This is a Q and A style format with Rabbi Artson. In this podcast, the Rabbi talks about his views on topics such as Israel, hospital visits, public vs. private and more.
This is an episode of envisioning a worthy Judaism with Rabbi Artson. In this episode, Rabbi Artson talks about the Jewish understanding of peace.
This is a recording of Rabbi Artson’s 2011 year-opening talk to rabbinical students. He gives a motivating and intellectually stimulating talk about the strength of our words.
There are certainly enough reasons to consume our lives with worry. Parents don't meet our needs fully; children don't quite live up to our expectations. Spouses are all too human.
This is a recording of Rabbi Artson from the FJMC Convention.
After the Israelites sin at Baal-Pe'or, God lashes out in anger, ordering Moses to "Take all the heads of the people and have them publicly impaled." Before Moses can act on God's command, a leading Israelite named Zimri and a leading Midianite woman named Cozbi enter the sacred site of the Tent of Meeting and there, before the entire people, begin to copulate. This arrogant escalation of sin inflames Pinhas, the leader of the Levitical guards, who grabs a spear and impales the two sinners.
2011 Ordination Charge to the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies Ordinands
Toward the end of Parashat Behar, the section of the Torah that we read this coming Shabbat, the Torah speaks of our need to redeem Israelites who, due to their poverty, put themselves into slavery. And these specific commands are quite consistent with the Torah's commandments elsewhere. God says, "For it is to Me that the Israelites are servants. They are My servants, whom I freed from the Land of Egypt, I, the Holy One, your God (Lv 25:55)."