Sampling of 1-Time Talk Topics

  • Your Choice: request any topic about which the Torah might have something to say!
  • Mother of All Evil
  • You Can Do It
  • Do not Favor the Poor
  • American Idols
  • Moses Blows It, Twice
  • Holiness Guards Ethics
  • That's not Kosher
  • Torah and Slavery
  • Clothing Makes the Man
  • Can we say God-Fearing any more?
  • Heroes and Villains
  • Israel means "Struggle with God"
  • Pick a Plague, any Plague
  • Why Unleavened Bread?
  • What does "Cut Off" Mean
  • Does God Protect the Righteous?
  • Chosen?
  • Binding of Isaac
  • "We Will Do and Hear." Backwards?
  • Eye for an Eye
  • Justice versus Compassion
  • Where is God?
  • A Talking Donkey?!
  • But It's a Pagan Holiday
  • Libation Anyone?
  • It's not about Blood
  • Pick a Current Event (One!)
  • Arguing with God
  • Most Tragic Character in the Torah
  • The "Other" to Each Other
  • Children of Israel
  • Afterlife: Why is Torah Silent?
  • What's Intrinsically Holy?
  • Love Your Neighbor, not Humanity
  • Not 2x, Not 1/2x
  • Blind Man's Bluff
  • The Dignity Chapter
  • Couple Dozen Verses: Paradise
  • Who Invented the Week?
  • Why God is Important
  • Drinking the Golden Calf
  • Not a Yod or Tittle
  • America is an Idea, too
  • Good Needs Evil, Sort of
  • Building a Good Society
  • Sunday is not the Sabbath
  • Politically Correct vs Morally Correct
  • When do I Feel Holy?
  • Atonement: Assuaging Guilt
  • Tabernacle Detail Ad Infinitum
  • Pick a Commandment (One!)
  • Abortion: Who Cares?
  • Creation Explains a Lot
  • Garden of Eden: Say what?!
  • Perfection Not Required
  • Don't Trust Cities
  • Peace vs Pacifist
  • The Meaning of Seven
  • Marriage: Longest Chapter in Genesis
  • Importance of Female Beauty: Unfair/Undeniable
  • Gratitude is a Biggy
  • You Think Your Family is Difficult
  • Mr. and Mrs. Potiphar
  • The Center of the Torah, Literally
  • Jacob's Very Mixed Blessings
  • Hardened Hearts
  • I Am What I Am. Who?
  • Hear, O' Israel
  • What's the Manna with You?
  • What Happened to Miracles?

 

"The Old Testament is often dismissed as outdated, irrelevant, and even immoral. None of that is true." Dennis Prager



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