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Ta Shma

Ta Shma

By: Hadar Institute
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Bringing you recent lectures, classes, and programs from the Hadar Institute, Ta Shma is where you get to listen in on the beit midrash. Come and listen on the go, at home, or wherever you are. Hosted by Rabbi Avi Killip of the Hadar Institute.© 2026 Ta Shma Judaism Spirituality
Episodes
  • R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Pinhas: Between Optional and Obligatory Wars

    R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Pinhas: Between Optional and Obligatory Wars
    Jul 1 2026

    Over the past three years, a myriad of terms for the reality of war have emerged in Israeli discourse: a commanded war (milhemet mitzvah), an existential war (milhemet kiyyum), a war of restoration (milhemet komemiyut), an optional war (milhemet reshut), and more. At the core of each concept lies a different mode of conduct and a different motive, and they express a stance on the place war occupies in society as a whole, and in relation to other social duties and needs in particular.


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    11 mins
  • R. Elazar Symon on the 17th of Tammuz: What Must Be Broken

    R. Elazar Symon on the 17th of Tammuz: What Must Be Broken
    Jun 29 2026

    The tragedies we remember on 17th Tammuz are really of different kinds.
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    8 mins
  • R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Balak: “A People Like a Lion”

    R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Balak: “A People Like a Lion”
    Jun 24 2026

    Bilam’s prophecies are rich, dense, and enigmatic. One in particular was emphasised recently in 2025 when the war with Iran took its name from Bilam’s words: “a people like a lion” (am ke-lavi). What does this phrase mean? What kind of people are “like a lion”? What does this mean for our identity as Israel? And what use of power does Bilam’s analogy suggest?


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    11 mins
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