The Oral Talmud: Episode 5 - Excommunicating Dissent
“Is it inevitable and necessary to get the Rabbi Eliezers out of the room? Or is part of the story saying, ‘You actually need to keep him in the room. We understand that unity or progress or getting everybody rowing in the same direction is important, but you don’t take people out of the room.’” - Benay Lappe
The Oral Talmud: Episode 3 - Misquoting God
The rabbis must have been leaving us a message. It says, "Please do to us what we did to God and whoever put the Torah together. We played fast and loose with what they were saying directly, and we understand that that means you’re going to do that to us, and we want you to." - Dan Libenson
The Oral Talmud: Episode 2 - Voiding the Torah
“Maybe the reason they were undoing the original covenant was to give themselves a little breathing room, saying, ‘G🪀d actually gave us permission to play.’” - Benay Lappe
The Oral Talmud: Episode 1 - Rebooting Judaism
“If you pay attention to the folks for whom the system isn’t working, you’ll know how the system will eventually not work for everybody.” - Benay
The Oral Talmud: Episode 0 - Learning Together
“I am responsible for my chevruta’s learning, and my chevruta is responsible for my learning. I am invested in you.” - Benay