Midrashim (Legends)

On this page you will find audio and video files of midrashim (Jewish legends based on biblical themes).  Unless otherwise noted, the link is for an audio file. 

• “Perspective” by Rabbi Laura Baum audio file - and YouTube video
• “Alone” by Rabbi Robert Barr audio file – and YouTube video
• “Generations Collide” by Rabbi Robert Barr audio file – and YouTube video
• “Relativism” by Rabbi Laura Baum YouTube video
• “Death of a Spy” by Rabbi Robert Barr
• Erev Rosh Hashanah 2010 Midrash: The Anger of Joseph’s Unknown Wife
• Rosh Hashanah Day 2010 Midrash: Joseph, Trapped in the Cell
• Erev Yom Kippur 2010 Midrash: Joseph Interpreting Dreams
• Yom Kippur Day 2010 Midrash: Joseph Tormenting His Brothers
• “How Goodly Are Thy Tents” by Rabbi Robert Barr
• “Words” by Rabbi Robert Barr
• “Letting Go” by Rabbi Laura Baum
• “A Cursed People” by Rabbi Robert Barr
• “A Blessings for the Israelites and Balaam ” by Rabbi Laura Baum
• “A Life Not Well Lived: Jacob’s Personal Struggle” by Rabbi Robert Barr
• “Joseph, You’re A Dreamer” by Rabbi Laura Baum (Audio File)
  • Click here for the video of “Joseph, You’re a Dreamer”
• “A New Approach to Jacob’s Struggle” by Rabbi Laura Baum (Audio File)
  • Click here for the video of “A New Approach to Jacob’s Struggle”
• “Not Wanting the Journey to End: Moses and the Promised Land” by Rabbi Robert Barr
• “Aaron Remembers Moses” by Rabbi Robert Barr
• “A Little Bit of Jacob and a Little Bit of Esau in Each of Us” by Rabbi Laura Baum
• “The Way of Tradition: Birthright and Women” by Rabbi Robert Barr
• “Moses Exposes Himself” by Rabbi Robert Barr
• “Moses’ Obsession with Shoes” by Rabbi Ana Bonnheim
• “Rebecca in the Shadows” by Rabbi Robert Barr
• “Isaac Reflects on Fatherhood” by Rabbi Ana Bonnheim
• “Mourning the Deaths” by Rabbi Robert Barr
• “Secular Moses Standing on Sacred Ground” by Rabbi Robert Barr
• “Moses and Joshua’s Final Conversation” by Rabbi Laura Baum
• “Moses Looking at the Promised Land” by Rabbi Robert Barr
• “What were Aaron and Moses Thinking? A tale of Two Brothers” by Rabbi Mark Rothschild, PhD