In this episode, Rabbi Yossi talks with Cari Kozreiok of Ve'ahavta which provides much needed support to the homeless Jewish community of Toronto. Cari shares some of the struggles that the homeless community of Toronto has been experiencing in recent months in...
Episode 12: Jewish Law – The Way And The Weight
In this episode, Rabbi Yossi and Dr. Malamet discuss Halacha, Jewish law, which provides us with an agreed upon set of values. They discuss whether Halacha is capable of standing on its own without the presence of God, and what life might be without it? The different...
Episode 11: The Backyard Urban Farm Company
Rabbi Yossi interviews backyard urban farmers Marc Green and Arlene Hazzan, co-owners of BUFCO (Backyard Urban Farm Company), about how they transform urban spaces into amazing gardens. Their passion to grow nourishing food in urban spaces led them to help others to...
Podcast Episode 10: The Kvetcher in the Rye
Yossi begins by telling a story about when he was travelling and stopped at a friend’s house where his friend made him biscuits from 100-year old starter sourdough. Yossi relates this to selling your chametz every year before...
Podcast Episode 9: The Wicked Son
One of the centre pieces of the Seder is the section on the four sons. Both Yossi and Elliott like the “wicked son” above all. Yossi notes that according to the Haggadah, once they finish “smacking around” the wicked son, we do not hear from him again, either because...
Podcast Episode 8: Love Me Two Times, Baby
Elliott begins by recalling how his daughter would dress up like Esther on Purim, all made up as though entering a “beauty contest.” But when you read the Megillah, the […]
Podcast Episode 7: Turn Off The Tape
Elliott begins the podcast by telling a story about a few years ago he was invited to moderate a panel comprised of a number of Orthodox singles, who talked about […]
Podcast Episode 6: Tu B’Shvat
Tu B’Shvat is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the renewal of trees in a yearly cycle. Elliott notes, the timing of the holiday on the Jewish calendar is weird, falling out in the middle of winter. If we really wanted to get into the spirit of the day, we’d send...
Podcast Episode 5: Chanukah
Rabbi Yossi and Dr. Elliott Malamet talk about Chanukah in episode 5 of the Living Jewishly Podcast.
Podcast Episode 4: The Road To Resilience
Dr. Elliott Malamet hosts a conversation about resilience with author Sherri Mandel. He opens with an interesting juxtaposition. In Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, two tramps stand around at the side […]