Listener Questions
18Forty Podcast
18Forty
4.8 • 705 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
- Which episode is the favorite, or least favorite, of 18Forty listeners?
- Why did David Bashevkin get outraged about pagination?
- Is “undoubtably” a word in the English language?
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References:
“Portlandia”
IFC YouTube channel
Malka Simkovich: The Mystery Of The Jewish People
Bnei Yissaschar by Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov
Tzidkas HaTzaddik by Rav Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin
Oz VeHadar Mesivta Talmud
“Show and Tale”
“I Read This Over Shabbos”
Jewish Mediation: A Practical Guide by Aryeh Kaplan
The Birth of the Spoken Word by Dovid’l Weinberg
If You Were God by Aryeh Kaplan
Tefillin by Aryeh Kaplan
Waters of Eden by Aryeh Kaplan
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| 0:00.0 | You know what made Rabbi Sachs distinctive? |
| 0:03.0 | He created Torah commentary for this generation, people who want to engage thoughtfully with the world while staying rooted in tradition. |
| 0:11.0 | He didn't ask you to choose between serious Torah study and intellectual engagement with contemporary ideas. |
| 0:17.0 | Instead, he showed how Torah wisdom can engage with philosophy, science, ethics. |
| 0:22.2 | The big questions thoughtful people care about. |
| 0:25.0 | Now his approach is available in complete Chumish format. |
| 0:29.3 | It's called the Rabbi Sachs Chumish, and his commentary is integrated right with the Torah |
| 0:34.3 | text alongside Rashi and Unkelis. |
| 0:37.1 | If you're someone who wants Torah study that engages seriously with the intellectual currents of our time, this is the Torah commentary for our generation. Now available at koranpub.com. That's k-O-R-E-N-P-U-B-com or at your local bookstore. |
| 0:55.4 | And I'll just add, just on a personal note, I have seen the Rabbi Sacks-Hlemish. |
| 0:59.7 | It is really incredible, and I think Rabbi Sacks as a translator, in the greatest sense of the word, when I say translator, I don't mean somebody who took a word from one language and rendered into another |
| 1:12.3 | language. What I mean is somebody who is able to translate ideas and values in a way that |
| 1:18.1 | preserves the timelessness and eternity of those ideas, yet is able to translate them in a way |
| 1:24.5 | that resonates for our generation. I have seen the Rabbi Sachs-Homish. |
| 1:29.3 | I have learned it. I have studied from it. And I could not recommend it more to our listeners. |
| 1:34.4 | This should be in every Jewish home. It's now available at corinpub.com or at your local bookstore. |
| 1:41.2 | Buy the Rabbi Sachs-Humish now. your local bookstore by the rabbi sacks humesh now hello hello welcome to the 1840 podcast where each month we explore different topic |
| 1:56.8 | balancing modern sensibilities with traditional sensitivities to give you new approaches to timeless |
| 2:02.8 | Jewish ideas. I'm your host, Duvred Bischefkin, and this month we're really off, but we're |
| 2:09.1 | continuing with kind of our larger reflection that we do every so often on the podcast itself, |
| 2:14.4 | and more importantly, on our community. this podcast is part of a larger exploration |
| 2:19.1 | of those big juicy jewish ideas so be sure to check out 1840.org that's one eight |
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