Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 18

Introduction

Pardes Daily App – Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield

Episode 18 – Chapter 4: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 34a

Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashana. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool of prayer and inspiration. The blowing of the shofar stands as the defining feature of how we celebrate the New Year and mark our sense of reflection about the past and hopes for our future.

Credits
Host: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield
Producer: Rabba Shani Gross
Podcast Editor: Evan Feist

Zvi Hirschfield

Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield teaches Talmud, Halakha and Jewish Thought at Pardes. He is also deeply involved in Pardes’s programs for Jewish educators, with a focus on tefilah in educational settings, modern Jewish thought, and Israel education. Zvi holds a B.A. in History from Columbia University, pursued graduate studies at Harvard University in Medieval and Modern Jewish Thought, studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion, and received rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.

Before joining Pardes, Zvi served as Director of Judaica at the JCC of Cleveland and taught at the Cleveland College of Jewish Studies. He also works as a curriculum writer and staff trainer for the Nesiya Institute. Zvi lives in Israel with his wife, Dina, and their four children.