This year’s companion looks at the High Holiday season through the prism of our relationships: with others, with God, and with ourselves. Bring meaning, inspiration, and depth to your holidays and the upcoming year.
Jewish calendar, High Holidays, Self & spirituality, Reflection, Teshuvah
Derek Kwait on rushing through Selichot year after year without it changing him — and how reframing the service as “cultivating heartbreak” finally opened the door to real teshuvah.
Jewish calendar, Elul, High Holidays, Self & spirituality, Personal transformation, Teshuvah
This article was originally published in the Israel Edition of HaMizrachi Newsletter, v. 2 issue 4. You can download the full version by clicking here. Below you will find Rabbi Levi Cooper’s take on Yom Kippur.
Self & spirituality, Hasidut, Jewish prayer, Reflection, Teshuvah, Jewish calendar
The sounding of the shofar is one of the most emotionally charged moments of the High Holiday period. Its piercing cries break through our consciousness and implore us to better ourselves. In fact, the very purpose of the shofar is…
Self & spirituality, Reflection, Jewish calendar, High Holidays, Rosh Hashana, Teshuvah
In this special Pardes from Jerusalem podcast for Rosh Hashana, Nechama Goldman Barash explores both ancient and modern sources that reflect on the power of choice and its effect on our relationship with one another and God. This podcast was…
Jewish calendar, High Holidays, Rosh Hashana, Self & spirituality, Teshuvah
In this podcast, Rabbi Schweiger examines the connection between repentance and returning. He shows how one needs to focus on the forest, as well as the trees. Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write to…
Jewish calendar, High Holidays, Shabbat Shuva, Self & spirituality, Teshuvah
One of our human tendencies in thinking about changes we wish to make in our conduct and in our emotional responses is to imagine that we can begin anew – and to be repeatedly disappointed. In Jewish religious language, we…
Self & spirituality, Reflection, Jewish calendar, Simchat Torah, Teshuvah
In this podcast, Rabbi Daniel Landes discusses Rosh Hashana. 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 Producer
Jewish calendar, High Holidays, Rosh Hashana, Self & spirituality, Teshuvah
In this podcast, Rabbi Alex Israel discusses parsha Nitzavim. 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…
Jewish calendar, Elul, Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Nitzavim
Rabbi Michael Hattin discusses MiKetz. We’ll be moving the podcast to our new electronic learning website, elmad.pardes.org, within a week or two. If you have any trouble with your podcast feed, please check the Elmad website for more information. Please let…
Personalities, Biblical personalities, Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Miketz
Pardes is pleased to present the fifth episode of our new podcast series by Rabbi Daniel Landes, Unexpected Encounters: The Jewish Holidays and the Other. This episode is on the High Holy Days. Episode title: The High Holy Days–Where is…
Personalities, Modern personalities, Jewish calendar, High Holidays, Rosh Hashana, Self & spirituality
When Ahiya asked the Besht whether he was greater than Abraham, he was querying whether the Besht deserved honor befitting our forefather. Shivhei Habesht (In Praise of the Besht) is the earliest collection of stories about Rabbi Israel Baal Shem…
Self & spirituality, Hasidut, Personalities, Modern personalities, Reflection, Teshuvah
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