2 Kings, chapter 23, is one of the most fascinating chapters in the Bible and contains more layers than would seem at first sight. Rabbi Adam Chalom joins Gil to discuss.

Rabbi Chalom is Dean of North America at the International Institute of Secular Humanistic Judaism and Rabbi of his congregation Kol Hadash in Deerfield, Illinois

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Rabbi Chalom co-edited the book Contemporary Humanistic Judaism: Beliefs, Values, Practices (released January 2025) - click here to get it with 40% discount with the code 6AF24.

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Now that we finished going over the book of Exodus, it's time to go over the most famous Exodus theory, offered by the famed scholar Richard Elliot Friedman in a very popular book. In this episode, Gil debunks his whole theory.

Watch Friedman's talk about the Exodus at a convention (note: it's actually not from his YouTube channel)

Watch Friedman's class about Exodus

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In this summary episode of our work on the book of Exodus, we go over again all the important things we found in Exodus and how we found them

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In our final Exodus episode, we tackle the final 15 chapters of the book, which contain mountains of priestly lists. If you thought lists are boring, then wait till we go over them in context.

Click here to watch a short clip for how you change הכהן (The Priest) to בן נון (Son of Nun) without erasing a single letter, plus two other such examples/

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The Exodus code of civil and economic laws was a radical overhaul of Hebrew society meant to turn it from elitist to populist. When? In 140 BCE.

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The Ten Commandments were written at a particular place and time to change Hebrew society from a statue-worshiping elitist priestly society to a monotheistic populistic one.

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The two priestly Mount Sinai stories star two very different Moses(es), and these differences tell the epic tale of the fall and comeback of the priestly class.

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After getting to Mount Sinai, Moses and the Hebrew VIPs get to *see* their God. What does he look like? And why is he standing on sapphire?

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