Rabba Shani Gross is Senior Director of Education at Pardes, where she is driven by the belief that Jewish texts can serve as a shared language connecting Jews to their tradition and to one another. Before joining Pardes, Shani was the Founding Director of the Silicon Valley Beit Midrash. She received rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva Maharat and earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Yeshiva University.
Shani is a Hillel International Fellow for Rabbinic Entrepreneurship, a Wexner Graduate Fellow/Davidson Scholar, and a fellow of Va’tichtov, a program dedicated to advancing Jewish women’s scholarship. She has studied at a number of batei midrash, including Migdal Oz, Drisha, and Pardes, and particularly enjoys teaching Tanakh, Talmud and Midrash. Shani lives in Berkeley, California with her husband Chaim and their three sons.
During a holiday where there is both darkness and light, where we retreat indoors and shine brightly from the windowsill, go on a journey with Pardes North America to find meaning in the discord within our tradition. Night 5 –…
Jewish Calendar, Chanukah