Tzav 5785: Pesach and the Covenant of Life
What does Pesach teach us about freedom, growth, and responsibility? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbi Dr. Irving (Yitz) Greenberg for a…
Pesach
Counting the Omer: Looking Forward
The following article was initially published on April 27, 2014. Following service to the Toronto Jewish community for a decade from 1984 to 1994, my…
InParsha: Pardes from Jerusalem
Pesach 5784: Unearthing Personal Freedom
Can we transform the “bread of affliction” into the “bread of redemption” this Passover?” Yiscah Smith returns this week with a call for us to…
InParsha: Pardes from Jerusalem
Pesach 5783: The Repackaging of Passover – How Pesach Became a Holiday of Storytelling
Passover is all about telling the story of the Exodus, but that wasn’t always the case. How did the central ritual of Passover shift over…
Pesach II 5782: Sitting Alone Outside the Camp
Parashat Metzora 5782: Sitting Alone Outside the Camp Description: On the 7th day of Pesach, we commemorate the people of Israel’s successful traversal of the…
InParsha: Pardes from Jerusalem
Pesach 5782: Three Keys to Freedom – Three Features of the Seder
Pesach 5782: Three Keys to Freedom – Three Features of the Seder Description: What are the key elements of free life? This podcast identifies three…
InParsha: Pardes from Jerusalem
Passover 5781: How The Rabbis Saved Passover
A look at the enormous challenges presented in the post Temple era in reformulating a Temple based holiday into something of meaning and why there…
Tzav 5781 – Shabbat HaGadol – Freedom and Letting Go of Control
What does Freedom look like? When does a transforming process of freedom involve the pursuit of more control in our lives and the tightening of…
