Matot & Masei - wrapping up the Book of Numbers with a double portion that’s as provocative as it is puzzling. From the complex laws of vows and their echoes in the New Testament to the grim account of holy war and its troubling arithmetic, no subject is off limits. Why does a chapter once…
A plague strikes. A spear is thrust into sinners. A priestly silence is broken. This week, Ross, Jono, and Ezra ask: What’s the real point of Pinchas? We explore the sudden return of the Priestly source, possible contradictions in the Midianite saga,…
BALAK - We unpack the strange and layered story of Balaam and discuss the Deir Alla inscription’s possible link to the biblical prophet, contradictions in the narrative (including God’s changing commands and a talking donkey), and the angel identified as…
Chukkat, translated as 'statutes', begins with a puzzling purification ritual—the Red Heifer and its sacred ashes—which leads to deeper questions: What year are we in when Miriam dies and Aaron is stripped of his garments? Why does chapter 20 leap from the early wilderness years to Aaron’s death in the 40th? Is there a hidden…