What can a Hasidic master, a halakhic debate, or an ancient rabbinic text teach us about the world we inhabit today? In The Maggid of Melbourne, Pardes faculty member Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper explores Jewish ideas across an unusually broad…
Podcast series, The Maggid of Melbourne
By: Judy Klitsner As we approach our third Simchat Torah since our great catastrophe, a now familiar question arises: how can we celebrate? While this year is not quite as searingly painful as the first two — thankfully, we are…
Tanakh, Ketuvim (Writings), Ecclesiastes, Jewish calendar, Simchat Torah, Sukkot
By: Rabbi Daniel Reifman The book of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes), traditionally read on Sukkot, is noteworthy for the way it ranks among both the most challenging and beloved books of Tanakh. The author introduces himself as “Koheleth son of David, king…
Tanakh, Ketuvim (Writings), Ecclesiastes, Jewish calendar, Sukkot
By: Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) is easily one of the strangest books in the Bible. Proverbs tells us that wisdom leads to a good life. Deuteronomy insists that righteousness brings blessing. The Psalms assure us that the world,…
Tanakh, Ketuvim (Writings), Ecclesiastes, Jewish calendar, Sukkot
Who are the people behind the Torah we learn—and how has Torah shaped the people they have become? This Pardes Life turns the conversation toward the teachers, thinkers, and members of the Pardes community themselves. Originally hosted by longtime Pardes…
Podcast series, This Pardes Life
Jewish history is filled with dates, places, personalities, wars, migrations, revolutions, and ideas. But what changes when we stop asking only what happened and begin asking what story those events tell about who we are? Hosted by Pardes faculty member…
Podcast series, The Jewish Story
What if leaving Egypt is not only a story about the Jewish past, but a spiritual journey we are invited to make ourselves? In Rav Kook on the Haggadah, Pardes faculty member Yiscah Smith leads listeners through a ten-part exploration…
Podcast series, Rav Kook on the Haggadah with Yiscah Smith
What happens when the beit midrash meets the beat? Rappers & Rabbis, a Pardes and Bible Raps collaboration, brings Torah study and hip-hop together for a lively, unconventional take on havruta learning. Hosted by rapper Matt Bar, Rabba Yaffa Epstein,…
Podcast series, Rappers and Rabbis
Some Torah questions call for a single conversation. Others invite an entire series. Pardes Live and Mini-Series opens the doors of the Pardes beit midrash to listeners around the world through a wide-ranging collection of recorded lectures, classes, conversations, and…
Podcast series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series
What would happen if serious Torah learning became part of your everyday routine? Pardes Daily was created to make sustained Jewish learning accessible in small, manageable pieces. Built around daily audio learning of approximately 10–20 minutes, the program invited learners…
Podcast series, Pardes Daily
What if parenting is not only something we do, but also a spiritual practice through which we ourselves can grow? Inspiring Parenting brings Jewish wisdom into conversation with the everyday work of raising children. Led by Pardes’s Tovah Leah Nachmani…
Podcast series, Inspired Parenting
What makes a house into a home? And what might Jewish tradition teach us about the spaces in which we build our lives? Recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic, as people around the world found themselves confined to their homes, Home…
Podcast series, Home is where the Torah is
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