Is tzara’at a spiritual punishment or a contagious disease? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Elisha Anscelovits dive into Parshat Naso to explore how Torah meets real life. With tzara’at as their starting point, they challenge mystical interpretations…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Naso
How does our unique role strengthen the Jewish communities? In this episode, Rabbi Tzvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Michael Hatton delve into Parshat Naso, highlighting the importance of each person’s contributions to the community. They discuss how the counting of the…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Naso
What threats and opportunities can their be found in the concept of vows as presented through Judaism? In this week’s Parsha Podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbi Daniel Reifman for an exploration of this week’s parsha. Together, we…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Naso
Parashat Naso/Shavuot 5782: Har Sinai – the First Beit Midrash Description: What was the Torah that the Israelites actually heard and learned? Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write to us at elmad@pardes.org.il. We appreciate…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Naso, Jewish calendar, Shavuot
Parashat Naso contains a variety of topics, including the Birkat Kohanim, the priestly blessing. While at first glance, the life of a Kohen, priest, is a life of glamour and elite status, when one delves a bit deeper into the…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Naso
In this podcast we will read the Biblical text and compare it with the rabbinic text in the tractate Sotah in order to highlight some significant differences between the rabbinic interpretation and Torah portion. An interesting feminine voice found in…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Naso
This parsha continues to detail the jobs in the Mishkan, as well as punishments for violating certain laws. One part of Parshat Naso discusses a blessing God tells Moshe about. God says that Aharon and his children, who are kohanim…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Educator resources, Meaning-making, Naso
Queen Heleni of Adiabene donated a golden plaque for the Temple etched with the Sota text to be copied and fed to a suspect adulteress. Is this a demonstration of sisterhood? An examination of this institution helps us see why…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Naso
The Nazirite is an individual who took a vow not to drink wine, to cut his or her hair, nor to become ritually defiled by contact with the dead. Why would a person take such a vow? Why would an…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Educator resources, Meaning-making, Naso
Parshat Naso presents us with the matter of the Nazir. As the commentaries indicate, the Nazir asks us to consider the inherent tension between living a material life in this world versus cultivating a profound spiritual awareness. In this week’s…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Naso
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 Naso: “May God Bless…
Educator resources, Meaning-making, Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Naso
In this week’s parsha podcast, Neima Novetsky discusses Parshat Naso which includes the commands regarding Birkat Kohanim, or the priestly blessing. The directive makes one question, what it means to bless another, and what it means to bless God. Please…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Naso
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