Baila Olidort

This episode reflects on how stories shape moral imagination, how freedom is learned through narrative, and why what we pass down matters as much as what we lived through.

Vaeira traces the slow unraveling of a world that can no longer endure, and asks what it takes to be drawn out from the very heart of its collapse.

There's a particular violence in having one's pain go unseen, their cry unheard, their voice shut down. The Jewish people understand this. And Parshat Shemot speaks directly to it. What does redemption look like from inside this narrow place?

In this episode of Torah in Seven, the final one in the Book of Genesis, we explore what it means to live inside an unfinished story—and what the Torah asks of us when escape is not an option and endurance becomes a moral act.

What does it mean to step forward in moments of tension and uncertainty? This episode of Torah in Seven reflects on honesty, responsibility, and the possibility of repair.

Joseph names his son "G-d made me forget." But forget what—and why? And why is letting go sometimes the only way to become?

What truths sit in plain sight, waiting for us to finally recognize them? Discover the power of recognition in this week’s Torah in Seven with Baila Olidort.

What happens when all your relational anchors are no longer available to you? This week’s episode of Torah in Seven explores developing a core identity that doesn’t depend on anything external to the self.

Torah in Seven explores the weekly parsha in seven minutes. Each episode pulls a single thread from the narrative and follows it inward, revealing new facets of wisdom. Join host Baila Olidort as she weaves classical commentary, Chassidic insight, and per...

Chabad at Berkeley urges students to embrace campus culture of ethnic pride