Behukotai: A Blessing and a Curse

Introduction

Parshat Behukotai ends with a blessing and a curse, and hidden within the words of the curse is a term which offers the power to transform one into the other. In this week’s Pardes from Jerusalem parsha podcast, Rabbi Mike Feuer offers an exploration of what Behukotai can teach us about living in a responsive world, and how that offers hope on the coming day of Yom Yerushalayim.

Credits:
Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Mike Feuer

Rabbi Mike Feuer teaches Striving for the Divine, Rav Kook, and Jewish History at Pardes. He studied at Yeshivat HaMivtar, the Mir Yeshiva, and Sulam Yaakov, where he received rabbinic ordination and later served as Educational Director. Mike’s teaching combines rigorous textual analysis with a deep love of the poetry and spirituality found in Torah.

Since making aliyah in 2001, he has been the program director of a post-high school yeshiva and taught history, Jewish thought, and Bible in several Jerusalem yeshivot and midrashot. Today, as a consultant, spiritual counselor and creator of the Jewish Story podcast, Mike is driven by the power of story to shape our world.