Dash Of Drash

The ritual of counting the days of the Omer has the power to be a personal and collective journey from freedom to revelation with opportunities for inner refinement. These days also connect us to different aspects of memory.

A deeper probe into the world of traditional and spontaneous Jewish prayer in conversation with Alden Solovy, an author of contemporary prayers whose books include "Jewish Prayers of Hope and Healing" and "This Grateful heart."

What is freedom? What is hametz and matzah? How is the self I am this Passover different? How can we be truly grateful? Some random thoughts on this Festival of Freedom.

As the Torah continues to describe the animal sacrifices, there is an invitation to think more deeply about the source of our food and its impact on animals, land and workers. Boulder has the only JCC in the world with a full time director of farming and sustainability, Farmer Becca, who joins Rabbi Marc in this conversation

As we enter the third book of the Torah (Leviticus/Vayikra) and the bloody ritual of animal sacrifices, we explore the relationship between offerings on the alter and lives of prayer

The whole community works so hard to build and complete the Mishkan, the Tabernacle and is reminded that work has to be punctuated with rest and renewal - Shabbat. Once that intense project is finally complete, where am I in all of it?

The mysterious "sin" of the golden calf is seen as the ultimate transgression and betrayal, but there is so much hidden mystery in this narrative, which is explored in a dynamic conversation between one of Boulder's beloved teachers Maggidah Charna Rosenholtz and Rabbi Marc.

Masks, costumes, allowing the hidden to be revealed and expressing deeper truths in a crazy, upside down world are some of the themes of the holiday of Purim. Costumes and clothes show up in Torah this week too as the robes of office of the priests. What do our clothes reveal of who we are?

What is a sanctuary in our world? What is the difference between a Mishkan (Tabernacle) and a Mikdash (Sacred Space) These questions and more are explored in a conversation with Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, co-founder, president and CEO of Mechon Hadar in New York City,

Boulder's beloved teacher Morah Yehudis Fishman in conversation with Rabbi Marc about some of Judaism's unique perspectives of justice and judges.

Rabbi Marc is joined by the founder and CEO of Hazon, the largest faith-based environmental organization, in conversation about revelation on Mount Sinai and how that narrative continues to impact us as Jews today. Recorded live in the mountains at 10,000 feet!

Faced with a sea in front and Pharoah's army behind, the Sea of Reeds splits open and the Israelites cross over to other side to a whole new reality. How can we sing songs of freedom in a new land?

Darkness: recorded live from Rabbis without Borders retreat with Rabbis Rachel Kobrin, Justin Goldstein, Seth Goldstein, Doug Heifetz and Heidi Hoover reflecting on the penultimate plague of darkness in Parshat Bo.

Jason Appt, professor of contemplative psychology at Naropa University and Rabbi Marc Soloway talking about the hardening of Pharaoh's heart in the Book of Exodus and the practice of cultivating softer hearts.

Episode 2: Resistance with special guest Rabbi David Seidenberg neohasid.org by Rabbi Marc Soloway

Episode One: Ending the Book – Encounters and Blessings. As our cycle of Torah reading brings Bereshit/Genesis, the first book of the Torah to a close, we reflect on some of the extraordinary stories of human relationships and their lessons for us.