Best Hannukah Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 66 - Ideas that are the roots of Zionism 11:47

26m ago11:47

11:47

At these turbulent times, we must understand what Zionism is really about. Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro will tell us how and why the fathers of Zionism were radical anti-semites!

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Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 49:02

15d ago49:02

49:02

Aye lads and lassies and wee bairns (wait, this is no place for wee bairns!) This is our hundredth episode, to our vast surprise, so we're gonna make enemies and talk about Outlander! He's Jamie, the only feminist in eighteenth century Scotland! She's Claire, a time traveling nurse with a boring husband! Buckle up, sassenachs, because if you know t…

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Episode 65 -The Whole Gruesome Truth about the Israeli Army 1:12:54

11d ago1:12:54

1:12:54

An authentic Jew could never enlist in the IDF. The IDF is a melting pot to make all its members into non-religious Jews. You would have to forfeit your life before you enter such an institution. Listen to how Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro explains what the IDF IS REALLY ABOUT...

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Episode 64 - About "Sinas Chinam" - Reasonless Hatred 16:03

1M ago16:03

16:03

It Caused the Holy Beis HaMikdash to be destroyed, and being that the latter has not yet been rebuilt, we know that we still have to fix this grave sin. We explore the reasons behind Sinas Chinam and how it can be fixed.

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Episode 63 - Part two on the Miracles Hashem Yisborach performs in putting us to sleep and waking us up 25:06

2M ago25:06

25:06

And how much we have to appreciate them

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Episode 62 - A discussion about the miracles of falling asleep and walking up in the morning.... 25:15

2M ago25:15

25:15

It is no simple adventure and Hashem gives this gift every day!

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Lightning by Dean Koontz 1:04:58

2M ago1:04:58

1:04:58

He's Stephan, a time travelling good Nazi! She's Laura, a woman he will not leave alone! It's Dean Koontz's Lightning, the first of our summer road trip books! To explain the amazing graphic my husband ran up for this - I am almost certain this is Koontz's own Terminator fanfic, predicting Badass T2 Sarah Connor years before that movie came out. If…

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Bear by Marian Engel 46:39

3M ago46:39

46:39

He's a bear. Like an actual bear. She's having a midlife crisis. This seems like a pretty extreme response. This is Bear by Marian Engel, which won the Governor General's Award in 1976 and is evidently the most controversial Canadian novel of all time. Sounds like a skills issue to me. You know that joke about how you can build a bridge with your b…

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What Is Free Speech On Campus? 48:55

3M ago48:55

48:55

Many of us have watched college campuses around the country erupt in protests, with tent camps being set up on greenspaces calling for universities to disclose and divest from companies that do business in Israel. But when do the chants, signs and graffiti cross the line from first-amendment-protected free speech to something more nefarious? This w…

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Episode 61 - The Arab Israeli conflict and what Jews EVERYWHERE have to know about it 48:59

4M ago48:59

48:59

We have nothing to do with it

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Episode 59 - Some severe issues with modern "Hebrew" 9:23

4M ago9:23

9:23

Certain things you can never say

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A Crime of the Heart by Cheryl Reavis 35:47

4M ago35:47

35:47

His job is Amish! She's an accountant with an ulcer and a bad case of second chance romance! Will they fall back in love? Can she get over that weird beard thing? Find out in Cheryl Reavis' A Crime of the Heart, another of our "five heart romances"! If you're new to this, we're doing episodes on the list of books that Romantic Times reviewer Melind…

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Episode 58 - Again a special episode from Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro 54:42

5M ago54:42

54:42

Very important overview of what Zionism is really about

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Annie's Song by Catherine Anderson 40:14

5M ago40:14

40:14

He's Alex, an Oregon gentleman farmer with a very bad brother! She's Annie, a Deaf woman who's treated like garbage by literally everyone! Welcome to Annie's Song by Catherine Anderson! There are some pretty strong content warnings for this one - it won't surprise you that it's full of ableism, both Original Recipe and Extra Paternalistic, of cours…

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E[isode 57 - Erev Pesach is the time to work on being patient 4:14

6M ago4:14

4:14

Emulating Hashem like we saw in the Tomer DeVorah

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Episode 56 - About the Amazing Sefer Tomer DeVorah 7:01

6M ago7:01

7:01

We need to listen to him and Appreciate him!

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Episode 55 - Let's get rid of negative emotions! 5:12

6M ago5:12

5:12

The hurt and damage only us!

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Episode 54 - On Balei Tshuva and Kidush Hashem 11:31

6M ago11:31

11:31

A possible connection

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Danger Zone by Doreen Owens Malek 47:11

7M ago47:11

47:11

This is our first intentional entry in a little project we're doing - friend of the podcast Steve Ammidown posted this fascinating spread with a list of all the books Melinda Helfer, a Romantic Times editor, awarded five hearts in a review. Sixteen books out of ten thousand! Well, it turns out we'd already done two of them - Lightning that Lingers …

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Episode 53 - Never fear to be "different" 5:37

7M ago5:37

5:37

Never fear to be "silly"!

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Episode 52 - "Israel" is not the State of the Jews from Rabbi Y. Shapiro 26:37

8M ago26:37

26:37

We are Americans, and very proud to be so! Form Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro - get more sanity here: https://www.committinghighreason.com/

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Send No Flowers by Sandra Brown 1:12:58

8M ago1:12:58

1:12:58

He's Pierce, a hot guy with a secret (and it's not that he's part of the military industrial complex, he's proud of that part!) She's Alicia, a widowed mother of two who works in a romance novel boutique! Welcome to Send No Flowers by Sandra Brown - if you'd like to listen to our previous book by her way back in Episode 36, which believe you me is …

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Episode 51 - We have nothing to do with the Zionist State 6:49

8M ago6:49

6:49

Their wars and victories ar not ours!

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Introductory Note and Chapter 01 10:20

9M ago10:20

10:20

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Chapter 02 7:29

9M ago7:29

7:29

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Chapter 03 9:05

9M ago9:05

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Chapter 04 11:11

9M ago11:11

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Chapter 05 6:25

9M ago6:25

6:25

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Chapter 06 7:41

9M ago7:41

7:41

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Chapter 07 9:28

9M ago9:28

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Chapter 08 9:30

9M ago9:30

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Chapter 09 7:09

9M ago7:09

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Chapter 10 8:19

9M ago8:19

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Chapter 11 7:11

9M ago7:11

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Chapter 12 10:40

9M ago10:40

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Ben's Bakery and the Hannukah Miracle by Penelope Peters 36:32

9M ago36:32

36:32

He's Ben, a cinnamon roll who bakes cinnamon rolls! He's Adam, a hockey coach and a pain in the ass! It's our annual modern gay Hannukah book - chag sameach, y'all! This year we read Ben's Bakery and the Hannukah Miracle by Penelope Peters. This one does have some serious religious gatekeeping - we mention it because it is really upsetting because …

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Chapter 13 6:18

9M ago6:18

6:18

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Chapter 14 11:36

9M ago11:36

11:36

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Chapter 15 8:05

9M ago8:05

8:05

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Episode 50 - Specially for Hannukah 5:32

9M ago5:32

5:32

Flush everything Greek out of our system

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Mistletoe and Holly by Janet Dailey 25:16

9M ago25:16

25:16

He's Tagg, a Christmas-obsessed single dad! She's Leslie, a woman immobilized by a broken leg who cannot escape the holiday despite driving several states away and telling everybody she would prefer not to! He would probably be okay except that he's always "smirking" or "mocking" or whatevering his dialogue at her! For some reason his hair is very …

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Till the End of Time by Suzanne Elizabeth 50:55

10M ago50:55

50:55

He's Scott, the dumbest fighter pilot to ever be trusted with a top secret time travel experiment! She's Rachel, a Civil War spy who has somehow never worn a corset! It's Till the End of Time, a 1994 time travel romance by Suzanne Elizabeth that has twenty whole reviews on Goodreads! This is a silly book, so there isn't much to warn you about excep…

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Greygallows by Barbara Michaels 44:51

11M ago44:51

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Happy Halloween! He's Clare, a baron with a very expensive contractor's bill and a suspicious number of black armbands in his wardrobe. She's Lucy, a sheltered seventeen year old girl with a big inheritance and absolutely no friends anywhere. What a great combination! It's Greygallows by Barbara Michaels, who is also Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Me…

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The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice 2:56:21

11M ago2:56:21

2:56:21

Welcome to our fourth (!) annual AnneRiceoween extravaganza featuring The Vampire Armand! We skipped Memnoch the Devil because we just did not want to read it, but don't worry, this book makes us find out what happened in it anyway! As usual, this episode features Friend of the Podcast Dr. Claire Mischker, weird audio (we had to change our remote r…

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Episode 49 - I and My Household will Serve Hashem 6:17

11M ago6:17

6:17

Don't be discouraged to stand alone for the Truth

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Episode 48 - On these turbulent times in Eretz Yisroel 1:39:23

11M ago1:39:23

1:39:23

From Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro

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Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey 1:26:25

12M ago1:26:25

1:26:25

He's Vanyel, the whiniest teenager ever chosen for a top government position by a horse! He's Tylendel, doomed twin and bad decision maker! Forget it, Jake, it's Valdemar! This is the first in Mercedes Lackey's Last Herald Mage trilogy, Magic's Pawn - it is not a romance novel, there is no happy ending, there are only tears. The tears are, in fact,…

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Episode 47 - How to do Tshuvah for Rosh Hashana and always! 6:51

1y ago6:51

6:51

Two important guiding elements

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The Windflower by Laura London 1:15:56

1y ago1:15:56

1:15:56

She's Merry, a naïve teenager who mostly sits around waiting for something to happen. He's Devon, the evil pirate who kidnaps her mostly by accident. It's the War of 1812! Laura London is actually Tom and Sharon Curtis; we previously did a Loveswept by them that was a lot of fun, Lightning That Lingers. Check it out! We've been sleeping on this boo…