What do you do when decisions that your national community are making are heartbreaking, troubling, and traumatic? You find a way to bring yourself and your issues to the Torah portion of the week. We do this with recent decisions by the US Supreme Court in this week’s episode featuring your co-hosts who had a lot of thoughts and feelings and yes, perspectives that we wanted to share. While we didn’t smash anything physically this week, we took a swing at why the Judaism that we practice has a lot to say on the issues that we’re facing as a nation. For those trying to avoid the political, here are timestamps for the different sections of the episode: Parashat Chukat Distilled Summary: 01:47-05:29 Midrashic Mixology: 23:17-24:10 Some of our textual sources: Exodus 21:22-23 Yevamot 69b:10 Mishnah Niddah 3:7 Gittin 23b:9 Mishnah Oholot 7:6 Sanhedrin 72b Mishneh Torah Murderer and the Preservation of Life 1:9 Responsum L’vushai Mord’khai, 1913 Pew Study (2014): https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/religious-tradition/jewish/views-about-abortion/ To continue the conversation: Facebook: Drinking and Drashing Instagram: @DrinkingandDrashing Our website: DrinkingandDrashing.com Our email: [email protected] Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/xeeghhpSy3 Show the love with some Drinking and Drashing: Torah with a Twist merchandise at store.drinkinganddrashing.com, and don’t forget to subscribe and give us a rating on Apple Podcasts—it’s a great way to help our show grow! Edited by Kate Griffin