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The Torah of the Night: A Shavuos Reader
Download the full reader with all the articles here. There’s a poet by the name of Rodger Kamenetz. He’s best known for…
Dov Singer: Living a Prayerful Life
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dov Singer, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Mekor Chaim and founder of the…
Debbie Stone: Can Prayer Be Taught?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dr. Debbie Stone, an educator of young people, about how she teaches…
Moshe Koppel: Artificial Intelligence and Torah
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to returning guest Moshe Koppel—a computer scientist and Talmud scholar—about Torah and its…
Dovid’l Weinberg: The Song of Prayer
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Dovid’l Weinberg—a rabbi, educator, musician, poet, and author—about the wide range of…
Samuel Lebens: The Hard Problem of Prayer
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Samuel Lebens—a philosophy professor, rabbi, and Jewish educator—about the nature of consciousness.
‘Don’t Wait as Long as I Did’: Seven Stories of Aliyah
Expectant olim are asked to write an “aliyah essay” when completing their immigration forms. Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, co-founder of Nefesh B’Nefesh, holds…
The How and Why of Moving to Israel
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to a series of guests who have made aliyah about the practical factors…
Is Israel the Future of Judaism? Israeli and Diaspora Jews Weigh In.
Three years ago, eight-in-ten U.S. Jews said “caring about Israel” was an important or essential part of their Judaism. Nearly six in…
Elli Fischer: Can Israel Follow Jewish Law?
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Elli Fischer— a writer, translator, and editor—about the relationship between Jewish…
Your Guide to Reading Rav Kook
Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook (1856 – 1935) was the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine. Known simply as “Rav Kook”…
Bezalel Naor: Rav Kook’s Mystical Vision of Zionism
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Bezalel Naor—author, translator, and expert on Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook—about Rav Kook’s…