Conflict Resolution

parshat Vayetzei – genesis 31

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. In a week where indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, mediated by Qatar and with pressure from the public and the US have appeared to have reached a tentative and partial hostage deal, we explore, what according to Rabbinic tradition was the first instance of an anti-Israel campaign and its resolution. Is this a model of how we deal with our neighbors with whom we disagree? What are the lessons to be learnt?

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Welcome to Madlik.  My name is Geoffrey Stern and at Madlik we light a spark or shed some light on a Jewish Text or Tradition.  Along with Rabbi Adam Mintz we host Madlik Disruptive Torah on clubhouse every week. This week’s parsha is Vayetzei. In a week where indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, mediated by Qatar and with pressure from the public and the US have appeared to have reached a tentative and partial hostage deal, we explore, what according to Rabbinic tradition was the first instance of an anti-Israel campaign and its resolution. Is this a model of how we deal with our neighbors with whom we disagree? What are the lessons to be learnt? So join us for Conflict Resolution.

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In Conversation with Rabbi David Stav

parshat toldot – genesis 26

Rav Stav is the co-founder of the Tzohar, a rabbinical organization which aims to provide religious services to and create dialogue with the broader Israeli population. He also serves as the rabbi of the city of Shoham. Previously he served as the rabbi of the religious film school, Maale, and was one of the founding heads of Yeshivat Hesder Petach Tikva. He is the author of Bein Ha-Zemanim, a book about culture and recreation in Jewish thought and law. One of Israel’s most visible rabbinic figures, he regularly appears on Israeli television and radio, and lectures to a wide range of audiences. We discuss his organization and the challenges and opportunities presented by the war and its aftermath.

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Women Wage War

parsha chayei sara – genesis 23

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. In the only parsha named after a woman we continue our exploration of issues raised by Israel at war. In the Jewish State, Jewish law (Halacha) has exclusive jurisdiction over marriage and divorce for Jews. One area where Orthodox women have radically broken with Rabbinic authority is with regard to divorce. Traditionally women have been at the mercy of the patriarchy, whether their husbands or the rabbinic courts.  These women, the NGOs and Rabbis who support them have used Biblical and Rabbinic texts to claim rights long denied. The primary source relates to King David and a single verse in the Book of Samuel protecting military wives. Join us as we explore these initiatives and texts.

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Welcome to Madlik.  My name is Geoffrey Stern and at Madlik we light a spark or shed some light on a Jewish Text or Tradition.  Along with Rabbi Adam Mintz we host Madlik Disruptive Torah on clubhouse every Thursday and share it as the Madlik podcast on your favorite platform. This week’s parsha is Chayei Sara. In the only parsha named after a woman we continue our exploration of issues raised by Israel at war. In the Jewish State, Jewish law (Halacha) has exclusive jurisdiction over marriage and divorce. One area where Orthodox women have radically broken with Rabbinic authority is with regard to divorce. Traditionally women have been at the mercy of the patriarchy, whether their husbands or the rabbinic courts.  These women, the NGOs and Rabbis who support them have used Biblical and Rabbinic texts to claim rights long denied. The primary source relates to King David and a single verse in the Book of Samuel protecting military wives. So join us as we explore these initiatives and texts. Women Wage War

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Making place for the displaced

parshat vayera – genesis 18

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. Over 250,000 innocent civilians have been displaced since the advent of the Oct 7th war from both the South and the North of Israel. Volunteers, non-government organizations and tech workers who were organizing protests a month ago have taken the lead in welcoming these fugitives and providing all sorts of support, both physical, spiritual, social and psychological. Join us as we study a parsha that celebrates the hosting of guests.

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Welcome to Madlik.  My name is Geoffrey Stern and at Madlik we light a spark or shed some light on a Jewish Text or Tradition.  Along with Rabbi Adam Mintz we host Madlik Disruptive Torah on clubhouse every Thursday and share it as the Madlik podcast on your favorite platform. This week’s parsha is Vayera.  Over 250,000 innocent civilians have been displaced since the advent of the Oct 7th war from both the South and the North of Israel. Volunteers, non-government organizations and tech workers who were organizing protests a month ago have taken the lead in welcoming these fugitives and providing all sorts of support, both physical, spiritual, social and psychological. Today we study a parsha that celebrates the hosting of guests so join us for Making place for the displaced.

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Abraham and the Birth of the Jewish Problem

parshat lech lecha – Genesis 12

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. What about Abraham was so radical? What about Abraham has created such extremes of love and hate… such rivalry, such animosity, such promise and such despair?

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Welcome to Madlik.  My name is Geoffrey Stern and at Madlik we light a spark or shed some light on a Jewish Text or Tradition.  Along with Rabbi Adam Mintz we host Madlik Disruptive Torah on clubhouse every Thursday and share it as the Madlik podcast on your favorite platform. This week’s parsha is Lech Lecha. Abraham leaves his homeland and the journey of the Jewish people begins. But what about Abraham was so radical? What about Abraham has created such extremes of love and hate… such rivalry, such animosity, such promise and such despair? Join us for Abraham and the birth of the Jewish Problem.

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A tzaddik in peltz

parshat noach – genesis 6

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. Noah has been denigrated for saving only himself and his family and for not saving all of humanity. In a world where victims and survivors of terrorism are vilified and protecting ones life and the security of ones family a sin, we look at Noah differently and learn something about ourselves and our enemies.

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A Single Life

parshat bereshit – the war from gaza

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. As Hamas finally achieves its goal of massacring thousands of Israelis we reconsider the Talmudic saying that he who kills a single human being destroys the world…. and we cry.

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Welcome to Madlik.  My name is Geoffrey Stern and at Madlik we light a spark or shed some light on a Jewish Text or Tradition.  Along with Rabbi Adam Mintz we host Madlik Disruptive Torah on clubhouse every Thursday and share it as the Madlik podcast on your favorite platform. This week’s parsha is Bereshit and as Hamas finally achieves its goal of massacring thousands of Israelis, we reconsider the Talmudic saying that man was created single to teach that for anybody who destroys a single life it is counted as if he destroyed an entire world. So join us as we mourn and discuss: A Single Life

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Learning Torah for a Living

parshat v’zot haberachah, deuteronomy 33

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. –  As we finish the annual Torah cycle we use the legendary partnership between Zebulun and Issachar  to explore Rabbinic Judaism’s various and many times conflicting position on financial support for Torah Study.

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Welcome to Madlik.  My name is Geoffrey Stern and at Madlik we light a spark or shed some light on a Jewish Text or Tradition.  Along with Rabbi Adam Mintz we host Madlik Disruptive Torah on clubhouse every Thursday and share it as the Madlik podcast on your favorite platform. Tomorrow evening in Israel it will be Simchat Torah and here in the US we will celebrate the completion of the annual Torah cycle on Saturday night and on Sunday we will read Ve’zot habracha. Moses blesses all the tribe including a reference to a legendary partnership between Zebulun and Issachar where Zebulin engages in commerce and support Issachar who studies Toran.  We will explore Rabbinic Judaism’s various and many times conflicting position on financial support for Torah Study. Join us for Learning Torah for a Living.

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The Yom Kippur Sermon I wanted to Hear

yom kippur – hoshana rabba

Join Geoffrey Stern recorded on Clubhouse. The gates of repentance are open until Hoshana Raba so should the opportunities to sermonize. Fifty years after the Yom Kippur war here is the Yom Kippur Sermon I wish I heard… and didn’t

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Welcome to Madlik.  My name is Geoffrey Stern and at Madlik we light a spark or shed some light on a Jewish Text or Tradition.  Along with Rabbi Adam Mintz we host Madlik Disruptive Torah on clubhouse every Thursday and share it as the Madlik podcast on your favorite platform. Rabbi Mintz has a congregation and gets to give a Kol Nidre sermon.  I have the Madlik Family.  According to our tradition the gates of repentance are open until Hoshana Raba so should the opportunities to hear and give your sermon. Fifty years after the Yom Kippur war here is the Yom Kippur Sermon I wish I heard…

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Inventing Tradition

parshat ha’azinu – deuteronomy 32

Join Geoffrey Stern and Rabbi Adam Mintz recorded on Clubhouse. We have previously remarked that the ultra-orthodox are re-creating a world and traditions that never existed. Moses admonishes the Children of Israel to “Ask your parent, who will inform you” and we explore the function and exploitation of custom in the Rabbinic Tradition up unto today.

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Welcome to Madlik.  My name is Geoffrey Stern and at Madlik we light a spark or shed some light on a Jewish Text or Tradition.  Along with Rabbi Adam Mintz we host Madlik Disruptive Torah on clubhouse every Thursday and share it as the Madlik podcast on your favorite platform.

I may have once remarked that when, for instance, the ultra-orthodox require all their men learn Torah and not work for a living, they are re-creating a tradition and a world that never existed. In this week’s parsha Ha’azinu, Moses admonishes us to “Ask your parent, who will inform you” and we explore the preservation and invention of custom in the Rabbinic Tradition up unto today. So join us for Inventing Tradition.

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