How does the Torah guide us in creating balanced and just leadership? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Nechama Goldman Barash explore Parshat Shoftim, delving into the Torah’s vision for leadership and governance. They discuss the various models of leadership…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Shoftim
What are the three kinds of leadership the Torah requires the Jewish people to create when they become Sovereign in their own Land? What are their roles and the potential dangers inherent in the powers they hold? In this week’s…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Shoftim
This week’s parsha depicts four modes of administration in ancient Israel. What are these four centers of societal leadership, and how do they interact? How does our parsha give us room to consider our own political climate? What does this…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Shoftim
The learn how to register for the All in the Family event please visit www.pardes.org.il/pew. Shoftim 5781 – Access to the Law This week we hear about the mandate to appoint magistrates and police “in all your gates”. Why does…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Shoftim
The juxtaposition of judges and police officers in the Torah is deliberate. What does this juxtaposition teach us about the inevitability of force in law? What do the rabbis have to say about recent calls to defund the police? Download…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Shoftim
Parsha Shoftim discusses the four institutions of communal leadership: judge, king, priest and prophet. In this podcast, Rabbi Schweiger examines the first and uses it as a springboard to discuss the question of Rabbinic authority. What powers does the Sanhedrin…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Shoftim
This week’s Interactive Parsha Experience, Shoftim, is filled with Torah learning and practical ideas for your family and students. Learn with Hannah Perlis, Pardes Day School Educators Program ‘11- ‘13, as she explores the theme of the prohibition of bal…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Educator Resources, Meaning-making, Shoftim
Should a Jewish army be different than any other army? Chapter 20 of our Parsha outlines some of the procedures and norms of the Israelite army. At this historical juncture, the Jewish people are poised to launch an invasion of…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Educator Resources, Meaning-making, Shoftim
Is Fiddler on the Roof a celebration of Eastern European Jewish life or sentimental kitsch? And why should we care? This podcast looks at the fallacy of living in the past and shows how Jewish law is structured to honor the…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Shoftim
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 Shoftim — In Touch…
Educator Resources, Meaning-making, Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Shoftim
What is the ideal model of leadership and what does God expect from the king? This week we will look at the institution of monarchy as it appears in the Torah portion of Shoftim and compare it to the request…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Shoftim
Parshat Shoftim, in a series of passages, balances the needs for war with the imperative of retaining a moral awareness, despite the violence of the battlefield. Rabbi Alex Israel discusses these issues and their impact today. Please let us know…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Shoftim
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