Below you will find the original video recording of this episode, the core Talmud sources from the conversation (click their citation hyperlinks to find the texts in their fuller context), and a section of Further Learning (links to books, articles, and additional resources mentioned by our hosts). And remember, the most fulfilling way to deepen your learning is to find a chevruta (a study partner) to share it with!

This episode was originally released for Tisha b’Av in 2020, the Jewish calendar’s most essential day of mourning and remembrance. In our new podcast re-release schedule, this episode is coming out much closer to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. As Hashem would have it, Dan Libenson and Benay Lappe draw some fascinating connections between Tisha b’Av and Yom Kippur, deepening our appreciation and intentions for both.

[1] A telling of “The Guru’s Cat” from Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (on Siddha Yoga - click the arrows next to the image to read the story)

[2] The book “Goodnight Moon,” chanted in Torah Trop (news article)

[3] For Rabbi Eliezer and the Oven of Achnai story listen to The Oral Talmud: Episode 3 - Misquoting God and Episode 5 - Excommunicating Dissent

[4] MyJewishLearning articles for: the Avodah and Yizkor services during Yom Kippur

[5] For an intersection of the Yahrzeit practice and Day of the Dead, read “I Say Mourner’s Kaddish on Day of the Dead” by Madison Ciaffone (on HeyAlma)

[6] The episode of Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara interviewing Jake Tapper from July 2020 (on CAFE)

[7] Al Jaffee on MAD Magazine Fold-Ins (on YouTube)

[8] For more on David Kraemer, listen to our interview The Oral Talmud: Episode 4 - Retelling the History

[9] Yitz Greenberg on Judaism Unbound Podcast (Episode 100)

[10] Rabbi Harold Schulweis’s speech before the Rabbinical Assembly in 1993 (on the Valley Beth Shalom website)t

[11] Ibram X. Kendi’s “Stamped From the Beginning” (on his website)

[12] Chris Wallace interview with Trump in July 2020 discussing Project 1619 (trasncript on FoxNews) - More on the 1619 Project (wikipedia)

[13] The Talmud retrojecting the story of The Spies onto Tisha b’Av is on Taanit 29a

[14] Amotz Asa-El discussing his view and book “The Jewish March of Folly” on the podcast Rosner's Domain (at the Jewish Journal)

[15] “The March of Folly” by Barbara Tuchman (on Wikipedia)

[16] “The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis” by Leon R. Kass (at the University of Chicago)

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