Leah Rosenthal is the Shapira Family Chair in Rabbinic Literature senior educator in Talmud at Pardes, where she has empowered a generation of students to seek meaning and relevance in the text through a skills-based method of learning. Leah holds a B.A. in Talmud and Jewish Philosophy and an M.A. in Jewish Education, both from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She combines her teaching at Pardes with teaching at the nearby Pelech High School for Girls and raising, with her husband, their five children.
We are proud that Pardes’s efforts to build a new facility in Jerusalem continue to move forward despite the challenges of the current moment. While most of us remain confined to our homes, a new home for our Torah, for…
Women scholars are now writing Halakhic responsa and weighing in on contemporary topics. Will Halakha written by women look different than that written by their male counterparts? Is this a revolution, or is this simply the expansion of the traditional…
Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series
In this podcast, Leah Rosenthal explores the Talmudic story (from Moed Qatan 16b) of Rabbi Hiyya who defies his teacher Rabbi Yehuda HaNassi, when he teaches Torah in the open marketplace – rather than in the sacred beit midrash as…
Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series
In this podcast, Leah Rosenthal discusses Masters & Disciples: Harmony and Disharmony in the Talmudic Beit Midrash. This lecture was held at Pardes and is part of the Summer Evening Lecture Series.
Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series, Teaching Resources & Education, Torah Study
Meet Rabbi Akiva, Rabban Gamliel and Friends: Highlights of the Talmudic Portrait Gallery. This series, taught by Leah Rosenthal will focus on a close reading and discussion of a selection of literary portraits of central Rabbinic figures who produced the…
Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series, Personalities, Talmudic Personalities
Meet Rabbi Akiva, Rabban Gamliel and Friends: Highlights of the Talmudic Portrait Gallery. This series, taught by Leah Rosenthal will focus on a close reading and discussion of a selection of literary portraits of central Rabbinic figures who produced the…
Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series
Meet Rabbi Akiva, Rabban Gamliel and Friends: Highlights of the Talmudic Portrait Gallery. This series, taught by Leah Rosenthal will focus on a close reading and discussion of a selection of literary portraits of central Rabbinic figures who produced the…
Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series
Meet Rabbi Akiva, Rabban Gamliel and Friends: Highlights of the Talmudic Portrait Gallery. This series, taught by Leah Rosenthal will focus on a close reading and discussion of a selection of literary portraits of central Rabbinic figures who produced the…
Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series
Meet Rabbi Akiva, Rabban Gamliel and Friends: Highlights of the Talmudic Portrait Gallery. This series, taught by Leah Rosenthal will focus on a close reading and discussion of a selection of literary portraits of central Rabbinic figures who produced the…
Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series