Making a Hero: Character and Virtue

Are hero's born or made? Is it a choice one can make? How can Judaism help us develop our most heroic selves? In this week's episode we discuss how one 'makes a hero,' relating to the most recent episode of 'Radiolab,' how practicing Judaism helps a person develop a virtuous character, and why that is so important. For the paragraph in the 'Laws of Repentence' quoted in the episode, see HERE and scroll down to paragraph 5. To find out more about me, Rabbi Eitan Levy, go to . If you'd like to support the podcast please go to our patreon page at . To find all past episodes and show notes or to

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Making a Hero: Character and Virtue is an episode from Jewish Geography.

This episode is 21:14 long.

This episode was published on Jan 10, 2018.

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