"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
  What does this mean and what is it doing here?

  (source sheet at my home page)
 

Download | Duration: 00:11:39

  This week, we find Jethro, the priest of Midian, telling Moses how to run the people of Israel.  After he gives him the advice, he says, "God so commands you."  Jethro's the priest of Midian and all, but ... can he really be channeling God?
  The surprising answer is:  Yes!

  As always, you will find a PDF with the sources for this week's podcast on my home page.
 

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  Moses:   This manna -- keep an omer of it as a souvenir.
  Aaron:    Okay.  Where do you want me to put it?
  Moses:   Before the Lord.
  Aaron:    ???
  Moses:   You know -- the Pact.  The Ark of the Covenant.
  Aaron:    Aren't we getting a little ahead of ourselves?
 
 (look for the source sheet on my home page)
 

Download | Duration: 00:11:51

  In which Moses turns out to be reluctant, at first, to wield power.
  (Look for the PDF source sheet at my home page.)
 

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  As the 11th-century commentator Rashi points out, Exod 6:29-30 repeat vv. 11-12.
  But why?
  (Look for this week's source sheet on my home page at michaelcarasik.com.)
 

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   In chapter 2 of Exodus, Moses is saved by being hidden in the Nile in a "wicker basket" (NJPS) -- or is it?  This week Torah Talk is thinking inside the box.
   Look for this week's PDF source sheet at www.michaelcarasik.com.
 

Download | Duration: 00:10:47

  Why did Jacob make Joseph swear to bring him back to Canaan for burial?
  This week's source sheet is at my home page.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  Any suggestions for a new podcast hosting service will be appreciated.

 

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  With apologies — you'll find both this week's source sheet (in PDF format) and this week's podcast (in mp3 format) at www.michaelcarasik.com.  Click on the "Torah Talk" button to listen, right-click or control-click to download and save.
  If anyone has suggestions for a reliable web hosting service, please send them to me.

  And now (a few days late)  we will try once more to load the podcast:

  

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  Still unable to upload the source sheet here.  Sorry. 

  I will do my best to solve THIS week's hosting problems in more timely fashion.

  This week, those thin, thin, cows.
  (Find the PDF source sheet at www.michaelcarasik.com/.)

 

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  In this week's episode, Joseph is bought by a caravan of Ishmaelites and sold to Potiphar in Egypt.
  But ... just who were these Ishmaelites?

  (Please look for this week's source sheet at www.michaelcarasik.com -- sorry for the inconvenience.)

 

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