The Tisch: Stretching Out Prayer
This originally appeared in the Jerusalem Post Magazine online on May 16, 2018. The starting time for a “Jewish” day can be described by three…
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5779 — Shavuot: The Divine-Human Encounter at Sinai: A Most Ingenious Paradox
In this pre-Shavuot podcast, Judy Klitsner explores two paradoxical elements of the revelation at Sinai: our intimate, yet distant, relationship with God; and our special,…
Risk Taking in the Book of Ruth
In this class that was recorded LIVE at Pardes, Tovah Leah Nachmani explores how the unexpected tensions in the Book of Ruth are played out through the…
Ruth and Esther: Chesed, Community and Commandedness
Tzedakah and community building play significant roles in the lives of both Ruth and Esther. For Esther, the focus is on communal fasting and gifts…
Rabbi Mike Feuer: From Anarchy to Kingship
For an accompanying handout for this podcast, please click below or visit this podcast episode at www.elmad.org/pardes-live/. The Sages teach that the prophet Samuel wrote…
5775 — Shavuot: The Story of Boaz
The story of Ruth and Naomi is often discussed and elaborated on with regards to the Megilla, but that of Boaz is less known. In…
How to Greet on the Day of the Jewish Day of Constructive Conflict
The expression of blessing, as in greeting one another, is taken very seriously in Judaism. The reason is that the core of such blessing is…