Parashat Korach

Avi Rat and Dr.Rabbi Beni Lau

Dov Elboim and Professor Ely Yasif
Discussion off the rebellion led by Korach and his men questioning the legitimacy of Moses' leadership.

Profesor Yasif offers and alternative narrative to the vilification that is normally assigned to Korach.

Parash Behaalotcha

Avi Rat and Rabbi Dr. Beni LAu

Dov Elboim with Dr. Uzi Paz
The discussion here is of the scientific basis for the legend of Manna and Slav

Parashat Chukat

Anat Dolev and Rabbi Yuval HaCohen Asherov

Avi Rat and Dr. Rabbi Beni Lau

Dov Elboim with Professor Tamar ElOr
This program focuses on the passing of Moses' brother, the High Priest Aharon and sister, Miriam.
The discussion deals extensively on the special place Miriam had in the formative days of the Jewish people in the desert, and the specific contributions that each of the three siblings, Miriam, Aharon and Moses made to the forging of a nation from the tattered slaves who had adopted the victim mentality of bondage in Egypt.

Parashat Neso

Aliza Lavie with Dr. Pnina Norbert
This was a very interesting digression from the norm on this program.

1. On the one hand, Avi Rat and Rabbi Dr. Beni Lau ceded their slot to a pair of women who discussed Megilat Ruth, and did not even mention the Weekly Portion, Neso.
2. The discussion became one of feminine

Dov Elboim and Professor Ishai Rozen Zvi

Dov and his guest, whose doctorate on this Parasha have made the foremost authority on the subject, discuss how the provocative issue of adultery was treated differently by the Torah itself, and the Mishna.