# The Oral Talmud Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823.md RSS feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/AEwxcID3 Official site: https://jewishlive.simplecast.com Author: Lex Rofeberg Episodes: 61 ## Resource An exploration of the Talmud through the “traditionally radical” lens pioneered by Benay Lappe. Whether you are a beginner to Talmud study or a long-time learner, by listening in on Benay Lappe’s study partnership with Dan Libenson as they explore foundational stories and material from the Talmud, you will discover the how-to manual that the ancient Rabbis left behind for future generations to help us re-imagine a new version of Judaism after the previous version “crashes.” ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-oral-talmud-7378823 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823.md ## Episodes - [Episode 59: Is Dignity Greater than Torah?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-59-is-dignity-greater-than-torah) — 2026-07-27T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 58: Living After the End of the World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-58-living-after-the-end-of-the-world) — 2026-07-20T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 57: The Lovesick Man](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-57-the-lovesick-man) — 2026-07-13T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 56: Children of Prophets](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-56-children-of-prophets) — 2026-07-06T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 55: The Wisdom of Crowds](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-55-the-wisdom-of-crowds) — 2026-06-29T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 54: Who Owns Torah?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-54-who-owns-torah) — 2026-06-22T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 53: What's the Point?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-53-what-s-the-point) — 2026-06-15T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 52: Raw Material](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-52-raw-material) — 2026-06-08T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 51: Reading Between the Lines](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-51-reading-between-the-lines) — 2026-06-01T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 50: Ultimate Questions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-50-ultimate-questions) — 2026-05-25T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 49: Passover in the Talmud](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-49-passover-in-the-talmud) — 2026-05-18T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 48: The Myth of Interpretation with Richard Primus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-48-the-myth-of-interpretation-with-richard-primus) — 2026-05-11T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 47: The Maidservant’s Moral Power](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-47-the-maidservant-s-moral-power) — 2026-05-04T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 46: Sweet Little Lies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-46-sweet-little-lies) — 2026-04-27T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 45: The Svara Torah](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-45-the-svara-torah) — 2026-04-20T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 44: When Tradition Fights Back with Menachem Fisch](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-44-when-tradition-fights-back-with-menachem-fisch) — 2026-04-13T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 43: Black Mold](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-43-black-mold) — 2026-04-06T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 42: But I Sat on His Grave!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-42-but-i-sat-on-his-grave) — 2026-03-30T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 41: Goldilocks and the Wayward Son](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-41-goldilocks-and-the-wayward-son) — 2026-03-23T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 40: Consciousness of Guilt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-40-consciousness-of-guilt) — 2026-03-16T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 39: A Glutton for Punishment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-39-a-glutton-for-punishment) — 2026-03-09T05:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 38: Bad Seeds in the Capitol](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-38-bad-seeds-in-the-capitol) — 2026-03-02T06:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 37: Wayward Sons of a Certain Age](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-37-wayward-sons-of-a-certain-age) — 2026-02-23T06:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 36: A One-Way Ratchet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-36-a-one-way-ratchet) — 2026-02-16T06:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 35: Repairing the World Means Admitting It’s Broken](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-35-repairing-the-world-means-admitting-it-s-broken) — 2026-02-09T06:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 34: Our Way or the Highway](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-34-our-way-or-the-highway) — 2026-02-02T06:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 33: It’s Svara All the Way Down](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-33-it-s-svara-all-the-way-down) — 2026-01-26T06:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 32: Our Hands are Not Tied](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-32-our-hands-are-not-tied) — 2026-01-19T06:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 31: A Talmudic Stitch Sampler](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-31-a-talmudic-stitch-sampler) — 2026-01-12T06:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 30: Magician School](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-30-magician-school) — 2026-01-05T06:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 29: The Heart Knows The Bitterness of its Soul](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-29-the-heart-knows-the-bitterness-of-its-soul) — 2025-12-29T06:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 28: The Tile Contour Gauge Theory of Tradition](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-28-the-tile-contour-gauge-theory-of-tradition) — 2025-12-22T06:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 27: Who’s To Say Your Blood is Redder?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-27-who-s-to-say-your-blood-is-redder) — 2025-12-15T06:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 26: Why We Show Our Work](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-26-why-we-show-our-work) — 2025-12-08T06:10:00+00:00 - [Episode 25: Nitza’s Attic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-oral-talmud-7378823/episode-25-nitza-s-attic) — 2025-12-01T06:10:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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