Episode 177

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7th May 2026

It’s Always Something Else

The Talmud has a concept that says we live in a world of falsehoods! The Rabbis weren’t being pessimistic. They were being realistic. In this world the surface and the truth are rarely the same thing. They are teaching that our job is to dig.

We need to be alert about what we see and hear. Often what we hear or see is not communication. It is really positioning. It’s about creating a feeling not conveying a meaning.

Let’s play the game “Its Always Something Else”

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The Wisdom of Rabbi Block
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There are many ways to understand God. And your way is valid, because you have a unique place in the universe. Rabbi Block’s wisdom will help you find your place in this world and the next.

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Keneth Block

Rabbi Kenneth Block graduated from Boston College in 1968 and was ordained at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1974, and is a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
Rabbi Block retired after 40 years as an addiction Chaplain for the Veterans Administration Maryland Health Care Systems, as the Chaplain for the Bel Air, Maryland Volunteer Fire Company, as Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine , and Chaplain for the Maryland State Firemen's Association. He was a volunteer for the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington was is a volunteer Chaplain for Capital Caring Hospice.