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More on "Cleanliness" (nekiyut)
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36 minutes
Released:
Feb 8, 2024
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On this week's episode, Modya and David discuss the Torah portion of Mishpatim (Ex. 21:1-24:18) through the lens of the character trait of nekiyut, or cleanliness. In this Torah portion, the divine articulation of detailed laws helps to establish a culture in which physical, spiritual, and moral cleanliness are upheld on an individual and collective basis. What does this mean for how we, today, confront temptation, cultivate care for our physical selves, and support collective efforts toward elevating these aspects of our lives? Thanks for listening!
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Released:
Feb 8, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Alan E. Steinweis, “Kristallnacht 1938” (Harvard UP, 2009): One of the most fundamental–and vexing–questions in all of modern history is whether cultures make governments or governments make cultures. Tocqueville, who was right about almost everything, thought the former: he said that American culture made Amer... by New Books in Jewish Studies