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Beha’alotecha: Paradise Lost

Introduction

In the first half of this week’s parsha, the Jewish people complete the organization of their camp and tie together all of the “loose ends” in preparation for their entry into the Land of Israel. But as soon as they begin their triumphal march, everything seems to come unglued. What went wrong? In this week’s parsha podcast, Rabbi Meir Schweiger examines a number of parallels between Beha’alotecha and the Garden of Eden story, and he explores the reasons for the difficulties people have with ideal realities and their tendency to lose them.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write to us at elmad@pardes.org.il.

Credits
Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Meir Schweiger

Rabbi Meir Schweiger taught at Pardes for more than four decades before retiring in 2020. Originally from the Bronx, New York, he made aliyah in 1972. He studied at Yeshiva University, Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh and Yeshivat Har Etzion, received rabbinic ordination in Jerusalem, and later earned an M.Ed. in Teaching Bible from Herzog College.

At Pardes, Meir taught a wide range of subjects including Chumash, Talmud, Halakha and Siddur. He served as Mashgiach Ruhani, guiding the school’s spiritual life through coordinating and supervising tefillot, tiyulim, shabbatonim, and pre-holiday yemei iyun. For more than 10 years, Meir was also the Director of the Pardes Fellows’ Program for returning 2nd year students and the Educational Director of the Pardes Learning Seminar.

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