sperling, director of HerTorah, speaks about the importance of building a community for sofrot and the beauty of being a soferet.

As the new Rabbi in training at Kehillat Nashira, Miriam Lorie and her community speak about this step and the strong support for her position.

Parshat Yitro and Parshat Mishpatim both cover the laws, but whereas Yitro speaks in absolutes, Mishpatim addresses complex and detailed cases. Rivka Wietchner's evaluation of the juxtaposition reveals a deep truth about human nature.

Two prohibitions are used to describe the necessity of avoiding sexual contact with women, one by the giving of the Torah and one in forbidden relationships. Naima Hirsch reads these closely to determine the distinction between a one- and two-sided distance and the ways that the subsequent purity benefitted women.

The role of “rest periods” like Shabbat and shemitah mandate that we not overly identify with the work which wears us out. Rabba Yaffa Epstein connects the calenderic cycle’s dependence on nature and humanity to the sanctity of time as people who are constrained in the busy modern world.

The New Year of the Trees and Parshat Beshalach have more in common than may appear on face value. Using a gemara excerpt about the long and short paths to a destination, Luz Toff writes about the growth and maturity needed for both a new nation and a sapling.

Pharaoh’s tension with Moshe and Aharon is so often interpreted as the battle over physical autonomy. Sarah Rosenberg hypothesizes that it actually surrounds religious freedom and acknowledgement, and that Pharaoh’s language surrounding sin and blessing shows his acknowledgement of God as a true deity.

In the 21st century, there are several structures behind the Jewish day school. Alex Pomson and Jack Wertheimer interview heads of school including Rabba Daniella Presser.