We go on a bizarre halachic excursion through the sources on Sukkah building - specifically exploring the seemingly strange law: the walls of a sukkah can be made out of a person, as long as they don&apos;t know it. Knowing and not-knowing seem to be intrinsic to what a sukkah is all about... Listen to the podcast, and check out the full source-sheet here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/348191?editor=1 Read and listen to more here, or get in touch to share your thoughts: https://58thcentury.world <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebjosh">Support the show</a>

Shmita Part One: You Must Be Kind!

I believe that the world we live in is understood through words. I believe the more words we have the more we can be in this world. I feel lucky to have inherited a 3,000-year old Jewish tradition of expressing the world in words, and try to be a bridge between the old texts and where people are at today.​​I don't have so many answers to the fundamental questions of existence. I don't try to convince people about anything. But I like learning, I like to facilitate Jewish discussions, I like to help people explore how to be a Jewish human.