How can embracing vulnerability lead to a deeper sense of joy during Sukkot? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy delve into the paradox of Sukkot, exploring how vulnerability and joy are deeply intertwined in the festival.…
Jewish Calendar, Sukkot
Jewish Calendar, Elul, High Holidays, Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Holidays, Podcast Series
Rabbi Michael Hattin returns to the studio to explore the multifaceted holiday of Sukkot. From its dual nature balancing community and individual perspectives to its fusion of agricultural and historical significance, Sukkot seemingly weaves together separate messages. Join Michael and…
Jewish Calendar, Sukkot
Sukkot 5782 – Sukkot and the Secret of Jewish Happiness Why is Sukkot described as the “Season of our Rejoicing”? What is the objective of sitting in the Sukka? What messages does it have to our technological and materialistic age?…
Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, Holidays, Jewish Calendar, Sukkot
This Sukkot Companion was dedicated in honor of Sherwin Pomerantz, Chairperson, Pardes Israel Board of Directors, on the occasion of his 80th birthday in 2019.
Podcast Series, Pardes Holiday Companions, Jewish Calendar, Shemini Atzeret, Simhat Torah, Sukkot
Our practice today of shaking the lulav every day of Sukkot is based on a decree that R. Yohanan b. Zakai made post Temple destruction. From where did he get the daring to institute that we would continue to perform…
Jewish Calendar, Shemini Atzeret, Simhat Torah, Sukkot
The High Holy Days are also know as the Days of Awe which can be awesome, or awful. Here is a look at how to tie the work of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot together into an approach to…
Jewish Calendar, Rosh Hashana, Sukkot, Podcast Series, The Jewish Story, Yom Kippur
Sukkot: Four Species, Five Principles In this podcast, Rabbi David Levin-Kruss takes the five explanations given for the four species and uses them to create modern principles of faith that emphasize multiplicity, depth, and complexity. Download the Source Sheet Please…
Jewish Calendar, Shemini Atzeret, Simhat Torah, Sukkot, Tanakh, Torah
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.…
Podcast Series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series, Jewish Calendar, Sukkot
This week’s Interactive Parsha Experience, Re’eh, is filled with Torah learning and practical ideas for your family and students. Learn with Sefi Kraut, Faculty Member of the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, as she explores the connection between the three…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Educator Resources, Meaning-making, Jewish Calendar
Rapper Eprhyme of Darshan, unpacks his incredibly rich, Rolling Stone sampled, Sukkot Rap “Give Me Shelter.” Expertly produced by Erez ‘Diwon’ Safar. The Limmud Midwest audience helps Eprhyme unwind the endless Torah in his bars about what sitting in a…
Jewish Calendar, Sukkot
The sukkah seems like a simple construct–shade above and walls below, but it holds deep mysteries. In this podcast, Rabbi Mike Feuer explores why the Zohar calls the sukkah “the shadow of faith” and what it means when the gemara…
Jewish Calendar, Sukkot
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