Shoftim 5784: Righteous Leadership
How does the Torah guide us in creating balanced and just leadership? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Nechama Goldman Barash explore Parshat Shoftim, delving…
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Shoftim 5783: Navigating the Dynamics of Leadership
What are the three kinds of leadership the Torah requires the Jewish people to create when they become Sovereign in their own Land? What are…
Shoftim: Judge, King, Priest, Prophet.
This week’s parsha depicts four modes of administration in ancient Israel. What are these four centers of societal leadership, and how do they interact? How…
Shoftim 5781 – Access to the Law
The learn how to register for the All in the Family event please visit www.pardes.org.il/pew. Shoftim 5781 – Access to the Law This week we…
5780 — Shoftim: Shoftim v’Shotrim: Go together like a Horse and Carriage?
The juxtaposition of judges and police officers in the Torah is deliberate. What does this juxtaposition teach us about the inevitability of force in law?…
5779 — Shoftim: The Parameters of Rabbinic Authority
Parsha Shoftim discusses the four institutions of communal leadership: judge, king, priest and prophet. In this podcast, Rabbi Schweiger examines the first and uses it…
An Interactive Parsha Experience – 5779 Shoftim: Trees Have Rights Too
This week’s Interactive Parsha Experience, Shoftim, is filled with Torah learning and practical ideas for your family and students. Learn with Hannah Perlis, Pardes Day…
The Parsha Discussion: Shoftim – A Different Army
Should a Jewish army be different than any other army? Chapter 20 of our Parsha outlines some of the procedures and norms of the Israelite…
Shoftim: Am I a Bad Jew if I Don’t Like “Fiddler on the Roof?”
Is Fiddler on the Roof a celebration of Eastern European Jewish life or sentimental kitsch? And why should we care? This podcast looks at the fallacy…
