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Episode 156
Treyf and the Sacred Stomach
Explore how the Torah's original meaning of treyf reveals the deeper purpose of keeping kosher in today's world.
10-Minute Mitzvah Podcast·Episode 153·09:41
Locusts, Plagues, and Jewish Unity
As a devastating plague that ravaged 19th-century America reminds us, locusts are among the most destructive creatures in nature—yet forms of them are also the only insects that are kosher. What does this curious incongruity reveal?
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