A Road Trip Through Rabbinic Narrative with Daniel Gober

About A Road Trip Through Rabbinic Narrative with Daniel Gober

In each episode, we explore a passage from Midrash or Aggadah and try to understand what in the biblical text prompted Chazal to tell the story in this particular way.

Publisher

Daniel Gober

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Apr 2026

Latest episode

25 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Oct 2026

   Ep. 31 | What Did Satan Have Against Avraham’s Party?

   What could possibly have been wrong with Avraham celebrating the birth of his long-awaited son, and why would Chazal connect that celebration to the Akeidah many years later? Two seemingly unrelated conversations—one between Satan and Hashem, the other between Yishmael and Yitzchak—may reveal what was really at stake. Sources: Sanhedrin 89b; Rashi on Bereishis 22:1.

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   18 Oct 2026

   Ep. 30 | Did Og Really Survive the Mabul?

   The Torah seems clear that only Noach and his family survived the Mabul. Yet a Midrash tells us that Og, Melech HaBashan, survived by clinging to the outside of the Teivah. Why would Chazal introduce another survivor who didn't even live during that time? Exploring Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 23, Niddah 61a, and the pesukim in Bamidbar and Devarim.

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   11 Oct 2026

   Ep. 29 | Why Was Hevel Buried by Animals? (Bereishis 4:8)

   The Torah tells us that Cain (Kayin) murdered his brother Abel (Hevel) in Genesis 4, but never tells us what happened to his body. A surprising Midrash in Yalkut Shimoni (Bereishis, Remez 38) teaches that birds and kosher animals buried Hevel—and were rewarded with the berachos of shechitah and kisuy hadam. Why would Chazal introduce animals into the story of the first murder? What do these berachos have to do with Hevel’s burial? And what might this unusual Midrash reveal about Kayin’s crime?

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