Maimonides
Medieval Jewish philosopher and legalist
Episodes
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#5640: When Going to the Gym Meant Saving Your SoulThe word "asceticism" started as Greek for athletic training. How did it end up on top of a pillar — and why does Judaism push back? -
#5631: The Incense Recipe Nobody Could CopyEleven spices, 368 maneh, and one pinch of smoke-raiser that even Alexandria's scientists couldn't crack. -
#5351: Six Thousand Years and a Deadline That Keeps MovingRav Katina's 6,000-year clock says the year 2239. The Ramban called it non-binding. Maimonides cursed anyone who used it. -
#4141: Soul Recycling: Jewish Reincarnation UncoveredMost Jews don't know Judaism has a reincarnation tradition. One rabbi's offhand comment reveals a hidden world. -
#4027: The Hand on the Head: Blessing Across MillenniaA spontaneous blessing in a Jerusalem cafe opens up 3,000 years of embodied tradition—from Jacob's crossed hands to the Friday night table. -
#3720: Why Chabad's Yellow Moshiach Flags Survived the Rebbe's DeathHow a Hasidic movement reconciled its Rebbe's death with messianic belief — and what it reveals about Judaism vs. Christianity. -
#2930: How the Rabbis Saved the Bible's Most Dangerous BookThe book that says "everything is pointless" was almost cut from the Bible. Here's how the rabbis reinvented it. -
#1319: The Dhimmi System: Life Under the Pact of UmarExplore the complex legal reality of dhimmitude and how the Pact of Umar shaped Jewish life in the Islamic world for over a millennium. -
#1164: The Triple Homicide of the Soul: The Ethics of GossipExplore why the truth can be a weapon and how ancient Jewish wisdom treats gossip as a "triple homicide" of the soul.