Rabbi Dr. Zvi Grumet is a Jewish educator and Tanakh scholar who has taught at Pardes and currently serves as Director of Education at The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education at Bar-Ilan University. He received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and holds a B.A. in Computer Science, an M.A. in Jewish Education, and an Ed.D. from Yeshiva University.
Zvi has more than four decades of experience in Jewish education and has taught and trained educators around the world. His books include Moses and the Path to Leadership, Genesis: From Creation to Covenant, and Exodus: The Genesis of God’s People, and he served as a senior editor of the Koren Lev Lada’at Humash series. Before making aliyah, he spent nearly two decades teaching and leading Jewish educational institutions in the United States.
It was supposed to have been a quick trip. Even on foot, from Egypt to the Promised Land should not have taken more than a few weeks. But there were delays. An unprovoked attack by Amalek; a detour to a…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Beha’alotcha
When I was young I was taught that Hag Hamatzot was yet another name for Pesach. A close look at the Torah reveals that these are, in fact, two very different holidays. The fourteenth day of the first month is…
Jewish calendar, Pesach
In this podcast, Rabbi Zvi Grumet discusses the importance of community and how this is illustrated in the story and practice of Purim. He looks at the different areas within the megillah and the laws that highlight why Purim is…
Tanakh, Ketuvim (Writings), Esther, Jewish calendar, Purim
In this podcast, Rabbi Zvi Grumet discusses parsha Toldot. Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at: info@pardes.org.il. Credits Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator Dr. David Bernstein – Executive…
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Personalities, Biblical personalities, Toldot
More than six chapters of Exodus are devoted to a lengthy and detailed description of the ten plagues. Many have wondered why the plagues were necessary, and why these plagues. I would like to explore a different question altogether. Assuming…
Personalities, Biblical personalities, Jewish history, Biblical Times, Tanakh, Torah
School as a micro-community I first heard a dramatic expression of this idea in an oral presentation by Yitz Greenberg to participants in a principals’ program conducted by The Lookstein Center and later published (Greenberg, 2006). Greenberg writes: In the…
Preface One of the great challenges for those raised reading biblical texts with classical commentaries is to relearn how to read them without those filters. The need to relearn that reading skill is twofold. First, most classical commentaries are responding…
Personalities, Biblical personalities, Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Vayetzei
A sensitive verse-by-verse reading of Genesis revealing larger themes of creation, God, mortality, sin, family, and covenant.
Follow Moses from reluctant shepherd to model leader, discovering how struggle, failure, and growth can forge greatness.