Part two of the exploration of Mendelsohn as a model for the Jewish encounter with modernity. This time the great challenge is more emancipation than Enlightenment. This lecture is part of the 5780 Pardes Community Education Spring session, January 12,…
Jewish History, Personalities, Modern Personalities, Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series
No individual embodies the initial encounter between Judaism and the Enlightenment more than Moses Mendelsohn. This episode explores the rise of the man known as “the German Socrates.” This lecture is part of the 5780 Pardes Community Education Spring session,…
Jewish History, Personalities, Modern Personalities, Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series
In the last episode of this season, join us and explore how the well-known and highly respected teacher and spiritual mentor Yiscah Smith found inspiration in the writings of Rav Kook to live in the tension between the demands of…
Personalities, Modern Personalities, Self & Spirituality, Personal Transformation, Spirituality, Podcast Series
Second preparatory session for 2014 Pardes trip to Germany with ‘Germany Close Up’ Organization.
Jewish History, Early Modern Period of Europe, Personalities, Modern Personalities
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, Rosh Hashana, Self & Spirituality, Teshuvah
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…
Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne, Hasidic Lore Series, Self & Spirituality, Hasidut, Personalities
Zev knew precious little of the holy books, but his fidelity to Jewish tradition could never be questioned, as he fastidiously kept the commandments. It was Friday afternoon, and Zev the wagon driver looked toward the west and winced at…
Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne, Hasidic Lore Series, Self & Spirituality, Hasidut, Personalities
A cursory glance reveals that the fascination with hassidic lore continues to animate many of our contemporary communities. While the legacy of the Ba’al Shem Tov and Hassidism lives on in our day, there were some thinkers who surmised that…
Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne, Hasidic Lore Series, Self & Spirituality, Hasidut, Personalities
According to hassidic lore, the Besht arrived with the goal of revamping Jewish leadership. Hassidic lore has preserved the image of the Ba’al Shem Tov, also known as the Besht (ca. 1700-1760) as a rebel against the establishment. He is…
Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne, Hasidic Lore Series, Self & Spirituality, Hasidut, Personalities
Rabbi Israel Ba’al Shem Tov – or as he is more commonly known by the acronym Besht – is undoubtedly the central character in hassidic lore. The Besht was born at the beginning of the 18th century. He arrived in…
Podcast Series, The Maggid of Melbourne, Hasidic Lore Series, Self & Spirituality, Hasidut, Personalities
“The perpetual prayer of the soul continually tries to emerge from its latent state to become revealed and actualized, to permeate every fiber of life of the entire universe . . . Sudden spiritual clarity comes about as a result…
Personalities, Modern Personalities, Self & Spirituality, Spirituality, Teaching Resources & Education
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