Seven Minute Tora‪h‬ Micah Streiffer

The Torah instructs us to build a Temple - a place where God can "dwell." What happens during a pandemic when you can't gather in holy spaces anymore? Also our first video podcast!
#JewishLearning #podcast #Judaism #community

By reminding us that we were once slaves in Egypt, the Torah teaches that we are responsible to care for the vulnerable in society.
 
#Torah #JewishLearning #Podcast #SocialJustice

Did God hand down 10 Commandments on stone tablets at Mount Sinai? When we stop reading the Torah so literally, we can see that it is actually about us and our own lives.
 
#Judaism #Torah #TenCommandments #JewishPodcast

The Torah says that the Israelites took the long route through the wilderness to the Promised Land. A perfect metaphor for our own journeys.
#Torah #Podcast #Judaism #Transformation #BestSelf #Wellness

This week's parashah tells us that God "hardened Pharaoh's heart." It sounds like either a fairy tail or a weird/problematic rejection of free will. But it's actually a lesson about open-mindedness and what it takes to be our best selves.
Shout out to President Joe Biden, who quoted this portion in his inaugural address.
#Torah #Podcast #Unity #JewishLearning

The Torah says that the Israelite slaves couldn't even conceive of the possibility of freedom. How did Moses help them believe things could be better? What can we learn from this for our own "narrow places" in life?
 
#ThriveNotSurvive #Torah #learning #podcast #Judaism #wellness