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A Rabbi And A Skeptic Walk Into A Podcast
Host Gary Rosenberg, a former atheist, interviews Rabbi Alon Tolwin in a relaxed search for wisdom within Judaism.
Rabbi Alon Tolwin of Aish Detroit is one of the original class of six students who started Aish HaTorah with their teacher, Rabbi Noah Weinberg. Aish is the world’s largest Jewish adult education organization.
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56 episodes
3.9. Alon Together
Is Heaven like the Judaism Hall of Fame? A rocket alarm in Israel goes off in Rabbi’s phone at the 7 minute mark…why does he want to move to Israel, again?Zion, eternity, Rabbi is fired up to live where the war is. I s...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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38:26
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3.77 AI Rabbi. Oy, part two
Featuring Rabbi Alon Tolwin,This one gets a little hairy... Now with more current events than ever before! 1000 more sheets .thanks for listening
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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36:02
3.6 AI meets the the Rabbi
Finally! What took so long? We give Chat GPT a deep question, and look over its homework.The Devil may be in the details a la Shakespeare, or the Devil may be learning from AI.
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Episode 6
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31:40
3.5 Grab bag for Jesus and the holy land
Rabbi Alon Tolwin on....Jesus the Rabbi...Jews fighting Jews... a 2 state solution?... what about Gaza? Check points, living in Israel.
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Episode 5
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31:20
Passover
Featuring Rabbi Alon Tolwin.A don't miss episode... tighten up your chumetz and check it out.
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Episode 4
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35:25
3.3. Moses
Rabbi Alon Tolwin talks with us about Mo, the man, the main guy. I have my usual slightly off-kilter questionsfor him.Hope you enjoy.
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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38:39
3..2 Alon in the Holy Land
See what I did there? Rabbi Alon Tolwin is back from Israel. This episode goes deeper into the feelings about Gaza and Israel. Recorded 1.26.2025.
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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36:45
31. SON OF A Rabbi and a Skeptic!
introducing Season three, with the addition of *SON OF* episodes featuring Rabbi Simcha Tolwin of Aish Detroit.Let's meet the Rabbi in this episode and dive right in to talk about judgment and other mistakes I make every day.
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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2.21 Kosher
Back to basics. Fins but no scales...Linen and wool? what about Corelle dishes?Is this business deal Kosher?Slaughtering animals one at a time.
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Season 2
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Episode 21
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35:13
2.20 Two state solution?
The moral high ground... "it takes both the left wing and the right wing to fly the plane," says noted moralist and political philosopher Red Skelton in 1964. Rabbi Tolwin discusses the two state solution,aid to Gaza, education of Gazan youth. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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2.19 Holy Land debrief
Rabbi Tolwin is fresh back from 6 weeks overseas. Does a visit like that change a person? is it ridiculous for a person to be certain? What about tattoos? Wouldn't you rather have a king? Table manners of Jews.
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Episode 19
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35:00
2.18 Talmud and YOU!
Rabbi Tolwin turns the tables on the interviewer...Torah and constitution..."there's no such thing as free speech."... The golden calf= sexual freedom. Hat tip to Nathan for his role in this story.
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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34:57
The Future of Judaism
2.16 The Future of Judaism?Ortho, Con and Reform... Is perfect parenting possible? The exotic lure of the cheeseburger. The tragedy of the demise of conservative Judaism. What about "spiritual but not religious?"
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Episode 16
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33:25
High holidays 2.15
History as a spiral... "everything is measured by wisdom"....GUILT...Devil's Advocate...Shabbos squared equals Yom Kippur? And a night's sleep equals 1/60th of death? The maths of Torah. What does I'm a Little Teapot have to do w...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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33:21
Forgiveness part deux 2.14
Solid episode If i say so myself. Maybe a bit too much Gare, but then again, that is always a danger. Dinner with Springsteen story, God's forgiveness is not automatic! Crunchers vs Doritos, and more. Thanks for listening. Please tell one other...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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36:12
2.13 Forgiveness
Steve H from macomb County asks the Rabbi about the f word. Rabbi Tolwin tells his first spicy story about room service... Have you ever been flim-flammed? is it ever ok to be get flimmed OR, for that matter, flammed in the first place?
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Episode 13
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38:01
2.12 A Day in the Life of a Rabbi part 2
Woke up... feelin' weird/Dragged a comb across my beard.Rabbi Tolwin gives us a glimpse inside the many traditions and rituals and tasks that liven up his day, including Shabbos.
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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32:26
A day in the life... part one
Does a rabbi put on his pants one leg at a time?Gary wants to know how different Rabbi Tolwin's day is than his (mine). So we talk it through. We discuss the kiss of death, and answer the question, "if sleep is 1/60th of death, what hap...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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31:08
Go to yourself
Rabbi introduces an existential dilemma. We discuss looking for meaning and why that may be a mistake; is being a Rabbi enough? The nature of good; looking over your shoulder at honor, and changing the world from a room, no hat tip to Leonard C...
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Episode 10
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29:24
Sleepwalking in 48 ways
2.9. Why are there 48 ways, anyhoo? Part b is about sleepwalking, which I suffer from. and when I say suffer...Was I careful with the cosmic balance? Is proof absolute? The stakes are your life! Keep your wisdom in large bills.... and, ...
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Episode 9
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35:36
2.8 Friendship, Talmud style
Weighty subject. "Kill me!" No, kill me!" Now that's friendship. From Charles Schultz's Linus all the way to Constantinople, what is a half a friend? A pig in a sack? Rabbi Tolwin elucidates the levels of friendship for us.&n...
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Episode 8
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41:23
What Is Life, Mr. Beatle, Sir?
Rabbi Tolwin, inspired this day by George Harrison, wants to tackle this question.The song led us from God the celebrity, God's ego, is it better to be authentic or moral, the push-pull between ignorance and innocence, finally ending up whe...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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36:48
Living with Awe
We touch on Fleetwood Mac, the Key to Misery, controlling our thoughts and emotions, and jumping off a bridge. All that and more as we explore number 4 of the 48 Ways To Wisdom, from the teachings of Rabbi Noah Weinberg, founder of Aish HaTorah...
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Episode 5
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32:35