{"podcast":{"title":"The Daily Derech from Exploring Judaism","slug":"the-daily-derech-from-exploring-judaism-7726833","podcast_index_feed_id":7726833,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/thedailyderech-ej/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.exploringjudaism.org/thedailyderech","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/thedailyderech-ej/20260226_090231_62c1ab7a1f25331dc45b774eb181f63a.png","author":"Exploring Judaism","episode_count":120,"summary":"The Daily Derech is an opportunity for anyone to gain insight into the weekly Torah portion, learn Jewish law, and deepen their spiritual practice. A project of ExploringJudaism.org and Rabbi Marcus Rubenstein (Temple of Aaron)","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T18:19:24.739829+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-derech-from-exploring-judaism-7726833"},"episode":{"title":"Jubilee Redemption | May 6, 2026","slug":"jubilee-redemption-may-6-2026","published_at":"2026-05-06T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-derech-from-exploring-judaism-7726833/jubilee-redemption-may-6-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-derech-from-exploring-judaism-7726833","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/thedailyderech-ej/2782157","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/375185/2782157/thedailyderech-ej/2026_04_30_18_39_05_dd553bc5-2ea7-449f-a8c8-dd7cc000fae0.mp3","summary":"In this episode of The Daily Derech, Rabbi Marcus Rubenstein explores Parashat Bahar, Hilchot the treatment of written divine names from Rambam, and a teaching from Menorat HaMaor about different forms of jealousy. The Parashah section introduces the Jubilee year, which follows seven Shemitah cycles and includes debt forgiveness, freeing slaves, and returning land to its original tribal owners. Rabbi Rubenstein explains that these laws reinforce the idea that the land belongs to God and that economic life should periodically reset with justice and humility. In the Rambam section, the episode discusses how sacred names written on objects must be cut out and buried respectfully. Rabbi Rubenstein also explains why writing divine names on the body creates serious halachic problems regarding purity and respect. The Menorat HaMaor section categorizes jealousy into several forms, including resentment toward those who serve God and competitive scholarly jealousy. Rabbi Rubenstein teaches that even productive competition can become spiritually unhealthy when driven by ego rather than sincere devotion. Learn more at exploringjudaism.org/thedailyderech and reach out to Rabbi Rubenstein here .","meta_description":"In this episode of The Daily Derech, Rabbi Marcus Rubenstein explores Parashat Bahar, Hilchot the treatment of written divine names from Rambam, and a tea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1210,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-derech-from-exploring-judaism-7726833/episodes/jubilee-redemption-may-6-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-derech-from-exploring-judaism-7726833/jubilee-redemption-may-6-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}