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#415: Legacy Worries

#414: Not Even a Little

#413: All Blessings Are Mixed

#412: Know Your Limit, Drink Within It

#411: Genesis and Exodus Are Connected

#410: What's So Important About Zionism?

#409: Nobody Gets An Incomplete in Life

#408: I Can't Take It Anymore!

#407: Joseph and the Bomb Threats

#406: Should Men Cry?

#405: The Words “I Don’t Know” Are Sacred

#404: Respect for the Sovereign

#403: Skinny Cows and Hanukkah

#402: We're Thankful for War?!

#401: The Miracle of the Burning Vinegar

#400: Hanukkah, Day 1—Light and Truth

#399: Beware of the Bosshole

#398: How Much Does Money Matter?

#397: Wearing Our Pain on Our Sleeves

#396: Prudence Is Not Prudishness

#395: We Need to Fight Them, Not Fear Them

#394: "I Have Enough, Take What's Yours"

#393: Jewish American or American Jew?

#392: Saving the Little Jars

#391: All Our Eggs in One Basket

#390: Where Was Leah?

#389: Never Ignore the Check Engine Light

#388: Don't Follow Your Dreams

#387: Is Your Gratitude a Turnkey or a Turkey?

#386: Jew-Hatred is Born

#385: Word Games

#384: The March for Israel, Against Fatalism

#383: College Students Can Be Monsters

#382: Don't Be a Creep

#381: Delaying a Burial

#380: Sons, Mothers, and Wives

#379: The Poisoned Meal

#378: No Canaanite Women Need Apply

#377: Jews Don't Want to Convert the Globe

#376: Why Did God Tell Abraham to Sacrifice Isaac?

#375: Delay Can Be Deadly

#374: The Monsters at the Door

#373: Gaslighting Is a Weapon of War

#372: Rising from the Dust to the Stars

#371: Jews, Stars, and Hostages

#370: Every Wedding is a Gamble

#369: A Good Old Fashioned Rant

#368: Living on the Border

#367: An Ark Made of Words

#366: Israel and the Gordian Knot

#365: A Challenging Idea

#364: Cursing the Children

#363: Antisemitism Is an Obsession

#362: What Is the Cain and Abel Story About?

#361: The Hardest Speech I’ve Ever Had to Write

#360: The Appetite Tree

#359: The Forbidden Fruit

#358: God Owes You Nothing

#357: Should We Build Synagogues Or Jews?

#356: Sukkot and Airports

#355: Novelty Is an Illusion

#354: Do We Have to See the Stars?

#353: Three Jewish Anniversaries

The UFOs and Yom Kippur

#351: Time Blindness

#350: Is Convincing a Flat Earther Impossible?

#349: Our Empathy Crisis

#348: Jewish Flexibility

#347: Seeking Forgiveness from the Dead

#346: Quit Your Whining!

#345: Upgrade to Repentance Plus Today!

#344: Feeling Bad Is Part of Being Good

#343: Repentance Is Not Rocket Science!

#342: Open and Closed

#341: Would You Like to Live for 20,000 Years?

#340: Bless Yourself With This One Weird Trick!

#339: The Hot Zone

#338: An X-ray for Your Soul

#337: Learn the Sacred Tongue

#336: America Needs a Cold Shower 🚿

#335: Tortoise Bandits Beware!

#334: This Law Is Bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S 🍌

#333: Do Two Dogs Make a Parapet? 😆🥁

#332: The No-Return Policy

#331: How Much Do Our Thoughts Count?

#330: Collateral Damage

#329: A Cracked Shofar

#328: Drunk, but Not From Wine

#327: Polygamy Gets Zero Stars on Yelp

#326: Moral Panic

#325: The Lahaina Fire and the Torah

#324: Oppenheimer's Hands [SPOILERS]

#323: Torah and Critical Thinking Skills

#322: Throwback Thursday: The Babirusa

#321: Why Does God Allow Nuclear Weapons?

#320: Don't Live Life on the Installment Plan

#319: Barbie and the Power of Ideas [SPOILERS]

#318: Is Forgetting a Valid Excuse?

#317: Hey, Quit Insulting the Iron Age!

#316: All The Single Ladies

#315: The Good Kind of Anger

#314: Did You Build That Or Not?

#313: The Day After

#312: The Maze

#311: A Lurking Bear

#310: The United States of Scamerica

#309: The Worst Eulogies Ever

#308: A Verse That Made the Rabbi Cry

#307: Moses Was Bullied in the Workplace

#306: Did Moses Use Google Translate?

#305: Is Prosperity Dangerous?

#304: Acronyms Are the Best!

#303: A Case of the Empathy Blues

#302: Honor the Veterans

#301: Life Isn't Supposed to Be Easy

#300: A Baaad Choice of Words

#299: Should Women Be Quiet?

#298: Gradually, then Suddenly

#297: Nobody Is Above the Law

#296: The Right to Be Wrong

#295: Beware of the Tricksters!

#294: Can Ignorance Be An Excuse?

#293: Did Bilaam's Donkey Talk?

#292: Is Karma a Jewish Idea?

#291: Remember What You Do Have

#290: Hearing vs. Listening

#289: They're Not Half Bad!

#288: Why Do People Take Dangerous Risks?

#287: The Right Way to Complain

#286: The Wrong Way to Complain

#285: Caution: Snark!

#284: Greed Is the Soil, Evil Is the Plant

#283: The Prostitute

#282: What Is Leadership?

#281: The Torah of Self-Esteem

#280: Say "Probability" Ten Times Fast

#279: What Is Inexcusable?

#278: When Is It Too Late for Second Chances?

#277: Town Mouse and Country Mouse

#276: Retirement Can Be Toxic

#275: You Can Do Hard Things!

#274: All Sins Have Roots

#273: What Exactly Is God's Face?

#272: Does God Do Favors?

#271: Every Blessing Contains a Threat

#270: "All Gave Some, Some Gave All"

#269: The Sublime Takes Time

#268: Rape and the Ten Commandments

#267: Shavuot and the Hebrew Alphabet

#266: Pushing Away the Angel of Death

#265: Do You Have a Jewish Name?

#264: Be Like A Wilderness

#263: Don't Count the Levites!

#262: Vexillology II — Diversity or Unity?

#261: Jewish Vexillology, Part I

#260: The Peace of Torah

#259: Is Halloween Permitted?

#258: Paranoia

#257: Even an Awesome Plan Can Fail

#256: Defending the Talmud

#255: Don't Be A Nuisance!

#254: The Impostor's Burial

#253: God Loves Broken People

#252: Free Speech?

#251: Looking for Logic In All the Wrong Places

#250: Mandatory Snitching

#249: Superstitions are Super-Stupid

#248: Harmless Sin?

#247: An Idea the Whole World Shares

#246: Idolatry Is Counterfeit

#245: Isn't It Obvious?

#244: That Don't Impress Me Much. . .

#244: Facts Are Facts

#243: Good Mourning

#242: Slander and the Holocaust

Join me on Notes

#241: Leprosy and Yom HaShoah

#240: Isolation is Poison

#239: The Calendar Matters!

#238: You’re Asking Me?

#237: At First, We're All Idol Worshipers

#236: Broken Telephone

#235: What Does Jew Mean, Anyway?

#234: Subtle Differences

#233: Pray for Evan's Release!

#232: The Jews? Excellent! Assimilation? Bogus!

#231: Blame the Jews for Your Bracket!

#230: In Every Generation, They Rise to Destroy Us

#229: Is Dayenu a Lie?

#228: Stealing Time

#227: Is the Simple Child Stupid?

#226: Want the Bad News or the Good News First?

#225: Tell the Story!

#224: Will Purdue Win in the Messianic Age?

#223: Why Did God Send a Plague of Frogs?

#222: What if I Don't Believe in God?

#221: What Did the Wicked Child Do?

#220: The Parable of the Four Children

#219: Making Money and Spending Money

#218: A Verse That Can Save Humanity

#217: Lazy Leaders

#216: Bully vs. Sully

#215: Perfection is a 1980s Game, Not A Goal

#214: The Golden Calf and Hawara

#213: A Charitable Explanation

#212: The Dust and the Stars

#211: New Streaming Service: Hazzerai.com!

#210: Are Jews Allowed to Bow to People?

#209: Midrash or Moo-drash?

#208: Download SimSyn, My New App!

#207: Privacy Is a Jewish Value

#206: Nepo-Babies

#205: Forgiving Clothes

#204: Religion in Public

#203: Is an Ark a Man?

#202: The Sensitivity Readers [SATIRE 🤡]

#201: Rich Jew, Poor Jew

#200: Rules Can Have Exceptions

#199: The Problem With Big Donors

#198: We Know What תָּחַשׁ (Taḥash) Means!

#197: Justice Is an End, Not a Means

#196: The News Is Not All Bad

#195: We Are More Than the Sum of Our Parts

#194: Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

#193: Is Schadenfreude Kosher?

#192: What If A Mitzvah Sounds Horrible?

#191: The Mouth Is a Deadly Weapon

#190: How Much Does a Mitzvah Weigh?

#189: How to Stay Married

#188: Use Your Spidey Sense!

#187: Moses Wore Many Hats

#186: Is Cryonics Kosher?

#185: The Online Pillars of Cloud and Fire

#184: Horses? What Horses?

#183: Splitting the Sea and the Memphis PD

#182: God Has Hands?

#181: Liberty or Death?

#180: Three Kinds of Greed

#179: What Makes an Apology Kosher?

#178: Every Second Is a Gift

#177: Who's a Good Dog?!

#176: The Emergency Repentance Button

#175: Pharaoh, Caring, and Artificial Intelligence

#174: God's Door Is Open In Both Directions

#173: Past, Present, and Future

#172: Failure Can Be a Good Thing

#171: Moses and Professor Givemaneff

#170: Frogs, the Jersey Turnpike, and Dachau

#169: In Honor of Dr. King

#168: Eighty Is The New Sixty

#167: Long Live the Righteous Gentiles!

#166: Be a GPS Satellite, not a Rescue Helicopter

#165: Stop Oppressing Yourself!

#164: A Different Kind of Slavery

#163: Moses, Maturity, and COVID

#162: New King or Old King?

#161: More Than We Deserve

#160: The Jews Are a Family

#159: All Murder Is a Mega-Theft

#158: The Good Part About Terminal Illness

#157: All Your Blessing Are Belong to Us

#156: Good Intentions Are EZ-Pass on the Road to Hell