# Public Knowledge | May 21, 2026

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Podcast: [The Daily Derech from Exploring Judaism](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-derech-from-exploring-judaism-7726833)
Published: 2026-05-21T09:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of The Daily Derech, Rabbi Marcus Rubenstein explores the Shavuot reading from Book of Exodus, Hilchot De’ot from Maimonides, and a teaching from Menorat HaMaor about the relationship between action and understanding in Torah life. The Parashah section examines why the Torah addresses women before men at Mount Sinai. Drawing from the Me’am Loez and the Maharal of Prague, Rabbi Rubenstein explains that Torah must be taught in ways different people can receive. He highlights diligence in mitzvot, commitment to raising children, shared responsibility in community life, and the role of righteous women in the redemption from Egypt as lessons about becoming worthy to receive Torah. In the Rambam section, the episode discusses laws of lashon hara and the idea that harmful speech remains forbidden whether said publicly or privately. It also explores the limits of discussing information that has already become public knowledge. The Menorat HaMaor section focuses on the phrase naaseh v’nishma. Rabbi Rubenstein explains that Judaism prioritizes meaningful action and ethical behavior first, while philosophy and intellectual understanding deepen and support those actions afterward. Learn more at exploringjudaism.org/thedailyderech and reach out to Rabbi Rubenstein here.

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