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Parsha Mishpatim, Rapid Fire Jewish Banjo + Mitzvot (Torah Video Mashup)

January 20, 2014 by Patrick Beaulier

Laws, laws and more laws. But it’s a heck of a lot less boring when they’re read over an eight year old boy playing banjo like a you-know-what!

Filed Under: Jewish Text (Torah/Haftarah/Talmud), Podcasts & Videos Tagged With: banjo, convert to judaism, convert to judaism online, D'var Torah, darshan yeshiva, jewish music, mishpatim, online conversion, parsha mishpatim, parshah mishpatim, patrick "aleph" beaulier, patrick aleph, punktorah, rabbi beaulier, rabbi patrick aleph beaulier, torah video mashup

Parting the “Red Sea” with Heston, Spielberg and a High School Homecoming Game: Parsha Beshalach (Torah Video Mashup)

January 6, 2014 by Patrick Beaulier

Just like it says: three ways to part the Red Sea aka Sea of Reeds. What’s your favorite miracle?

Filed Under: Jewish Text (Torah/Haftarah/Talmud), Podcasts & Videos Tagged With: beshalach, convert to judaism, convert to judaism online, D'var Torah, darshan yeshiva, exodus, Moses, online conversion, parshah bechalach, parting red sea, parting the sea, patrick "aleph" beaulier, patrick aleph, punktorah, rabbi beaulier, rabbi patrick aleph beaulier, sea of reeds, torah video mashup

Parshah Vayechi – Oh, Smack! Karate Kid, Red Lobster and Fiddler on the Roof

December 2, 2013 by Patrick Beaulier

The Friday night blessing in traditional communities includes the phrase “may you be like Ephraim and Manasseh.” Here’s what I’m wondering: why do we mention Ephraim and Manasseh? I mean, most prayers mention Abraham, Isaac and Jacob…so what the heck are Ephraim and Mannaseh randomly doing in this prayer?

In Parsha Vayechi, Jacob “elevates” the status of Joseph’s sons to that of his sons, in effect, making Ephraim and Manasseh inheritors of the patriarchal lineage and an equal member of the Jewish clan. Traditional commentators say that Ephraim and Manasseh showed themselves worthy by being moral people in the land of Egypt, when they could have been all depraved …like Charlie Sheen!

But Robert Alter in The Five Books of Moses suggests something different. It is not so much that Ephraim and Manasseh were so special. Rather, it is because Reuben and Simeon were such failures, that in a sense, Joseph’s sons [Read more…]

Filed Under: Jewish Text (Torah/Haftarah/Talmud), Podcasts & Videos Tagged With: convert to judaism, convert to judaism online, D'var Torah, darshan yeshiva, efraim, ephraim, jacob, Joseph, manasseh, mannaseh, online conversion, parshah vayechi, patrick "aleph" beaulier, patrick aleph, punktorah, rabbi beaulier, rabbi patrick aleph beaulier, torah video mashup

Parsha Vayishlach and Wrestlemania (Torah Video Mashup)

November 12, 2013 by Patrick Beaulier

There are lots of different ways we wrestle. Some of us wrestle with difficult decisions. Some of us wrestle with the weight of our family and our friends, and some of us wrestle in other ways. In this week’s Torah portion, Vayishlach, Jacob wrestles with a mysterious figure. Some say it was an angel. Some say it was God. Others say it was his brother Esau. We do know that after this event, Jacob’s name becomes Israel. Struggling changes us; sometimes it changes our very identity, just like it did for Jacob.

We all wrestle. And we all change. The question is: are you changing for better, or worse?

Judaism: the real Wrestlemania.

Filed Under: Podcasts & Videos Tagged With: convert to judaism, convert to judaism online, darshan yeshiva, jewish wrestling, judaism wrestling, online conversion, parsha vayishlach, patrick "aleph" beaulier, patrick aleph, punktorah, rabbi beaulier, rabbi patrick aleph beaulier, torah video mashup, Vayishlach, wrestlemania

We’re Hiring! Kinda… Parshah Tzav (Torah Video Mashup)

March 20, 2013 by Patrick Beaulier

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkJ14uRRZ4s

WOW…we are just SLAMMED over here in PunkTorah land. Circle Pit the Bimah was just released, and our vegan cookbook is flying off the virtual shelves for Passover (that’s what happens when you give something away for free). Not to mention two local grants we have received (more details to come) and a host of other exciting adventures that await us.

Problem is, that doesn’t leave a lot of time for Torah Video Mashup. At least not this week. So instead, we’re going all retro-rewind style with this old dvar Torah from back in the good old days.

So here’s the deal: if you consider yourself creative, love YouTube and want to volunteer at PunkTorah, consider becoming our Torah Video Mashup extraordinaire. You write the script, pick the videos from around the intertubes that best relates to the weekly Torah portion, and either you edit them together or give it to us to [Read more…]

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