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Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 1:7

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Pardes Daily – Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 1:7

Episode 6

Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 1

Course Description: The “Mitzvah” of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to matzah. Why are we required to check for hametz? When, why and how should we destroy hametz? What is the relationship between hametz and rabbinic creativity? Come join us in learning these mishnayot to find out.

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Host: Rav Rahel Berkovits
Rav Rahel Berkovits teaches Mishnah, Talmud and Halakha at Pardes. To learn more with Rahel, click here. Producer  Amira Mintz-Morgenthau
Podcast Editor: Evan Feist

Rahel Berkovits

Rabbi Rahel Berkovits is Senior Faculty at Pardes, where she has taught Mishnah, Talmud and Halakha for more than twenty years. She lectures widely in Israel and abroad on topics relating to women and Jewish law and Jewish sexual ethics. In 2015, Rahel received rabbinic ordination from Rabbis Herzl Hefter and Daniel Sperber.

Rahel is the halakhic editor and a writer for Hilkhot Nashim, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance’s halakhic source guide series published by Koren. She is also a founding member of Congregation Shirah Hadasha, a halakhic partnership synagogue in Jerusalem, where she serves on the halakha committee.

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