Musings and remarks about Judaism, Chassidus, philosophy, and modern life from Benjamin Walters, a self-proclaimed "non-denominational Jew" living in the Great Basin desert in the High Sierras. Although not well-versed in the Talmudic texts or in rabbinical wisdom, Benjamin attempts to provide a unique and perspective and blend of American, Orthodox, Secular, and worldly beliefs to his view and interpretation of the Torah, and to help others in the journey and understand of their lives as Benjamin learns and navigates through his own.
This episode is concerning Parsha Shmot, the first parsha in the book of the same name. Specifically, I wanted to look at how Moshe discounts his own ...
In the first recording regarding Parsha Vayechi, we look at the circumstances surrounding Jacob blessing Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph's two sons. Jaco...
My personal thoughts on the recent spate of attacks against Orthodox Jews in the New York area at the end of 2019. My heart goes out to all those who ...
Part 4 of the discussion regarding Vayigash. This part discusses Joseph introducing his family to Pharoah, and how the Israelites prospered in the lan...
Part 3 of the discussion around Parsha Vayigash. We discuss Jacob hearing the news that Joseph is still alive, and the meeting between the two as fath...
Part 2 of the discussion regarding Parsha Vayigash. This episode talks about the possible significance behind the number of descendents from each of ...
The first part of my commentary on Parsha Vayishlach, particularly from Joseph's and Judah's arguments about what will happen with Benjamin, and Josep...