Timeless Wisdom: Weekend Torah Teaching - Genesis 19:27-20:11
Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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On Today's Show: Dennis explores the story of Lot's wife, who turned into a pillar of salt for looking back at the destruction of Sodom. He delves into the concept of the "Lot's wife syndrome," where people get stuck in the past and resist moving forward. Dennis also discusses the importance of loving the stranger, citing the biblical story of Abraham's interactions with the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. He argues that this concept is crucial for civilization to progress and that it's a key theme in the Torah.
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| 0:24.3 | So grab some calls. him with honest conversations, a few laughs, and guests ranging from close friends to brilliant theologians. |
| 0:21.4 | Back Forch Theology is thoughtful, meaningful, and never stuffy. |
| 0:24.3 | So grab some coffee or sweet tea and join Lisa Harper on Bat Forch Theology. |
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| 0:30.8 | Welcome to Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
| 0:34.3 | Hear thousands of hours of Dennis's lectures, courses, and classic radio programs, and to purchase Dennis Prager's Rational Bibles, go to Dennis Prager.com. |
| 0:49.0 | Two pillars of salt. |
| 0:51.9 | That was our last adventure. |
| 0:55.0 | And the, what was it? |
| 0:56.0 | Remember, the Lote's Wife's Syndrome? |
| 0:59.4 | I spoke about, for those of you |
| 1:01.3 | going into, what is it called, the golden years? |
| 1:04.5 | Don't you love the euphemisms for getting old? |
| 1:06.4 | Isn't it a joke? |
| 1:07.5 | They have a million youth, senior citizen, golden years. What else? Twilight, |
| 1:14.4 | autumn of life. It's just nobody likes using the word old. There's not really anything wrong with it. |
| 1:21.3 | Now they don't say old. It's elderly. Now they don't say middlely or youngly, but they do say elderly. |
| 1:28.4 | Be that as it may, that was the last thing we did, correct? |
| 1:33.3 | Lote's wife turned into a pillar of salt. |
| 1:35.0 | So let's, since there are no questions, there are. |
| 1:38.3 | Sir. |
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