The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Presents: The Sidney and Miriam Brettler Memorial Series 5780 Women in the Wilderness: Four Narratives of Spiritual Power with Dr. Avivah Zornberg Through midrashic and hasidic readings as well as psychoanalytic approaches we will…
Personalities, Biblical Personalities, Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series, Jewish Calendar, Shavuot
Welcome to the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators podcast series: Hanukah, Pesach and Purim Walk into a Bar. Each episode Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield hosts guest educators who share one text that reveals the deeper meaning of that year cycle event.…
Personalities, Biblical Personalities, Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series, Jewish Calendar, Shavuot
Tisha B’Av 2018 at Pardes is sponsored in loving memory of Ben Blutstein z”l by his family who miss him dearly. In this live lecture for Tisha B’Av 2018, Judy Klitsner looks at Abraham and Job and considers When Bad Things…
Personalities, Biblical Personalities, Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series, Jewish Calendar, The Three Weeks
Parshat Devarim is always read on the Shabbat preceding the 9th of Av. In this podcast, Rabbi Michael Hattin discusses the chronology associated with Moshe’s final words to the people. He also examines how the tradition of Moshe’s date of…
Personalities, Biblical Personalities, Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Devarim
Levi shares some of the challenges in assessing the conduct of Jacob. Should he be critiqued for his wily ways? Without giving a clear answer, Levi presents the words of the Hatam Sofer on the importance of Truth. Listen now…
Personalities, Biblical Personalities, Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne
There are two accounts of the ten commandments – one, in our parsha, which is happening in “real” time. The other account appears in Deuteronomy, when Moshe re-tells the momentous events of Sinai to the new generation that has grown…
Personalities, Biblical Personalities, Tanakh, Torah, Shemot (Exodus), Yitro
After Egypt has been afflicted with nine plagues, and before the final most devastating plague that will herald their freedom, the Israelites are given a surprising instruction, described by many as the first mitzva to the nascent national collective. It…
Personalities, Biblical Personalities, Tanakh, Torah, Shemot (Exodus), Bo
After the great trauma of the sale of Joseph and the family’s reunification in Egypt, I always wonder whether the family of Jacob lived in a state of joyous harmony or in a tense but distant togetherness. Whichever option is…
Personalities, Biblical Personalities, Educator Resources, Meaning-making, The Parsha Discussion, Tanakh
The power to name is both human and Divine. In this podcast Rabbi Mike Feuer explores the nature of naming as a path to answering the question—what is Israel? Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast,…
Personalities, Biblical Personalities, Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), VaYishlah
In this week’s Pardes from Jerusalem podcast, Judy Klitsner examines how Jacob’s past acts of deception are revisited in poignant, ironic and ultimately rehabilitative ways. At the center of our discussion will be the meeting between Jacob and master deceiver, Laban.…
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Personalities, Biblical Personalities, VaYetze
This podcast is a Pardes-Bible Raps co-production. Written and performed by Bible Raps. Rabbi Ethan notes that the existence of evil is the trickiest question for the monotheist. Rabbi AdAm completes Rapper Matt’s apologetic portrait of the snake (“When your…
Personalities, Biblical Personalities
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 Vayera: Don’t Curb your…
Personalities, Biblical Personalities, Educator Resources, Meaning-making, The Parsha Discussion, Tanakh
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