Join husband Travis McElroy and wife Teresa McElroy every Friday and they'll improve your etiquette week by week! Perplexed by thank you notes? Baffled by black tie? Dismayed by dinner parties? Worry no more, Shmanners has your answers!
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Bringing you recent lectures, classes, and programs from the Hadar Institute, Ta Shma is where you get to listen in on the beit midrash. Come and listen on the go, at home, or wherever you are. Hosted by Rabbi Avi Killip of the Hadar Institute.
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Two anime lovers hold their skeptical friend's hand through a list of new and classic anime titles. Tune in weekly to watch the fibers of their friendship be pushed to their limits... and beyond.
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Listen now to one of our informative and inspiring SHMA Talks. Each episode covers a different issue or thought leadership topic aimed to motivate, engage and inspire the leaders of today and tomorrow. Taking the form of interviews, conversations, panel discussions, live Q&As and debates, you can hear from national and local disruptors, industry experts, entertaining and motivational speakers, as well as Shakespeare Martineau leaders and rising stars.
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Lee loves Batman. Sam is indifferent. Lee plans to change that by forcing all things Batman down Sam’s throat… but not like that.
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R. David Kasher on Parashat Vayishlah: Red Alerts
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The Torah often employs a “bookending” technique, using similar words or phrases in both the first and last verses of the parashah, in order to create a thematic frame for the action in the middle. Parashat Vayishlah’s bookends are especially pronounced, in that its first and last verses each end with the same word: “אדום - Edom.” What is the signi…
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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history and etiquette of wrapping your gifts with WRAPPING PAPER! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!De către Travis & Teresa McElroy
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Ep. 100!!! Mob Psycho 100
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R. Shai Held: Revisiting Post-Holocaust Theology, Part 3
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What, if anything, can we say in the wake of the Shoah? In this series, we'll explore the main currents of post-Holocaust Jewish theology through thinkers like Richard Rubenstein, Eliezer Berkovits, Yitz Greenberg, Emil Fackenheim, and Melissa Raphael; and we'll investigate how philosophers of religion grapple with the problem of evil. But rather t…
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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history of and tips about hanging ORNAMENTS! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!De către Travis & Teresa McElroy
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R. Avi Strausberg on Thanksgiving: Can We Be Worthy?
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It can be hard to say thank you. I know, for myself, sometimes after abandoning the kitchen at night to a sinkful of dishes and a couch covered in clothes waiting to be folded, I wake up in the morning to a clean sink and folded clothes, and I find myself so grateful to my wife’s midnight work. Obviously, I should say thank you and I owe her more t…
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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
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R. Avital Hochstein and R. Elazar Symon: A Spiritual Perspective from on the Ground in Israel #3
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What happens in a beit midrash during a time of war, violence, and uncertainty? We checked in with R. Avital Hochstein and R. Elazar Symon, both members of Hadar's team in Jerusalem, to discuss what learning Torah means in this difficult time and what this war reveals about Israeli society.De către Hadar Institute
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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history and etiquette of DOG SHOWS! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!De către Travis & Teresa McElroy
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R. David Kasher on Parashat Toldot: From Birthright to Blessing
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By the time we arrive at Parashat Toldot and come upon two brothers vying for the mantle of family leadership, we can already predict with some confidence that it is the younger brother who will prevail. If we have been reading Genesis carefully so far, we know: in this book, when brothers are in competition, the firstborn never wins.…
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Dragon Ball Z (Final Season)
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WE DID IT! We've made it to the end of Dragonball Z! It took us longer than we expected and for some (Jordy) it felt like even longer. If you've come along on this journey with us thank you and congratulations. It's a massive undertaking to consume this series in it's entirety without nostalgia behind the wheel... but this is a dead horse that we'v…
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R. Shai Held: Revisiting Post-Holocaust Theology, Part 2
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What, if anything, can we say in the wake of the Shoah? In this series, we'll explore the main currents of post-Holocaust Jewish theology through thinkers like Richard Rubenstein, Eliezer Berkovits, Yitz Greenberg, Emil Fackenheim, and Melissa Raphael; and we'll investigate how philosophers of religion grapple with the problem of evil. But rather t…
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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the history and etiquette of FARMER'S MARKETS! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!De către Travis & Teresa McElroy
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R. David Kasher on Parashat Hayyei Sarah: Camel Cameos
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Animals often play a symbolic role in literature, sometimes as personified characters themselves, and sometimes through their frequent association with a human character. In Parashat Hayyei Sarah, wherever Rebecca goes, camels seem to follow her—and we begin to understand they have something to do with her. They will function as the vehicle for fin…
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Mashle: Magic and Muscles
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This week it's Mashle: Magic and Muscles! This show really lays out its two simple elements in the title. They took two simple ideas and MASHED them together (see what I did there?). Not surprisingly, team Shmanime is split on this show but as always, we had a blast getting into it! grab a fresh cream puff and get into it with us! Support NEVER NOT…
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R. Avital Hochstein: A Spiritual Perspective from on the Ground in Israel #2
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In the second part of this special series, we check in with Rabbi Avital Hochstein, President of Hadar in Israel, to hear about life in Israel, Tefillah, and Torah this week.De către Hadar Institute
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R. Shai Held: Revisiting Post-Holocaust Theology, Part 1
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What, if anything, can we say in the wake of the Shoah? In this series, we'll explore the main currents of post-Holocaust Jewish theology through thinkers like Richard Rubenstein, Eliezer Berkovits, Yitz Greenberg, Emil Fackenheim, and Melissa Raphael; and we'll investigate how philosophers of religion grapple with the problem of evil. But rather t…
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Hello Internet! It’s time for another IDIOMS episode, full of phrases about water fowl, horse races, and bookkeeping, as well as lots of inter-cultural phrases! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!De către Travis & Teresa McElroy
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The Evils of Evaluation: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #20
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In our society, everything - from commercials products to political ideas - is constantly being scrutinized. What is gained and what is lost in such a critical world? To answer this question, he Ma'or VaShemesh goes all the way back to the beginning - to the Garden of Eden. "Ki Anu Amecha" and "Nigun Hisva'adus" from RAZA Kapelya (2023) by Chana Ra…
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R. David Kasher on Parashat Vayera: Ambiguous Appearances
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The Talmud (in Yevamot 49b) tells us that Moses’ prophetic powers were exceptional because he saw “באספקלריא המאירה - through a clear looking glass.” How, then, do we account for ambiguity in the Torah? When we encounter a passage whose meaning is obscure, do we presume some failure in our own understanding? Or is it possible that the Torah of Mose…
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Ghibli is Mid?!? ( Featuring STFUBaker )
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Mikey is in the driver's seat solo this week but he brought an OG Shweeb with him! STFUBaker is a long-time friend and fan of the podcast and let me tell you, he has some SPICY takes on the medium! Perhaps his spiciest of takes is literally the title of our episode so you KNOW this is gonna be good!!! SPOILER ALERT!!! Save this episode for later if…
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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about how to treat your party guests who are ghosts, vampires, werewolves, mummies, and zombies – how to throw a MONSTER PARTY! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!De către Travis & Teresa McElroy
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A Spiritual Perspective from on the Ground in Israel
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Avital Hochstein is a rabbi, a Jerusalemite, a mother of two soldiers currently serving in the IDF, and President of Hadar in Israel. In this episode of Ta Shma, we hear directly from R. Avital and Hadar's beit midrash in Jerusalem. What parts of Torah can we reach for? How can we pray and what can we pray for? What does ritual and communal life lo…
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Moral Licensing: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #19
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Moral licensing is our tendency to excuse our own bad behavior based on prior good behavior. While the Ma’or VaShemesh did not use the language of modern behavioral psychology, he did suggest a paradoxical way to avoid this kind of self-justification: doing teshuvah both before and after learning Torah and performing mitzvot. "Ki Anu Amecha," "Ah S…
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R. David Kasher on Parashat Lekh Lekha: Reading the Signs
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Our practice of cycling through the Torah over and over again, year after year, creates a unique reading experience. After we have been through enough times, we begin to hear echoes not only from what has come before, but from what will come after. Here in this first chapter of Abraham’s story those echoes are particularly loud. We hear them not on…
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We're back in full force for an episode on Oshi No Ko! This show is all over the map featuring - mystery, teen pregnancy, revenge, reality television, resurrection, indie film making, and the list goes on. All of this is nestled in a deep dive into the lives of pop idols and idol otaku's. Somehow it sounds stranger than it is, but it definitely giv…
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Impulsive Decisions: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #18
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Taking a vow is a serious halakhic undertaking, and Rabbinic law warns us against taking them hastily. But even if a voew is ultimately annulled, it's possible that for the vow - the words we saw when we feel the most desperate - to be part of a broader process of growth and change. The Ma'or Va'Shemesh explains. "Ki Anu Amecha," "Ah Shtarker Bistu…
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Hello internet! This week's episode is all about the basic history and etiquette of LIVE ACTION ROLE PLAY! Enjoy and be sure to share with a friend!De către Travis & Teresa McElroy
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