#7 Keys and Doors — Leviathan Podcast
Is it easy to surrender Jerusalem? How to draw the voice of God? Where can one obtain absolution? Who fights in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre? How can one get rid of the Ten Tribes of Israel? Where are the gates to hell? What keys does God hold in His hand?
This issue features stories about keys and doors, gates and walls, dew and thunderstorms, salted fish and heavenly manna, the caretaker of Sheol and angels with shovels, the Hebrew word for "yogurt" and the Hebrew word for "pedant." Bat Yam, Petah Tikva, and the sixth heaven (one of the three doesn't exist) are mentioned. Abraham, General Allenby, and Alexander the Great are present. God holds three keys in His hand, which He entrusts to no one else. And there's also a story about a hedgehog!
In this special episode, we explore the gates of Babylon, the mysteries of the Queen of Sheba, and the rooster, the most pious of birds. There's also the story of Solomon and the aged eagles. The special episode (and other materials) are available on Patreon.
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00:00 Questions
01:47 Does Petah Tikva exist?
7:40 Gates and Synagogues
1:35 PM Construction of City Gates
3:40 PM Alexander the Great Transforms Jerusalem from West of East to East of West
5:15 PM Synagogue in Gamla
6:07 PM Court on Grzybowska Street
11:40 PM Etymology of the Hebrew Word "Gate"
25:25 Abraham and the Measure of Hospitality
27:45 What Does Yogurt and Funerals Have to Do with It?
31:35 Gates of Jerusalem
34:20 Gate of Mercy
38:36 Gate through which the Messiah will come
40:00 Gate of Huldah
41:40 Where did Spain come from?
42:43 A story about a cemetery
44:30 Gate of Sin
46:46 A story about the hand of God
49:00 Shammai, Hillel, and a voice from heaven
51:05 Why is the Wailing Wall a Wailing Wall?
53:25 Gates of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
56:30 Fights in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
58:48 Who is buried at the entrance to the temple?
1:00:00 Where does the crack in the column come from?
1:02:15 General Allenby and the keys to Jerusalem
1:08:43 Where are the gates of hell?
1:11:57 Angels with fiery whips
1:12:25 The door to Gehenna lurks at every turn
1:14:05 Samariel, the hellish caretaker, and angels with shovels
1:18:44 What is kept in the sixth heaven
1:21:34 The keys that God holds in his hand
1:23:50 Alexander the Great and the Garden of Eden
1:29:15 Alexander the Great and the Ten Lost Tribes
1:33:40 A spell to escape from prison
Books we mention in this episode:
The Jury of her Peers by Susan Glaspell
Bad Rabbi: And Other Strange but True Stories from the Yiddish Press (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture)
The story of Petah Tikva and other non-existent cities can be heard on the Ha-Tshuva podcast (התשובה) by Doron Fischler, issue dated July 2020, called האם פתח תקווה קיימת