Wrestling and Dreaming: Engaging Discussions on Judaism
Rabbi Rob DobrusinThis podcast features thoughts on issues of Jewish tradition and faith by Rabbi Rob Dobrusin from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Presented in informal and conversational style, Rabbi Dobrusin shares his interpretations of traditional Jewish texts and concepts often illustrated with examples taken from contemporary life. The discussions are designed to be accessible and thought-provoking to all.
Episode 243: Nostalgia and Tisha B'av
Jul 31 • 15m
Episode 241: Satisfaction
May 15 • 11m
Episode 240: Telling the Story
May 8 • 16m
Episode 239: Answers
May 1 • 12m
Episode 238: The Four Children Part 3
Apr 7 • 9m
Episode 237: The Four Children part 2
Apr 2 • 9m
Episode 236: The Four Children: Part 1
Mar 26 • 14m
Episode 235: Reading and Interpreting
Mar 20 • 9m
Episode 234: A D'var Torah for Purim Part 2
Mar 12 • 12m
Episode 233 A D'var Torah for Purim Part 1
Mar 5 • 16m
Episode 232: Sh'ma Mina: Learn From This.
Feb 27 • 12m
Episode 231: A Chosen Name
Feb 18 • 7m
Episode 230: Thunder and Lightning
Feb 13 • 11m
Episode 229: Two Wooden Sticks
Feb 5 • 9m
Episode 228: Ba'avur Zeh. Because of This.
Jan 30 • 13m
Episode 227: January 2025
Jan 20 • 11m
Episode 226: 29 years later
Jan 15 • 10m
Episode 225: Thoughts for this Hanukkah
Dec 24, 2024 • 17m
Episode 224: Who is Joseph?
Dec 19, 2024 • 12m
Episode 223: The Blacksmith
Dec 12, 2024 • 12m
Episode 222: A Very Special Day
Dec 4, 2024 • 16m
Episode 221: Thanksgiving 2024
Nov 27, 2024 • 12m
Episode 220: Youth and Age
Nov 21, 2024 • 8m
Episode 219: Abraham's Plan
Nov 14, 2024 • 12m
Episode 218: For You
Nov 7, 2024 • 8m
Episode 217: Balancing
Oct 31, 2024 • 12m
Special Edition: The 2024 Election
Oct 29, 2024 • 4m
Episode 216: Additions
Oct 23, 2024 • 14m
Episode 215: Did I See It?
Oct 16, 2024 • 14m
Episode 214: Hayom Today
Sep 29, 2024 • 10m
Episode 213: Shana Tova
Sep 26, 2024 • 10m
Episode 212: A Troubling Commentary by a Usually Reliable Source
Sep 19, 2024 • 9m
Episode 211: Being Safe
Sep 12, 2024 • 10m
Episode 210: Who Is The Person?
Sep 5, 2024 • 12m
Episode 209: Happiness on our Holy Days
Aug 29, 2024 • 13m
Episode 208: Remembering
Aug 22, 2024 • 15m
Episode 207: Doing the Right and the Good
Aug 15, 2024 • 8m
Episode 206:Tisha B'av 2024
Aug 8, 2024 • 11m
Episode 205: The Passage of Time
Aug 1, 2024 • 14m
Episode 204: An Additional Idea
Jul 25, 2024 • 12m
An Additional Thought for This Week
Jul 25, 2024 • 2m
Episode 203: Two Sticks
Jul 18, 2024 • 8m
Episode 202: A Critical Moment
Jul 11, 2024 • 9m
Episode 201: The Commandments on the Wall
Jul 3, 2024 • 11m
Episode 200: God's Voice
Jun 27, 2024 • 14m
Episode 199: Voices
Jun 20, 2024 • 9m
Episode 198: The Order of the Festivals
Jun 11, 2024 • 9m
Episode 197: Personal Prayers Part 2
May 23, 2024 • 10m
Episode 196: Personal Prayers
May 16, 2024 • 14m
Episode 195: A Special Tribute
May 9, 2024 • 7m
Episode 194: Protests
May 2, 2024 • 10m
Episode 193: A Once In a Lifetime Experience
Apr 15, 2024 • 6m
Episode 192: An Eternal Story
Apr 11, 2024 • 9m
Episode 191: Rejoicing with Creation
Apr 4, 2024 • 11m
Episode 190: Play Ball!
Mar 28, 2024 • 12m
Episode 189: Three Questions for Purim
Mar 21, 2024 • 7m
Episode 188: Blessings Part 3: A Momentous Opportunity
Mar 14, 2024 • 13m
Episode 187: Blessings. Part 2
Mar 7, 2024 • 14m
Episode 186:A Most Important Blessing
Feb 29, 2024 • 11m
Episode 185: Listening-To Everyone
Feb 22, 2024 • 11m
Episode 184: Building
Feb 15, 2024 • 12m
Episode 183: Leaping Forward
Feb 8, 2024 • 15m
Episode 182: A Different Melody
Feb 1, 2024 • 11m
Episode 181: Singing Together
Jan 25, 2024 • 13m
Episode 180: In Plain Sight
Jan 18, 2024 • 9m
Episode 179: A Hardened Heart
Jan 11, 2024 • 11m
Episode 178: A Simple Prayer?
Jan 4, 2024 • 11m
Episode 177: Joseph and the Return to the Pit
Dec 28, 2023 • 5m
Epsiode 176: Joseph’s Anger
Dec 21, 2023 • 15m
Episode 175: Seven or Eight?
Dec 14, 2023 • 13m
Episode 174: Light
Dec 7, 2023 • 10m
Episode 173: Representatives
Nov 30, 2023 • 12m
Episode 172: Bring Them Home
Nov 14, 2023 • 11m
Episode 171: Isaac and Rebekah
Nov 9, 2023 • 12m
Episode 170: A Lesson from the Akedah
Nov 2, 2023 • 9m
Episode 169: Rest for the Weary
Oct 26, 2023 • 13m
Episode 168: The Israel Gaza War
Oct 18, 2023 • 9m
Episode 167: Reading from the Torah This Year
Oct 12, 2023 • 8m
Israel
Oct 9, 2023 • 3m
Episode 166: Returning and Moving Forward
Oct 5, 2023 • 8m
Episode 165:Joy
Sep 28, 2023 • 11m
Episode164: A Sacred Text: Part 4
Sep 7, 2023 • 9m
Episode 163: A Sacred Text: Part 3
Aug 31, 2023 • 6m
Episode 162: A Sacred Text Part 2
Aug 24, 2023 • 8m
Episode 161: A Sacred Text Part 1
Aug 17, 2023 • 9m
Episode 160: Wrestling with a Most Difficult Issue
Aug 10, 2023 • 14m
Episode 159: Saying and Doing
Aug 3, 2023 • 9m
Episode 158:Remembering...Always Remembering
Jul 25, 2023 • 13m
Episode 157: Becoming a Rabbi: Part 2
Jul 20, 2023 • 14m
Episode 156: Becoming a Rabbi Part 1
Jul 13, 2023 • 15m
Episode 155: Justice, Goodness and Humility
Jul 5, 2023 • 13m
Episode 154: Hannah’s Prayer
Jun 29, 2023 • 12m
Episode 153: Saying No
Jun 22, 2023 • 10m
Episode 152: A Welcome Statement
Jun 15, 2023 • 8m
Episode 151: Invitations: Given and Accepted
Jun 8, 2023 • 8m
Episode 150: A Mysterious Dot
Jun 1, 2023 • 13m
Episode 149: Cheesecake!
May 24, 2023 • 10m
Episode 148: A Single Hour
May 17, 2023 • 15m
Episode 147:The Meaning of Bar and Bat Mitzvah
May 11, 2023 • 17m
Episode 146: In Memory Of Rabbi Harold Kushner
May 4, 2023 • 9m
Episode 145: Israel Independence Day
Apr 27, 2023 • 14m
Episode 144: Joy and Trembling
Apr 20, 2023 • 12m
Episode 143: Approaching the End of Pesach
Apr 11, 2023 • 5m
Episode 142: A Sacred Community
Apr 4, 2023 • 7m
Episode 141: The Silence of the Dogs
Mar 29, 2023 • 12m
Episode 140: One Letter
Mar 23, 2023 • 11m
Episode 139: My Story
Mar 16, 2023 • 10m
Episode 138: The Presidency and the Rabbinate
Mar 9, 2023 • 12m
Episode 137: The First Purim Costume
Mar 2, 2023 • 12m
Episode 136: The Most Important Principle
Feb 13, 2023 • 9m
Episode 135: The Ax and the Tree
Feb 9, 2023 • 14m
Episode 134: A Sweet Story and Sweet Memory
Feb 2, 2023 • 13m
Episode 133: A Very Long Life
Jan 26, 2023 • 9m
Episode 132:Thoughts on a Difficult Question
Jan 19, 2023 • 18m
Episode 131: In Memoriam
Jan 12, 2023 • 11m
Episode 130: Drawing Near (Part 2)
Jan 5, 2023 • 6m
Episode 129: Drawing Near (Part 1)
Dec 29, 2022 • 9m
Episode 128: The Importance of Lighting Our Hanukkah Lights
Dec 18, 2022 • 11m
Episode 127: Asking Age-old Questions in Today’s World
Dec 15, 2022 • 11m
Episode 126: Counting to 10
Dec 8, 2022 • 12m
Episode 125: Responding with a Blessing
Dec 1, 2022 • 13m
Episode 124: Thanksgiving 2022
Nov 22, 2022 • 6m
Episode 123: The Servant’s Prayer
Nov 17, 2022 • 7m
Episode 122: Responsibility on the Street
Nov 10, 2022 • 13m
Episode 121: In Memory and in Hope
Nov 3, 2022 • 10m
Episode 120: After the Flood
Oct 27, 2022 • 6m
Episode 119: Let There Be...
Oct 20, 2022 • 7m
Episode 118: The Epitome of Beauty
Oct 13, 2022 • 9m
Episode 117: The Bells of Yom Kippur
Oct 4, 2022 • 8m
Episode 116: Holding a Candle to our Memory
Sep 29, 2022 • 9m
Episode 115: A Completed Journey and A Look Ahead
Sep 22, 2022 • 9m
Episode 114: Where are you?
Sep 15, 2022 • 11m
Episode 113: Lessons from the Far North
Sep 8, 2022 • 9m
Episode 112: Guarding and Judging
Sep 1, 2022 • 8m
Episode 111: Limitations
Aug 25, 2022 • 12m
Episode 110: Seven Weeks of Comfort
Aug 18, 2022 • 13m
Episode 109: Gold, Metal and Light
Aug 11, 2022 • 10m
Episode 108: Tisha B’av
Aug 4, 2022 • 11m
Episode 107: Shouting for Joy
Jul 28, 2022 • 12m
Episode 106: A Dangerous Torah Story
Jul 21, 2022 • 10m
Episode 105: Sermon for Parashat Balak 2005
Jul 14, 2022 • 8m
Episode 104: Prayer on the Football Field
Jul 7, 2022 • 10m
Episode 103: Holiness
Jun 30, 2022 • 9m
Episode 102: A Memorable Journey
Jun 22, 2022 • 10m
Episode 101: Of Shabbat and the World Series. Part 2
Jun 9, 2022 • 17m
Episode 100: Of Shabbat and the World Series: Part 1
Jun 2, 2022 • 11m
Episode 99: Responsibility
May 26, 2022 • 11m
Episode 98: Mountains
May 19, 2022 • 13m
Episode 97: Stumbling Blocks
May 12, 2022 • 7m
Episode 96: Stories to Remember
May 5, 2022 • 17m
Episode 95: Judaism and the Land
Apr 28, 2022 • 12m
Episode 94:Seder Songs Part 3
Apr 13, 2022 • 10m
Episode 93: Seder Songs Part 2
Apr 7, 2022 • 15m
Episode 92: Seder Songs Part 1
Mar 31, 2022 • 12m
Episode 91 A Memorable Night: Then and Now
Mar 24, 2022 • 14m
Episode 90: To Bow Down or Not Bow Down
Mar 15, 2022 • 12m
Episode 89: A Sermon for Ukraine
Mar 7, 2022 • 12m
Episode 88: Continuing to Dream
Feb 27, 2022 • 8m
Episode 87: Torah Wordplay
Feb 24, 2022 • 10m
Episode 86: A Complete Census
Feb 17, 2022 • 10m
Episode 85: Pikkuach Nefesh- Saving a Life
Feb 10, 2022 • 10m
Episode 84: Two Unusual Characters
Feb 3, 2022 • 12m
Episode 83: There’s Always Something Magic
Jan 27, 2022 • 12m
Episode 82: In the Aftermath of the Attack in Colleyville
Jan 16, 2022 • 10m
Episode 81: Glorifying God
Jan 13, 2022 • 9m
Episode 80: Being Wise
Jan 6, 2022 • 14m
Episode 79: Midrash: The Other Meaning
Dec 30, 2021 • 12m
Episode 78: A Question to Consider
Dec 23, 2021 • 6m
Episode 77: Searching and Finding
Dec 16, 2021 • 11m
Episode 76: The Words that Connect Us
Dec 9, 2021 • 10m
Episode 75: Public and Private
Dec 2, 2021 • 9m
Episode 74: Thanksgiving
Nov 23, 2021 • 6m
Episode 73: Miracles. Then and Now?
Nov 18, 2021 • 13m
Episode 72: A Significant Question
Nov 11, 2021 • 14m
Episode 71:A Lesson from theTalmud
Nov 4, 2021 • 14m
Episode 70:Coming Back to Community
Oct 28, 2021 • 15m
Episode 69: The Wisdom of Isaac
Oct 21, 2021 • 12m
Episode 68: Who was Abraham?
Oct 14, 2021 • 13m
Episode 67: Twice A Hero
Oct 7, 2021 • 10m
Episode 66:Singing Torah
Sep 30, 2021 • 10m
Episode 65: An Act of Lovingkindess
Sep 23, 2021 • 13m
Episode 64: The Season of Joy
Sep 17, 2021 • 15m
Episode 63: Memory
Sep 10, 2021 • 13m
Episode 62: The Sound of the Shofar
Sep 2, 2021 • 12m
Episode 61: Watching the River Run
Aug 26, 2021 • 11m
Episode 60: Sincerity and Awareness
Aug 19, 2021 • 17m
Episode 59: Signs on the Road
Aug 12, 2021 • 15m
Episode 58: Coming Home
Aug 5, 2021 • 12m
Episode 57: Adults and Children
Jul 29, 2021 • 13m
Episode 56: HEAR!
Jul 22, 2021 • 12m
Episode 55: The significance of Bar and Bat Mitzvah:
Jul 15, 2021 • 17m
Episode 54: Two Very Familiar Terms
Jul 8, 2021 • 13m
Episode 53: Of Rights and Obligations
Jul 1, 2021 • 17m
Episode 52: A Lesson in Leadership
Jun 23, 2021 • 16m
Episode 51: The End of an Era
Jun 17, 2021 • 11m
Episode 50: Lessons From a Spy Story
Jun 9, 2021 • 12m
Episode 49: Two Critical Issues
Jun 3, 2021 • 13m
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