IKAR Podcasts
IKAR
Sermons, talks, classes, and more from IKAR Rabbis and the IKAR community.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jun 22, 2022 • 11min
BEST BOOK EVER Overkill - Parshat Shelach
Forty years in the desert?? Really?!?
Jun 21, 2022 • 19min
SERMON Desire Revisited - Parshat Beha'alotcha
The Israelites have begun complaining. They say they miss the meat and melons they had back in Egypt. Really?! After God freed them from slavery and is raining down manna from heaven?! These ungrateful wretches! Disgraceful. But, then again…are really they so different from us?
Jun 17, 2022 • 56min
BBE BONUS CLASS Appealing Divine Law - Parshat Beha'alotkha
God gave us the law. Now we're giving it back.
Jun 15, 2022 • 17min
BEST BOOK EVER The World's Shortest Book - Parshat Beha'alotkha
Someone must have slipped something into my drink. I’m reading my Torah late one night and, suddenly, the letters start to run backwards...
Jun 9, 2022 • 12min
BEST BOOK EVER The Case of the Seventy Princes - Parshat Naso
Today's episode is a bit later than usual because of Shavuot.
Jun 7, 2022 • 16min
SERMONThere Were Twelve Flags of Israel - Shabbat Bamidbar
Thoughts on the dangers and the blessings of flag-waving
Jun 2, 2022 • 14min
SERMON Restored with Love: Lessons from Megilat Rut - Rabbi Keilah Lebell
In such a turbulent time we need to remember what love looks like. The unique mutual devotion of the biblical heroines Naomi and Ruth teaches us that our interpersonal relationships can have transformative and healing power — for us, our descendants, and the human community.
May 30, 2022 • 13min
BEST BOOK EVER Into the Wild - Parshat Bamidbar
Three striking midrashim help us understand how the Hebrew name for this fourth book of the Torah can help frame our journey through it.
May 27, 2022 • 1h 7min
BBE BONUS CLASS Weapons of War - Parshat Behukotai
There is a curse upon the land.
May 24, 2022 • 10min
SERMON On Mourning and Lag b’Omer - Rabbi Ronit Tsadok
After the tragic shooting in Buffalo rooted in White Supremacy and hate, we look to the Omer, a time on the Jewish calendar associated with mourning. The themes of Lag b’Omer offer some guidance on what our society needs.
