InSelf & Spirituality: Hasidut
Studying Hasidism: Halakhah
The attached chapter, entitled “Halakhah” and written by Rabbi Levi Cooper is available as part of a new textbook that discusses thirteen different sources for…
Personal Transformation
InSelf & Spirituality: Personal Transformation
Shaping Meaningful Relationships in a Lonely World
In our day and age, meaningful interaction has been replaced by sound bites, buzz words and emojis that create pseudo or “virtual” relationships. Here Tovah…
This Pardes Life — Season 2, Episode 13 with Yiscah Smith
In the last episode of this season, join us and explore how the well-known and highly respected teacher and spiritual mentor Yiscah Smith found inspiration…
Acharei Mot: Transformation
Through a teaching of R. Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk (a Hasidic Rebbe who led a pre-Zionist Hasidic Aliyah to Israel) on this week’s parsha, Rabbi…
Rabbi Will Friedman: Jewish Wisdom and Eternal Human Dilemmas
Kulam: The Pittsburgh Community Beit Midrash in partnership with Pardes presented: Jewish Wisdom & Eternal Human Dilemmas, a 6-part series taught by Rabbi Will Friedman…
Toldot: Discovering the Gift of the Body, Discovering the Gift of Unique Selves
In this Podcast Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels looks at the Piaseczner Rebbe who discusses the crucial place of the body in our spiritual practice and the…
InSelf & Spirituality: Jewish Prayer
Awakening the Divine – Pardes Spirituality Retreat
Pardes, in partnership with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality and the NYU Center for Spiritual Life, held the Spirituality Retreat in December 2014. The retreat…
InSelf & Spirituality: Personal Transformation
Elias Levi – The Rangoon Rabbi
The Burmese Jewish community is not renowned for producing Jewish scholars. Yet the tale of a fascinating Baghdadi Jew from Rangoon and his quest to…
InSelf & Spirituality: Personal Transformation
Elul: A Time for Reflection and Renewal
We have just entered the month of Elul, which sets the stage for the Days of Awe in the month of Tishrei. We very often…
