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Pardes Daily: Mishnah – Tractate Rosh Hashana – Click here for all episodes

by Adam Titcher

Mishnah, Jewish calendar, High Holidays, Rosh Hashana, Talmud, Yom Kippur

Seder Zeraim in a Time of Isolation

Produced by Jonah Peretz, Pardes Day School Educators Program ’16-’17, this study guide for Mishna Seder Zeraim is thoughtful, in-depth and timely. It combines text learning with teachings, reflections and questions that deepen our understanding of the impact of Coronavirus. …

by PCJE Alumni

Educator resources, Meaning-making, Mishnah, Pedagogy of facilitation

The Three Weeks: The Pull and Power

This was originally published August 20, 2013. We are now in the midst of the three weeks between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av, which recall the siege on Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple. Tradition…

by Rabbi Rahel Berkovits

Jewish calendar, 17th of Tammuz, 9 Days, Mishnah, Self & spirituality, Spirituality

Living in Harmony

The Mishnah teaches that one must strive to live harmoniously by actively acknowledging and respecting the feelings of others as individuals worthy of respect, for they too are created in the image of God. The last Mishna in the fifth…

by Rabbi Rahel Berkovits

Mishnah, Jewish living, Women’s issues

The Inner Essence of Mitzvat Hatzedaka

By Linda Pardes Friedburg “…U’teshuva, u’tefilla, u’tzedaka maaviirin et roah hagzera.” ” …But repentance, prayer, and the giving of tzedaka mitigate the severity of the decree.” This refrain from the machzor follows us throughout the period of the High Holy…

by Adam Titcher

Jewish living, Halakha, Self & spirituality, Hasidut, Mishnah, Pirkei Avot