Rabbi Rahel Berkovits is Senior Faculty at Pardes, where she has taught Mishnah, Talmud and Halakha for more than twenty years. She lectures widely in Israel and abroad on topics relating to women and Jewish law and Jewish sexual ethics. In 2015, Rahel received rabbinic ordination from Rabbis Herzl Hefter and Daniel Sperber.
Rahel is the halakhic editor and a writer for Hilkhot Nashim, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance’s halakhic source guide series published by Koren. She is also a founding member of Congregation Shirah Hadasha, a halakhic partnership synagogue in Jerusalem, where she serves on the halakha committee.
Greatest Hits: The High Holidays Episode 4: Death and Life: The Meaning of Yom Kippur According to the Rabbis Description: What is the link between afflicting one’s soul on Yom Kippur and the day being the ultimate Shabbat? What do…
Jewish Calendar, Yom Kippur
Pardes Daily – Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2 Wrap-up Episode 15 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The “Mitzvah” of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The…
Podcast Series, Pardes Daily, Jewish Calendar, Pesach
Pardes Daily – Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:8 Episode 14 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The “Mitzvah” of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept…
Podcast Series, Pardes Daily, Jewish Calendar, Pesach
Pardes Daily – Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:7 Episode 13 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The “Mitzvah” of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept…
Podcast Series, Pardes Daily, Jewish Calendar, Pesach
Pardes Daily – Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:6 Episode 12 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The “Mitzvah” of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept…
Podcast Series, Pardes Daily, Jewish Calendar, Pesach
Pardes Daily – Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:5 Episode 11 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The “Mitzvah” of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept…
Podcast Series, Pardes Daily, Jewish Calendar, Pesach
Pardes Daily – Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:4 Episode 10 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The “Mitzvah” of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept…
Podcast Series, Pardes Daily, Jewish Calendar, Pesach
Pardes Daily – Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:2 and 2:3 Episode 9 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The “Mitzvah” of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz.…
Podcast Series, Pardes Daily, Jewish Calendar, Pesach
Pardes Daily – Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:1 Episode 8 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The “Mitzvah” of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept…
Podcast Series, Pardes Daily, Jewish Calendar, Pesach
Reciting mourner’s kaddish for a parent stands at the heart of the Jewish bereavement experience. While traditionally this public recitation has been seen as a…
The Hilkhot Nashim series presents an in-depth review of laws relating to women in Jewish ritual life. Tracing the development of responses on a given…