This week’s episode is generously sponsored by Emily Simon, in honor of all the teachers and students she has learned from at Pardes—especially through the weekly Parsha podcast. Is living in the Land of Israel the greatest blessing—or the greatest…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Eikev
How can a single word in the Torah guide us toward deeper spiritual understanding? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Yizcah Smith dive into Parshat Ekev, exploring the profound spiritual insights hidden within the word “Ekev.” They discuss how the…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Eikev
Are we truly able to be aware of and appreciate the blessings in our lives? This week, Zvi is joined in the Pardes from Jerusalem studio by Rabbi Michael Hattin. Michael shares with us how Parshat Ekev teaches us about…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Eikev
This podcast is sponsored by Suzana and Alan Caro in memory of Avi West z”l. A brilliant educator and master teacher, Avi touched the lives of thousands of Jews in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. His breadth of knowledge spanned…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Eikev
This podcast is sponsored by Emily Simon in honor of the loving memory of her father, Akiva Ben Zerach u’Devorah z”l. Ekev 5781 – Memory as a constructive process The book of Devarim has a special relationship to the rest…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Eikev
We hope that the Divine is on our side, especially when circumstances are far from optimal. How do we go about making sure that the Lord is with us in all of our earthly endeavors? In this podcast, Rabbi Howard…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Eikev
Was there one Ark of the Covenant, or two? In this podcast, Rabbi Alex Israel discusses the debate of whether there were one or two arks, and what was in them. The shiur will also uncover some surprising contemporary insights…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Eikev
I have never experienced a day of real hunger in my life. Have you? We are surrounded by such an abundance of food that we are the generation who are trying to eat less; not more. In a 2016 report,…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Eikev, Educator resources, Meaning-making
The root Shema appears 92 times in the book of Devarim, suggesting an important theme-motif in Moshe’s last words to the nation before he dies. In this week’s parsha podcast on Ekev, Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash will look at some…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Eikev
The Pardes Parsha Discussion is a weekly series by faculty member Rabbi Alex Israel, designed to stimulate discussion around the Shabbat table, especially with teenagers. Click here to download and print this week’s Parsha Discussion on Ekev: The Lessons of…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Eikev, Educator resources, Meaning-making
The focus of this week’s parsha is the Land of Israel and its central role in the covenant between God and the Jewish people. In this podcast, Rabbi Schweiger examines the tools Moshe gives the Jewish people to achieve prosperity…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Eikev
Despite the hundreds of commandments we have heard up to now, this week Moshe tells us that all God wants is our yirah. In order to know whether he means awe and fear, we explore the roots of the word in…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Eikev
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