A Book Like No Other

A Book Like No Other is a chance to learn alongside Aleph Beta Founder and Lead Scholar, Rabbi David Fohrman, a master close reader of Torah, as he embarks on his most far-reaching and in-depth explorations. Each season is a stand-alone journey into a different Torah text. Our only goal: reading the Torah carefully, on its own terms, and following wherever that leads. Together, we'll unwrap remarkable patterns and surprising connections that lie just beneath the Torah's surface, revealing the beauty and insight that truly make the Torah a book like no other. A Book Like No Other is a project of Aleph Beta, a Torah media company dedicated to spreading the joy and love of meaningful Torah learning worldwide. A Book Like No Other is made possible through the generous support of Shari and Nathan Lindenbaum. For our full library of over 1,000 videos and podcasts, as well as bonus content for Book Like No Other, </b

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  Episode #2

  Yom Kippur and Yonah, Part 2

  Aug 17, 202643 minS8

  Why should God forgive us? Rabbi Fohrman and Imu trace Yom Kippur’s mystery through the Book of Jonah and across the breadth of the Torah. Want to check out the printable transcript and recap for this episode? It’s all here on our season page . Want access to the video version of this podcast, an exclusive ad-free feed, and all prior seasons of BLNO? Plus - support the Torah that you love? Become an Aleph Beta member . Already an Aleph Beta member? To keep listening without ads, switch over to the exclusive, ad-free feed . Watch the video version of this podcast here . We love to hear from you! Click here to share your thoughts, insights, questions, and reactions by voice note, or send us an email at info@alephbeta.org. A Book Like No Other is a product of Aleph Beta, and made possible through the generous support of Shari and Nathan Lindenbaum. Aleph Beta is a Torah media company dedicated to spreading the joy and love of meaningful Torah learning worldwide.

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  Episode #1

  Yom Kippur and Yonah, Part 1

  Aug 13, 202629 minS8

  Why should God ever forgive us? Don't get us wrong, we all want to be forgiven. But when we take a step back and really think about divine forgiveness… something doesn't quite add up. Imagine Yom Kippur: say we do everything "right," we fast, we stand in synagogue and beat our chests, we reflect on where we went wrong and resolve to do better. We do teshuva: real and from the heart. So God wipes our sins clean, as if we'd never done them at all. Mercy is great and all, but isn't God also meant to be a paragon of justice? Forgiving that easily doesn't feel very "just." Do we really want to live in a world where wrongdoing is wiped away by nothing more than a heartfelt "I'm sorry, I'll do better"? Whatever happened to being held accountable for our actions? In this epic season, Rabbi Fohrman and Imu seize upon a mysterious verse about forgiveness from the Yom Kippur prayer service that sends them deep into the Book of Jonah, and ultimately across the breadth of the Torah, in search of answers. We love to hear from you! Click here to share your thoughts, insights, questions, and reactions by voice note, or send us an email at info@alephbeta.org. A Book Like No Other is a product of Aleph Beta, and made possible through the generous support of Shari and Nathan Lindenbaum. Aleph Beta is a Torah media company dedicated to spreading the joy and love of meaningful Torah learning worldwide.

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  Episode #3

  The Manna, Part 3

  Feb 10, 20261 hourS7

  A bizarre moment in the Manna story occurs when the Jews lament that they should have been killed in Egypt by “the hand of God.” Was this a hand that benevolently pulled the Jews out of Egypt, or that hand that smote the Egyptian firstborn? How do we teach our children the truth of that fateful night of the Exodus? Our season finale tackles the big questions of food, trauma, and the Exodus. We love to hear from you! Click here to share your thoughts, insights, questions, and reactions by voice note, or send us an email at info@alephbeta.org. A Book Like No Other is a product of Aleph Beta, and made possible through the generous support of Shari and Nathan Lindenbaum. Aleph Beta is a Torah media company dedicated to spreading the joy and love of meaningful Torah learning worldwide.

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  Episode #2

  The Manna, Part 2

  Feb 3, 202644 minS7

  In this episode Rabbi Fohrman puts the bitter herbs - maror - under a microscope. Why do we need to hold onto a reminder of our slavery, during a Passover seder that represents freedom? Drawing from a principle of teshuvah - repentance, our hosts carve out an incredible principle in human psychology and what it takes to heal from trauma. Can't Skip the Bitter (to Get to the Sweet) (Verse 1) In Egypt the bread held the taste of our tears Sourdough—you couldn't tell where it stopped The sourness baked into four hundred years Until the whole batch was bitter and locked But God didn't hand us the honey that night Didn't say: forget it, here's something new He gave us flat bread with bitter alongside— Separated. Still there. Still true. (Chorus) You can't skip the bitter to get to the sweet You can't leave the sorrow behind The only way forward is going back through it One morning at a time (Verse 2) The manna came later, the honey came slow Forty years of daily bread Each day God was asking: do you believe now that you’re more than the tears that you’ve shed? And every spring we sit down at the table Flat bread and bitter, side by side Not because we're still slaves—because we remember What it took to come back alive (Chorus) You can't skip the bitter to get to the sweet You can't leave the sorrow behind The only way forward is going back through it One morning at a time (Bridge) Each day the same question falling Like bread upon the ground: Are you more than what was done to you? Are you more than what you've done? (Verse 3) Two families broken, made into one He said: leave the past where it lies Build something new now, the future's begun But nobody asked who we were before the goodbyes And forty years later I knocked on her door I said there's something I never did right I never once asked you to tell me the story Of who held your hand through the long, long night (Chorus) Tell me about your mother What was it like when she was yours? Tell me about your mother I should have asked you this before You can't skip the bitter to get to the sweet You can't leave the sorrow behind The only way forward is going back through it And that's what I'm doing this time You can also listen to this song on Youtube and Spotify . We love to hear from you! Click here to share your thoughts, insights, questions, and reactions by voice note, or send us an email at info@alephbeta.org. A Book Like No Other is a product of Aleph Beta, and made possible through the generous support of Shari and Nathan Lindenbaum. Aleph Beta is a Torah media company dedicated to spreading the joy and love of meaningful Torah learning worldwide.

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  Episode #1

  The Manna, Part 1

  Jan 27, 202642 minS7

  Could the flavor of Biblical food teach us about the Exodus? This new season kicks off with an unbelievable connection between how the Israelites ate manna in the desert, and how they ate their Passover meal before leaving Egypt. The secret lies in how each meal affected our tastebuds. You'll have to taste it to believe it! For more of the parallels we discovered, check out this chart . We love to hear from you! Click here to share your thoughts, insights, questions, and reactions by voice note, or send us an email at info@alephbeta.org. A Book Like No Other is a product of Aleph Beta, and made possible through the generous support of Shari and Nathan Lindenbaum. Aleph Beta is a Torah media company dedicated to spreading the joy and love of meaningful Torah learning worldwide.

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