Episode

Did It Really Happen? — Can I believe in Torah without turning off my brain?

Podcast: The Jewish Experience
Published: Feb 2, 2026
Duration seconds: 4168
Processing state: not_requested
Canonical source: https://the-jewish-experience.simplecast.com/episodes/did-it-really-happen-can-i-believe-in-torah-without-turning-off-my-brain-_5ANyCbv
Audio: https://chrt.fm/track/828A9F/cdn.simplecast.com/audio/7e9796fa-5418-4935-9276-d815fa4db442/episodes/aa8006df-49e7-47dd-b481-9b2964aa3fb7/audio/569d7ff5-f69f-44e5-b01e-b65bf8232f33/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=nsT6eRBZ
JSON: /v1/public/podcasts/the-jewish-experience-1225666/episodes/did-it-really-happen-can-i-believe-in-torah-without-turning-off-my-brain
Markdown: /podcast/the-jewish-experience-1225666/did-it-really-happen-can-i-believe-in-torah-without-turning-off-my-brain.md

Actions

POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-jewish-experience-1225666/episodes/did-it-really-happen-can-i-believe-in-torah-without-turning-off-my-brain/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jewish-experience-1225666/did-it-really-happen-can-i-believe-in-torah-without-turning-off-my-brain.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

Jews believe the Torah was handed down from Mount Sinai. But how can we know if we weren't there? And why should we believe any of the events recorded in Torah really happened? Rabbi Wildes addresses the challenging questions that lead intelligent Jews to question their beliefs. Website: jewishexperience.org Facebook: facebook.com/ManhattanJewishExperience/ Instagram: instagram.com/M_J_experience/