Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.4.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site.

# Elmad Online Learning

The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Digital Library

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://elmad.pardes.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [Recently Added](https://elmad.pardes.org/recently-added/)
- [Chukat 5783: Loving Conflict](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/06/chukat-5783-loving-conflict/) - How is it possible for a relationship to be strengthened through conflict? In this week's podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbi Brent Spodek, Pardes North America faculty member and host of Good Jewish Lover. Together, they discuss the Rabbini Derash and it's description of how healthy conflict can actually build and enhance a
- [Good Jewish Lover - Episode #9 - Living While We're Alive, with Assael and Galit Romanelli](https://elmad.pardes.org/gjl/2023/06/good-jewish-lover-episode-9-living-while-were-alive-with-assael-and-galit-romanelli/) - In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by couples therapists Assael and Galit Romanelli to discuss covert male depression, single married mothers, a family caving adventure in New Zealand and more. Their conversation begins with the story of Adam and Eve; you can read the original text here. If you have thoughts about this episode
- [Purim 5786: When Celebration Challenges Us](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2026/02/purim-5786-when-celebration-challenges-us/) - How do we remain faithful to tradition when a sacred text makes us uncomfortable? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Daniel Reifman take a thoughtful look at one of the hardest parts of Megillat Esther—the battle scenes at the end of the story. As Purim approaches, they explore different ways to understand these
- [When God Isn’t Named](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/purim/2026/02/when-god-isnt-named/) - When God Isn’t Named Rabbi Daniel Reifman The book of Esther is famously distinctive for being only one of two biblical books which do not contain the name of God (Shir haShirim being the other). Commentators have often struggled with this curious phenomenon: How can we relate to Esther as a religious text if God
- [Trumah 5786: Building for God](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2026/02/trumah-5786-building-for-god/) - If God wants to dwell among us, what are we building to make that possible? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Raphael Polisuk explore Parshat Trumah and the surprising claim that the Mishkan is not a detour from Sinai, but its fulfillment. They trace how the language of holiness, fire, and divine presence links Mount Sinai
- [Mishpatim 5786: Power and Responsibility](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2026/02/mishpatim-5786-power-and-responsibility/) - How does Torah teach us to use power without abusing it? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy explore Parshat Mishpatim as the Torah’s first sustained encounter with law—and what it reveals about human power and moral responsibility. They examine why revelation leads directly into detailed civil laws, how Torah assumes human
- [Yitro 5786: A People with a Mission](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2026/02/yitro-5786-a-people-with-a-mission/) - What responsibility comes with being chosen? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Mike Feuer explore Parshat Yitro and the surprising choice to frame the revelation at Sinai through the presence of Yitro, an outsider. They examine how the Torah presents Jewish chosenness not as exclusivity, but as responsibility—calling Israel to become a mamlechet kohanim,
- [Tu Bishvat: You are a human tree](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/tu-bshvat/2026/01/tu-bishvat-you-are-a-human-tree/) - By: Tovah Leah Nachmani Among the mitzvot of warfare, the Torah warns and prohibits soldiers from uprooting fruit trees, stating: כִּי הָאָדָם עֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה - for the human being is a fruit tree (Deuteronomy 20:19). You read correctly: the human being is not "like" a fruit tree, the human being "is" (equated to) a fruit
- [Beshalach 5786: Jumping into Freedom](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2026/01/beshalach-5786-jumping-into-freedom/) - What does it take to truly cross from survival into freedom? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Yiscah Smith explore Parshat Beshalach through the lens of trauma, freedom, and spiritual courage. They examine why the Israelites are not ready for battle, why song only emerges after the splitting of the sea, and how freedom requires more than
- [Vaera 5768: Unworthy No More](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2026/01/vaera-5768-unworthy-no-more/) - Can redemption begin if we don’t yet believe we deserve it? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Judy Klitzner explore Parshat Va’era at its lowest point, when redemption seems to move backward and hope feels out of reach. Through close literary reading, they trace how slavery erodes self-worth, distorts memory, and traps both the people
- [Bo 5768: Redemption and Repair](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2026/01/bo-5768-redemption-and-repair/) - Does true redemption include repair for those who caused harm? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Aviva Lauer explore Parshat Bo through a troubling command: the Israelites’ request for silver and gold from the Egyptians. They unpack why this moment feels ethically uncomfortable and trace how classical commentators—from Ibn Ezra to the Malbim—reframe it not
- [Shemot 5768: The Power of Seeing](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2026/01/shemot-5768-the-power-of-seeing/) - If redemption begins with seeing, what are we choosing not to see? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Daniel Reifman explore Parshat Shemot as a story shaped by anonymity, forgetting, and the struggle to know—God, others, and ourselves. They trace how the absence of names and divine presence gives way to redemption through
- [Vayechi 5786: Shared Responsibility](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2026/01/vayechi-5786-shared-responsibility/) - What does Jewish leadership demand in uncertain times? In this episode, a conversation on Jewish leadership and communal responsibility explores how Torah values shape philanthropy and public life today. Zvi Hirschfield speaks with Pardes alumnus Marc Baker about moral vision, collective obligation, and translating Jewish texts into action, reflecting on how learning, community, and purpose
- [Vayigash 5768: The Power of Remembering](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/12/vayigash-5768-the-power-of-remembering/) - Who carries our collective memory when others forget? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash explore Parshat Vayigash through the remarkable midrashic figure of Serach bat Asher. They trace how Serach becomes a guardian of memory—gently revealing Yosef’s survival to Yaakov, preserving sacred knowledge across generations, and reminding leaders of what must
- [Miketz 5786: Yosef’s Return](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/12/miketz-5786-yosefs-return/) - Is Yosef testing his brothers—or struggling to reclaim his own identity? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy explore Parshat Miketz through Yosef’s puzzling treatment of his brothers and the deeper questions it raises about anger, revenge, and responsibility. They trace classic interpretations—from Ramban and Abarbanel to the Zohar and Rav Yoel Bin-Nun—to ask
- [Vayishlach 5786: Living the Struggle](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/11/vayishlach-5768-living-the-struggle/) - Can confronting ourselves be the key to transformation? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Tal Sessler explore Parshat Vayishlach as a story of identity, fear, and the lifelong struggle to integrate competing parts of the self. They examine Yaakov as the Torah’s first refugee, his preparation to meet Esav through prayer, gifts, and
- [Vayetze 5786: Struggle and Becoming](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/11/25103/) - Can we truly change—or do we grow by struggling with who we already are? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Deborah Anstandig explore Parshat Vayetze through Yaakov’s twenty years in the house of Lavan—not as a tale of transformation, but of confronting the self we already are. They trace Yaakov’s persistent tendencies toward maneuvering,
- [Vayeshev 5786: Grief and Bad Decisions](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/12/vayeshev-5768-grief-and-bad-decisions/) - How does unresolved grief shape the choices we make—and the people we become? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Aviva Lauer explore Parshat Vayeshev through the lens of grief and the ways unresolved pain shapes Yaakov’s choices. They examine how the Torah’s seemingly hopeful opening—vayeishev, “he settled”—quickly gives way to family tension, favoritism, and disaster.
- [Toldot 5786: Words That Shape Worlds](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/11/toldot-5786-words-that-shape-worlds/) - If words can create worlds, how should we choose the ones we speak? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Raphael Polisuk explore Parshat Toldot through the lens of prayer, blessing, and the extraordinary power of human speech. They discuss Yitzchak’s deeply active model of prayer—la’ator, a language of turning reality—and how the rabbis imagine
- [Chayei Sarah 5786: Life after loss](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/11/chayei-sarah-5786-life-after-loss/) - How do we transform loss into legacy? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash explore Parshat Chayei Sarah as a meditation on grief, memory, and legacy. They discuss Avraham’s careful purchase of the burial cave as the first act of rootedness in the Land of Israel, his need for a physical place
- [Lech Lecha 5786: Seeing the Fire](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/10/lech-lecha-5786-seeing-the-fire/) - When the world is on fire, who will stop and answer God’s call? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Gila Fine explore Parshat Lech Lecha through the famous midrash of the bira doleket—the burning building that leads Avraham to encounter God. They unpack centuries of interpretation, from Heschel’s vision of divine beauty to Rabbi Sacks’s
- [Vayera 5786: In Service of Faith](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/11/vayera-5786-in-service-of-faith/) - What does it mean to choose sacrifice—and to hear God in the silence? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Mike Feuer explore Parshat Vayera through the story of the Akeidah, reframing it not as Avraham’s test, but as Yitzchak’s act of awareness and choice. They discuss agency, sacrifice, and what it means to go
- [Noach 5786: Rebuilding the World](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/10/noach-5786-rebuilding-the-world/) - How do we rebuild a broken world without simply recreating the past? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Leon Morris explore Parshat Noach as a story not just of destruction, but of renewal. They discuss God’s recalibration of expectations after the flood, the new covenant symbolized by the rainbow, and Noah’s struggle to rebuild
- [Ha’azinu 5786: Forgiveness and Its Limits](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/09/haazinu-5786-forgiveness-and-its-limits/) - What does it take for forgiveness to be real? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash explore Parshat Ha’azinu and the themes of Yom Kippur through the lens of sin, forgiveness, and reconciliation. They examine the Talmudic teaching that while Yom Kippur atones for sins between humans and God, it does not
- [Sukkot 5786: Holding the Tension](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/10/sukkot-5786-holding-the-tension/) - What does it mean to choose obligation? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash explore the layered meanings of Sukkot—its joy, its duality, and its challenge. They discuss the beauty and symbolism of the sukkah and lulav while grappling with women’s exemption from these mitzvot and what it means to choose obligation.
- [Bereshit 5786: Creation and Connection](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/10/bereshit-5786-creation-and-connection/) - What does the creation story teach us about our partnership with God? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Aviva Lauer explore Parshat Bereshit and what the creation story reveals about humanity’s relationship with God. They discuss how rain, prayer, and work symbolize dependence, gratitude, and partnership—and how the Torah calls us to balance effort with
- [Vayelech 5785: Writing Torah, Living Torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/09/vayelech-5785-writing-torah-living-torah/) - What does it mean to write Torah for ourselves today? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Michael Hattin explore Parshat Vayelech . Join them as they discuss Moshe’s completion of the Torah, the mitzvah for every Jew to write a Sefer Torah, and the once-in-seven-years gathering of Hakhel as a reenactment of Sinai. The
- [Netzavim 5785: Tears of Hope](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/09/netzavim-5785-tears-of-hope/) - How do the tears of our ancestors guide our prayers today? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Shalhevet Cahana prepare for Rosh Hashanah through the lens of Parshat Netzavim and the holiday’s Torah readings. They explore the sound of the shofar as both coronation and weeping, and how the Torah highlights the tears of
- [Ki Tavo 5785: Gratitude and Hope](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/09/ki-tavo-5785-gratitude-and-hope/) - How can gratitude transform even the darkest moments into growth? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Tal Sessler explore Parshat Ki Tavo and its message of gratitude, resilience, and meaning. From the mitzvah of bringing first fruits to Isaiah’s words of consolation, they discuss how Torah helps us face trauma, despair, and anger
- [Ki Teitze 5785: War and Morality](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/08/ki-teitze-5785-war-and-morality/) - Do our moral obligations change when we go to war? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy explore Parshat Ki Teitzei and its surprising focus on the ethics of war. From the command to remember Amalek to laws about captives, newlyweds, and the holiness of the military camp, they show how the
- [Shoftim 5785: Justice and Responsibility](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/08/shoftim-5785-justice-and-responsibility/) - When tragedy strikes, what does true responsibility look like? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Sefi Kraut explore Parshat Shoftim and the strange ritual of the eglah arufah—the ceremony performed when a murder goes unsolved. They discuss how Torah refuses to let society shrug off responsibility, insisting that leaders confront tragedy publicly. Drawing on rabbinic
- [Re'eh 5785: Seeing the Sacred](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/08/reeh-2/) - What does it mean to see each moment as either a blessing or a curse? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Yiscah Smith explore Parshat Re’eh and Moshe’s call to “see” the blessing and the curse. They discuss how Torah frames life as a series of choices, not only in mitzvot but in how we
- [Eikev 5785: Living the Land](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/08/eikev-5785-living-the-land/) - This week’s episode is generously sponsored by Emily Simon, in honor of all the teachers and students she has learned from at Pardes—especially through the weekly Parsha podcast. Is living in the Land of Israel the greatest blessing—or the greatest challenge? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Michael Hattin explore Parshat Eikev and the
- [The Great Fall](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2025/08/the-great-fall/) - At the beginning of the nineteenth century, as Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) fought his way across Europe, a group of Hasidic masters dedicated intense spiritual efforts to usher in the messianic era. One Hasidic account of this episode appeared in the work Nifla’ot HaRebbi, published 1911 – close to one hundred years after the purported events.
- [Va'etchanan 5785: Second Chances](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/08/vaetchanan-5785-second-chances/) - What does Torah teach us about the possibility of starting over? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Aviva Wapner explore Parshat Va’etchanan through the unexpected appearance of the cities of refuge. They reflect on Moshe’s personal history as someone who once fled for taking a life, and how designating refuge cities now becomes a powerful
- [Matot-Masei 5785: Beyond the Jordan](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/07/matot-masei-5785-beyond-the-jordan/) - What defines Jewish belonging—land, Torah, or loyalty? In this episode, Parshat Matot-Masei sparks a rich conversation between Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash about the tribes of Reuven, Gad, and Menashe who ask to settle east of the Jordan River. They explore Moshe’s sharp challenge to their request, the shifting language from “ahuzah” (holding)
- [Eicha 5785: Witnessing Pain](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/07/eicha-5785-witnessing-pain/) - What does it mean to truly witness someone else's pain? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Daniel Reifman explore the Book of Eicha through the lens of bearing witness to tragedy. As Tisha B’Av approaches, they examine the voice of Jerusalem calling out to be seen, the theological complexity of God as both
- [Pinchas 5785: Seeing Them Anew](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/07/pinchas-5785-seeing-them-anew/) - What if Moshe couldn’t see that the people had already grown up? In this episode, Parshat Pinchas takes center stage as Zvi Hirschfield and Aviva Lauer delve into the powerful juxtaposition of two pivotal moments in Bamidbar 27: the bold legal claim of the daughters of Tzlofchad and the appointment of Yehoshua as Moshe’s successor.
- [Balak 5785: Vision of Blessing](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/07/balak-5785-vision-of-blessing/) - Is Bilaam a villain—or a mirror? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Mike Feuer dive into Parshat Balak to explore the figure of Bilaam—an outsider prophet with powerful words and a dangerous gaze. They discuss what makes Bilaam a spiritual counterpoint to Avraham, why God turns his curses into blessings, and how ayin tova
- [Chukat 5785: Holiness and Humanity](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/06/chukat-5785-holiness-and-humanity/) - What did Moshe get wrong—and why was the consequence so severe? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Tovah Leah Nachmani explore Parshat Chukat against the backdrop of Israel’s current war with Iran. They reflect on the mysterious sin of Moshe at Mei Merivah and what it means to sanctify God in moments of pressure and
- [Korach 5785: Ambition and Rebellion](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/06/korach-5785-ambition-and-rebellion/) - What was Korach really fighting for? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Raphael Polisuk explore Parshat Korach. They revisit Korach’s rebellion not just as a political protest, but as a sincere—and dangerous—desire for closeness to God. Drawing connections to Nadav and Avihu, incense offerings, and divine fire, the episode challenges listeners to consider whether
- [Shlach 5785: Faith or Fear](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/06/shlach-5785-faith-or-fear/) - Why did the generation of miracles still fear the land ahead? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Michael Hattin explore Parshat Shlach and the story of the spies. They examine the conflicting accounts, debate who bears responsibility for the mission’s failure, and ask why fear overtook a generation that witnessed miracles. The conversation reflects
- [Hasidic approaches to AI](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2025/06/hasidic-approaches-to-ai/) - In November 2022, OpenAI – a non-profit organization – released a free preview of ChatGPT. This triggered widespread interest in generative AI and leading to the ongoing AI boom. By March 2023, OpenAI released a new model – GPT-4 – and the update race began in earnest. One of the first Hasidic groups to response
- [Beha'alotecha 5785: The Traveling Ark](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/06/behaalotecha-5785-the-traveling-ark/) - What does it mean to carry holiness with us? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Leon Morris explore Parshat Behaalotcha and the two cryptic verses about the Ark of the Covenant’s journey. They dive into why these verses are set apart in the Torah, how they became the definition of what makes a sacred
- [Hasidic Tales of Pope Joan](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2025/05/hasidic-tales-of-pope-joan/) - The notion of a women serving as pontifex maximus, the bishop of Rome, sovereign of papal states, and the visible head of the Catholic Church – seems incongruous. Yet a legend first recorded in the thirteenth century identifies just such a figure: Pope Joan. According to the account, Joan was a talented and learned woman
- [Naso 5785: Torah in Real Life](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/06/naso-5785-torah-in-real-life/) - Is tzara’at a spiritual punishment or a contagious disease? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Elisha Anscelovits dive into Parshat Naso to explore how Torah meets real life. With tzara’at as their starting point, they challenge mystical interpretations and make a bold case for a Torah rooted in lived experience, honesty, and connection
- [Behar-Behukotai 5785: Resetting Society](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/05/behar-behukotai-5785-resetting-society/) - Can ancient agricultural laws inspire modern spiritual renewal? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy explore the radical social and spiritual vision behind Parshat Behar-Behukotai. From Shemitah to Yovel, they unpack how the Torah’s sabbatical and Jubilee laws challenge us to reimagine ownership, economic inequality, and time itself. Featuring Rabbi Dr. Meesh
- [Shavuot 5785: Joining the Covenant](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/05/shavuot-5785-joining-the-covenant/) - What does it really mean to join the Jewish people? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Brent Spodek explore the themes of Shavuot through the lens of Megillat Ruth and Jewish conversion. They examine what it means to join the Jewish people—not just through ritual or belief, but through commitment to community, chesed, and
- [SIGN UP NOW! *NEW PODCAST SERIES* Halakha of the Harvest with Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/03/sign-up-now-new-podcast-series-halakha-of-the-harvest-with-rabbi-dr-levi-cooper/)
- [The Masks We Wear: A Purim Day of Learning with Pardes North America](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/03/the-masks-we-wear-a-purim-day-of-learning-with-pardes-north-america/)
- [Emor 5785: Modeling Holiness](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/05/emor-5785-modeling-holiness/) - Why are the kohanim held to a higher standard of holiness? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Irving (Yitz) Greenberg explore Parshat Emor through the lens of the priestly role as a model for a future redeemed world. Drawing on Greenberg’s vision of covenantal responsibility and his recent book The Triumph of Life,
- [Prayers of Silence](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/prayer/2025/04/prayers-of-silence/) - The Passover Seder night is all about the faculty of speech. We talk, explain, pose questions and offer answers, discuss, and recount the story of our people. Indeed, the Hebrew word for Passover, Pesah, is a portmanteau for peh sah – the mouth speaks. Towards the end of the night, we recite Hallel – prayers
- [Acharei Mot 5785: The Weight of Sin](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/05/acharei-mot-5785-the-weight-of-sin/) - What does it mean to carry sin as a burden? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Leon Morris delve into Parshat Acharei Mot and its detailed description of the Yom Kippur ritual, focusing on the symbolism of the scapegoat. They explore how sin is portrayed as a burden we carry—and how the Torah’s use
- [Tazria-Metzora 5785: Cycles of Renewal](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/04/tazria-metzora-5785-cycles-of-renewal/) - How do life’s transitions invite spiritual renewal? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash explore the cycles of tumah (impurity) and taharah (purity) in Tazria-Metzora. They discuss how life experiences like birth, intimacy, and death naturally create distance—and how Torah invites us to return with renewal and deeper connection, both with God
- [Rina Quint - A Survivor's Story](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/holocaust/2024/04/rena-quint-a-survivors-story/) - This was originally published on April 16, 2015. Rina Quint speaks annually at Pardes to the student body, staff and faculty. Her life story is timeless and we are proud to have had the opportunity to record it this time. Click below for the podcast. Pardes was privileged to have the remarkable Rina Quint come
- [Shemini 5785: Finding Meaning in Loss](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/04/shemini-5785-finding-meaning-in-loss/) - Can legacy and memory transform the pain of loss into purpose? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash reflect on the tragedy of Nadav and Avihu in Parshat Shemini, exploring how the loss of Aaron’s sons on the Mishkan’s inaugural day challenges our assumptions about divine justice, holiness, and grief. Featuring Rabbanit
- [Tzav 5785: Pesach and the Covenant of Life](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/04/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 special conversation on Parshat Tzav, the sacrificial system, and the deeper messages of Pesach. They explore how Judaism's vision of life, covenant, and moral progress plays out through laws like
- [Vayikra 5785: Gift and Sacrifice](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/03/vayikra-5785-gift-and-sacrifice/) - What can the cycle of giving teach us about our relationship with the Divine? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbi Leon Morris to explore the opening of Sefer Vayikra (Leviticus) and the relevance of the ancient sacrificial system for modern Jewish life. Together, they delve into the idea of korbanot (sacrifices) as
- [Pekudei 5785: Living Torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/03/pekudei-5785-living-torah/) - Why does the Torah spend so much time repeating the Mishkan’s details? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Rafael Polisuk explore Parshat Pekudei and its surprising focus on repetition and detail. They unpack the final verses of Sefer Shemot, showing that Torah isn’t just divine instruction but a living, doable path woven into daily
- [Vayakhel 5785: Building a Diverse Mishkan](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/03/vayakhel-5785-building-a-diverse-mishkan/) - How do we create a Jewish community that honors different perspectives? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Ilana Gleicher-Bloom explore Parshat Vayakhel and its vision of community. They discuss how Moshe transforms Bnei Yisrael from a fragmented group into a unified Kehilah through the shared mission of building the Mishkan. Drawing on insights from Rabbi
- [Purim 5785: Understanding Amalek](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/03/purim-5785-understanding-amalek/) - What does the Torah actually mean by ‘wiping out Amalek’? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Elisha Anscelovits explore the Torah’s commandment to wipe out Amalek, examining its historical, practical, and ethical dimensions. As Purim approaches, they discuss how these themes shape our understanding of justice, deterrence, and moral responsibility today. Featuring: Rabbi
- [Ki Tisa 5785: From Failure to Renewal](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/03/ki-tisa-5785-from-failure-to-renewal/) - Can true growth come from mistakes? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy explore Parshat Ki Tisa and the dramatic episode of the Golden Calf. They examine why the Israelites fell so quickly after Sinai, the connection between the Mishkan and their spiritual crisis, and how this moment reshaped their relationship with
- [Pray For the Future](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/tu-bshvat/2025/02/pray-for-the-future/) - The Hebrew month of Shevat is when nature in the Land of Israel awakens from its winter slumber. It may still be cold and wet outside, but the trees sense the lengthening daylight hours that herald the oncoming seasonal change. The sages tell us that in Jewish tradition there are different days on the Jewish
- [Pardes Purim Companion 5785](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/purim/2025/02/pardes-purim-companion-5785/) - Purim Companion 5785 Embrace the Joy, Chaos, and Meaning of Purim Purim Sameach! Purim isn’t just another holiday—it’s a full-on joy explosion, blending holy madness, festive chaos, and deep spiritual meaning. Our Purim Companion is your guide to celebrating this one-of-a-kind holiday, with insights into the four mitzvot that define the day, fun facts, and
- [Terumah 5785: Building Sacred Space](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/02/terumah-5785-building-sacred-space/) - This week's episode is in memory of Beth Wasserman z"l and sponsored by her nephew and his family. Why does God command a physical space if God is everywhere? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Brent Spodek explore Parshat Terumah, diving into the meaning behind the Mishkan and its relevance today. They discuss the
- [Mishpatim 5785: Law, Justice, and Compassion](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/02/mishpatim-5785-law-justice-and-compassion/) - This podcast is sponsored in memory of Morris L. Kramer, a beloved friend and an ohev Yisrael How does the Torah balance law with compassion? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash explore Parshat Mishpatim, examining its legal framework and ethical dilemmas. They discuss how Jewish tradition navigates justice, responsibility, and moral
- [Major Mahlokot Mini Series: Competing Values Within Our Tradition](https://elmad.pardes.org/critical-issues/pcjcr/2025/01/major-mahlokot-mini-series-competing-values-within-our-tradition/) - Struggling with tough questions about competing values? Do you find it hard to navigate the tension between principles like inclusiveness and merit, peace and truth, or privacy and protection?Join Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield as he delves into Major Mahlokot: Competing Values Within Our Tradition, exploring how Jewish texts illuminate the complexity of real-life decision-making. Each session
- [Yitro 5785: Choosing Torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/02/yitro-2/) - What does Yitro teach us about choosing Torah instead of receiving it by force? Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Michael Hattin explore Parshat Yitro, highlighting the contrast between Amalek’s hostility and Yitro’s embrace of the Jewish people. They discuss Yitro’s journey as an outsider who willingly joins Israel, offering a model for choosing Torah rather than
- [The Many (Authentic) Facelifts of Tu BiShvat](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/tu-bshvat/2025/02/the-many-authentic-facelifts-of-tu-bshvat/) - The focus and message of some Jewish holidays is crystal clear. On Pesach, for example, we highlight the dichotomy of slavery and freedom. And so, at my seders growing up we remembered not only that our forefathers were slaves in Egypt but that our grandparents were slaves in Auschwitz and Dachau. For the years when
- [Beshalach 5785: Triumph and Uncertainty](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/02/beshalach-5785-triumph-and-uncertainty/) - Can we celebrate victory while holding onto pain? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy explore Parshat Beshalach, focusing on the tension between triumph and uncertainty. They discuss Shirat HaYam as both a song of victory and a reminder of the fragility of history, reflecting on how the Jewish people struggled to
- [Bo 5785: The Power of Listening](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/01/bo-5785-the-power-of-listening/) - How can memory both guide and hinder us? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rachel Goldberg-Polin explore Parshat Bo through the lens of memory, mahloket (disagreement), and the importance of constructive conflict. They discuss how memory can either ground or entrap us, the art of listening as a transformative tool, and how Jewish tradition values
- [Vayechi 5785: Jacob's Final Words](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/01/vayechi-5785-jacobs-final-words/) - Are Jacob’s final words blessings, prophecies, or something else entirely? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash delve into Parshat Vayechi, focusing on Jacob's final blessings to his sons. They explore the complex nature of these "blessings," their poetic and cryptic language, and their implications for family dynamics and tribal destinies. The
- [Shemot 5785: Rediscovering the Divine](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/01/shemot-5785-rediscovering-the-divine/) - In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Yiscah Smith explore Parshat Shemot, the beginning of the Book of Exodus, focusing on the spiritual and physical challenges of the Jewish people's exile in Egypt. They discuss the transition from individual to communal identity, the dangers of spiritual complacency, and Moses’ transformative journey to leadership. Featuring Yiscah Smith
- [VaEra 5785: The Power of Mahloket](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2025/01/vaera-5785/) - This week’s podcast is sponsored in memory of Dr. Jack Jaffe, Yaakov Zev ben Elchanon. Doctor, community leader, and fervent Zionist. Sponsored by his children, Ari and Marlyn, Reva and Sheldon, Leah and Simon, and Ezra and Marla, as well as his 10 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Can difficult conversations foster growth? In this
- [Preparing or wing it?](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/spiritual-practices/2025/01/preparing-or-wing-it/) - Rabbi Yitzhak of Radziwiłłów was active as a hasidic master in the early nineteenth century. His father, the maggid (preacher) Rabbi Yehiel Mikhel of Złoczów (1731-1780s), was a hasidic leader in the early days of nascent Hasidism. Each of Rabbi Yehiel Mikhel’s five sons went on to become a hasidic master in his own right.
- [Judging God’s sins](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/yom-kippur/2024/10/judging-gods-sins/) - In 1933, Rabbi Yisrael Bekmeister (1877-1954) published a twenty-page collection of hasidic tales. The collection included a fascinating tale that speaks to assessing the past year, as we approach the High Holy Days. **** Bekmeister’s slender booklet included fifteen tales and was designed as the first part in a series. The author was a rabbi
- [Vayigash 5785: Forgiveness and Family - test](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/12/vayigash-5785-forgiveness-and-family/) - How does Yosef’s strategy with his brothers reveal his true intentions? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Daniel Reifman discuss Yosef’s reunion with his brothers in Parshat Vayigash. They explore Judah’s role in repairing family bonds, Yosef’s intentions, and the enduring lessons of forgiveness and reconciliation. Featuring: Rabbi Dr. Daniel Reifman – Pardes
- [Miketz 5784: From Prison to Power](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/12/miketz-5784-from-prison-to-power/) - How does Yosef’s ability to interpret dreams reflect his growth as a leader? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy delve into Parshat Miketz, exploring Yosef's extraordinary journey from the prison to Pharaoh's court. They discuss the transformative power of trust (bitachon) and effort (hishtadlus), how Yosef’s interpretations highlight his personal growth,
- [Vayeshev 5785: Sibling Rivalry](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/12/vayeshev-5785-sibling-rivalry/) - Could the animosity between Yosef and his brothers have been avoided through different choices? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Ilana Gleicher-Bloom delve into the complex family dynamics of Yaakov, Yosef, and his brothers in Parshat Vayeshev. They explore how favoritism, communication breakdowns, and perceived inevitabilities lead to choices with profound consequences. Reflecting on Yosef’s
- [Nitzavim - Vayelich 5784: Empowering Leadership](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/09/nitzavim-vayelich-5784-empowering-leadership/) - How do words of encouragement shape Joshua’s leadership and the future of the Jewish people? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Aviva Lauer explore Parshat Vayelech, focusing on the leadership transition from Moshe to Yehoshua. Join them and dive into the significance of the repeated phrase "chazak ve’amatz" (be strong and brave) and how Moshe
- [Yom Kippur 5785: Forgiveness and Growth](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/10/yom-kippur-5785-forgiveness-and-growth/) - What role does vulnerability play in the Yom Kippur process of teshuvah? In this Yom Kippur-focused episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Elisha Ancselovits explore how to approach this sacred day following a year marked by deep pain and loss. They discuss the challenges of asking for forgiveness in the shadow of such suffering and
- [Sukkot 5785: Vulnerability and Joy](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/10/sukkot-5785/) - How can embracing vulnerability lead to a deeper sense of joy during Sukkot? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy delve into the paradox of Sukkot, exploring how vulnerability and joy are deeply intertwined in the festival. They discuss how the temporary nature of the sukkah highlights the fragility of life and
- [Beresheit 5785: Beginnings and Fractures](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/10/beresheit-5785/) - This week’s podcast is sponsored by Simonne Abadee in celebration of the beginning of our creation, the new year, and a new reading of our Torah, offering the chance to engage anew in our learning. Ten years ago, Simonne came to Pardes and immersed herself in Torah learning. Through this, a whole new world of
- [Noach 5785: Navigating Stormy Waters](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/10/noach-5785-navigating-stormy-waters/) - How can we remain hopeful amid life’s turbulent “floodwaters”? In this week’s Parshat Noach episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Yiscah Smith to explore the relevance of Noah’s story and how, even amid overwhelming turmoil, one can find an “ark” of inner strength and faith. Drawing on the wisdom of Hasidic teachings, they discuss how
- [Lech Lecha 5785: Light in the Darkness](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/11/lech-lecha-5785-light-in-the-darkness/) - What can Avraham’s journey teach us about finding inner light when surrounded by uncertainty? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Nechama Goldman Barash to delve into Parshat Lech Lecha. They discuss the complex dynamics between Sarai and Hagar, exploring themes of oppression, empathy, and power. Nechama reflects on Avraham’s journey as he grapples
- [Vayera 5785: Justice and Mercy](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/11/vayera-5785-justice-and-mercy/) - Why might kindness be perceived as weakness, and what does Avraham’s response teach us? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Leon Morris examine Avraham’s moral decisions in Parshat Vayera, focusing on the qualities that led to the downfall of Sodom and Gomorrah. They discuss the values of compassion, justice, and community, exploring how these
- [Toldot 5785: Brothers in Balance](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/11/toldot-5785-brothers-in-balance/) - What do Yitzchak’s blessings teach us about the balance of power between Yaakov and Esav? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbi Dr. Elisha Ancselovits to unpack the intricate dynamics between Yaakov and Esav in Parshat Toldot. They explore the meaning behind Yitzchak’s blessings, the cycles of conflict and cooperation, and what these
- [Chayei Sarah 5785: Chesed and Devotion](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/11/chayei-sarah-5785-chesed-and-devotion/) - Why are "supporting characters" so vital in Torah narratives? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy explore Parshat Chayei Sarah, focusing on the remarkable qualities of Rivka and Eliezer. Rivka’s extraordinary acts of chesed (kindness) and Eliezer’s unwavering dedication to Avraham’s mission offer profound lessons about leadership, humility, and the power of
- [Vayetze 5785: Finding the Makom](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/12/vayetze-5785-finding-the-makom/) - How does the Torah guide us to create sacred spaces in moments of transition and uncertainty? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Rafael Polisuk explore Yaakov’s profound journey in Parshat Vayetze. Together, they delve into Yaakov's encounter with the "Makom"—a sacred space where the displaced patriarch begins to find his grounding. Through this narrative,
- [Vayishlach 5785: Wrestling with the Divine](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/12/vayishlach-5785-wrestling-with-the-divine/) - What can Yaakov's struggle teach us about the complexities of identity and faith? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Michael Hattin delve into Yaakov’s dramatic encounter with the mysterious "Ish" in Parshat Vayishlach. They explore themes of personal transformation, the meaning of Yaakov's name change to Yisrael, and how this pivotal moment reflects the
- [The Pardes Hanukkah Resource 2025](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/hannukah/2024/12/the-pardes-hanukkah-resource-2025/)
- [Meeting of minds and hearts](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2024/11/meeting-of-minds-and-hearts/) - The Battle of the Vale of Siddim – or as it is known in Jewish tradition: The War of the Four Kings against the Five (Genesis 14:1-17) – was a result of longstanding tensions in the Jordan River plain during ancient times. A turning point in hostilities occurred when four Mesopotamian armies took hostages, including
- [Rosh Hashana 5785: Renewal in Challenging Times](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/09/rosh-hashana-5785/) - This Rosh Hashana podcast is sponsored by Ricki and Dr. David I. Bernstein in memory of Ricki’s parents, Beatrice and Murray Kirschblat z”l, survivors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, respectively. Beatrice and Murray were each the sole survivors of large families which perished in the Shoah. Their resilience and courage in building a family after such
- [One Year On: Helping Jewish Educators Prepare for the Upcoming Holiday Season and October 7 Anniversary](https://elmad.pardes.org/critical-issues/zionism/2024/08/one-year-on/) - The "One Year On" webinar series, presented by The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators in partnership with The Jewish Education Project and M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education, is designed to help Jewish educators create meaningful learning experiences as we approach the first anniversary of October 7. In this three-part series, we explore the
- [High Holidays Companion 5785](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/rosh-hashanah/2024/09/high-holiday-companion/) - High Holidays Companion 5785 This year’s High Holidays companion provides particularly powerful insights as we navigate a year of collective grief and renewal. Through thoughtful reflections, you’ll find inspiration and strength for the journey ahead.Fill in your information below to download the companion. First name: Last name: Email Sign me up to receive updates from Pardes.*By
- [Shoftim 5784: Righteous Leadership](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/09/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 into the Torah's vision for leadership and governance. They discuss the various models of leadership presented in the parsha—from judges to kings—and how these roles are meant to balance power
- [Ki Tavo 5784: Collective Responsibility](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/09/ki-tavo-5784-collective-responsibility/) - In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Raphael Polisuk delve into the covenant ceremony at Har Grizim and Har Eval in Parshat Ki Tavo. They explore how this moment of blessings and curses establishes a collective responsibility among the Jewish people and its significance as they enter the land. Through classic commentaries, they examine the
- [Ki Teitzei 5784: Compassion and Limits](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/09/ki-teitzei-5784-compassion-and-limits/) - In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Michael Hattin explore the mitzvah of Shiluach HaKen (sending away the mother bird) in Parshat Ki Teitzei. They discuss how this seemingly small commandment reflects deeper values of compassion and limits on consumption. Through classical commentaries, they examine how this mitzvah helps cultivate sensitivity, balancing kindness towards animals
- [V'etchanan 5784: A Legacy of Fire and Hope](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/08/vetchanan-5784-a-legacy-of-fire-and-hope/) - Why does Moshe mix harsh rebuke with a profound sense of hope in his final speech? In this episode, Tzvi Hirschfield and Tovah Leah Nachmani delve into Parashat Va'etchanan and into the complex layers of Moshe’s final message, where deep love for the people intertwines with stern rebukes. They explore how Moshe uses the powerful imagery
- [Overcoming Jewish Illiteracy](https://elmad.pardes.org/critical-issues/modernity/2023/08/overcoming-jewish-illiteracy/) - This piece was published in the eJewish Philanthropy on January 29, 2015. Click here to view the original article. In a fascinating book published recently by two economic historians, Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein, the question of why Jews (traditionally farmers) entered commerce and money-lending in the medieval world is revisited. Without going into too
- [Counting the Omer: Looking Forward](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2024/05/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 family and I made aliyah to Israel in hopes of realizing our Zionist dream. Judy and I succeeded in finding a home and a community in Jerusalem where we have
- [Re'eh 5784: Kashrut and Spiritual Clarity](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/08/reeh-5784-kashrut-and-spiritual-clarity/) - How do our perceptions, whether clear or confused, impact our understanding of Torah and our relationships? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek explore Parshat Re'eh, focusing on the intriguing and often perplexing laws of kashrut. They delve into the deeper meanings behind these dietary laws, particularly the curious differences between similar
- [Ekev 5784: The Light in Every Mitzvah](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/08/ekev-5784-the-light-in-every-mitzvah/) - How can a single word in the Torah guide us toward deeper spiritual understanding? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Yizcah Smith dive into Parshat Ekev, exploring the profound spiritual insights hidden within the word "Ekev." They discuss how the rabbis and sages have drawn out layers of meaning from this one word, uncovering its
- [Is Jewish law more important than everything?](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/spiritual-practices/2024/08/is-jewish-law-more-important-than-everything/) - A 1907 collection of hasidic tales by Rabbi Yisrael Berger (1855-1919), Eser Orot, offered a bevy of tales about Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdyczów (1740-1809). Rabbi Berger was one of the key transmitters of hasidic tales, publishing a tetralogy that covered forty different hasidic masters. Alongside his work as a collector of hasidic stories, Rabbi
- [5774 -- Nitzavim: Elul, the Days of Judgement Approach](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2014/09/5774-nitzavim-elul-the-days-of-judgement-approach/) - In this podcast, Rabbi Alex Israel discusses parsha Nitzavim. Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at: info@pardes.org.il. Credits Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator Dr. David Bernstein – Executive Producer
- [Elul: A Time for Reflection and Renewal](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/rosh-hashanah/2014/08/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 think of the month of Elul as a solemn period, filled with penitential prayers, breast-beating, sobbing and guilt. This perception, which stems from a number of rabbinic sources, in fact,
- [The Twelve Steps of Elul](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/personal-transformation/2013/08/the-twelve-steps-of-elul/) - The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous is a powerful program for recovery from addiction. One reason for its success is its strong spiritual base leading us to ask what AA’s relationship is to conventional religious practice and thought. Given that the current Jewish month, Elul, is the month of repentance it is an opportune time
- [Teaching Elul](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcje/2018/05/teaching-elul/) - It is the rare school year, indeed, when we get a full month to explore the unique customs and spiritual significance of Elul with our students before chaggei tishrei are upon us. Below are a few activity suggestions, questions, prompts and resources to inspire you to make the most of this time of year. We
- [September 11 Teaching from Rav Mike Feuer - 2019 / 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/neviim-and-ketuvim/megillot/eicha/2019/09/september-11-teaching-from-rav-mike-feuer-2019-5779/) - Rav Mike Feuer teaching on 9/11 about Elul, Tragedy and Growth...transform tragedies into a source of intimacy and positive identity.
- [Rav Kook: Returning to Self, Nation, and the World - Class I](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/teshuvah/2019/10/ravkook1/) - The first class in a series on Rav Kook's approach to teshuva.
- [Rav Kook: Returning to Self, Nation, and the World - Class II](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/teshuvah/2019/10/ravkook2/) - The first class in a series on Rav Kook's approach to teshuva.
- [Rav Kook: Returning to Self, Nation, and the World - Class III](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/teshuvah/2019/10/ravkook3/) - The first class in a series on Rav Kook's approach to teshuva.
- [Rav Kook: Returning to Self, Nation, and the World - Class IV](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/teshuvah/2019/10/ravkook4/) - The first class in a series on Rav Kook's approach to teshuva.
- [Mahloket Matters Mini-Series: Israel Issues](https://elmad.pardes.org/critical-issues/politics/2024/07/mahloket-matters-mini-series-israel-issues/) - Tired of arguing about Israel issues? Or are you avoiding talking about Israel completely? There is a better way! Tune in as Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield and Rabba Shani Gross model Mahloket Le-shem Shamayim (constructive disagreement) about timely and challenging Israel issues.PART 1: The Role of Land in Jewish IdentityTo what degree does the Land of Israel
- [Devarim 5784: Facing Giants](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/08/devarim-5784-facing-giants/) - What can a giant teach us about overcoming obstacles and building a better society? In this episode, Tzvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Haim Shalom delve into the Parsha of Devarim, highlighting the significance of Moshe's speeches as the Jewish people stand on the brink of entering the land of Canaan. They discuss the fascinating detail of
- [Matot Masei 5784: Choosing the East](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/07/matot_masei-5784-choosing-the-east/) - What happens when a collective seeks fulfillment outside the promised land? In this episode, Rabbi Tzvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Leon Morris delve into the intriguing narrative of the two and a half tribes—Reuven, Gad, and half of Menashe—who choose to settle outside the land of Canaan after the Israelite conquests. They discuss the implications of
- [Rabbi Dov Lipman -- The Haredi Community and their Contribution to the State of Israel and the Jewish People](https://elmad.pardes.org/critical-issues/politics/2015/01/rabbi-dov-lipman-the-chareidi-community-and-their-contribution-to-the-state-of-israel-and-the-jewish-people/) - Rabbi Dov Lipman addresses Pardes on the issue of what the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community can contribute to the State of Israel and the Jewish People as a whole. The following topics are covered: What is the role of the Haredi community in the State of Israel? What are the challenges that Haredi society poses to
- [Pinchas 5784: Passion and Faith](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/07/pinchas-5784-passion-and-faith/) - What drives someone to take extreme action in the name of faith? In this week's episode Rabbi Dr. Howard Markose and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield unravel the gripping narrative of Parsha Pinchas. Join them as they dive into a tale where zealotry clashes with idolatry and explore the bold and controversial actions of Pinchas amidst the
- [Balak 5784: Finding Identity in Solitude](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/07/balak-5784-finding-identity-in-solitude/) - How do we navigate the complexities of being a unique people while integrating into the modern world? In this week’s episode, Rabbi Avi Spodek and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield delve into Parsha Balak, highlighting the themes of identity, isolation, and the perception of the Jewish people by outsiders. They discuss the narrative of Bilaam's blessings and
- [Chukat 5784: The Paradox of the Red Heifer](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/07/chokat-5784-the-paradox-of-the-red-heifer/) - Why does a ritual meant to purify others render the priest impure? In this week’s episode, join Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash and Dr. Daniel Reifman as they delve into the perplexing ritual of the red heifer, emphasizing the paradox where the act of purifying others renders the priest impure. They examines the distinctions between rational
- [Praying for peace](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/prayer/2024/07/praying-for-peace/) - Likkutei Tefillot is one of the fascinating books in the hasidic library. Written by Rabbi Natan Sternhartz of Nemirov (1780-1844), it does not fit neatly in the classic genres of hasidic writing. The work, as we have it today, is divided into two parts and contains 210 original prayers written by the prime student of
- [Korach 5784: Leadership and Rebellion](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/06/korach-5784-leadership-and-rebellion/) - How do we navigate leadership challenges and personal ambition in times of crisis? In this week’s episode, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield and Aviva Lauer delve into Parsha Korach, exploring leadership and rebellion within the context of the Jewish people's journey through the desert. They discuss the motivations behind Korach's uprising, the dynamics of leadership as portrayed
- [Shlach 5784: Unexpected  Twists](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/06/shlach-5784-unexpected-twists/) - What do you do when reality falls short of high expectations? In this episode, Rabbi Tzvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy delve into the Parsha of Shlach, highlighting the challenges and disappointments faced by the Jewish people on the brink of entering the Promised Land. They discuss the mission of the spies, the people's
- [Pidyon Shvuyim 8: Captured IDF Soldiers](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2024/03/pidyon-shvuyim-8-captured-idf-soldiers/) - In the 1973 Yom Kippur war, many IDF soldiers were taken captive. Do the same pidyon shvuyim guidelines apply, or are there unique considerations when we are dealing with soldiers? Credits: Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper - Pardes Faculty
- [Beha'alotcha 5784: Trumpets and Transitions](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/06/behaalotcha-5784-trumpets-and-transitions/) - How do ancient trumpets teach us about modern journeys and transitions? In this episode, Rabbi Tzvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Rafael Polisuk delve into Parshat Behalotcha, highlighting the themes of journey and transition within the Torah portion. They discuss the creation and use of silver trumpets to signal movements and gatherings, emphasizing the deeper metaphysical and
- [Bamidbar 5784: Embracing the Wilderness](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/06/bamidbar-5784-embracing-the-wilderness/) - How does the Jewish people's journey through the desert shape our approach to Torah? In this week’s episode, Rabbi Leon Morris and Rabbi Tzvi Hirschfield explore the theme of openness in Torah study, using the wilderness in the Midbar as a metaphor for the mindset required. Drawing from the Midrash and personal experiences, they explore
- [Naso 5784: Counting on Each Other](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/06/naso-5784-counting-on-each-other/) - How does our unique role strengthen the Jewish communities? In this episode, Rabbi Tzvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Michael Hatton delve into Parshat Naso, highlighting the importance of each person's contributions to the community. They discuss how the counting of the Jewish people and repetitive sacrifices emphasize individual roles while promoting communal unity. The conversation also
- [Parashat Naso/Shavuot 5782: Har Sinai - the First Beit Midrash](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/05/parashat-naso-shavuot-5782-har-sinai-the-first-beit-midrash/) - Parashat Naso/Shavuot 5782: Har Sinai – the First Beit Midrash Description: What was the Torah that the Israelites actually heard and learned? Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write to us at elmad@pardes.org.il. We appreciate you leaving us a review with 5-stars if you enjoy these podcasts. For more information
- [Bechukotai 5784: Between Philosophy and Spirituality](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/05/bechukotai-5784-between-philosophy-and-spirituality/) - Can we approach the Torah as a rational guide for living wisely while allowing space for genuine emotional and spiritual experiences? In this week's episode, Rabbi Dr. Elisha Ancselovits and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield delve into the concept of reward and punishment. Elisha offers an intriguing interpretation - rather than God actively intervening, the Torah provides
- [Why Are Your Mercies a Fist?](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/2024/05/why-are-your-mercies-a-fist/) - This article is the fourth in a series of articles: Part 1 - Trading Places with Captives Part 2 - Securing Captives’ Release Part 3 - Extracting from Deep Cisterns Part 4 - Why Are Your Mercies a Fist Contemporary Breslov Hasidism has the most creative hasidic music scene. This is not sanctioned Breslov music,
- [Trading Places with Captives](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/2024/01/trading-places-with-captives/) - This article is the first in a series of articles: Part 1 - Trading Places with Captives Part 2 - Securing Captives’ Release Part 3 - Extracting from Deep Cisterns Part 4 - Why Are Your Mercies a Fist Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa (b. 1965), the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and the highest Vatican representative in
- [Securing Captives’ Release](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/2024/02/securing-captives-release/) - This article is the second in a series of articles: Part 1 - Trading Places with Captives Part 2 - Securing Captives’ Release Part 3 - Extracting from Deep Cisterns Part 4 - Why Are Your Mercies a Fist Rabbi Yisrael Berger (1855-1919) was one of the key collectors of hasidic tales. He came from
- [Extracting from Deep Cisterns](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/2024/03/extracting-from-deep-cisterns/) - This article is the third in a series of articles: Part 1 - Trading Places with Captives Part 2 - Securing Captives’ Release Part 3 - Extracting from Deep Cisterns Part 4 - Why Are Your Mercies a Fist Rabbi Menahem Nahum of Chernobyl (1730-1797) was one of the founding hasidic masters, spawning dynasties that
- [Behar 5784: Feet on the Ground, Eyes on the Mountain](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/05/behar-5784-feet-on-the-ground-eyes-on-the-mountain/) - Why is Mount Sinai mentioned in connection with the laws of Shmitta (Sabbatical year) and Yovel (Jubilee year)? In this thought-provoking episode, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield and Rachel Friedrichs delve into the profound significance of this week's Torah portion of Behar opening with a reference to Mount Sinai. Together, we'll explore the contrast between the communal
- [What Makes Us Human?](https://elmad.pardes.org/critical-issues/modernity/2024/05/what-makes-us-human/) - The following article was originally published as part of the 5784/2023 Edition of Havruta Magazine. Surprisingly or not, the idea that people might create entities capable of mimicking their physical and cognitive abilities did not exceed the imagination of our halachic predecessors. Rava created a person and sent it before Rabbi Ze’era. He [Rabbi Ze’era]
- [Emor 5784: The Perfection Paradox](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/05/emor-5784-the-perfection-paradox/) - How do we approach texts in our traditions that seem to discriminate against or exclude certain groups of people? In this thought-provoking discussion, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Haim Shalom wrestle with the disqualification of kohanim (priests) with physical deformities or disabilities from serving in the Temple. We'll explore how to reconcile such texts with
- [Study and Reflect: The Israeli National Holidays 5784](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/2024/05/hayamim-5784-reflection-prompts/) - In preparation for the upcoming Israel National Holidays of Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha'Atzmaut, Rabbi Jon Leener has curated a collection of thought-provoking texts, interesting facts, and reflective questions to deepen your preparation. Carefully selected, each text is accompanied by guiding questions designed to spark meaningful conversations and personal growth. Explore them individually or share
- [Let it Be Told](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/2024/05/let-it-be-told/) - What does Yom HaZikaron look like and feel like in Israel? Everyone has lost someone. Flags fly at half staff. Television broadcasts cease, replaced by an endless scroll of the names of the fallen. At 8 p.m. and 11 a.m. a siren wails, followed by a moment of silence, a stillness so quiet you can
- [How Will Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, Be Different This Year?](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/2024/05/how-will-yom-hazikaron-israels-memorial-day-be-different-this-year/) - At least in Israel, maybe this is the one year to let it go. A few weeks into the war, when the young adults I work with were feeling the need to process the dark, topsy-turvy world falling down all around us, a wise friend who is a psychologist told me: it is not time
- [Kedoshim 5784: Empathy in a Divided World](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/05/kedoshim-5784-empathy-in-a-divided-world/) - In a world rife with conflict and oversimplified narratives about "the other," how can we embody true holiness by cultivating empathy, humility, and deeper human connection? Rabbi Brent Spodek joins our host Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield this week for a thought-provoking discussion exploring the Torah's call in Parshat Kedoshim to "be holy." Brent denounces the insidious
- [The Tisch: Omer Obsession](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2024/05/the-tisch-omer-obsession/) - Many people obsess over counting the Omer. “Did you count yet?” “What was last night?” “Don’t forget to count!” In fact, this obsession has roots in Jewish, and specifically hasidic, tradition.
- [Acharei Mot 5784: A People Apart](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/05/acharei-mot-5784-a-people-apart/) - How can the Jewish people maintain a sense of unity and connection as a nation despite geographical separation and divergent experiences between the Diaspora and Israel? In this week's episode, Rabba Shani Gross joins us from afar for a discussion on the Torah portion's emphasis on centralized worship, linking it to the biblical story of
- [Pesach 5784: Unearthing Personal Freedom](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/04/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 see ourselves ("l'rot atzmo") as leaving spiritual enslavement each Passover. Drawing from the Piazner Rebbe and Rav Kook, Yiscah illuminates how painful self-examination can allow for divine blessings and personal
- [Metzora 5784: Transforming Curses into Blessings](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/04/metzora-5784-transforming-curses-into-blessings/) - Can we uncover hidden blessings, even from within painful experiences? Join us this week as we delve into the profound purification rituals surrounding the mysterious affliction of tzara'at (often translated as "leprosy") in the weekly Torah portion of Metzora. In a riveting discussion, Rabbi Jon Leener challenges the conventional view of this condition as merely
- [Tazria 5784: Reimagining Ritual Purity](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/04/tazria-5784-reimagining-ritual-purity/) - How do we navigate the tension between devotion to mitzvot and the pursuit of understanding their significance in our lives? In this week's parsha, we explore the seemingly archaic ritual purity laws. Rabbi Michael Hattin joins the discussion to highlight how these laws, though initially perplexing, offer profound insights into human behavior and ethics. By
- [Shemini 5784: Going Beyond Our Mistakes](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/04/shemini-5784-going-beyond-our-mistakes/) - In this week’s episode, we navigate the complexities of failure and growth in the aftermath of pivotal moments in the Tanakh. Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy draws a parallel between the incidents of the Golden Calf and the death of Aaron’s sons, both occurring at crucial moments meant to elevate the spiritual consciousness of the Jewish
- [Tzav 5784: Kindling the Spirit](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/03/tzav-5784-in-the-shadow-of-failure/) - Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash joins us this week for an investigation of the eternal flame that burned upon the altar. Contemplating the balance between the passion of the burning fire and the steadfastness of its daily lighting, Zvi and Nechama ask how we may infuse our own religious practices with both regularity and inspiration. As
- [Tetzave 5784: The Biblical Fashion Show](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/02/tetzave-5784-the-biblical-fashion-show/) - Do the clothes we wear define us? Rabbi Daniel Reifman joins our host Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield this week for a discussion on the priestly vestments as described in this week's parsha in precise detail. Does the Torah teach us to create such an intricate and beautiful garb solely to create the right atmosphere for religious
- [Vayakhel 5784: Gathering With Intention](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/03/vayakhel-5783-gathering-with-intention/) - What is it that makes us join together with different groups? Over the past two parshiot, we've seen two gatherings, one in which the people gathered to create the Golden Calf, and another in which they gathered to build the Mishkan. In both stories, the people give willingly and generously in order to build something
- [Pekudei 5784: Constructing Connection](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/03/pekudei-5784-constructing-connection/) - In what way does the Mishkan (Tabernacle) serve as a metaphor for organizing one's relationship with God, oneself, and others? This week, we're joined by Rabbi Dr. Daniel Reifman for a discussion of the meticulous detailing of the construction of the Mishkan and its role in serving as both a physical structure for God's presence
- [Vayikra/Purim 5784: For God or King?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/03/vayikra-purim-5784-for-god-or-king/) - Join Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield this week as he delves deep into the rich theological tapestry of Purim alongside Rafael Polisuk. Together, they explore the intricate messages woven into the fabric of the holiday and the profound challenges encountered by the Jewish people of that era. Unraveling the layers of history and tradition, they ponder the
- [Ki Tisa 5784: The Inevitable Collapse](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/02/ki-tisa-5784-the-inevitable-collapse/) - Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash joins us to share her take on this week's parsha, and the infamous story of the Golden Calf. We'll discuss how this event can serve as an example of the inevitable moments of collapse and the repair that follows in all relationships. Our conversation will turn to the societal relationship within
- [Terumah 5784: God Everywhere, Yet Somewhere?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/02/terumah-5784-god-everywhere-yet-somewhere/) - Can we find value in tangible expressions or experiences of spirituality, even if they challenge our rational view of the world? Pardes President Rabbi Leon Morris joins us this week to explore the challenges raised by the commandment to build a portable temple (the Mishkan) to serve as God's house in the desert. How are
- [Mishpatim 5784: Toward a Healthy Society](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/02/mishpatim-5784-toward-a-healthy-society/) - This week's parsha is primarily concerned with laws meant to order and structure our interactions and society, including a prohibition against cursing judges and the king. In light of this prohibition, Sefi Kraut, Pardes Director of Mahloket Matters, asks us to consider what we can and should do when we believe that the institutions meant
- [Yitro 5783: Thinking Outside Ourselves](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/01/yitro-5783-thinking-outside-ourselves/) - What is our responsibility to the rest of the world, and how might that impact the image that we want to project to humanity at large? Tovah Leah Nachmani joins us in the studio this week to discuss Yitro, an outsider whose story appears alongside the covenantal moment of receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai.
- [Pidyon Shvuyim Episode 7: Releasing Terrorists to Free Hostages](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2024/01/pidyon-shvuyim-episode-7-releasing-terrorists-to-free-hostages/) - If terrorists demand the release of other terrorists in order to free hostages, is this a case of pidyon shvuyim? Perhaps this scenario should be considered under a different legal rubric? Credits: Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper - Pardes Faculty
- [Pidyon Shvuyim Episode 1: Lauded Objective](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/11/torah-for-tough-times-lauded-objective/) - The Maggid of Melbourne opens this series with a look at the centrality of securing the release of hostages. Why is this considered such an important mitzvah? Credits: Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper - Pardes Faculty
- [Pidyon Shvuyim Episode 6: Prepared to Pay](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/torah-for-tough-times/2023/12/pidyon-shvuyim-prepared-to-pay/) - In this episode, we recap remarkable the story of the 1970 Dawson’s Field hijackings and explore the reactions of American rabbis. Credits: Rabbi Levi Cooper - Pardes Faculty
- [Pidyon Shvuyim Episode 5: Contact with the Outside](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/12/pidyon-shvuyim-contact-with-the-outside/) - Israel requested that the International Committee of the Red Cross visits our brothers and sisters who are held hostage in Gaza. Do we have precedents in the annals of Jewish history for visiting captives? Credits: Rabbi Levi Cooper - Pardes Faculty
- [Pidyon Shvuyim Episode 4: Choosing to Stay](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/12/pidyon-shvuyim-choosing-to-stay/) - Was there ever a time that our people left a hostage in captivity? For this episode, we travel to 13th century Germany. Credits: Rabbi Levi Cooper - Pardes Faculty
- [Pidyon Shvuyim Episode 3: The People Act](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/11/pidyon-shvuyim-the-people-act/) - How did the 16th century Cairo Jewish community react to kidnap situations? And how did rabbinic leaders explain the community’s conduct? Credits: Rabbi Levi Cooper - Pardes Faculty
- [Pidyon Shvuyim Episode 2: Exorbitant Ransoms & Life-Threatening Incarceration](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/11/pidyon-shvuyim-exorbitant-ransoms/) - Should we be willing to pay any price to secure the release of captives? Surely, paying overpriced ransoms incentivises terrorists? Credits: Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper - Pardes Faculty
- [The Jewish Heroism Project Ep. 1 - Tov: The Gate - Quest for the Good](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2024/01/the-jewish-heroism-project-ep-1-tov-the-gate-quest-for-the-good/) - Discover the 26 Paths of Jewish Heroism and what it means to be a hero in Rav Mike’s newest podcast series, The Jewish Heroism Project. There are good things worth fighting for. But what is good? The first class of the Jewish Heroism Project introduces the Torah’s definition of heroism as mesirut nefesh l’man tov, going
- [Beshalach 5784: Choosing Faith](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/01/beshalach-5784-choosing-faith/) - Dive on in as Yiscah Smith joins Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield to discuss the story of the Red Sea, reminding us that we had to first jump into the water before it would split. Can we view faith as a concious choice, rather than a reaction? If so, how can we find the strength and resilience
- [Bo 5784: Building a Shared Future](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/01/bo-5784-building-a-shared-future/) - On the cusp of leaving Egypt, the children of Israel are told that they must remember the Exodus. For over 2,000 years, this commandment to remember the past has helped the Jewish people remain connected to their history as a people. Yet, is that enough for us to remain united as well? In this week's
- [Va'era 5784: Cultivating Hope, Awaiting Salvation](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/01/vaera-5784/) - How may we be redeemed when we feel as if our spirits have been crushed? Rabbi Leon Morris joins us this week to discuss the idea of kotzer ruach, a crushed soul, and how Moshe faced resistance from those who could not believe that redemption was at hand. Bringing modern relevance to the redemption story,
- [Shemot 5784: Moshe's Moral Development](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2024/01/shemot-5784-moshes-moral-development/) - This week, we begin the book of Shemot and are introduced to Moshe. Yet, by the time Moshe takes up the mantle of leadership, he’s already in his later years, and his developmental years are practically skipped over. Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy joins us this week to examine those developmental years with three stories; Moshe’s
- [Vayehi 5784: An Inherited Meritocracy?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/12/vayehi-5784-an-inherited-meritocracy/) - When thinking of traditional inheritance, we often think of the firstborn as being the main heir, and in many ways the Torah confirms this, yet throughout the book of Bereishit we see the script being flipped, with the younger sibling receiving the greater blessing. The final example of this appears at Ya'akov's deathbed, where he
- [Vayigash 5784: Overcoming Pain as a Family](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/12/vayigash-5784-overcoming-pain-as-a-family/) - Can the pains of the past be overcome, opening the way for relationships to heal and be redefined? In this week's parsha, we witness the emotional reunion between the sons of Israel, with Yosef revealing himself to the brothers who had once thrown him into a pit and, ignoring his pain and pleas, sold him
- [Vayeshev 5784: Growth and Responsibility](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/12/vayeshev-5784-growth-and-responsibility/) - What can the mitzvah of yibum, Levirate marriage, teach us about making difficult decisions and personal growth? In this week's episode of Pardes from Jerusalem, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Daniel Reifman unpack the complicated family dynamics of Yehudah, his sons, and his daughter-in-law, Tamar. As the only mitzvah in the Torah that allows
- [Miketz 5784: Being Seen for Who We Are](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/12/miketz-5784-being-seen-for-who-we-are/) - What might Yosef's story, so full of pain yet hope, teach us about maintaining our own faith during difficult times? During these challenging times, many feel themselves torn between a desire to stand firmly in their Jewish identities and values and the feeling that they must hide their identity. In this week's parsha discussion, Rabbi
- [Hanukah 5783: Forgetfulness that Leads to Blessed Discord](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/12/hanukkah-5783-forgetfulness-that-leads-to-blessed-discord/) - During a holiday where there is both darkness and light, where we retreat indoors and shine brightly from the windowsill, go on a journey with Pardes North America to find meaning in the discord within our tradition. Night 1 - Forgetfulness that Leads to Blessed Discord Featuring Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy Rav Hutner suggests that the
- [Hanukah 5783: Rediscovering the Minimalism of Hanukah](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/12/hanukah-5783-rediscovering-the-minimalism-of-hanukah/) - During a holiday where there is both darkness and light, where we retreat indoors and shine brightly from the windowsill, go on a journey with Pardes North America to find meaning in the discord within our tradition. Night 2 - Rediscovering the Minimalism of Hanukah Featuring Professor Ziva R. Hassenfeld Learning how to reclaim the simplicity
- [Hanukah 5783: "More is More" vs. "Less is More"](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/12/hanukah-5783-more-is-more-vs-less-is-more/) - During a holiday where there is both darkness and light, where we retreat indoors and shine brightly from the windowsill, go on a journey with Pardes North America to find meaning in the discord within our tradition. Night 3 - "More is More" vs. "Less is More" Featuring Rabbi Leon Morris The Rabbis debated the precise
- [Hanukah 5783: The Light of Hanukah: Let's Light Up the Streets!](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/12/hanukah-5783-the-light-of-hanukah-lets-light-up-the-streets/) - During a holiday where there is both darkness and light, where we retreat indoors and shine brightly from the windowsill, go on a journey with Pardes North America to find meaning in the discord within our tradition. Night 4 - The Light of Hanukah: Let's Light Up the Streets! Featuring Rabba Yaffa Epstein, Senior Scholar and Educator
- [Hanukah 5783: The Window or the Table: Spreading Light to Eradicate Hate](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/12/hanukah-5783-the-window-or-the-table-spreading-light-to-eradicate-hate/) - During a holiday where there is both darkness and light, where we retreat indoors and shine brightly from the windowsill, go on a journey with Pardes North America to find meaning in the discord within our tradition. Night 5 - The Window or the Table: Spreading Light to Eradicate Hate Featuring Rabba Shani Gross Learn how
- [Hanukah 5783: Combatting Darkness](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/12/hanukah-5783-combatting-darkness/) - During a holiday where there is both darkness and light, where we retreat indoors and shine brightly from the windowsill, go on a journey with Pardes North America to find meaning in the discord within our tradition. Night 6 - "More is More" vs. "Less is More" Featuring Rabbi Jonathan Leener This d’var Torah explores the
- [Hanukah 5783: Deborah and Judith: How Our Heroines Harmonize Across a Millennium](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/12/hanukah-5783-deborah-and-judith-how-our-heroines-harmonize-across-a-millennium/) - During a holiday where there is both darkness and light, where we retreat indoors and shine brightly from the windowsill, go on a journey with Pardes North America to find meaning in the discord within our tradition. Night 7* - Deborah and Judith: How Our Heroines Harmonize Across a Millennium Featuring Aviva Lauer Who was Judith
- [Hanukah 5783:  One Candle, Then Another, Then Another](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/12/hanukah-5783-one-candle-then-another-then-another/) - During a holiday where there is both darkness and light, where we retreat indoors and shine brightly from the windowsill, go on a journey with Pardes North America to find meaning in the discord within our tradition. Night 8 - One Candle, Then Another, Then Another Featuring Rabbi Brent Spodek Transitioning into a new month and
- [Vayishlach 5784: Faith in Humanity vs. Survival](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/11/vayishlach-5784-faith-in-humanity-vs-survival/) - What can a fraught meeting between brothers teach us about our own instincts? The events of October 7 shattered the worldview for many of us, and can cause us to approach how we understand the Torah differently. In this week’s episode, Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield unpack the emotionally charged reunion between
- [Vayetze 5784: Moving Forward Through Darkness](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/11/vayetze-5784-moving-forward-through-darkness/) - What might Ya'akov’s nocturnal revelation teach us about how to approach darkness? As we continue to pray for the safe return of the hostages and yearn for better days ahead, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy delve into what tools this week’s parsha might give us for getting through these difficult days. Together,
- [Toldot 5784: The Challenge of Chosenness](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/11/toldot-5784-the-challenge-of-chosenness/) - The book of Bereishit, filled with the themes of covenant and birthright, tells the story of the progenitors of the Jewish people. Among the many characters we meet in the book are pairs of siblings of which one gets chosen as the inheritor of the covenant, while the other is subject to a different fate.
- [Chaye Sarah 5784: Ensuring the Future](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/11/chaye-sarah-5784-ensuring-the-future/) - What does the Torah teach us about encountering grief? As we mourn the tragedies of October 7, Ilana Gleicher-Bloom and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield explore Avraham and Yitzchak's response to the passing of Sarah. How does Avraham mourn for his wife, and why is it that he does not interact with his own son in such
- [Embracing Our Soldiers](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/2023/11/24141/) - On Rosh Hodesh Heshvan (October 15-16, 2023) – just over a week after the Simhat Torah massacre – the Boyaner Rebbe, Rabbi Nachum Dov Brayer (b. 1959) dispatched a book of prayers to his hasidim who have children or spouses who are serving or were mobilised. As a rule, Boyan hasidim – like other mainstream
- [Vayera 5784: An Imminent and Transcendent Connection](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/11/vayera-5784-an-immanent-and-transcendent-connection/) - Do we allow our pursuit of spirituality to get in the way of true divine connection? In this week's episode of Pardes from Jerusalem, Yiscah Smith and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield discuss Parshat Vayera through the lens of human and divine connection. When the three strangers arrive at Avraham's tent, we find Avram in the midst
- [Holy Darkness](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/2023/11/holy-darkness/) - In dark times, it is difficult to see the glow of holiness; blackness covers any speck of light and a sense of gloom is pervasive. This is an all-too-familiar feeling for us in these times. A hasidic perspective on winter darkness may shed some light. **** An oft-reported tradition has Rabbi Zvi Hirsh of Żydaczów
- [Lech Lecha 5784: Avraham's Global Family](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/10/lech-lecha-5784-avrahams-global-family/) - This episode is sponsored by Jeff and Alissa Hurok in honor of their dear friends and family who have engaged with and enhanced Jeff’s Torah study and have encouraged his participation with Pardes. Judy Klitsner joins us in the studio for a profound journey through the book of Bereishit and Parshat Lech Lecha, unraveling the
- [Noach 5784: Passivity in the Face of Destruction](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/10/noach-5784-the-passivity-of-noach/) - Dedicated to the healing of those who were injured, to the memory of those who lost their lives, and with hopes and prayers for the rescue of all those who are being held hostage. Disclaimer: This episode was recorded before October 7 and touches on the themes of destruction and loss, good and evil, and
- [Torah for Tough Times: Images of Atrocities - A Torah Perspective](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/10/torah-for-tough-times-images-of-atrocities-a-torah-perspective/) - On October 7, as Jews around the world were celebrating Simchat Torah, terrorists crossed into Israel attacking communities across southern Israel. While left reeling from the pain of this tragedy, many of us are wondering, how do we pray during a time such as this? What guidance does the Torah have for us during such
- [Torah for Tough Times: Hallel During Wartime](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/10/torah-for-tough-times-hallel-during-wartime/) - On October 7, as Jews around the world were celebrating Simchat Torah, terrorists crossed into Israel attacking communities across southern Israel. While left reeling from the pain of this tragedy, many of us are wondering, how do we pray during a time such as this? What guidance does the Torah have for us during such
- [Torah for Tough Times: Prayer for the Communities Attacked](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/10/torah-for-tough-times-prayer-for-the-communities-attacked/) - On October 7, as Jews around the world were celebrating Simchat Torah, terrorists crossed into Israel attacking communities across southern Israel. While left reeling from the pain of this tragedy, many of us are wondering, how do we pray during a time such as this? What guidance does the Torah have for us during such
- [Bereishit 5784: Let's Talk About Rain](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/10/bereishit-5784-praying-for-rain/) - Dedicated to the healing of those who were injured, to the memory of those who lost their lives, and with hopes and prayers for the rescue of all those who are being held hostage. Including an opening message from Pardes President Rabbi Leon Morris. In this week's episode of Pardes from Jerusalem, we begin the
- [VeZot HaBracha 5784: A Growing and Expanding Torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/10/vezot-habracha-5784-a-growing-and-expanding-torah/) - "Never again did there arise in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom God singled out, face to face..." Rabbi Amirit Rosen joins Zvi in the studio to discuss the final words of the Torah, the last words of Moses to the Jewish people. Amirit teaches us how the Torah ends by reminding us of one
- [Sukkot 5784: Unifying the Duality of Sukkot](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/09/sukkot-5784-unifying-the-duality-of-sukkot/) - Rabbi Michael Hattin returns to the studio to explore the multifaceted holiday of Sukkot. From its dual nature balancing community and individual perspectives to its fusion of agricultural and historical significance, Sukkot seemingly weaves together separate messages. Join Michael and Zvi as they dissect this duality, searching for unifying themes and delving into the deeper
- [Yom Kippur 5784: Expanding Our Compassion](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/09/yom-kippur-5784-expanding-our-compassion/) - In this week's episode, Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek calls into the studio to speak with our host, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, about one of the most challenging days of the year, Yom Kippur, and the story of Yonah. Why would Yonah be so upset that his prophecies were heard? Was it that Yonah possibly lacked empathy
- [Rosh Hashana 5784: A Day of Caring Judgement](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/09/rosh-hashana-5784/) - This Rosh Hashana podcast is sponsored by Ricki and David Bernstein in memory of Ricki’s parents, Beatrice and Murray Kirschblat z"l, survivors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, respectively. Beatrice and Murray were each the sole survivors of large families which perished in the Shoah. What motivates us to make changes in our lives? Tovah Leah Nachmani
- [Grab a Good Deed](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/rosh-hashanah/2023/09/grab-a-good-deed/) - Enjoy learning with the Maggid of Melbourne? Find more content by Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper on the Maggid of Melbourne page. On Rosh Hashana we sound the shofar during the day and not during the night following the biblical verse that refers to yom teru‘ah (Numbers 29:1) – a day when the horn is sounded.
- [The Jewish Story Special: A 9 Days Conversation featuring Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/07/the-jewish-story-special-a-9-days-conversation-featuring-rabbi-aaron-leibowitz/) - The Jewish Story Special: A 9 Days Conversation featuring Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz The Israeli Judicial Reform protests come the same week 18 years after the Gush Katif protests and 2,000 years after the destruction of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. What can we learn from Tisha B'Av and the Nine Days about modern Jewish and
- [Nitzavim-Vayelech 5783: A Covenantal Relationship](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/09/nitzavim-vayelech-5783-a-covenantal-relationship/) - Rabbi Michael Hattin returns to the studio to discuss this week's double-parsha, Nitzavim-Vayelech and how the Torah teaches us to live within the tension of accepting imperfections while striving to always improve ourselves. As the Children of Israel stand poised to enter the Land of Israel, the Covenant between them and God is reaffirmed, yet
- [Ki Tavo 5783: How Do I Tell Our Story?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/08/ki-tavo-5783-how-do-i-tell-our-story/) - Zvi is joined this week by Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy, who shares with us her insights into connecting our personal story to the story of the Jewish people, and doing so can give us the gift of gratitude and generosity. The conversation also delves into the topic of how our physical connection to the land
- [Episode 17: Dedication Plaques](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/episode-17-dedication-plaques/) - Is it acceptable to place a dedication plaque in a sacred space? In today's episode, we go back to the Tanakh, learning about the building of the Temple, and other early sources as we examine this complex topic. Credits: Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper - Pardes Faculty
- [Episode 18: Eternal Light](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/episode-18-eternal-light/) - Where did the tradition of lighting a ner tamid (Eternal Light) in a synagogue begin? In this final episode of Exploring Sacred Spaces, the Maggid of Melbourne looks to the sources once again, this time in search of the history of the ner tamid. We'll discover some of the earliest mentions of the ner tamid,
- [Episode 15: Structural Damage](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/episode-15-structural-damage/) - In the wake of the terrifying earthquake that struck Turkey, the Maggid of Melbourne dedicated this episode on structural damage to the people of Turkey. What do we do when there is a crack in the wall of a synagogue? We've already learned that we must treat the structure with proper sanctity and if one
- [Episode 16: Unfinished Synagogues](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/episode-16-unfinished-synagogues/) - Sometimes when you walk into a Jewish home you are immediately confronted by a portion of the wall that is incomplete. Why is that? In today's episode the Maggid of Melbourne explores this tradition, discussing the reason for it, and whether or not a synagogue should also remain incomplete. Credits: Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper -
- [Episode 14: Mysticism in Synagogue Design](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/episode-14-mysticism-in-window-design/) - There's more to windows and synagogues than meets the eye. In this episode, the Maggid of Melbourne continues his discussion on windows in synagogues. Searching for guidance on how many windows should be used, we look to the mystical text known as the Zohar. While we may find some answers, true to form, mysticism leaves
- [Exploring Sacred Spaces 9: Menorah or Chanukiya](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/exploring-sacred-spaces-9-menorah-or-chanukiya/) - We see them all the time in our Jewish spaces, but what exactly is the role of the Chanukiya within synagogues? Join Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper, the Maggid of Melbourne, as he leads us on a fascinating exploration of the intricate relationship between the Chanukiya and synagogues, unveiling hidden connections, historical intricacies, and traditions
- [Episode 13: Window Design](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/episode-13-window-design/) - If, as we've learned, we are meant to have windows, is there a specific way they should be designed? In today's episode the Maggid of Melbourne leads us with an examination of the windows that were found in the Temple. It isn't as simple as copying those windows, however, as many questions arise regarding how
- [Ki Tetze 5783: It Starts From Below](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/08/ki-tetze-5783-it-starts-from-below/) - In this week's episode, Zvi is joined by Yiscah Smith for a discussion of the mitzvah of "sending away the mother bird," and how the Talmudic rejection of finding reasons for the commandment became an invitation for Hasidic thinkers to explore even deeper. While we started with this example, our conversation broadened out to a
- [Episode 11: Windows for Prayer](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/episode-11-windows-for-prayer/) - Do synagogues need windows? Going back to the time of Daniel, we learn that windows have played a role in prayer, but does that mean that windows are required? Why would we even need windows, what particular role would they play in our synagogues? Join the Maggid of Melbourne as he examines the Rambam
- [Episode 12: Smell and Sight](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/episode-12-smell-and-sight/) - The Maggid of Melbourne brings another tale, this time about the planning of the building of Yeshivat Har Etzion and Rav Amital's reaction to learning there would be no windows in the Beit Midrash. We learn of two versions of the story, one telling us that Rav Amital's reaction was based on scent, but another
- [Shoftim 5783: Navigating the Dynamics of Leadership](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/08/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 their roles and the potential dangers inherent in the powers they hold? In this week's Torah Talk, Zvi is joined by Tovah Leah Nachmani to discuss Parshat Shoftim's profound insights
- [Exploring Sacred Spaces 10: Karate Kicks on Synagogue Walls](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/exploring-sacred-spaces-10-karate-kicks-on-synagogue-walls/) - From watching children practice their karate kicks to remembering stories of shared walls with homes, the Maggid of Melbourne embarks on a fascinating discussion about the sanctity of synagogue walls and the challenges of using them for the mundane. Drawing on historical sources, including this week's parsha, and reflections from our modern context, in
- [Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 7: Holy Arks](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/exploring-sacred-spaces-ep-7-holy-arks/) - In today's episode of the Maggid of Melbourne's "Exploring Sacred Spaces" we dive into the significance of the Holy Ark in a synagogue and the dilemma of dealing with an existing Ark when moving to a new space. Various options, from burial to repurposing, are considered within the framework of Jewish Law. Credits: Rabbi
- [Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 8: Lions in Shul](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/exploring-sacred-spaces-ep-8-lions-in-shul/) - The symbolism of lions has been seen throughout Ashkenazi synagogues. Yet, in 1949, Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel cautioned the use of images in synagogues due to the prohibition of graven images. How do we approach these images in synagogues? How can we find a decor that aids us in spiritual connection while also respecting
- [Re'eh 5783: Growth is Possible](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/08/reeh-5783-growth-is-possible/) - Zvi is joined from across the ocean with Pardes North America faculty associate Rabbi Brent Spodek, host of Good Jewish Lover, to discuss the weekly parsha. Brent discusses our tendency to lean on core negative images, failing to see ourselves as part of the picture and not acknowledging our partner's imperfect efforts. How do we
- [Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 2: Small Steps for Prayer Leaders](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/exploring-sacred-spaces-ep-2-small-steps-for-prayer-leaders/) - In this second episode of "Exploring Sacred Spaces," the Maggid of Melbourne shares insights into the bimah and how we approach it. How is the Hazzan supposed to approach or descend, and what are the practical and spiritual implications? Credits: Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper - Pardes Faculty
- [Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 3: Tied to the Lectern - A Hasidic Tale](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/exploring-sacred-spaces-ep-3-tied-to-the-lectern-a-hasidic-tale/) - Join the Maggid of Melbourne as he continues his exploration of where the Hazzan (prayer leader) stands as he leads prayers. Levi brings in a tale of a Hasidic man who ties himself to the lectern during their service, confusing everyone in the synagogue. With this in mind, we'll continue to look into the
- [Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 4: Stepping up to Offer Blessings](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/exploring-sacred-spaces-ep-4-stepping-up-to-offer-blessings/) - In previous episodes, the Maggid of Melbourne discussed how the Hazzan should approach the lectern, examining the question of whether one should step up or down. What about when the Kohanim come forward to lead the priestly blessing? Must they step up? What if there is no space, or some other challenges that would
- [Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 5: Blessings at Eye Level](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/exploring-sacred-spaces-ep-5-blessings-at-eye-level/) - We continue our examination of the duchan (platform) from which the Kohanim offer blessings to the congregation. As we know from the previous episode, the Kohanim are meant to go up to the duchan, meaning the duchan should be raised up from the floor. While we have learned that the blessing should be done whether
- [Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 6: Halakhot of Air Conditioners](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/08/exploring-sacred-spaces-ep-6-halakhot-of-air-conditioning/) - Is there an obligation to have air conditioners or heaters in a synagogue? If we do have air conditioners, what considerations do we need to take? Is it alright to leave an air conditioner on when the synagogue isn't in use? What if someone accidentally leaves the air conditioner on? Take a deep dive
- [Exploring Sacred Spaces Ep. 1: Octagon Synagogues, Tradition, and Innovation](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/07/exploring-sacred-spaces-ep-1-octagon-synagogues-tradition-and-innovation/) - In this first episode of "Exploring Sacred Spaces," the Maggid of Melbourne takes us back to 1787, exploring a responsum by Rabbi Yehezkel Landau that discusses whether it is permissible to build a synagogue in the shape of an octagon rather than a square. Credits: Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper - Pardes Faculty
- [Ekev 5783: Pathways to Gratitude](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/07/ekev-5783-pathways-to-gratitude/) - Are we truly able to be aware of and appreciate the blessings in our lives? This week, Zvi is joined in the Pardes from Jerusalem studio by Rabbi Michael Hattin. Michael shares with us how Parshat Ekev teaches us about abundance, awareness, and gratitude. Together, we explore the obstacles facing each of us in cultivating
- [Synagogues of the Widow](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/2023/07/synagogues-of-the-widow/) - Enjoy learning with Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper? Find more articles and listen to his archive of podcasts on Elmad! The Talmud records the tradition of a blessing recited upon the establishment of Jewish communities after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem: “One who sees houses of Israel in their inhabited state, says – Blessed
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: The Final Episode of the Jewish Story](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/07/the-jewish-story-season-6-the-final-episode-of-the-jewish-story/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 21 – The Final Episode of The Jewish Story There is no way to give closure to six seasons of a story, but you have to try! Here is an interview with Rav Mike Feuer that looks back on the lessons of Jewish history and reflects on the challenges
- [VaEtchanan 5783: The Embodiment of Love](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/07/vaetchanan-5783-the-embodiment-of-love/) - Join Pardes President Rabbi Leon Morris joined Zvi in the studio to discuss his personal journey on a path to Jewish practice. Listen in as Leon combines insight into the text with the practice of tefillin, to show us how we can make obligation and mitzvot into a language of love. Read this week's parsha
- [Midrash Favouritism](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/2023/07/midrash-favouritism/) - Enjoy learning with Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper? Find more articles and listen to his archive of podcasts on Elmad! Midrash Favouritism In an unexpected passage in the Midrash, the sages recounted a deal struck between Moses and his future father-in-law, Jethro. Moses had already decided to serve God, when he came to Jethro to
- [Matot-Massei 5783: The Boundary Lines of the Jewish People](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/07/matot-massei-the-boundary-lines-of-the-jewish-people/) - In this week’s episode, Zvi is joined by Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy for an exploration of Matot and Massei, discussing the challenging tale of the tribes who chose not to settle in the land of Israel. Meesh offers us different interpretations for the motivation guiding the tribes' decision to not cross the Jordan and helps
- [Devarim 5783: Listening Between the Lines](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/07/devarim-5783-listening-between-the-lines/) - How are we able to live in the past, future and present all at the same time? Aviva Lauer, Director of the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, joined Zvi to discuss Devarim and Moshe's opening speech for the final book of the Tanakh. Aviva shares how, if read carefully, we could learn from Moshe's speech
- [Good Jewish Lover - Episode #10 - Learning Love from the Torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/gjl/2023/07/good-jewish-lover-episode-10-learning-love-from-the-torah/) - In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by Pardes Chief Innovation Officer Faith Leener for a conversation about reading the Torah with an eye toward becoming a Good Jewish Lover. If you have thoughts about this episode or suggestions for texts, topics or guests for future episodes, please be in touch with Rabbi Brent at
- [Too Much Devekut](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/07/too-much-devekut/) - Enjoy learning with Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper? Check out his podcast series! The following article is the third in the series "Navigating Excessive Spirituality". Too Much Devekut In a talk delivered in late 1952, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch (Ramash; 1902-1994) opened a tale with the words, “The story is known…” The tale
- [Intense Devekut](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2023/04/intense-devekut/) - Enjoy learning with Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper? Check out his podcast series! The following article is the first in the series "Navigating Excessive Spirituality". Intense Devekut The goal of the mystic is to reach a state of devekut. The experience can be described as the state of an intimate spiritual closeness to God, up to
- [With God While Eating](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2023/06/with-god-while-eating/) - Enjoy learning with Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper? Check out his podcast series! The following article is the second in the series "Navigating Excessive Spirituality". With God While Eating Dov Ehrman was born around 1860 and grew up in the hasidic cultural milieu of Hungary and Galicia. He lived in Perbenyik, Hungary (today Pribeník, Slovakia),
- [Making Time for Torah Learning - Practical Tips](https://elmad.pardes.org/education/2023/06/making-time-for-torah-learning-practical-tips/) - Originally published June 18, 2015, with the conclusion of the 2022-2023 academic year, we've decided to bring this article back as a reminder to all of us that the Torah learning goes on. Who's Carrying the Torah? The noisy din of enthusiastic learning from this year's student community has faded in my ears… The bustling
- [Pinchas 5783: Finding Their Voice](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/07/pinchas-5783-finding-their-voice/) - In this week’s episode, Zvi is joined by Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash in an exploration of Parshat Pinchas and the story of the Daughters of Zelophehad. Zvi and Nechama discuss the transformative role of the Daughters of Zelophehad in creating a space for women’s voices, and seeking justice and their rightful place in the Land of Israel.
- [Balak 5783: The View from the Inside](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/06/balak-5783-the-view-from-the-inside/) - In what ways might we find deeper meaning to our parsha through an examination of the haftarah? In this week's podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbi Amirit Rosen to discuss one of the wildest stories of the Torah, containing a talking donkey and a wizard. Together, they expand the story through an analysis
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Temple Mount Part IV](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/06/the-jewish-story-season-6-temple-mount-part-iv/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 20 – The Temple Mount Part IV Was Ariel Sharon’s visit to the Temple Mount in 2000 the trigger for what the Arab community calls the Al Aqsa Intifada? Or was this a pre-planned assault orchestrated by the likes of Marwan Barghouti, Raed Salah of the Northern Branch of
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Temple Mount Part III - The Narrative War](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/06/the-jewish-story-season-6-temple-mount-part-iii-the-narrative-war/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 19 – The Temple Mount Part III – The Narrative War Why is the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism a lighting rod for terrorist attacks and central to Israeli-Arab peace negotiations? Learn about how the Har HaBayit shifted from being acknowledged by Muslim leaders in the 1920s
- [Korach 5783: Was a Different Conversation Possible?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/06/korach-5783-was-a-different-conversation-possible/) - How we can have hard conversations that lead to growth and renewed relationship, as opposed to anger and distance? In this week's Parsha Podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Pardes Faculty member Sefi Kraut, one of Pardes's lead educators for Mahloket Matters. The Mahloket Matters methodology combines social psychology with the rich Jewish textual
- [Good Jewish Lover - Episode #8 - Confronting our Shame, with Ely Kreimendahl](https://elmad.pardes.org/gjl/2023/06/23813/) - In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by Ely Kreimendahl, queer comic, author, psychotherapist and host of Shame Spiral to discuss an ancient sage who is forced to confront his ego after 70 years of sleep, overbearing parents (having them and being them), letting go of love and old school Italian rainbow cookies. Their conversation begins
- [Shelach 5783: Real Self-Confidence is Born in Faith](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/06/shelach-5783-real-self-confidence-is-born-in-faith/) - How can we connect with the Godliness within ourselves? In this week's Parsha Podcast, our host, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, is joined by Pardes faculty member Yischa Smith to discuss the failure of the spies sent ahead of the tribes of Israel. Together, we will examine how their failure reflects the inability of the Jewish people
- [Beha'alotecha 5783: Moving Forward or Running Away](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/05/behaalotecha-5783-moving-forward-or-running-away/) - Imagine being on a journey filled with excitement and hope, only to have it quickly derailed. That's exactly what happens in this week's parsha. What causes this sudden shift, and what can we learn from it? In this week's Parsha Podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbi Michael Hattin for a deep dive into
- [The Jewish Story Season 6 - Future of American Zionism](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/05/the-jewish-story-season-6-future-of-american-zionism/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Interlude - Future of American Zionism Rav Mike Feuer speaks at Valley Beit Midrash in an event co-sponsored by Temple Chai entitled “Is There a Future for American Zionism? American Zionism in the Era of the Ethnic State.” Credits: Rabbi Mike Feuer – Pardes Faculty
- [Good Jewish Lover – Episode #7 -Knowing our Partners, with Jonathan Vatner](https://elmad.pardes.org/gjl/2023/05/good-jewish-lover-episode-7-knowing-our-partners-with-jonathan-vatner/) - In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by Jonathan Vatner, author of Carnegie Hill and The Bridesmaids Union to discuss knowing our partners, managing our insecurities and recognizing that we are worthy of love despite our limitations. Their conversation begins with the story of Rav Rechumei and his tragic inability to connect with his wife.
- [The Pardes Companion to Shavuot](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/shavuot/2017/05/the-pardes-companion-to-shavuot/) - The Pardes Shavuot Companion, 20 pages of inspiring Shavuot-related Torah written by a variety of Pardes faculty members. We hope this resource brings meaning to your holiday. Download your free companion at www.elmad.pardes.org/shavuotcompanion. Chag Sameach from the Pardes family to yours!
- [The Jewish Story Season 6 - Interview with Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/05/the-jewish-story-season-6-interview-with-rabbi-shmuly-yanklowitz/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Interlude - Interview with Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz Rav Mike Feuer interviews educator and activist Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz and discuss what it means to be both progressive and orthodox in the Jewish world, as well as his vision of the Jewish story, Israel and Zionism past present and future. Credits: Rabbi
- [Naso 5783: I Promise to Be My Best Self](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/05/naso-5783-i-promise-to-be-my-best-self/) - What threats and opportunities can their be found in the concept of vows as presented through Judaism? In this week’s Parsha Podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbi Daniel Reifman for an exploration of this week’s parsha. Together, we will explore the power of vows as an avenue for building a more individualized and
- [Bamidbar 5783: A Different Flag for Each Tribe](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/05/bamidbar-5783-a-different-flag-for-each-tribe/) - Can pluralism and individuality enhance our sense of a shared framework and obligation to one another? In this week’s Parsha Podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbi Jonathan Leener, Pardes North America Faculty Associate, for an exploration of this week's parsha. Together, we will learn how this text, which describes in great detail how
- [Good Jewish Lover - Episode #6 -   Parents and Children, with Rabbi Mychal B Springer](https://elmad.pardes.org/gjl/2023/05/good-jewish-lover-episode-6-parents-and-children-with-rabbi-mychal-b-springer/) - In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by Rabbi Mychal B Springer, Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education at New York Presbyterian Hospital and co-editor of Sisters in Mourning, to discuss the boundaries between parents and children, about letting go and reconnecting, about differentiation and regret and grief. Their conversation begins with the story of Rav
- [Good Jewish Lover - Trailer](https://elmad.pardes.org/gjl/2023/05/good-jewish-lover-trailer/) - A Torah of Relationships Loving other human beings is both the trickiest and most important thing we’ll ever do. It's the most important, because the love we share with other people is what gives our lives meaning; it's tricky because the actual people that we love can make us want to tear our hair out.
- [Behar - Bechukotai 5783: The Boundaries of Love](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/05/behar-bechukotai-5783-the-boundaries-of-love/) - How do the restrictions and limitations of the Sabbatical and Jubilee years shape our understanding of power, ownership, and social responsibility? In this week’s Parsha Podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbi Elchanan Miller for an exploration of the relevance of these ideas from the perspective of a modern Israel struggling to build a
- [Emor 5783: The Power and Pain of Exclusion](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/05/emor-5783-the-power-and-pain-of-exclusion/) - How do build a community that is both coherent and inclusive? In this week's Parsha Podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash for a discussion on the tragic episode of the blasphemer, and how the search for inclusion can include the pain of being left out. Together we will examine Moshe's
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Temple Mount Part II – The Status Quo](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/05/the-jewish-story-season-6-temple-mount-part-ii-the-status-quo/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 18 – The Temple Mount Part II – The Status Quo Should Jews be allowed to pray on the Temple Mount? Or will it inflame Muslim sensitivities? Learn the history of this debate from the Six Day War in 1967 when General Moshe Dayan argued with Rabbi Shlomo Goren
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: The Temple Mount Part I – The Hinge Point](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/04/the-jewish-story-season-6-the-temple-mount-part-i-the-hinge-point/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 17 – The Temple Mount Part I – The Hinge Point Every tale has a point around which it revolves, and for the Jewish Story that is the Temple Mount. Here is the opening round in a new series tracing the way in which the sacred mountain in the
- [Good Jewish Lover - Episode #5 -   Minding our Boundaries, with Catherine Bell](https://elmad.pardes.org/gjl/2023/04/good-jewish-lover-episode-5-minding-our-boundaries-with-catherine-bell/) - Rabbi Brent is joined by celebrated coach Catherine Bell to discuss maintaining boundaries, communicating clearly, slowing down enough to regulate our nervous system, power, hierarchy, calling people into right relationship and more. ​Their conversation begins with the extraordinary tale of R. Yehoshua outsmarting the Angel of Death, and you can read the original story here.
- [Good Jewish Lover - Episode #4 -   Being Better Men, with Jackson Katz](https://elmad.pardes.org/gjl/2023/04/good-jewish-lover-episode-4-being-better-men-with-jackson-katz/) - On this episode of Good Jewish Lover: The Torah of Relationships, Rabbi Brent is joined by Jackson Katz to talk about gender-based violence, recovering from patriarchy and more. Their conversation begins with a medieval woman who became a teacher of Torah in a violently patriarchal culture, and if you are interested, you can read the
- [Halakha of the Harvest: Music to My Ears](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/04/halakha-of-the-harvest-music-to-my-ears/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Laws of Government: Entourages](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2019/11/laws-of-government-entourages/) - As Israel strives to form a new government, elected leaders jockey for position, and the people pine for stability – Levi Cooper explores aspects of government from the perspective of Jewish Law. A timely new podcast series with the Maggid of Melbourne. TO THE BEIT MIDRASH!
- [Laws of Government: Nuclear Football](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2019/12/laws-of-government-nuclear-football/) - As Israel strives to form a new government, elected leaders jockey for position, and the people pine for stability – Levi Cooper explores aspects of government from the perspective of Jewish Law. A timely new podcast series with the Maggid of Melbourne. TO THE BEIT MIDRASH!
- [Laws of Government: Shoes and Cars](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2019/12/laws-of-government-shoes-and-cars/) - In this episode, Levi considers how many shoes and how many vehicles might a government leader own?
- [Laws of Government: Bars of Gold](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2019/12/laws-of-government-bars-of-gold/) - Do our traditional sources have anything to say about the personal wealth of government officials? Assuming the assets are acquired legally, might there still be limitations?
- [Laws of Government: Djerba in Jerusalem](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2020/01/laws-of-government-djerba-in-jerusalem/) - Member of Parliament Ahmad Tibi of the Joint List cited Rabbi Khalfon Moshe HaKohen of Djerba in the Finance Committee of the Knesset, piquing the interest of the Maggid of Melbourne. What did he say?
- [Laws of Government: The Marketplace of Life](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2020/02/laws-of-government-the-marketplace-of-life/) - Should a Jewish government consult and heed the words of rabbinic figures? Join Levi as he considers whether rabbis’ opinions be cited by our elected representatives?
- [Laws of Government: The Halakhic Attorney General](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2020/02/laws-of-government-the-halakhic-attorney-general/) - Rabbi Haim David Halevy had an innovative approach as to how the voice of rabbis should be heard – though not necessarily heeded – by elected government. Is his suggestion practical?
- [Laws of Government: Keep your political promises](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2020/02/laws-of-government-keep-your-political-promises/) - With so many political deals been made and broken, Levi ponders the position of Jewish law regarding political commitments: Perhaps the political arena is so vastly different the normal rules don’t apply?
- [Laws of Government: Is it a Mitzvah to vote?](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2020/03/laws-of-government-is-it-a-mitzvah-to-vote/) - Some would claim that voters fulfill a Divine commandment when they cast their ballot. Levi is doubtful. While it might not be a mitzvah, it certainly a distinguished privilege and honor to vote!
- [*Coronavirus Special* Laws of Government: Halakha and the Health Ministry](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2020/03/laws-of-government-halakha-and-the-health-ministry/) - Can we claim that in life-threatening situations, cases that would be considered pikuah nefesh, political agreements can be set aside? Or perhaps, even in such cases, political promises should be honoured?
- [*Coronavirus Special* Laws of Government: Megillah Live!](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/purim/2020/03/laws-of-government-megillah-live/) - In the shadow of the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), Levi issued halakhic guidelines for his community in Zur Hadassa. The guidelines are available in Hebrew. Those instructions included the possibility of listening to the megillah reading via live telecast! In this podcast, Levi compares his guidelines to those issued by the Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau. Sports fans you will understand the Maggid of Melbourne on this one!
- [Laws of Government: Preserving life and honouring political agreements](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2020/03/laws-of-government-preserving-life-and-honouring-political-agreements/) - Can we claim that in life-threatening situations, cases that would be considered pikuah nefesh, political agreements can be set aside? Or perhaps, even in such cases, political promises should be honoured?
- [*Coronavirus Special* Laws of Government: Torah Reading without calling people up](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2020/05/coronavirus-special-laws-of-government-torah-reading-without-calling-people-up/) - As minyanim are restart in Israel – though synagogues remain closed – Levi Cooper shares challenges of Torah reading [Keri’at Ha-Torah] under the current guidelines. The Maggid of Melbourne provides a window onto the local communal rabbinate in the shadow of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
- [*Coronavirus Special* Laws of Government: Outdoor prayers on Friday night](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2020/05/coronavirus-special-laws-of-government-outdoor-prayers-on-friday-night/) - The Maggid of Melbourne discusses the question of a particular Friday night prayer – Berakha Mei‘en Sheva – and whether we should say it during while Government guidelines prevent us from praying in synagogues. A glance at the questions that come across the desk of a community rabbi in this Corona age.
- [Laws of Government: Legally breaking political promises](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2020/06/laws-of-government-legally-breaking-political-promises/) - Perhaps there are cases where a Court of Jewish Law might rule that a party or individual need not honour a political agreement? Levi considers scenarios from the rich corpus of Jewish civil law, drawing on principles from contract law, property law, and agency law.
- [Laws of Government: Agreements under false pretences](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2020/06/laws-of-government-agreements-under-false-pretences/) - What about a promise made under false pretences? Is there any reason to think that even such an agreement should be honoured? Perhaps the Gibeonites (Joshua, chapter 9) or King Saul (II Samuel, chapter 21) might have something to say about this…
- [Laws of Government: Never Tell a Lie?](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2020/08/laws-of-government-never-tell-a-lie/) - Are politicians permitted to avoid telling the truth? Perhaps lying for the sake of peace is permitted, or is even recommended? What are our expectations for truth-telling from our leaders?
- [This Covid Life Episode 1: Rabbi, is there a blessing on vaccination?](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/02/this-covid-life-101/) - This Covid Life: Rabbi, is there a blessing on vaccination? Levi addresses the pertinent question of what blessing should be recited when receiving the Corona vaccine. Beyond the COVID-19 relevance, the questions press us to consider who we should thank. Subscribe to the Hasidic Lore Newsletter Credits Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper - Pardes Faculty and
- [This Covid Life Episode 2: Vaccination on Shabbat](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/02/this-covid-life-102/) - This Covid Life: Vaccination on Shabbat Are you allowed to receive the vaccination on Shabbat? What are some of the variables that need to be considered, and what are the tensions inherent in the very question? Join the Maggid of Melbourne to find out. Subscribe to the Hasidic Lore Newsletter Credits Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper
- [This Covid Life Episode 3: Bless the beginning, bless the end](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/02/this-covid-life-103/) - This Covid Life: Bless the beginning, bless the end Levi continues the theme of blessings over vaccinations, asking why should we recite a blessing over the Corona vaccine when we do not recite such a blessing over other inoculations? The Maggid of Melbourne then ponders whether the blessing should be recited over the first dose
- [This Covid Life Episode 4: The Realm of Jewish Law](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/02/this-covid-life-104/) - This Covid Life: The Realm of Jewish Law Is there a halakhic obligation to vaccinate? Levi discusses a preliminary question: Is this even the province of Jewish law, or perhaps it is a medical question that is beyond the expertise of Jewish jurists? Subscribe to the Hasidic Lore Newsletter Credits Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper -
- [This Covid Life Episode 5: Tools for answering Halakhic questions](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/02/this-covid-life-105/) - This Covid Life: Tools for answering Halakhic questions What tools are at the disposal of Jewish law jurists as they grapple with the question: Is there a halakhic obligation to vaccinate? The Maggid of Melbourne maps out the possibilities. Subscribe to the Hasidic Lore Newsletter Credits Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper - Pardes Faculty and A
- [This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/11/this-covid-life-corona-kaddish-conundrum-episode-1/) - This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum The recital of Kaddish by mourners is a quintessential part of the Jewish bereavement process. It is often an emotional journey. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kaddish recital has often been challenging. Regional lockdowns, quarantine orders, and crowd-limiting measures have hampered the possibility of reciting Kaddish in the traditional
- [This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/11/this-covid-life-corona-kaddish-conundrum-episode-2/) - This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum The recital of Kaddish by mourners is a quintessential part of the Jewish bereavement process. It is often an emotional journey. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kaddish recital has often been challenging. Regional lockdowns, quarantine orders, and crowd-limiting measures have hampered the possibility of reciting Kaddish in the traditional
- [This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/12/this-covid-life-corona-kaddish-conundrum-episode-3/) - This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum The recital of Kaddish by mourners is a quintessential part of the Jewish bereavement process. It is often an emotional journey. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kaddish recital has often been challenging. Regional lockdowns, quarantine orders, and crowd-limiting measures have hampered the possibility of reciting Kaddish in the traditional
- [This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 4](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/12/this-covid-life-corona-kaddish-conundrum-episode-4/) - This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum The recital of Kaddish by mourners is a quintessential part of the Jewish bereavement process. It is often an emotional journey. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kaddish recital has often been challenging. Regional lockdowns, quarantine orders, and crowd-limiting measures have hampered the possibility of reciting Kaddish in the traditional
- [This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 5](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/12/this-covid-life-corona-kaddish-conundrum-episode-5/) - This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum The recital of Kaddish by mourners is a quintessential part of the Jewish bereavement process. It is often an emotional journey. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kaddish recital has often been challenging. Regional lockdowns, quarantine orders, and crowd-limiting measures have hampered the possibility of reciting Kaddish in the traditional
- [This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 6](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/12/this-covid-life-corona-kaddish-conundrum-episode-6/) - This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum The recital of Kaddish by mourners is a quintessential part of the Jewish bereavement process. It is often an emotional journey. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kaddish recital has often been challenging. Regional lockdowns, quarantine orders, and crowd-limiting measures have hampered the possibility of reciting Kaddish in the traditional
- [This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 7](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/12/this-covid-life-corona-kaddish-conundrum-episode-7/) - This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum The recital of Kaddish by mourners is a quintessential part of the Jewish bereavement process. It is often an emotional journey. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kaddish recital has often been challenging. Regional lockdowns, quarantine orders, and crowd-limiting measures have hampered the possibility of reciting Kaddish in the traditional
- [This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum Episode 8](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/12/this-covid-life-corona-kaddish-conundrum-episode-8/) - This Covid Life: Corona Kaddish Conundrum The recital of Kaddish by mourners is a quintessential part of the Jewish bereavement process. It is often an emotional journey. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kaddish recital has often been challenging. Regional lockdowns, quarantine orders, and crowd-limiting measures have hampered the possibility of reciting Kaddish in the traditional
- [Tazria-Metzora 5783: Uncertainty & Divine Providence](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/04/tazria-metzora-5783-uncertainty-divine-providence/) - How do we make sense of Divine reward and punishment in our complex world? In this week's episode of the Pardes Parsha Podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Dean Emeritus Dr. David I. Bernstein for a discussion on theodicy, free will, and living in an uncertain and unjust world. Join them for an exploration
- [Acharei Mot - Kedoshim 5783: Boundaries and Making Space for the Other](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/04/acharei-mot-kedoshim-5783-boundaries-and-making-space-for-the-other/) - How do we balance a sense of reverence and our desire for closeness with the Divine? In this week's episode of the Pardes Parsha Podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash for a discussion on boundaries and intimacy in our relationships with God and others. Join them for an exploration of
- [The Jewish Story: The Crisis of Israeli Sovereignty](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/04/the-jewish-story-the-crisis-of-israeli-sovereignty/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Interlude - The Crisis of Israeli Sovereignty A live webinar on behalf of for Fuel For Truth: Israel Education & Advocacy Training, on “The Crisis of Israeli Sovereignty.” First Rav Mike lays out his innovative approach to three dimensions in which sovereignty is exercised – territorial, economic and cultural. Then
- [Shemini 5783: What's the Deal with Kashrut?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/04/shemini-5783-whats-the-deal-with-kashrut/) - Is there a reason behind the laws of keeping kosher? Join Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Elisha Ancselovits as they tackle this question, exploring the various explanations for these laws and unpacking Rabbi Elisha's personal theory. Credits: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Elisha Ancselovits - Pardes Faculty
- [An Interactive Seder Experience - Expanded Edition](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2023/03/an-interactive-seder-experience-expanded-edition/) - The Pardes Interactive Seder Experience. We anticipate that it will make the evening memorable for your family, friends and guests. We hope that our compilation brings both thoughtful introspection and light-hearted discussion to your seder table this year.
- [Pesach 5783: The Repackaging of Passover - How Pesach Became a Holiday of Storytelling](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/03/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 time from the paschal sacrifice to the ritual of storytelling? In this special episode of the Pardes Parsha Podcast, join Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Daniel Reifman on a journey
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: The Endgame (American Anti-Semitism Part VII)](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/03/the-jewish-story-season-6-the-endgame-american-anti-semitism-part-vii/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 16 – The Endgame (American Anti-Semitism Part VII) The final installment in the series on the tri-partite part nature of American Antisemitism. This episode revisits all three forms of Jew-hatred characteristic of society in the United States and touches base with their manifestation in the new millennia. Along the
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Constitution Now!](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/03/the-jewish-story-season-6-constitution-now/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Interlude - Constitution Now! Rav Mike Feuer calls for a constructive alternative to the current mass protests against judicial reform being debated in Israel’s Knesset. Along the way he touches upon some historical context about Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, Supreme Court Justice Aharon Barak, Meir Kahane’s Kach party and
- [Vayikra 5783: What Do We Do With a Book Full of Animal Sacrifice?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/03/vayikra-5783-what-do-we-do-with-a-book-full-of-animal-sacrifice/) - So much of Sefer Vayikra (the Book of Leviticus) is steeped in concepts that are foreign to us today - the temple cult, the offering of sacrifices - that it's de rigueur to assume we won't understand or care very much about this set of Torah portions. But Elisha Ancselovits, in a havruta of guiding
- [Good Jewish Lover - Episode #3 - Building our Heritage, with Day Shildkret](https://elmad.pardes.org/gjl/2023/03/good-jewish-lover-episode-3-building-our-heritage-with-day-shildkret/) - In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by Day Shildkret, creator of Morning Altars and author of Hello Goodbye to discuss names, Fiddler on the Roof, Stephen Jenkenson cultural hunger, The Bearing Witness Zen Meditation Retreat at Auschwitz-Birkenau and more. Their conversation begins with a story of how the original human named the animals, himself,
- [Good Jewish Lover - Episode #2 - Addressing Our Shadows, with Shoshana Bloom](https://elmad.pardes.org/gjl/2023/03/good-jewish-lover-episode-2-addressing-our-shadows-with-shoshana-bloom/) - In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by London-based ICF-certified Coach and clinical hypnotherapist Shoshana Bloom. If you have thoughts about this episode or suggestions for texts, topics or guests for future episodes, please be in touch with Rabbi Brent at brent@pardes.org or on Instagram. To find out more about learning opportunities at Pardes, please
- [Good Jewish Lover - Episode #1 - Owning Our Issues, with Brandon Srot](https://elmad.pardes.org/gjl/2023/03/good-jewish-lover-episode-1-owning-our-issues-with-brandon-srot/) - In this episode, Rabbi Brent is joined by Sydney, Australia-based psychotherapist Brandon Srot to discuss how we come to take ownership of our issues - the ones we know we have and the ones that we stumble across, sometimes painfully. Their conversation begins with a story of the sage Pelimu, who has his preparations for
- [Tanakh Mini-Challenge: Beginning of the Enslavement](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/tanakh-mini-challenge-beginning-of-the-enslavement/) - Pardes Daily - Tanakh Mini-Challenge: Beginning of the Enslavement Episode 11 Sources: Exodus 1:1-14 Course Description: Dive into Exodus, the foundational text that serves as the basis of the holiday of Passover with Michael Hattin. This track was originally featured on our first Pardes Daily Passover Challenge in 2020. Credits Host: Rabbi Michael Hattin Rabbi
- [Tanakh Mini-Challenge: Heroism of the Midwives](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/tanakh-mini-challenge-heroism-of-the-midwives/) - Pardes Daily - Tanakh Mini-Challenge: Heroism of the Midwives Episode 12 Sources: Exodus 1:15-22 Course Description: Dive into Exodus, the foundational text that serves as the basis of the holiday of Passover with Michael Hattin. This track was originally featured on our first Pardes Daily Passover Challenge in 2020. Credits Host: Rabbi Michael Hattin Rabbi
- [Tanakh Mini-Challenge: Birth of Moshe](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/tanakh-mini-challenge-birth-of-moshe/) - Pardes Daily - Tanakh Mini-Challenge: Birth of Moshe Episode 13 Sources: Exodus 2:1-10 Course Description: Dive into Exodus, the foundational text that serves as the basis of the holiday of Passover with Michael Hattin. This track was originally featured on our first Pardes Daily Passover Challenge in 2020. Credits Host: Rabbi Michael Hattin Rabbi Michael
- [Tanakh Mini-Challenge: Plagues](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/tanakh-mini-challenge-plagues/) - Pardes Daily - Tanakh Mini-Challenge: Plagues Episode 14 Sources: Exodus 7:14-24 Course Description: Dive into Exodus, the foundational text that serves as the basis of the holiday of Passover with Michael Hattin. This track was originally featured on our first Pardes Daily Passover Challenge in 2020. Credits Host: Rabbi Michael Hattin Rabbi Michael Hattin teaches
- [Tanakh Mini-Challenge: Passover Sacrifice](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/tanakh-mini-challenge-passover-sacrifice/) - Pardes Daily - Tanakh Mini-Challenge: Passover Sacrifice Episode 15 Sources: Exodus 12:1-34 Course Description: Dive into Exodus, the foundational text that serves as the basis of the holiday of Passover with Michael Hattin. This track was originally featured on our first Pardes Daily Passover Challenge in 2020. Credits Host: Rabbi Michael Hattin Rabbi Michael Hattin
- [Haggadah Mini-Challenge: How We Tell Our Story](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/haggadah-mini-challenge-how-we-tell-our-story/) - Pardes Daily - Haggadah Mini-Challenge: How We Tell Our Story Episode 10 Sources: Pesakhim 116a:11-116b:2, Deuteronomy 12:1-11 Course Description: Explore some of the major themes and texts from the Passover Haggadah with Meir Schweiger. This track was originally featured on our first Pardes Daily Passover Challenge in 2020. Credits Host: Rabbi Meir Schweiger Rabbi Meir
- [Haggadah Mini-Challenge: Four Sons](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/haggadah-mini-challenge-four-sons/) - Pardes Daily - Haggadah Mini-Challenge: Four Sons Episode 9 Sources: Exodus 12:25-27, Exodus 13:5-15, Deuteronomy 6:20-25 Course Description: Explore some of the major themes and texts from the Passover Haggadah with Meir Schweiger. This track was originally featured on our first Pardes Daily Passover Challenge in 2020. Credits Host: Rabbi Meir Schweiger Rabbi Meir Schweiger
- [Haggadah Mini-Challenge: Maror/Bittersweet Herbs](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/haggadah-mini-challenge-maror-bittersweet-herbs/) - Pardes Daily - Haggadah Mini-Challenge: Maror/Bittersweet Herbs Episode 8 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2:6, Pesakhim 39a:9-10 Course Description: Explore some of the major themes and texts from the Passover Haggadah with Meir Schweiger. This track was originally featured on our first Pardes Daily Passover Challenge in 2020. Credits Host: Rabbi Meir Schweiger Rabbi Meir Schweiger has
- [Haggadah Mini-Challenge: Bread of Affliction](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/haggadah-mini-challenge-bread-of-affliction/) - Pardes Daily - Haggadah Mini-Challenge: Bread of Affliction Episode 7 Sources: Deuteronomy 16:3, Sforno on Deuteronomy 16:3:3-4, Exodus 12:39 Course Description: Explore some of the major themes and texts from the Passover Haggadah with Meir Schweiger. This track was originally featured on our first Pardes Daily Passover Challenge in 2020. Credits Host: Rabbi Meir Schweiger
- [Haggadah Mini-Challenge: Four Cups of Wine](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/haggadah-mini-challenge-four-cups-of-wine/) - Pardes Daily - Haggadah Mini-Challenge: Four Cups of Wine Episode 6 Sources: Genesis Rabbah: Parshat Vayeshev 88, Exodus 6:2-8, Sforno on Exodus 6:6-7 Course Description: Explore some of the major themes and texts from the Passover Haggadah with Meir Schweiger. This track was originally featured on our first Pardes Daily Passover Challenge in 2020. Credits
- [Hasidut Track: Two kinds of eating](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-two-kinds-of-eating/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: Two kinds of eating Episode 3 Sources: Olat Reiyah, Haggadah 4 Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along the path to discover
- [Hasidut Track: Kadesh and Karpas](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-kadesh-and-karpas/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: Kadesh and Karpas Episode 2 Sources: Olat Reiyah, Haggadah 1 / Olat Reiyah, Haggadah 3 Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along
- [Hasidut Track: Spirit of liberation](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-spirit-of-liberation/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: Spirit of liberation Episode 1 Sources: Olat Reiyah, Pesach Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along the path to discover aspects of
- [Hasidut Track: Derogation to praise](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-derogation-to-praise/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: Derogation to praise Episode 4 Sources: Olat Reiyah, Haggadah 5 Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along the path to discover aspects
- [Hasidut Track: Revolution and Evolution](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-revolution-and-evolution/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: Revolution and Evolution Episode 5 Sources: Olat Reiyah, Haggadah 5 Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along the path to discover aspects
- [Hasidut Track: Upper and lower awakenings](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-upper-and-lower-awakenings/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: Upper and lower awakenings Episode 6 Sources: Olat Reiyah, Haggadah 5 Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along the path to discover
- [Hasidut Track: “Pesach” not passing over](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-pesach-not-passing-over/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: “Pesach” not passing over Episode 9 Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along the path to discover aspects of our true essence
- [Hasidut Track: “I have surely remembered”](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-i-have-surely-remembered/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: “I have surely remembered” Episode 10 Sources: Olat Reiyah, Haggadah 30 Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along the path to discover
- [Hasidut Track: The bread of faith](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-the-bread-of-faith/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: The bread of faith Episode 11 Sources: Olat Reiyah, Haggadah 30 Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along the path to discover
- [Hasidut Track: Honoring bitterness](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-honoring-bitterness/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: Honoring bitterness Episode 12 Sources: Olat Reiyah, Haggadah 31 Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along the path to discover aspects of
- [Hasidut Track: Bitterness causes refinement](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-bitterness-causes-refinement/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: Bitterness causes refinement Episode 13 Sources: Olat Reiyah, Haggadah 31 Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along the path to discover aspects
- [Hasidut Track: Washing and Motzi](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-washing-and-motzi/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: Washing and Motzi Episode 14 Sources: Olat Reiyah, Haggadah 28 Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along the path to discover aspects
- [Hasidut Track: Sandwich of Plurality](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-sandwich-of-plurality/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: Sandwich of Plurality Episode 15 Sources: Olat Reiyah, Haggadah 33 Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along the path to discover aspects
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:7](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-chapter-27/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:7 Episode 13 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to matzah. Why
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:6](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-chapter-26/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:6 Episode 12 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to matzah. Why
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:5](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-chapter-25/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:5 Episode 11 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to matzah. Why
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:4](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-chapter-24/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:4 Episode 10 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to matzah. Why
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:2 and 2:3](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-chapter-22-and-23/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:2 and 2:3 Episode 9 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:1](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-chapter-21/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:1 Episode 8 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to matzah. Why
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 1 Wrap Up](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-chapter-1-wrap-up/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 1 Wrap Up Episode 7 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 1 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 1:7](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-chapter-17/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 1:7 Episode 6 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 1 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to matzah. Why
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 1:6](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-chapter-16/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 1:6 Episode 5 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 1 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to matzah. Why
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 1:4-5](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-chapter-14-5/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 1:4-5 Episode 4 Sources: Mishnah Pesachim 1 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to matzah. Why
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 1:3](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-chapter-13/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 1:3 Episode 3 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 1 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to matzah. Why
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 1:1-2](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-chapter-11-2/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 1:1-2 Episode 2 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 1 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to matzah. Why
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Introduction](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-introduction/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Introduction Episode 1 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 1 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to matzah. Why are
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:8](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-chapter-28/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2:8 Episode 14 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to matzah. Why
- [Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2 Wrap-up](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/mishnah-pesakhim-chapter-2-wrap-up/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Pesakhim: Chapter 2 Wrap-up Episode 15 Sources: Mishnah Pesakhim 2 Course Description: The "Mitzvah" of Hametz: Human Creativity, Ingenuity and Desire: The first two chapters of Mishnah Tractate Pesakhim focus on the essence of hametz. The concept is presented on its own and not in relation to or corresponding to matzah.
- [Ki Tisa 5783: Accepting Failure](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/03/ki-tisa-5783-accepting-failure/) - Are we too judgmental towards Ahron? Join Rabbi Brent Spodek and Professor Ziva Hassenfeld in an exploration of the weekly parsha as they examine the tragic life of Moses's brother Ahron. Credits: Rabbi Brent Spodek and Professor Ziva Hassenfeld - Pardes North America Faculty
- [Vayakhel-Pekudei 5783: The Washbasin - Sanctuary and Sexuality](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/03/vayakhel-pekudei-5783-the-washbasin-sanctuary-and-sexuality/) - The Sanctuary's washbasin came from mirrors donated by the Israelite women. Yet, Rashi's comment raises some doubts that Moses had regarding the propriety of using these mirrors, items that are generally used for feminine beautification. This opens a discussion of the place of sexuality in the Tabernacle. Credits: Rabbi Alex Israel and Rabbi Elhanan Miller -
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Progressing Towards Anti-Semitism (American Anti-Semitism Part VI)](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/03/the-jewish-story-season-6-progressing-towards-anti-semitism-american-anti-semitism-part-vi/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 15 – Progressing Towards Anti-Semitism (American Anti-Semitism Part VI) Anti-Jewish and Anti-Israel leftists and progressives. Learn why Jews vote Democratic, and how Tikkun Olam became the civil religion of liberal American Jews. As Jews sought greater acceptance for themselves and other minorities, anti-Zionism turned into Judeophobia, with help from
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience - VaYakhel 5779: Time for ‘Timeout’](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/shemot/2019/02/an-interactive-parsha-experience-vayakhel-5779-time-for-timeout/) - At the beginning of our parsha, Moshe gathers all the Jews together and tells them about Shabbat - that for six days one can do work, but that the seventh day is Holy, so no work can be done on it. After a quick intro about Shabbat, the rest of the parsha goes into detail about the construction of the Tabernacle (Mishkan). To learn more with Reuven Margrett download the newest Interactive Parsha Experience below. For an older audience download the Parsha Discussion.
- [Pigs in Jewish Law & Lore: Frankfurt Perspectives](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/03/pigs-in-jewish-law-lore-frankfurt-perspectives/) - Pigs in Jewish Law and Lore with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper The Maggid of Melbourne was recently on a research trip to Frankfurt am Main, Germany. While in residence at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Levi Cooper delved into various aspects of pigs in Jewish law and Jewish
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: American Anti-Semitism – Interview with Ken Jacobson of the ADL](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/02/the-jewish-story-season-6-american-anti-semitism-interview-with-ken-jacobson-of-the-adl/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Interlude - Interview with Ken Jacobson of the ADL Is Judeophobia getting worse in the US? Kenneth Jacobson has worked for the Anti-Defamation League since 1971 and as deputy director, he shares his unique view on the history of Jew-hate in America. Credits: Rabbi Mike Feuer - Pardes Faculty
- [Purim 5783: Divinity Within a Blade of Grass](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/02/purim-5783-divinity-within-a-blade-of-grass/) - Rabbi Elisha Anscelovitz and Yiscah Smith discuss the historical roots of Purim as an agricultural holiday while drawing from the Hasidic masters to help us find deeper meaning to the holiday. Credits - Rabbi Elisha Anscelovitz and Yiscah Smith - Pardes Faculty
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: American Antisemitism Part V](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/02/the-jewish-story-season-6-american-antisemitism-part-v/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 14 - American Antisemitism Part V This episode opens up our exploration of the third face of American antisemitism with the backstory of progressive Jew-hate. Listen in to uncover the ongoing impact of Soviet era propaganda, and to learn what is “the socialism of fools.” Credits: Rabbi Mike Feuer
- [Pigs in Jewish Law & Lore: Symbolic Pigs](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/02/pigs-in-jewish-law-lore-symbolic-pigs/) - Pigs in Jewish Law and Lore with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper The Maggid of Melbourne was recently on a research trip to Frankfurt am Main, Germany. While in residence at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Levi Cooper delved into various aspects of pigs in Jewish law and Jewish
- [Pigs in Jewish Law & Lore: Pork Prohibition](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/02/pigs-in-jewish-law-lore-pork-prohibition/) - Pigs in Jewish Law and Lore with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper The Maggid of Melbourne was recently on a research trip to Frankfurt am Main, Germany. While in residence at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Levi Cooper delved into various aspects of pigs in Jewish law and Jewish
- [Terumah 5783: Knowing God](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/02/terumah-5783-knowing-god/) - This podcast is in memory of Arlene Ruby Harel z”l upon the occasion of her first yahrzeit. Arlene’s welcoming, free-spirited nature, warmth, authenticity, candor, humor and openness is missed deeply by all of us who were privileged to work with her, connect with her, and learn from her wisdom. In this week's episode, Rabbi Zvi
- [Mishpatim 5783: Why We Tell Lies](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/02/mishpatim-5783-why-we-tell-lies/) - Parshat Mishpatim tells us that we should distance ourselves from lying. Join Pardes faculty members Yiscah Smith and Rabbi Dr. Howard Markose for an exploration of why human beings lie, similarities between the Torah and Hammurabi's Code, and Divine compassion. Credits: Rabbi Dr. Howard Markose and Yiscah Smith - Pardes Faculty
- [Yitro 5783: Getting to the Beyond](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/02/yitro-5783-getting-to-the-beyond/) - In Yitro, we see Moses learn that it takes more to be a public religious leader than simply being a person of faith. How does Moses learn to be a person who has experienced faith on a personal level bring it out and share it with others? Join Brent and Ziva as they explore the
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: The Inner Pressure of the Present Moment](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/02/the-jewish-story-season-6-the-inner-pressure-of-the-present-moment/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Interlude - The Inner Pressure of the Present Moment Sometimes you have to get out of your own head in order to know what you really think. Here is an episode where my good friend Eitan Ben Avraham of Aleph Male interviews me on the fundamental tensions underlying the Israeli/American
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: American Antisemitism Part IV](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/02/the-jewish-story-season-6-american-antisemitism-part-iv/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 13 - American Antisemitism Part IV When the cracks start to open up in American race relations, Jew-hate seeps into the mainstream. Here is an episode about Reverend Jesse Jackson, Minister Louis Farrakhan and the evolution of black antisemitism. Credits: Rabbi Mike Feuer - Pardes Faculty
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: American Antisemitism Part III](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/02/the-jewish-story-season-6-american-antisemitism-part-iii/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 12 - American Antisemitism Part III Jew-hatred has two fundamental elements no matter where it manifests – one connected to the role Jews play in society, the other the role we play in the mind of the hater. This episode opens a new facet of American Antisemitism as we
- [Pigs in Jewish Law & Lore: Do We Know Why?](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/02/pigs-in-jewish-law-lore-do-we-know-why/) - Pigs in Jewish Law and Lore with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper The Maggid of Melbourne was recently on a research trip to Frankfurt am Main, Germany. While in residence at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Levi Cooper delved into various aspects of pigs in Jewish law and Jewish
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: American Antisemitism Part II](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/01/the-jewish-story-season-6-american-antisemitism-part-ii/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 11 - American Antisemitism Part II In part 2 of our exploration of the new face of the oldest hate focuses on the history of Jewish response to American Antisemitism through a look at the Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913 by Sigmund Livingston. Over the years they battled Henry
- [This Pardes Life Season 3: Episode 7 Special for Tu B'Shvat with Aviva Lauer](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/tu-bshvat/2018/01/this-pardes-life-season-3-episode-7-special-for-tu-bshvat-with-aviva-lauer/) - Join Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield for a special episode of This Pardes Life for Tu B'Shvat with Aviva Lauer, a master educator and Director of the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators. In this podcast, they discuss cultivating a Jewish approach to environmentalism. Aviva traces the development of the significance of Tu B'Shvat from Mishnaic times to
- [Pigs in Jewish Law & Lore: Synthetic Swine](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/02/pigs-in-jewish-law-lore-synthetic-swine/) - Pigs in Jewish Law and Lore with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper The Maggid of Melbourne was recently on a research trip to Frankfurt am Main, Germany. While in residence at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Levi Cooper delved into various aspects of pigs in Jewish law and Jewish
- [Beshalach 5783: The Sacred Pause](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/02/beshalach-5783-the-sacred-pause/) - In this week's parsha podcast, Rabbis Amirit Rosen and Elisha Anscelovitz discuss Shirat Hayam, the Song of the Sea, and the importance of taking pauses in life. Credits: Rabbi Amirit Rosen and Rabbi Elisha Anscelovits - Pardes Faculty
- [Pigs in Jewish Law & Lore: Bacon Evolution](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/01/pigs-in-jewish-law-lore-bacon-evolution/) - Pigs in Jewish Law and Lore with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper The Maggid of Melbourne was recently on a research trip to Frankfurt am Main, Germany. While in residence at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Levi Cooper delved into various aspects of pigs in Jewish law and Jewish
- [Bo 5783: Taking Control of Time](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/01/bo-5783-taking-control-of-time/) - Alex Israel and Sefi Kraut discuss the concept of the New Moon and the notion of time: the freedom to take control of our own time, the calendar as a nation-building tool, the challenge of procrastination, and the gift of spiritual renewal. Credits: Rabbi Alex Israel and Sefi Kraut - Pardes Faculty
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: American Antisemitism Part I](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2023/01/the-jewish-story-season-6-american-antisemitism-part-i/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 10 - American Antisemitism Part I Antisemitism. It’s an old topic, but somehow seems to be making yet another comeback in America. Here is the introductory episode in my quest to understand the rebirth of humanity’s oldest hatred in the United States today. Learn about British Israelism, white supremacy
- [Pigs in Jewish Law and Lore: Permitting the Forbidden](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2023/01/pigs-in-jewish-law-and-lore-permitting-the-forbidden/) - Pigs in Jewish Law and Lore with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper The Maggid of Melbourne was recently on a research trip to Frankfurt am Main, Germany. While in residence at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Levi Cooper delved into various aspects of pigs in Jewish law and Jewish
- [Vaera 5783: What's in a Name?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/01/vaera-5783-whats-in-a-name/) - The parsha opens with the names of God, and that sets the stage for the revelation which comes through the plagues. This podcast touches how this dynamic expresses a deeper layer in the whole relationship between Creator and creation as it asks - what's in a name? Credits: Rabbi Mike Feuer - Pardes Faculty
- [Shemot 5783: The Child Miriam](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/01/shemot-5783-the-child-miriam/) - Join Rabbi Brent Spodek and Professor Ziva Hassenfeld as they discuss the first parsha of Shemot and explore the topic of Miriam the Prophetess as a young girl. Credits: Professor Ziva R. Hassenfeld and Rabbi Brent Spodek
- [Vayehi 5783: What is in a Blessing?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2023/01/vayehi-5783-what-is-in-a-blessing/) - Meesh Hammer-Kossoy and Nechama Goldman Barash talk about contrasts in the parsha, control or lack thereof in our lives, and the power of a blessing. Credits: Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy and Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash - Pardes Faculty
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Greek Wisdom and Cultural Sovereignty](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/12/the-jewish-story-season-6-greek-wisdom-and-cultural-sovereignty/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Interlude – Greek Wisdom and Cultural Sovereignty Here is my annual Hanukkah class in honor of my father, Charles Feuer/Betzalel ben Avraham ob’m. As the end of the Hasmonean kingdom that was established after the Hanukkah war, the Sages decreed “cursed by the man who teaches his son Greek wisdom.”
- [Miketz 5783: Discovering the Light Within](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/12/miketz-5783-discovering-the-light-within/) - How do we connect the story of Yosef to Hanukah? Join Yiscah Smith and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield in an exploration of Yosef's journey from a dreamer to an interpreter. In a parsha where we see Yosef hiding himself, what can we learn about bringing our own light out into the world? Credits: Yiscah Smith and Rabbi
- [Vayeshev 5783: Temptation and Desire](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/12/vayeshev-5783-temptation-and-desire/) - In this week's parsha, we learn the story of Yosef and Potiphar's wife, and the events leading up to Yoseph's imprisonment. Just what happened between Yosef and Potiphar's wife? Did Yosef desire her, and if so, did he actually give in to that temptation? Credits: Rabbi Brent Spodek and Professor Ziva Hassenfeld - Pardes North America
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Boundary Issues Part I](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/11/the-jewish-story-season-6-boundary-issues-part-i/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 5: Boundary Issues Part I Almost two thousand years ago the Sages determined that Am Yisrael was bound in exile by an oath not to go up to the land “like a wall.” Now two millennia later there is a wall built by the Israeli government running through the
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Boundary Issues Part II - The Intifada](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/11/the-jewish-story-season-6-boundary-issues-part-ii-the-intifada/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 6: Boundary Issues Part II - The Intifada When the intifada erupted it caught the Israeli army and leadership unprepared. Part two of the series exploring the evolution of the separation barrier explores Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s “iron-fist” policy response as part of arc of government decisions that move
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: On Violence](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/11/the-jewish-story-season-6-on-violence/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Interlude - On Violence In this episode we take a break from tracking the evolution of Israel’s separation wall to consider the deeper issues of violence on which it is built. Rav Yehuda Hakohen of the Vision Movement joins me for a conversation about Max Nordau, Zev Jabotinsky and Frantz
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Boundary Issues Part III](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/12/the-jewish-story-season-6-boundary-issues-part-iii/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 7 - Boundary Issues Part III Violence often has an arc, and in this episode we trace how the intifada progresses together with the Israeli policies of suppression and separation. Along the way we outline the birth of the Hamas terror organization and end on a childhood note from
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Boundary Issues Part V](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/12/the-jewish-story-season-6-boundary-issues-part-v/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 9 - Boundary Issues Part V Uzi Dayan was national security advisor to both Ehud Barak and Ariel Sharon, helping them navigate the stormy waters of the Camp David summit, the Oslo war and Operation Defensive Shield. Through it all, he labored to build his vision of a separation
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Boundary Issues Part IV](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/12/the-jewish-story-season-6-boundary-issues-part-iv/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 8: Boundary Issues Part IV Though the first intifada paved the way for the wall, the second – known as the Oslo War – brought it into being. This episode makes a bridge between these two conflicts, tracing the arc from suppression to separation and asks the question -why
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Interview with Rabbi Aharon Ariel Lavi](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/10/the-jewish-story-season-6-interview-with-rabbi-aharon-ariel-lavi/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Interlude: Interview with Rabbi Aharon Ariel Lavi Here is an interview with Rabbi Aharon Ariel Lavi, of Hakhel: The Jewish Intentional Communities Incubator in the Diaspora, an expert on the biblical sabbatical year – shemitta. This is our first taste of a “future vision” for the Jewish people, as well
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Electoral Dysfunction Part III](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/11/the-jewish-story-season-6-electoral-dysfunction-part-iii/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 4: Electoral Dysfunction Part III Here is the final installment in the series detailing the evolution of Israel’s electoral system. It brings us almost all the way to the present, touching on topics like the Oslo Accord, electoral reform and Israel’s Supreme Court along the way. If you want
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: The Sukkot Interlude](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/11/the-jewish-story-season-6-the-sukkot-interlude/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Interlude: The Sukkot Interlude The Zohar calls the Sukkah “the shade of faith.” Here are some impromptu thoughts from me to you as I sit in the shade of my sukkah – inspired by these holy days, but relevant all year round.
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Electoral Dysfunction II](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/10/the-jewish-story-season-6-electoral-dysfunction-ii/) - The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 3: Electoral Dysfunction Part II The unity government wasn’t born yesterday, it has a long history in Israel. Tune in to this ongoing exploration of the evolution of Israel’s electoral system to learn about the government shared by ex-underground fighter Yitzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres through the 80s, how
- [The Jewish Story Season 6: Electoral Dysfunction Part I](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/09/the-jewish-story-season-6-electoral-dysfunction-part-i/) - Love learning Jewish history? Join Rav Mike Feuer for the Jewish Story Live! The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 2: Electoral Dysfunction Part I Part I of an in-depth look at the historical sources of the present electoral issues facing Israel.
- [Vayishlah 5783: Confronting Hate](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/12/vayishlah-5783-confronting-hate/) - Yaakov returns from Lavan's house to meet Esav, and he is petrified. Esav is coming with 400 men. Is he seething with hatred and violence, or has he possibly missed his brother and is instead coming to welcome him. The parsha is filled with ambiguity. Aviva and Alex discuss the nuances of the biblical and
- [Parashat Toldot 5783: Parental Favoritism](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/11/parashat-toldot-5783-parental-favoritism/) - Credits: Judy Klitsner and Rabbi Elchanan Miller – Pardes Faculty
- [Parashat Vayetze 5783: Our Heads and Our Hearts](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/11/parashat-vayetze-5783-our-heads-and-our-hearts/) - How can we understand the setting of this week's parsha? What is this place that Ya'akov comes to, and why at nighttime? Rabbi Leon Morris and Rabbi Daniel Reifman discuss the journey the journeys and travails of Ya'akov in this week's parsha podcast. Credits: Rabbi Leon Morris, Pardes President, and Rabbi Daniel Reifman, Pardes Faculty.
- [Is prozbul enough?](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2022/09/is-prozbul-enough/) - One aspect of Shemittah – the biblically mandated sabbatical year – is a system of debt relief whereby creditors release debtors from loans that are due to be repaid. This requirement is commonly termed Shemittat Kesafim (release of funds). The release is triggered on Rosh Hashana following the Sabbatical year. During the Second Temple period,
- [Making Oneself Pious](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/2022/11/making-oneself-pious/) - Polemic tracts against the Hasidim refer to adherents of the nascent movement as mit'hasdim. The term is based on the Hebrew root het samekh dalet. This root appears in the Mishnah to refer to pious people of old, hasidim, whose conduct went beyond the letter of the law. Thus, for example, the early hasidim would
- [Parashat Chayei Sarah 5783 - Where Would I Be Without You: Perks and Pitfalls of Gratitude](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/11/parashat-chayei-sarah-5783-where-would-i-be-without-you-perks-and-pitfalls-of-gratitude/) - Parashat Chayei Sarah and Preparing for Thanksgiving. Credits: Tovah Leah Nachmani and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield – Pardes Faculty
- [Parashat Vayera 5783: Examining Our Own Narratives](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/11/parashat-vayera-5783-examining-our-own-narratives/) - Are we blinded by our reading of the text? When we read about characters that are often portrayed negatively, such as Ishmael, are we truly giving them a chance? And what about our heroes? Are we allowing figures, such as Abraham, to be fully complex figures, both positive and negative? Credits: Rabbi Brent Spodek and
- [Parashat Lech Lecha 5783: The Beauty of Sarah](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/10/parashat-lech-lecha-5783-the-beauty-of-sarah/) - In this week's Torah portion, we examine a story that many today would consider jarring. How do we take the afflictions placed upon the Egyptians for Sarah's kidnapping? Was Sarah a victim of Pharoah and patriarchy, or were the Egyptians victims of deception? Credits: Rabba Nechama Goldman Barash and Rabbi Elhanan Miller – Pardes Faculty
- [Parashat Noah 5783: Noah and the Climate Crisis, Then and Now](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/10/parashat-noah-5783-noah-and-the-climate-crisis-then-and-now/) - Rabbis Meesh Hammer-Kossoy and Elisha Ancselovits bring poetry, midrash, Talmud and a Nobel Prize winning economist into dialogue about how Noah and the 7 Noahide laws are relevant to our current climate crisis. Credits: Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy and Rabbi Dr. Elisha Ancselovits– Pardes Faculty
- [Parashat Bereishit 5783: Difficult Choices](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/10/parashat-bereishit-5783-difficult-choices/) - Bereishit takes us from Creation to God's decision to destroy the world. From "Tov" - a world filled with good - to "Ra" - a world in which evil prevails. How do we get there? In this podcast, Alex Israel and Zvi Hirschfield discuss the process of sin, and the tricks our minds play with
- [Sukkot 5783: Sukkot and the Secret of Jewish Happiness](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/10/sukkot-5783-sukkot-and-the-secret-of-jewish-happiness/) - Sukkot 5783 - Sukkot and the Secret of Jewish Happiness This podcast is a republication of last year's Sukkot special. Why is Sukkot described as the "Season of our Rejoicing"? What is the objective of sitting in the Sukka? What messages does it have to our technological and materialistic age? Download the Pardes Sukkot Holiday
- [Ha'azinu 5783: Breathing God into Our Lives](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/10/haazinu-5783-breathing-god-into-our-lives/) - Ha'azinu speaks of God as a parent, as the Being that created and formed us all. What implications does this fact have for our spirituality and consciousness? Yiscah Smith presents a teaching of the Hassidic master - the Piazecne Rabbe, and Alex connects Ha'azinu to the upcoming holiday of Sukkot. Credits: Yiscah Smith and Rabbi
- [Yom Kippur 5783: Everything is Contingent](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/09/yom-kippur-5783-everything-is-contingent/) - How do we approach the complicated dynamic in the High Holiday liturgy? What is the dynamic between Rosh Hashana's haftarah reading of the Binding of Isaac and Yom Kippur's reading of the Book of Jonah? You can also enjoy reading an article written by Rabbi Brent Spodek on the topics discussed in this podcast here.
- [The Pardes Rosh Hashana Companion](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/rosh-hashanah/2022/09/the-pardes-rosh-hashana-companion/) - The Pardes Companion for Rosh Hashana – a collection of articles to help prepare & inspire through Rosh Hahana and to bring depth & meaning to the holiday.
- [Rosh Hashana 5783: Two Days, Two Messages?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/09/rosh-hashana-5783/) - This Rosh Hashana podcast is sponsored by Ricki and David Bernstein in memory of Ricki’s parents, Beatrice and Murray Kirschblat, survivors of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, respectively. Beatrice and Murray were each the sole survivors of large families which perished in the Shoah. How does the story of the Binding of Isaac and Sodom and Gomorrah
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: Conclusion – An End and a Beginning](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/09/the-jewish-story-season-5-conclusion-an-end-and-a-beginning/) - Join Rav Mike Feuer for the Jewish Story Live! The Jewish Story Season 5 Conclusion: An End and a Beginning All things good things must come to an end, so here is the concluding episode of season 5. In it you will find an exploration of how to relate to the brokenness of the world,
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: From Russia to Jerusalem – Interview with Dr. Zhenia Fleisher](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/08/the-jewish-story-season-5-from-russia-to-jerusalem-interview-with-dr-zhenia-fleisher/) - Join Rav Mike Feuer for the Jewish Story Live! The Jewish Story Season 5 Interlude: From Russia to Jerusalem – Interview with Dr. Zhenia Fleisher Dr. Zhenia Fleisher lived in all three of the 20th century’s major centers of Jewish life – USSR, Israel and the United States. Learn about her background as a Soviet
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: 80s Conversation with Rabbi Yehuda HaKohen](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/08/the-jewish-story-season-5-80s-conversation-with-rabbi-yehuda-hakohen/) - Join Rav Mike Feuer for the Jewish Story Live! The Jewish Story Season 5 Interlude: 80s Conversation with Rabbi Yehuda HaKohen Rav Mike Feuer talks with Yehuda HaKohen of the Vision Movement about growing up as an American Jew in the 1980s. Yehuda describes the difference between the rough neighborhoods of New York City and
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: Rabbi Meir Kahane and the Memory of the Holocaust](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/08/the-jewish-story-season-5-rabbi-meir-kahane-and-the-memory-of-the-holocaust/) - Join Rav Mike Feuer for the Jewish Story Live! The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 24: Rabbi Meir Kahane and the Memory of the Holocaust American Jewry in the 1980s were as safe and comfortable as a Jewish community had ever been – and yet the shadow of the Holocaust still loomed large over their
- [The Jewish Story Season 6 - Prologue: A New Perspective](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/09/the-jewish-story-season-6-prologue-a-new-perspective-2/) - Love learning Jewish history? Join Rav Mike Feuer for the Jewish Story Live! The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 1: Prologue: A New Perspective Season 6 of The Jewish Story has finally begun! Here is a prologue to help frame the chapter to come. In it I touch on the power of prophetic sight, the
- [The Jewish Story Season 6 - Prologue: A New Perspective](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/09/the-jewish-story-season-6-prologue-a-new-perspective/) - Love learning Jewish history? Join Rav Mike Feuer for the Jewish Story Live! The Jewish Story Season 6 Episode 1: Prologue: A New Perspective Season 6 of The Jewish Story has finally begun! Here is a prologue to help frame the chapter to come. In it I touch on the power of prophetic sight, the
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: The Jonathan Pollard Affair](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/08/the-jewish-story-season-5-the-jonathan-pollard-affair/) - Don't miss out on the Jewish Story Live with Rav Mike Feuer, starting August 28! The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 23: Soviet Jewry - The Jonathan Pollard Affair The 1980s saw many seismic shifts in the fabric of American Jewish society, and among them was the earthquake of the Pollard affair. The 1985 arrest
- [Ki Tavo: History and Memory - The Declaration of the First Fruits](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/09/ki-tavo-history-and-memory-the-declaration-of-the-first-fruits/) - How does the law of bikkurim (sacrifice of the first fruits) relate to the Exodus from Egypt? Why does the blessing from the farmer use the plural tense, and why would a farmer who had never experienced the Exodus need to mention it? What can this parsha reveal to us regarding the Jewish view of
- [Ki Tavo - Inscribe the Words Today](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/ki-tavo-5781-inscribe-the-words-today/) - This podcast is sponsored by Jeff and Alissa Hurok in honor of our dear friends and family who have engaged with and enhanced Jeff’s Torah study. Ki Tavo 5781 - Inscribe the Words Today In this podcast, the manner in which Moses creates continuity between past, present and future as he prepares the nation for
- [The Wedding that Linked the Belz, Vizhnitzer Hassidim Together](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/2022/07/the-wedding-that-linked-the-belz-vizhnitzer-hassidim-together/) - In 1964, a match was arranged between 18-year-old Surah’le Hager (b. 1946) and 16-year-old Yisachar Dov Rokach (b. 1948). At the time, Surah’le was the granddaughter of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Hayim Meir Hager (1887–1972). Her father, Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager of Vizhnitz (1916-2012), would go on to be the next Vizhnitzer Rebbe. The groom,
- [Shoftim: Judge, King, Priest, Prophet.](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/08/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 does our parsha give us room to consider our own political climate? What does this say about our contemporary leadership? Credits: Rabbi Alex Israel and Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield – Pardes Faculty
- [Parashat Re'eh: The Place that God Will Choose](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/08/parashat-reeh-the-place-that-god-will-choose/) - In this week's Pardes Parsha Podcast, Aviva Lauer joins Rabbi Michael Hattin to discuss parashat Re'eh. As the people of Israel prepare for their entry into the land of Israel, Moses teaches them that God will choose the place for them to worship, that there will be one location in all of Israel where they
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: Soviet Jewry - The End Game](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/08/the-jewish-story-season-5-soviet-jewry-the-end-game/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 22: Soviet Jewry - The End Game The third and final episode in our series on Soviet Jewry in which Russian Jews are finally able to leave the Soviet Union. The 1980s saw a welding together of American Cold War policies and the struggle for Soviet Jewry in a
- [Parashat Ekev: Yearning for a Challenge](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/08/parashat-ekev-yearning-for-a-challenge/) - This podcast is sponsored by Suzana and Alan Caro in memory of Avi West z"l. A brilliant educator and master teacher, Avi touched the lives of thousands of Jews in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. His breadth of knowledge spanned the entire Jewish canon as well as popular culture. His caring, sense of humor, and
- [Parashat Va'etchanan: Striving for Unity](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/08/parashat-vaetchanan-striving-for-unity/) - In this week's parsha, Moshe recalls several events and presents for us what many consider to be one of the foundational texts of Judaism, the Shema. Join Yiscah Smith as she discusses the parsha and some of the fundamental values and tenets of our faith presented in the Shema. Credits: Rabbi Michael Hattin and Yiscah Smith
- [Parashat Devarim: Telling the Story Again. What's Different?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/08/parashat-devarim-telling-the-story-again-whats-different/) - Rabbi Michael Hattin discusses Devarim with Rabbi Alex Israel, exploring the question of repetition in Deuteronomy. The Rabbis called Devarim "Mishneh Torah" - the Repetition of the Torah. How is the retelling different to the original? Is Moses manipulating the truth? Credits: Rabbi Alex Israel and Rabbi Michael Hattin – Pardes Faculty
- [Parashat Massei: Your Life, My Laundry, Your Water](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/07/parashat-massei-your-life-my-laundry-your-water/) - How do we distribute scant resources in a needy world? Are wealthy societies obligated to share their fundamental resources with more impoverished societies in need? This podcast takes us to a challenging passage in Nedarim which draws its prooftext from the mitzva of the Levite cities in chapter 35. If my city has water and
- [Parashat Matot: The Power of the Word](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/07/parashat-matot-the-power-of-the-word/) - This podcast is dedicated to Shlomo Berlin, Shlomo Ben Rachel v’Shimon - שלמה בן רחל ושמעון, with prayers for a refuah shelaymah from Rabbi Hayim Herring and Terri Krivosha. Nechama Goldman Barash and Alex Israel discuss Parashat Matot and the notion of vows or oaths touching on questions of loyalty, accountability, religious grandstanding, and the
- [Pinchas: From Superheros to Real World Heroes — Pinchas and Elijah](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/pinchas-from-superheros-to-real-world-heroes-pinchas-and-elijah/) - Pinchas and Eliyahu are biblical figures who are rewarded for their zealousness. For many of the later Rabbis, such zealousness is problematic, and they read a degree of rebuke into the biblical text. What results is a shift in the notion of what is heroic. Listen now to Rabbi Leon Morris in this week's Pardes
- [Admorit or Rebbetzin](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/2022/07/admorit-or-rebbetzin/)
- [Parashat Balak: The Outsider's View](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/07/parashat-balak-the-outsiders-view/) - Parashat Balak: The Outsider's View Description: Parashat Balak narrates the strange tale of a foreign seer who is hired to curse the Israelites but is compelled by God to bless them. What is this story doing in the Torah? It transpires entirely in a foreign royal court, and until the final lines of the parsha,
- [Parashat Chukat: Moses. The Hand and the Word.](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/06/parashat-chukat-moses-the-hand-and-the-word/) - Parashat Chukat: Moses. The Hand and the Word Description: In our parsha we read the episode of "Moses' Sin" in which Moses hits the rock instead of speaking to it. In this podcast, Pardes faculty Alex Israel and Gila Fine discuss the tension in Moses' life between his hands, the role of action, and his
- [Parashat Korach: Was it all Negative?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/06/parashat-korach-was-it-all-negative/) - Parashat Korach 5782: Was it all Negative? Description: In this podcast, we explore the mixed motivations behind Korach's challenge to Moshe and Aaron's leadership. Can one be driven by ego and still mix in a valid claim? Was Korach's claim that "all the people are holy" easily dismissed? We also discuss the ways in which
- [Parashat Shelach Lecha 5782: Slandering Israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/06/parashat-shelach-lecha-5782-slandering-israel/) - Parashat Shelach Lecha 5782: Slandering Israel Description: The story of people who toured Israel and emerged with a negative assessment of the Land of Israel. Is criticism of Israel legitimate or is it a sin? Join Pardes faculty member Rabbi Alex Israel and Israel education guru Jonny Ariel as they discuss the biblical and contemporary
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: American Jewry Circa 1984](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-american-jewry-circa-1984/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 21: American Jewry Circa 1984 As we circle in toward the end of season five, it is time to check back in with American Jewry. The Eighties were a time of economic and social security for the Jews of the US, and the overall growth of their religious communities
- [Is There a License to Reinterpret the Torah Through Pronunciation?](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/2022/06/is-there-a-license-to-reinterpret-the-torah-through-pronunciation/)
- [The Mystical Importance of Location in Judaism](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2022/05/22963/)
- [In the Wake of an Earthquake](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2022/04/in-the-wake-of-an-earthquake/)
- [The Secret History of Jewish Women Publishing Hebrew Books](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2022/03/the-secret-history-of-jewish-women-publishing-hebrew-books/)
- [The Tisch: Flagship for Besht Torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2022/03/the-tisch-flagship-for-besht-torah/)
- [The Tisch: Transliteration Troubles, Pronunciation Preferences](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2022/01/the-tisch-transliteration-troubles-pronunciation-preferences/)
- [The Tisch: In Jewish Law, Are Commandments About Intent Or Performance?](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2022/01/the-tisch-in-jewish-law-are-commandments-about-intent-or-performance/)
- [The Tisch: Tanna Devei Eliyahu: The Divine, Legal Determination](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2021/12/the-tisch-tanna-devei-eliyahu-the-divine-legal-determination/)
- [The Tisch: Wassilevsky's Hasidic Super-Souls](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2021/11/the-tisch-wassilevskys-hasidic-super-souls/)
- [The Tisch: Kotzk - Can Torah Be Transcribed?](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2021/08/the-tisch-kotzk-can-torah-be-transcribed/)
- [The Tisch: Kotzk - Opening Doors with Writing](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2021/08/the-tisch-kotzk-opening-doors-with-writing/)
- [Parashat Behaalotecha 5782: The Power of Inclusion](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/06/parashat-behaalotecha-5782-the-power-of-inclusion/) - Parashat Behaalotecha 5782: The Power of Inclusion Description: An exploration of the narratives about Pesach Sheni and the naming of the 70 elders and Eldad and Medad. Two stories that combine Law and Narrative, also portray the value of initiative on the part of the people and the importance of including multiple voices. Sources: Numbers
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: Jerusalem Day Interview with Aaron Leibowitz](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/05/the-jewish-story-season-5-jerusalem-day-interview-with-aaron-leibowitz/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Interlude: An Interview with Aaron Leibowitz Jerusalem Day is a time when past and present come sharply together and have the potential to define our future. Social activist and former city councilor Rav Aaron Leibowitz joins me to discuss the potential of the holy city and this momentous day. Help
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: An Interview with Daniel Gordis](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-an-interview-with-daniel-gordis/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Interlude: An Interview with Daniel Gordis Menachem Begin has been part of our exploration of the Jewish Story since the uprising against the British back in 1944, and the Lebanon War was the last chapter in which he took an active role. In order to give a fitting wrap-up to
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: The Lebanon War Part V](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-the-lebanon-war-part-v/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 20: The Lebanon War Part V: End of an Endless War Even if you only count until 1985, Lebanon was Israel's longest war and so it's no surprise that it left some of the deepest impressions. The birth of Peace Now, the murder of Emil Gruzweig, and the personal
- [Parashat Bamidbar 5782: Heavenly Jerusalem, Earthly Jerusalem. A Shiur for Jerusalem Day and Bamidbar](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/05/parashat-bamidbar-5782-heavenly-jerusalem-earthly-jerusalem-a-shiur-for-jerusalem-day-and-bamidbar/) - Parashat Bamidbar 5782: Heavenly Jerusalem, Earthly Jerusalem. A Shiur for Jerusalem Day and Bamidbar Description: In Celebration of Jerusalem Day, we study Psalm 122 and its dreamy depiction of an ancient Jerusalem pilgrimage. We reflect on the makom (place/space) and complexity of today's Jerusalem and connect this to our parasha - Bamidbar. Download Source Sheet
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: The Lebanon War Part IV](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-the-lebanon-war-part-iv/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 19: The Lebanon War Part IV: Sabra and Shatila The assassination of Phalangist leader Bashir Gemayel was an explosion that rocked the region, and the massacres at Sabra and Shatila which followed in its wake horrified the world. This episode touches on a rabbinic debate over the morality of
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: An Interlude - Interview with Ambassador David Friedman](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-an-interlude-interview-with-ambassador-david-friedman/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode Interlude: Interview with Ambassador David Friedman We are all actors in the Jewish Story, and part of the art of becoming the main character is knowing how to seize the moment. Here is an interview with former Ambassador David Friedman which explores how he came to be in his
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: The Lebanon War Part III](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-the-lebanon-war-part-iii/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 18: The Lebanon War Part III - The Invasion Crossing into Lebanon to destroy PLO started as a successful mission, and when the IDF destroyed the Syrian SAM belt in the Bekaa Valley through Operation Mole Cricket 19 it looked like victory was assured. Nonetheless, as Defense Minister Ariel
- [TJS S5 Interlude: On Leadership](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/tjs-s5-interlude-on-leadership/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode Interlude: On Leadership Sometimes a listener question can cause a whole interlude. Here is an exploration of Jewish leadership and its roots in the Jewish story. Along the way, we touch on Ukrainian president Zelenskyy, R' Chaim Kanievsky, and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. There is also an opening attempt
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: The Lebanon War Part II](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-the-lebanon-war-part-ii/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 17: The Lebanon War Part II Operation Peace for the Galilee begins with Israeli jets pounding Yasser Arafat's PLO bases in southern Lebanon, but there is always a backstory. In this episode learn about the complicated history of Lebanon's civil wars fought between Christians, Moslems, and Druze. Meet Ariel
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: The Lebanon War Part I](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-the-lebanon-war-part-i/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 16: The Lebanon War Part I Before we can discuss the outbreak of war between Israel and the PLO in Lebanon, we must lay out the political context. As Yasser Arafat and his Palestinian liberation army were massing troops along the border, and the city of Kiryat Shemona was
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: Bombing the Iraqi Nuclear Reactor](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-bombing-the-iraqi-nuclear-reactor/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 15: Bombing the Iraqi Nuclear Reactor Israel's leadership came to be part by never forgetting the principle of "when one comes to kill you, rise early and kill first." Menachem Begin's 1981 bombing of the Iraqi reactor Osirak on the distant banks of the Tigris gave birth to the
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: The Evacuation of the Sinai](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-the-evacuation-of-the-sinai/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 14: The Evacuation of the Sinai People like to talk about the price of peace, but they rarely define what peace actually means. This makes evaluating the price impossible. In April of 1982 Israel withdrew from the Sinai Peninsula and for the first time destroyed established Jewish homes in
- [The Jewish Story Season 5, An Interlude - Conversation on Violence with R' Yehuda HaKohen](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-an-interlude-conversation-on-violence-with-r-yehuda-hakohen/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode Interlude: Conversation on Violence with R' Yehuda HaKohen There are some conversations that Am Yisrael is just not having. As a follow-up to some of the issues raised in the last few episodes, Rav Mike is joined by R' Yehuda HaKohen of the Vision Movement for a conversation on
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: The Jewish Underground, Part II](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-the-jewish-underground-part-ii/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 13: The Jewish Underground Part II Today the media loves to discuss "settler violence," but it is rarely interesting in its historical origins. This episode picks up the story of Yehuda Etzion and Menachem Livni who had set out to trigger redemption by any means necessary. As it turns
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: The Jewish Underground Part I](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-the-jewish-underground-part-i/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 12: The Jewish Underground Part I In politics as in physics - for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Menachem Begin's signing of the Camp David Accords did not produce a singular response, but it did send shock waves through every aspect of Israeli society. Among
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: An Interview with Daniella Weiss](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-an-interview-with-daniella-weiss/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode Interlude: An Interview with Daniella Weiss It is rare that someone who begins a movement is still leading strong fifty years later. Daniella Weiss was part of the original settlement of the Shomron in the early 70s and remains a militant force within the settlement movement today. Here is
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: Interlude Don't Lose the Thread](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-interlude-dont-lose-the-thread/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode Interlude: Don't Lose the Thread Is anyone else feeling a little frayed around the edges? Here is an interlude where I give some insight on how to avoid snapping under the pressure of our world, and even how to fray with grace. Send me an email at ravmikefeuer@gmail.com if
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: The Camp David Accords](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-the-camp-david-accords/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 11: The Camp David Accords The domestic political upheaval of 1977 was followed quickly by an international earthquake in 1978 when Israel and Egypt agree to make peace. Here is the story of how shifts within two societies, and two leaders, led to the signing of the Camp David
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: The 1977 Election Aftershocks](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-the-1977-election-aftershocks/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 10: The 1977 Election Aftershocks Begin's victory in 1977 was the beginning of revolutionary change for Israel, not the end. Some who rejoiced will be bemused, and others who were skeptical will be surprised. This episode explores the aftermath of Begin's election as it intersected fault lines within his
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: The Upheaval Election of 1977](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-the-upheaval-election-of-1977/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 9: The Upheaval Election of 1977 There are few events in the history of Israel's democracy that have had a greater impact than the elections of 1977. When all the votes were counted three decades of Labor Zionist rule had come to an end and Menachem Begin's Likud party
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: Empires Come, Empires Go](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-empires-come-empires-go/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode Interlude: Empires Come and Empires Go Many people look at the world today and feel the foundations of American power shaking - and most are afraid. Here is an episode about empires, made in the spirit of Hanukkah. Rav Mike takes a look backward to seek wisdom for survival
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: The Raid on Entebbe](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/07/the-jewish-story-season-5-the-raid-on-entebbe/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 8: The Raid on Entebbe Heroism is a precious quality, and one strong enough to change the world. Here is the story of the Israeli mission to free hostages on Entebbe, perhaps the most heroic mission of its time. At its heart lies a person who in many ways
- [The Jewish Story Season 5, an Interlude and Interview with Gil Troy](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-5-an-interlude-and-interview-with-gil-troy/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode Interlude: Interview with Gil Troy Historian and author Gil Troy joins me for a follow-up to the 'Zionism is Racism' episode. We talk about 'Moynihan's Moment,' the rise of the PLO, the mental health crisis on American campuses, and much more. Tune in also for a fascinating discussion that
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: Yitzchak Rabin's First Term, Part II](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-5-yitzchak-rabins-first-term-part-ii/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 7: Yitzchak Rabin's First Term Part II Rabin faced conflicts on all three fronts of Jewish history - within Am Yisrael, between Israel and the nations, and as a people in their land. This episode focuses on the third, as the Arab/Israeli war shifts into the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. This
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: Zionism is Racism](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-5-zionism-is-racism/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 4: Zionism is Racism If Israel is meant to be a light to the nations, then how they see us offers illuminating insights. In this episode, we meet the Non-Aligned Movement, Israel's relationship with Africa, President Mobutu of Zaire, Ugandan leader Idi Amin, US ambassador to the UN Daniel
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: Yitzhak Rabin's First Term](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-5-yitzhak-rabins-first-term/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 6: Yitzchak Rabin's First Term When most people think about Yitzchak Rabin as Israel's Prime Minister they focus on the Oslo Accords and his tragic murder, but many are unaware that Rabin's assassination ended his second term. Here is an episode on his opening round as Prime Minister, when
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: Gush Emunim](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-5-gush-emunim/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 5: Gush Emunim Many things within Israeli society were threatened with the collapse in the wake of the Yom Kippur War, and perhaps the most profound danger was a loss of spirit. This episode explores the rise of the 'bloc of the faithful,' vanguard of today's "settlement movement" who
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: Feminism and American Judaism](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-5-feminism-and-american-judaism/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 3: Feminism and Judaism The feminist movement and Jewish American life came together in the 1960s and 70s - each influencing the other. In this episode we touch on Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique, the religious activism of women like Sally Priesand and the Ezrat Nashim organization. We will also
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: Interlude Crowning the King](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-5-interlude-crowning-the-king-2/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode Interlude: Crowning the King Sometimes a simple question sparks the deepest thoughts. This episode is in answer to a simple question - what is the story of Rosh Hashanah. It explores the nature of kingship and the crown in Jewish tradition and offers some guidance on how we can
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: Let My People Go](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-5-let-my-people-go/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 2: Let My People Go - the Ongoing Fight for Soviet Jewry talks about Russian Jewish refuseniks, why they were denied exit visas to immigrate to Israel, and how the Communist regime eventually let them go. Learn about US President Richard Nixon's détente with the Soviets, championed by Secretary
- [The Jewish Story Season 5: A Portrait of American Jewry](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-5-a-portrait-of-american-jewry/) - The Jewish Story Season 5 Episode 1: A Portrait of American Jewry (c. 1974) The changing culture of American Jewry after the Yom Kippur War in Israel and the Vietnam War meant leaving old neighborhoods, a surge in Zionism, and new developments in the Jewish community like the Havurah movement. We explore the publication of
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: An Interview with Mark Gerson](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-an-interview-with-mark-gerson/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 30: An Interview with Mark Gerson Telling the story of the Exodus is something so simple that we do it every year, and so complicated that we never get it quite right. With all the effort we put into preparation for a kosher Pesach, it is worth dusting off
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: Vengeance, a Conversation with Thane Rosenbaum](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-vengeance-a-conversation-with-thane-rosenbaum/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 29: Interlude - Vengeance, a Conversation with Thane Rosenbaum The desire to get even is as old as Cain and Abel, so what new could possibly be said about it? Here is an interview with author Thane Rosenbaum where we explore the nature of vengeance, its relationship to justice,
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: Interlude, Despite it all](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-interlude-despite-it-all/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 28: Interlude - Despite It All Here is a rant on the current struggle in Israel and Gaza. There is something in it for everyone, both to provoke and inspire. Make sure you don't miss the message at the end! Help continue making Jewish history a relevant story with
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: Interlude, an Interview with Rena Rossner](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-interlude-an-interview-with-rena-rossner/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 27: An Interview with Rena Rossner The power of fairy stories goes well beyond entertainment. In this interlude author Rena Rossner joins me to explore myth, story, and the power of fairy tales. Along the way, we touch on God, history, and my favorite author as well! Help continue
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: Interlude, an Interview with Rabbi Berel Wein](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-interlude-an-interview-with-rabbi-berel-wein/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 26: An Interview with Rabbi Berel Wein It is not every day that you get to speak with a legend, much less interview one. Here are some precious words I had with the Alter rebbe of Jewish History, Rabbi Berel Wein. We touch on the nature of history, the
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: Interlude, an Interview with Dr. Michael Oren](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-interlude-an-interview-with-dr-michael-oren/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 25: An Interview with Dr. Michael Oren In this interlude, I am joined by a special guest Dr. Michael Oren. The topic at hand is how the Six-Day War helped shaped the special relationship between Israel and the United States. Along the way Dr. Oren offers insights on a
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: Interlude R' Yitz Greenberg and the God of History](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-interlude-r-yitz-greenberg-and-the-god-of-history/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 24: Interlude R' Yitz Greenberg and the God of History How we chew and swallow what history shoves down our throat can define us as individuals and nations. Here is an interview with R' Yitz Greenberg, a foundational thinker on post-Holocaust theology. In it we explore how American Jewry
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: Epilogue](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-epilogue/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 22: Epilogue Every chapter comes to an end sometime, and with this epilogue season, four draws to a close. Listen in for some reflections and where we have been and where we are headed in the season to come, as well as some insights on what it might mean.
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: The Domestic Aftermath](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-the-domestic-aftermath/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 21: The Domestic Aftermath The shock waves of the Yom Kippur War ripple through Israeli society down to our day, but the days immediately after telling a story all their own. This episode explores the rise of Israel's first protest movement around Motti Ashkenazi, the first cracks of the
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: The International Aftermath](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-the-international-aftermath/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 20: The International Aftermath Every war has a winner, but sometimes identifying who that may be is not a simple task - nor a neutral one. This episode explores the international aftermath of the Yom Kippur war, explaining how the superpower confrontation, the Arab oil embargo, and the international
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: The Yom Kippur War VI](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-the-yom-kippur-war-vi/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 19: The Yom Kippur War Part VI - The Endgame Some people play a perfect role in the Jewish Story, and in this episode that will be US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and General Ariel Sharon. As the fighting reaches its conclusion, each will give his utmost to
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: The Yom Kippur War V](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-yom-kippur-war-v/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 18: The Yom Kippur War Part V - Down But Not Out This is the story of how close the end really came during the Yom Kippur War. Even as Israel's tanks held out in the north, turning a stretch of the Golan into 'The Valley of Tears,' the
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: The Yom Kippur War IV](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-the-yom-kippur-war-iv/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 17: The Yom Kippur War Part IV - A Stunning Blow A surprise blow is always the hardest to absorb, even if it's not so powerful. The first strike of the Yom Kippur War will be massive, and it will come close to stunning the entire nation of Israel.
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: The Yom Kippur War Part III](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-the-yom-kippur-war-part-iii/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 15: The Yom Kippur War Part III - Breaking the Concept Sometimes the ideas we hold most dear are those which prevent us from seeing that which is most important. Here is an episode about the 'concept,' the security analysis paradigm which stopped Israel from recognizing its danger almost
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: The Yom Kippur War Part II - The Cherbourg Boats](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-the-yom-kippur-war-part-ii-the-cherbourg-boats/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 14: The Yom Kippur War Part II - The Cherbourg Boats Long before there was a start-up nation the Jews were the can-do people, but a constant crisis-solving posture poses problems of its own. Here is part two of our effort to build the context for the surprise of
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: The Yom Kippur War Part I](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/06/the-jewish-story-season-4-the-yom-kippur-war-part-i/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 13: The Yom Kippur War Part I - the Context for Surprise If we call what happened in 1967 a war of the spirit, then what occurred seven years later was a struggle of psychology. Here is the first episode leading up to the 1973 Yom Kippur War. It
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: The 1972 Munich Massacre](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/05/the-jewish-story-season-4-the-1972-munich-massacre/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 12: The 1972 Munich Massacre The whole world watched in horror as the murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games raised the bar on international terror to previously inconceivable heights. The events cannot be forgotten, and their consequences are with us down to this day.
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: Black September](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/05/the-jewish-story-season-4-black-september/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 11: Black September There is a narrative battle that has been raging for decades between Arab and Jew in the land of Israel, and sometimes it breaks out into open warfare. This is the story of the abortive attempt by Palestinians to overthrow the Kingdom of Jordan and the
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: The War of Attrition Part III](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/05/the-jewish-story-season-4-the-war-of-attrition-part-iii/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 10: The War of Attrition Part III: an Honorable Peace The battlefield and the boardroom come together for the last episode in the series on the War of Attrition. Meet new Prime Minister Golda Meir as she balances war and politics in her new policy of 'asymmetrical response.' Unfortunately,
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: The War of Attrition Part II](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/05/the-jewish-story-season-4-the-war-of-attrition-part-ii/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 9: The War of Attrition Part II: The Diplomatic Front Every major conflict is fought on many fronts. This second installment on the War of Attrition explores the diplomatic front. We will encounter Yitzchak Rabin as the new Israeli ambassador and get our first look at American Jewish policymaker
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: The War of Attrition Part I](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/05/the-jewish-story-season-4-the-war-of-attrition-part-i/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 8: The War of Attrition Part 1 Changing our conceptions is one of the hardest things in life to do, for countries as well as individuals. Israel's stunning victory in 1967 brought many blessings, but it also posed certain challenges in how understanding the post-war reality. Here is the
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: Israel Post 1967 Part III](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/05/the-jewish-story-season-4-israel-post-1967-part-iii/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 7: Israel Post 1967 Part III: Settling Hebron The return to Israel can have two meanings - a return to the Land and a return to the essential self. The birth of a settlement movement striving for redemption was one of the most significant results of the Six-Day War,
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: Israel Post 1967 Part I](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/05/the-jewish-story-season-4-israel-post-1967-part-i/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 5: Israel Post 1967 Part I: In New Territory Abundance is always a blessing, so long as one has the capacity to receive it. In the weeks and months after their victory in June of 1967, the Israeli government struggled to absorb the meaning and practical implications of everything
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: Israel Post 1967 Part II](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/05/the-jewish-story-season-4-israel-post-1967-part-ii/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 6: Israel Post 1967 Part II: A Greater Israel One can look at life as one long string of decisions, whether for individuals or nations. Israel had a number of decisions to make in the wake of the Six-Day War and none was more pressing than where to place
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: American Jewry after 1967 part III](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/05/the-jewish-story-season-4-american-jewry-after-1967-part-iii/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 3: American Jewry after 1967 part III, the Ocean Hill-Brownsville strike There are stories that are turning points in a larger tale, and there are those which prove to be tempests in a teacup. The story of the 1968 NYC school strike could be read as both. Either way,
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: The Early Struggle for Soviet Jewry](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/05/the-jewish-story-season-4-the-early-struggle-for-soviet-jewry/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 4: The Early Struggle for Soviet Jewry It is a truism that struggle brings out unexpected powers from within us, and what's true in life is true in history as well. The struggle to liberate Soviet Jewry will be a formative element of our story for decades to come,
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: American Jewry after 1967 part II](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/05/the-jewish-story-season-4-american-jewry-after-1967-part-ii/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 2: American Jewry after 1967 part II From Auschwitz to Jerusalem As each decade passes, the Holocaust retreats in time and grows in memory and this is not a linear process - some years count more than others. This episode looks at American Jewry's relationship to the Shoah before
- [The Jewish Story Season 4: American Jewry after 1967 Part I](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/05/the-jewish-story-season-4-american-jewry-after-1967-part-i/) - The Jewish Story Season 4 Episode 1: American Jewry after 1967 Part I, The Wisdom of the Moment History is all about telling the story after the fact, but there is particular wisdom to be gained in the heat of the moment which is easily lost in hindsight. The first episode of season four begins
- [Parashat Bechukotai 5782: Ancient Metaphors and Contemporary Realism](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/05/parashat-bechukotai-5782-ancient-metaphors-and-contemporary-realism/) - Parashat Bechukotai 5782: Ancient Metaphors and Contemporary Realism Description: This podcast focuses on understanding the blessings and curses in this week's parasha with Rabbi Dr. Howard Markose. Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write to us at elmad@pardes.org.il. We appreciate you leaving us a review with 5-stars if you enjoy
- [Parashat Behar 5782: The Economy of Spirituality](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/05/parashat-behar-5782-the-economy-of-spirituality/) - Parashat Behar 5782: The Economy of Spirituality Description: This special podcast features Rabbi Yedidya Sinclair. Join us to hear our discussion of how the Sabbatical and Jubilee years described in parashat Behar are providing the spiritual values which are meant to inform our economic lives. Rav Yedidya Sinclair is a scholar and educator who work
- [Parashat Emor 5782: The Jewish Year Cycle, Emor-Style](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/05/parashat-emor-5782-the-jewish-year-cycle-emor-style/) - Parashat Emor 5782: The Jewish Year Cycle, Emor-Style Description: While the Torah lists our holidays several times throughout the five books, there is something special about the way it's done in this week's parasha. Find out what that is by listening to Zvi Hirschfield and Aviva Lauer discuss everything from Sukkot to Yom HaAtzmaut in
- [Parashat Kedoshim 5782: "Be Holy!" How?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/04/parashat-kedoshim-5782-be-holy-how/) - Parashat Kedoshim 5782: "Be Holy!" How? Description: The Torah instructs the Jewish people to "Be Holy!" But how might that be performed? In this podcast, Alex Israel discusses three approaches to this question, considering the question of withdrawal from and engagement with regular life and living. This podcast was originally published in 2019. Download the
- [Pesach II 5782: Sitting Alone Outside the Camp](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/04/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 Sea of Reeds. While the moment was exceptional, even eliciting an epic song, we must consider the unusual build-up in order to appreciate its true import. We will turn to
- [Pesach 5782: Three Keys to Freedom - Three Features of the Seder](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/04/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 features of the Exodus, also manifested in the Seder rituals, and proposes that these can serve as building blocks for constructing a Jewish future. Download the Source Sheet Please let
- [Halakha of the Harvest: Cuppa Coffee or Hot Chocolate](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/04/halakha-of-the-harvest-cuppa-coffee-or-hot-chocolate/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Halakha of the Harvest: Desert Manna](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/04/halakha-of-the-harvest-desert-manna/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Halakha of the Harvest: Drink Your Asparagus](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/04/halakha-of-the-harvest-drink-your-asparagus/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Halakha of the Harvest: A Spoonful of Sugar](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/04/halakha-of-the-harvest-a-spoonful-of-sugar/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Halakha of the Harvest: Cashew Apples](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/04/halakha-of-the-harvest-cashew-apples/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Halakha of the Harvest: Surgically Removing the Heart of Palm](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/04/halakha-of-the-harvest-surgically-removing-the-heart-of-palm/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Halakha of the Harvest: Blessed Capers](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/04/halakha-of-the-harvest-blessed-capers/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Halakha of the Harvest: Identifying the Fruit of the Forbidden Tree](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/03/halakha-of-the-harvest-identifying-the-fruit-of-the-forbidden-tree/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Halakha of the Harvest: The Hidden Identity of Forbidden Fruits](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/03/halakha-of-the-harvest-the-hidden-identity-of-forbidden-fruits/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Halakha of the Harvest: Eggplant Experiences](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/03/halakha-of-the-harvest-eggplant-experiences/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Halakha of the Harvest: Papaya Problems](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/03/halakha-of-the-harvest-papaya-problems/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Halakha of the Harvest: Passionfruit Perspectives](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/03/halakha-of-the-harvest-passionfruit-perspectives/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Halakha of the Harvest: Can a Fruit Become a Vegetable](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/04/halakha-of-the-harvest-can-a-fruit-become-a-vegetable/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Halakha of the Harvest: Go Bananas](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/04/halakha-of-the-harvest-go-bananas/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Halakha of the Harvest: Making Sweet Lemons Out of Bananas](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2022/04/halakha-of-the-harvest-making-sweet-lemons-out-of-bananas/) - Halakha of the Harvest with the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi Cooper Fruit and vegetables are part of healthy living. In this series, the Maggid of Melbourne looks at some of the halakhic issues associated with defining what is a fruit and what is a vegetable. Join Levi – the apple of Pardes’ eye – on
- [Parashat Metzora 5782: Sitting Alone Outside the Camp](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/04/parashat-metzora-5782-sitting-alone-outside-the-camp/) - Parashat Metzora 5782: Sitting Alone Outside the Camp Description: The graphic description in the Torah of tzaraat, leprosy, leaves modern readers alienated and baffled. Can moral flaws truly manifest physically? Aesthetics and ethics mix in this week's reading, where immoral behavior is seen by our rabbis as contagious. While the general public is encouraged to
- [Parashat Tazria 5782: Selective Memory; Choosing Productive Narratives](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/03/parashat-tazria-5782-selective-memory-choosing-productive-narratives/) - Parashat Tazria 5782: Selective Memory; Choosing Productive Narratives This podcast episode is sponsored by Pardes alum Graham Hoffman in honor of his parents, teachers, and role models Rabbi Richard and Rebbitzen Debra Zussman. Description: Why bring a sin offering after giving birth? The Gemara suggests that is all about forgetting. Parashat HaChodesh, on the other
- [Parashat Shemini 5782: The Aftermath of Grief](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/03/parashat-shemini-5782-the-aftermath-of-grief/) - Parashat Shemini 5782: The Aftermath of Grief Description: In this podcast, we will look at the deaths of Aaron and the different stages of grief presented in the midrash that reflect our own awareness that processing death takes time and brings into different emotional states of awareness. In particular, we will focus on one midrash
- [Parashat Tzav 5782: Pushing Ourselves By-the-By](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/03/parashat-tzav-5782-pushing-ourselves-by-the-by/) - Parashat Tzav 5782: Pushing Ourselves By-the-By Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write to us at elmad@pardes.org.il. We appreciate you leaving us a review with 5-stars if you enjoy these podcasts. For more information about Pardes, visit our website www.pardes.org.il. Credits Rabbi Dr. Elisha Ancselovits - Pardes Faculty and Host for
- [The Jewish Story Season 5, episode 5: Gush Emunim](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/03/the-jewish-story-season-5-episode-5-gush-emunim/) - Many things within Israeli society were threatened with the collapse in the wake of the Yom Kippur War, and perhaps the most profound danger was a loss of spirit. This episode explores the rise of the 'bloc of the faithful,' vanguard of today's "settlement movement" who moved to inherit the pioneering spirit of Israel in
- [Parashat Vayikra 5782: Calling. Listening. Giving.](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/03/parashat-vayikra-5782-calling-listening-giving/) - Parashat Vayikra 5782: Calling. Listening. Giving. Description: This week, Rabbi Alex Israel discusses some of Rashi's opening remarks to Vayikra highlighting some critical spiritual messages for our fast-paced world. Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write to us at elmad@pardes.org.il. We appreciate you leaving us a review with 5-stars if you
- [Parashat Pekudei 5782: The Eyes Have it - The Divine as Israel's Tour Guide](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/03/parashat-pekudei-5782-the-eyes-have-it-the-divine-as-israels-tour-guide/) - Parashat Pekudei 5782: The Eyes Have it - The Divine as Israel's Tour Guide Description: As we bring the Book of Shemot - Exodus - to a close in this week's Parasha, Parashat Pekudei, we conclude the final chapter with a description of the functions of the cloud and fire as the Israelites wander in
- [The Jewish Story Season 5, Interlude - interview with Gil Troy](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/02/the-jewish-story-season-5-interlude-interview-with-gil-troy/) - Historian and author Gil Troy joins me for a follow up to the 'Zionism is Racism' episode. We talk 'Moynihan's Moment,' the rise of the PLO, the mental health crisis on American campuses and much more. Tune in also for a fascinating discussion that lays out 'Identity Zionism,' a vision which offers hope for Am
- [The Pardes Purim Companion](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/purim/2022/02/purim-companion/) - With great joy, Pardes is sharing the next Holiday Companion: The Purim Companion. This collection will not only bring deeper meaning to the holiday experience but also joy and laughter for everyone. The Purim Companion is sponsored in honor of Sylvia and Len Kingsley.
- [5775 -- Shabbat HaGadol: Four Who Entered the Pardes and Came Out Whole](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2015/03/5775-shabbat-hagadol-four-who-entered-the-pardes-and-came-out-whole/) - In this podcast, David Levin-Kruss compares the four sons in the pesach seder to the "four rabbis" who entered Pardes - one died, one became mentally inbalanced, a third became a heretic and only R. Akiva came out whole. We will show how the pesach seder provides a blueprint for creating a world where all
- [The Jewish Story Season 5, episode 4: Zionism is racism](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/02/the-jewish-story-season-5-episode-4-zionism-is-racism/) - If Israel is meant to be a light to the nations, then how they see us offers illuminating insights. In this episode, we meet the Non-Aligned Movement, Israel's relationship with Africa, President Mobutu of Zaire, Ugandan leader Idi Amin, US ambassador to the UN Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Israeli delegate to the UN Hadassa Ben-Itto.
- [Parashat Vayakhel 5782: Repairing Even the Worst Ruptures](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/02/parashat-vayakhel-5782-repairing-even-the-worst-ruptures/) - Parashat Vayakhel 5782: Repairing Even the Worst Ruptures Description: Even after warning against all forms of constructive creativity in the Ten Commandments, the Torah explicitly warns now against using fire on Shabbat. Legal ramifications aside, the prohibition against fire cautions us about the tendency of our hottest emotion - anger - to burn through our
- [The Jewish Story Season 5, Episode 3: Feminism and American Judaism](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/02/the-jewish-story-season-5-episode-3-feminism-and-american-judaism/) - The feminist movement and Jewish American life came together in the 1960s and 70s - each influencing the other. In this episode, we touch on Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique, the religious activism of women like Sally Priesand and the Ezrat Nashim organization. We will also explore how feminism and antisemitism intersect, from Elizabeth Cady Stanton's
- [Wrestling with Big Questions in Third Grade](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcje/classroom-techniques-activities/2022/02/wrestling-with-big-questions-in-third-grade/) - Wrestling with Big Questions in Third Grade by Jessica Rivo, Teacher and Jewish Studies Curriculum Lead at Temple Beth Ahm (Rambam Day School), and Pardes Day School Educators Program '17-'19 Teaching Parshat Hashavua to my third graders at Rambam Day School (in Miami) has been a thrilling experience. Often, I write the parsha as a
- [Parashat Tetzaveh 5782: The Golden Altar of Incense](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/02/parashat-tetzaveh-5782-the-golden-altar-of-incense/) - Parashat Tetzaveh 5782: The Golden Altar of Incense Description: While the Mizbach Hazahav or Golden Altar occupies a central place within the space and ritual of the Mishkan or Tabernacle, it is not mentioned at all in last week's description of all of the other vessels. In fact, it is not mentioned until the very
- [Parashat Ki Tisa 5782: The Inherent Value of the Individual](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/02/parashat-ki-tisa-5782-the-inherent-value-of-the-individual/) - Parashat Ki Tisa 5782: The Inherent Value of the Individual Description: Cultivating a Healthy Self-Esteem through the Parsha in the midst of the growing crisis of loneliness, lack of self-worth and alienation from a sense of one's own being. You do matter --- but how, why and when? Download the Source Sheet Exodus 30:11-13 /
- [The Jewish Story Season 5, Interlude: Crowning the King](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/02/the-jewish-story-season-5-interlude-crowning-the-king/) - Sometimes a simple question sparks the deepest thoughts. This episode is in answer to a simple question - what is the story of Rosh Hashanah. It explores the nature of kingship and the crown in Jewish tradition, and offers some guidance on how we can all approach telling a different story of our lives in
- [The Jewish Story Season 5, Episode 2: Let My People Go - the Ongoing Fight for Soviet Jewry](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/02/the-jewish-story-season-5-episode-2-let-my-people-go-the-ongoing-fight-for-soviet-jewry/) - Talks about Russian Jewish refuseniks, why they were denied exit visas to immigrate to Israel, and how the Communist regime eventually let them go. Learn about US President Richard Nixon's détente with the Soviets, championed by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and opposed by Henry "Scoop" Jackson, co-author of the Jackson-Vanik amendment of 1974 and
- [The Jewish Story Season 5, Episode 1: A Portrait of American Jewry, circa 1974](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2022/02/the-jewish-story-season-5-episode-1-a-portrait-of-american-jewry-circa-1974/) - The changing culture of American Jewry after the Yom Kippur War in Israel and the Vietnam War meant leaving old neighborhoods, a surge in Zionism and new developments in the Jewish community like the Havurah movement. We explore the publication of the First Jewish Catalog: A Do-It-Yourself Kit edited by Richard Siegel, and Michael and
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 1/Introduction – The Backdrop of the Book of Judges](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/05/crises-kings-episode-1/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 1: Introduction – The Backdrop of the Book of Judges Podcast Overview: In order to appreciate the opening chapters of the book of Samuel, we must first consider the backdrop of the book of Judges. Understanding this context will help us appreciate the challenges that the people of Israel
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 3 - The Crimes of the Priests](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/05/crises-kings-episode-3/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 3: The Crimes of the Priests Podcast Overview: Chana's piety stands in direct contrast to the officiating priests at Shilo, Chofni and Pinchas the sons of Eli. These two abuse their power and exalted position, desecrating God's service and victimizing the people of Israel. In consequence, doom is pronounced
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 2 - Chana's Triumph](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/05/crises-kings-episode-2/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 2: Chana's Triumph Podcast Overview: Our book begins by introducing us to the fraught family dynamics of Elkana and his two wives, Penina and Chana. Chana, childless and desperate, teaches us about hope and devotion. Her tearful vow at Shilo becomes the template in our tradition for sincerity. God
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 10 - In Search of Donkeys](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/06/crises-kings-episode-10/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 10: In Search of Donkeys Podcast Overview: The appointment of Israel's first king implausibly begins with Saul's fruitless search for lost donkeys. It ends with Saul instead discovering kingship. (Samuel I 9:1 - 27) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to
- [Navigating the Complexity of Israel Education in the 21st Century](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcje/21st-century-learning/2022/02/navigating-the-complexity-of-israel-education-in-the-21st-century/) - On Jan 24, we held a deep and refreshing webinar on Israel Education with Israel education expert, with Professor Sivan Zakai, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute for Religion. From veteran cohort 5 PEP alumni to our current graduating cohort 21, everyone learned more about how to navigate the complexity of Israel education in the
- [Parashat Yitro 5782: Is the Idolatry a Relevant Category for Contemporary Life](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/01/parashat-yitro-5782-is-the-idolatry-a-relevant-category-for-contemporary-life/) - Parashat Yitro 5782: Is the Idolatry a Relevant Category for Contemporary Life Description: In this week's podcast, Rabbi Mike Uram tackles Parashat Yitro noting that the first of the 10 Commandments is one that prohibits idolatry. Is this a relevant issue today? Mike explores what made the Torah and the Rabbis so afraid of idol
- [Parashat Terumah 5782: Stop the Clocks or Hang the Flags? How Moderns Create Jewish Space](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/01/parashat-terumah-5782-stop-the-clocks-or-hang-the-flags-how-moderns-create-jewish-space/) - Parashat Terumah 5782: Stop the Clocks or Hang the Flags? How Moderns Create Jewish Space Description: This podcast takes us on a roller-coaster of a trip from the tabernacle in the desert to 19th century ultra-orthodoxy in Hungary to 20th century American reform temples to Hebrew departments in general universities today. All to answer the
- [Parashat Mishpatim 5782: God and Government](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/01/parashat-mishpatim-5782-god-and-government/) - Parashat Mishpatim 5782: God and Government Description: Is our public discourse too aggressive? Are our public institutions vulnerable to attack? In this class, Alex Israel addresses a verse (22:27) in Parashat Mishpatim which warns of attacks on Government figures. Why does the Torah prohibit this and what is the relationship between God and the powers
- [Parashat Beshalach 5782: A Taste of Something Rare](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/01/parashat-beshalach-5782-a-taste-of-something-rare/) - Parashat Beshalach 5782: A Taste of Something Rare Description: The story of the manna in the wilderness occupies a significant place in the larger desert narrative. A great many verses are devoted to the role of manna in the survival of the Israelites – both here in Beshalach, as well as in Numbers and Deuteronomy.
- [Parashat Bo 5782: Locusts That Last a Lifetime](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2022/01/parashat-bo-5782-locusts-that-last-a-lifetime/) - Parashat Bo 5782: Locusts That Last a Lifetime Description: In this week's Torah portion of Bo, God rains down upon Egypt the last three plagues. One of these three is the plague of locusts. Learn along with PCJE Director, Aviva Lauer, to explore how this plague might have lasted just a few days in Egypt,
- [Lessons from Opening a School](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcje/expand-your-mind/2021/12/lessons-from-opening-a-school/) - By Sarah Levy, Head of School, Einstein Academy. Pardes Day School Educators Program '08-'10 After a little over a year of planning, Einstein Academy opened its doors (in the midst of a worldwide pandemic) in the fall of 2020. I never wanted to start a school, and the way I ended up here is the
- [Parashat Vaera 5782: The Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/12/parashat-vaera-5782-the-hardening-of-pharaohs-heart/) - This podcast is sponsored by Drs Amy Fox Griffel and Martin I Griffel in memory of her mother, Sally Fox, Sima Bat Moshe v Michla on the occasion of her yahrtzeit. Parashat Vaera 5782: The Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart Description: God's hardening of Pharaoh's heart is one of the most difficult theological problems in the
- [The 10th of Tevet: It is Not Too Late to Change](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2021/12/the-10th-of-tevet-it-is-not-too-late-to-change/) - This episode was taken from the Jewish Story Season 4, Interlude The 10th of Tevet: It is Not Too Late to Change Every fast day is an chance for cheshbon nefesh, for making an accounting of life and the world. The Tenth of Tevet offers an additional, unique opportunity - to think about imminent dangers.
- [Parashat VaYechi 5782 - The Blessings of Rebuke](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/12/parashat-vayechi-5782-the-blessings-of-rebuke/) - Parashat VaYechi 5782 - The Blessings of Rebuke Description: There are things we have to hear and there are things we have to say. What enables us to receive words of critique with an open heart? What critical tips can we learn for our lives about the art of Rebuking others from the legacy Yaakov
- [Parashat Shemot 5782: The Power of Sisterly Love](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/12/parashat-shemot-5782-the-power-of-sisterly-love/) - Parashat Shemot 5782 - The Power of Sisterly Love Description: Why isn't Miriam named in this week's parsha, despite the fact that her leadership is equated to that of Moshe and Aaron? She is teaching Moshe (and us) what brotherhood, leadership, prophecy and redemption are all about. Download the Source Sheet Shemot 1 | Shemot
- [Crises & Kings Episode 48: The Conclusion](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/12/crises-kings-episode-48/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 48: The Conclusion A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast to the next, preferably in a havruta learning dynamic. However, the podcasts will also be accessible and meaningful to listeners who do not prepare ahead of
- [Crises & Kings Episode 47: The Census](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/12/crises-kings-episode-47/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 47: The Census Podcast Overview: The book concludes with David's ill-considered census, the ensuing plague and the building of an altar to God. (Samuel II 24:1-25) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast
- [The Pardes Hakarat HaTov Study Companion - Teachings and Reflections on Expressing Gratitude](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-holiday-companions/2021/12/the-pardes-hakarat-hatov-study-companion-teachings-and-reflections-on-expressing-gratitude/) - With great joy, Pardes is sharing the next Holiday Companion: The Purim Companion. This collection will not only bring deeper meaning to the holiday experience but also joy and laughter for everyone. The Purim Companion is sponsored in honor of Sylvia and Len Kingsley.
- [Parashat Vayigash 5782 - Yoseph's Legacy to Every Jew: Forgiveness](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/12/parashat-vayigash-5782-yosephs-legacy-to-every-jew-forgiveness/) - Parashat Vayigash 5782 - Yoseph's Legacy to Every Jew: Forgiveness Description: There are moments that change the world. There is such a transformative moment in this week's parasha. It happened when Yoseph finally revealed his identity to his brothers. Download the Source Sheet Genesis 44:18 Genesis 44:20 Genesis 45:4-8 Genesis 50:16-18 Please let us know
- [Crises & Kings Episode 46: David's Mighty Men](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/12/crises-kings-episode-46/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 46: David's Mighty Men Podcast Overview: David's final words are followed by a list of his mighty warriors. (Samuel II 23:1-39) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast to the next, preferably in
- [Crises & Kings Episode 45: The Song of Triumph](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/12/crises-kings-episode-45/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 45: The Song of Triumph Podcast Overview: An epic poem of triumph reminds us of David's trust in God. (Samuel II 22:1-51) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast to the next, preferably
- [Crises & Kings Episode 44: David's Legacy: Pledges Kept and Giants Defeated](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/11/crises-kings-episode-44/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 44: David's Legacy: Pledges Kept and Giants Defeated Podcast Overview: The final four chapters of the book provide us with a retrospect of David and his reign. (Samuel II 21:1-22) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary
- [Parashat Miketz 5782 - Pharaoh's Dreams and Their Fascinating Interpretation](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/11/parashat-miketz-5782-pharaohs-dreams-and-their-fascinating-interpretation/) - This podcast is sponsored by Rabbi Shalom and Shana Kantor on the occasion of their son Noam's bar mitzvah. Mazal tov! Parashat Miketz 5782 - Pharaoh's Dreams and Their Fascinating Interpretation Description: Pharaoh's dream of seven cows and seven stalks of grain has fascinated sages, Torah commentators, and Hasidic rabbis. What is the significance of
- [8 Nights of Reflection with Pardes North America](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-holiday-companions/2021/11/8-nights-of-reflection-with-pardes-north-america/)
- [Crises & Kings Episode 43: Sheva ben Bichri's Rebellion](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/11/crises-kings-episode-43/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 43: Sheva ben Bichri's Rebellion Podcast Overview: David returns to Jerusalem but a new rebellion now breaks out. (Samuel II 20:1-26) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast to the next, preferably in
- [Hanukah Lights Activity](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcje/holidays-pcje/2021/11/hanukah-lights-activity/) - Hanukah Lights Note: this activity was not about learning the story of Hanukah. They should already know it. Goal: To help the students understand the lights of Hanukah as representing the mitzvot or their Jewish identity. Supplies: Yahrzeit candles (they are the safest to use) Laminated squares of paper with mitzvot on them Watching the
- [Crises & Kings Episode 42: The Aftermath](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/11/crises-kings-episode-42/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 42: The Aftermath Podcast Overview: The news of Avshalom's death reaches David. Shattered by the report, he begins to make his way back to Jerusalem. (Samuel II 18:19-19:44) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from
- [Parashat Vayeshev 5782 - Why is Joseph Known as Joseph the Tzaddik?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/11/parashat-vayeshev-5782-why-is-joseph-known-as-joseph-the-tzaddik/) - Parashat Vayeshev 5782 - Why is Joseph Known as Joseph the Tzaddik? Description: A Conversation About Potiphar's Wife Through the Lens of Non-Consent - In this podcast, Pardes faculty members Alex Israel and Nechama Goldman Barash discuss the complex story of Joseph and Potiphar's Wife as a springboard for broader discussions about sexuality, morality and
- [Crises & Kings Episode 41: Avshalom's Defeat](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/11/crises-kings-episode-41/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 41: Avshalom's Defeat Podcast Overview: David's fortunes turn, as Avshalom's men are defeated in battle. (Samuel II 17:1-18:18) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast to the next, preferably in a havruta learning
- [Crises & Kings Episode 40: Avshalom Ascendant](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/11/crises-kings-episode-40/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 40: Avshalom Ascendant Podcast Overview: Avshalom triumphantly enters Jerusalem. There will be no turning back. (Samuel II 16:1-23) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast to the next, preferably in a havruta learning
- [Interactive Hanukah Companion](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/hannukah/2021/11/interactive-hanukah-companion/) - Included in this holiday companion are eight divrei torah written by Pardes faculty, accompanied by interactive activities and discussion questions, crafted by the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators team, which draw on the content or illuminating idea in each d’var torah. These activities—with options for younger kids as well as teens and young adults—can be used by families, teachers or synagogue educators to create dynamic, educational and fun learning experiences for their children and students, all grounded in the themes of Hanukah. Hanukah is a time when family and friends come together to celebrate and enjoy the Hanukah lights.
- [Parashat Vayishlach 5782 - Cyclical History](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/11/parashat-vayishlach-5782-cyclical-history/) - Parashat Vayishlach 5782 - Cyclical History Description: Does History repeat itself? Nachmanides thinks it does! He reads the entire standoff between Jacob and Esau as a paradigm of future events - Isael and Rome, Judaism and Christianity. What are we to make of this? Listen to this podcast. This podcast is sponsored by Tova and
- [Crises & Kings Episode 39: David's Exile from Jerusalem](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/11/crises-kings-episode-39/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 39: David's Exile from Jerusalem Podcast Overview: Avshalom rebels against his father David and the kingdom threatens to unravel. (Samuel II 15:1-37) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast to the next, preferably
- [Crises & Kings Episode 38: Avshalom Rehabilitated](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/11/crises-kings-episode-38/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 38: Avshalom Rehabilitated Podcast Overview: Through the agency of Yoav and the parable of the wise woman of Tekoa, David is convinced to allow Avshalom to return to Jerusalem. But the resolution is a far way off. (Samuel II 14:1-33) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener:
- [Crises & Kings Episode 37: The Rape of Tamar](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/11/crises-kings-episode-37/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 37: The Rape of Tamar Podcast Overview: The consequences of David's crime now begin to play themselves out, with great destructive effect. (Samuel II 12:24-13:39) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast to
- [Parashat Vayetze 5782 - Ya'acov and the Stone Upon the Well](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/11/parashat-vayetze-5782-yaacov-and-the-stone-upon-the-well/) - Parashat Vayetze 5782 - Ya'acov and the Stone Upon the Well Description: After securing the blessings, Ya'acov must flee the wrath of his brother Esav. Arriving at Charan, he encounters the shepherds and their flocks, and when he sees Rachel his cousin, he single-handedly rolls off the giant stone that sits upon the well in
- [Parashat Toldot 5782 - But I Didn’t Do Anything Wrong](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/10/parashat-toldot-5782-but-i-didnt-do-anything-wrong/) - Parashat Toldot 5782 - But I Didn’t Do Anything Wrong Description: The podcast examines the different strategies that rabbis and others have used to lessen the moral issues of Jacob tricking Esau to get the birthright and tricking his father to get the blessing. It compares the post-biblical approach of excusing with the biblical approach
- [Deer Ears](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcje/classroom-techniques-activities/2021/10/from-the-field-tova-messer/) - Deer Ears By Tova Messer, MJed, MSW Pardes Day School Educators Program '18-'20 | Judaic Studies Teacher, Striar Hebrew Academy In fairy tales, in order to have a wish fulfilled, you often have to give something in return. Last fall, as several superspreader events had been linked to singing, my school’s medical board wisely advised
- [Crises & Kings Episode 33: David's Desire to Build the Temple](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/10/crises-kings-episode-33/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 33: David's Desire to Build the Temple Podcast Overview: With his kingdom becoming secure, David expresses his wish to finally build the Temple. God, however, has other plans. (Samuel II 7:1-29) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the
- [Crises & Kings Episode 34: David's Victories](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/10/crises-kings-episode-34/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 34: David's Victories Podcast Overview: David secures the realm by defeating all of the surrounding kingdoms that threaten it. He also keeps his pledge. (Samuel II 8:1-10:19) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one
- [Crises & Kings Episode 35: David and Batsheva Part 1: The Crime](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/10/crises-kings-episode-35/) - The Book of Samuel II Crises & Kings Episode 35: David and Batsheva Part 1: The Crime Podcast Overview: David's glorious ascent is abruptly derailed by a crime that redefines him and his kingdom. (Samuel II 11:1-15) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the
- [Crises & Kings Episode 36: David and Batsheva Part 2: The Punishment](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/11/crises-kings-episode-36/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 36: David and Batsheva Part 2: The Punishment Podcast Overview: Natan the prophet pronounces God's harsh judgment against David. (Samuel II 11:16-12:23) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast to the next, preferably
- [Parashat Chaye Sarah 5782 - Rivka: The Original Influencer](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/10/parashat-chaye-sarah-5782-rivka-the-original-influencer/) - Parashat Chaye Sarah 5782 - Rivka: The Original Influencer Description: In Parashat Chaye Sarah, Avraham sends his servant Eliezer on a mission to find a spouse for his son Yitzchak. Avraham doesn't offer much in the way of criteria, but Eliezer devises a test of character to find a spouse worthy of Yitzchak. As we
- [Crises & Kings Episode 32: The Ark of the Covenant is Brought to Jerusalem](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/10/crises-kings-episode-32/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 32: The Ark of the Covenant is Brought to Jerusalem Podcast Overview: Having established Jerusalem as his new capital, David relocates the ark to it. (Samuel II 6:1-23) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from
- [Parashat VaYera 5782: Human Sacrifice - Problematic or Profound?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/10/parashat-vayera-5782-human-sacrifice-problematic-or-profound/) - Parashat VaYera 5782: Human Sacrifice - Problematic or Profound? Description: Why would Avraham's 10th and final test be to participate in a cruel and despicable act of human sacrifice which blended him with the polythe,istic and immoral world that surrounded him? Is Avraham a madman or a hero? In what way does the test of
- [Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith - Episode 40: In Conversation With Rabbi Daniel Silverstein](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2021/10/authentic-jewish-living-with-yiscah-smith-episode-40/) - This was originally posted on Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith. From Yiscah: In Conversation With Rabbi Daniel Silverstein. What a wonderful conversation with an inspiring visionary and compassionate voice of change. Rav Daniel manifests refreshing positive and optimistic energies as he views Judaism as a spiritual practice. I hope you are inspired by and
- [Crises & Kings Episode 31: Jerusalem, David's City](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/10/crises-kings-episode-31/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 31: Jerusalem, David's City Podcast Overview: In his first act as king over all of Israel, David conquers Jerusalem and makes it his capital. (Samuel II 5:1-25) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one
- [Crises & Kings Episode 30: The Fall of the House of Shaul](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/10/crises-kings-episode-30/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 30: The Fall of the House of Shaul Podcast Overview: The last difficult obstacles to David becoming king are unexpectedly removed, even as David takes no active role. (Samuel II 3:2-4:12) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the
- [Parashat Lech Lecha 5782:  Heeding the Still Small Voice Within](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/10/parashat-lech-lecha-5782-heeding-the-still-small-voice-within/) - This podcast is sponsored by Suzana and Alan Caro in honor of Rav Meir Schweiger, a master teacher who held up the tradition as a mirror to us to live an ethical and rich life of meaning. Parashat Lech Lecha 5782: Go To Yourself - Lech Lecha: Heeding the Still Small Voice Within Description: Cultivating
- [Parashat Noach 5782: The Good Enough Hero](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/10/parashat-noach-5782-the-good-enough-hero/) - This podcast is sponsored by Pardes Year Program alumnus Jason Gusdorf & Family in celebration of his new album, After the Seventh, inspired by his time at Pardes. After the Seventh will be available on Spotify, Apple Music, and at jasongusdorf.hearnow.com on November 5th, 2021. Stay tuned after the episode to hear a brief message
- [Praying for Rain During Shmitta: Episode 4: From Theory to Practice](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/10/praying-for-rain-during-shmitta-episode-4-from-theory-to-practice/) - Pardes North America Presents: A Shot of Torah with Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper Praying for Rain During Shmitta: Episode 4: From Theory to Practice With no great rivers coursing through the Land of Israel, we are heavily dependent on rain. This need is expressed in the immemorial Yom Kippur prayers. At the end of Sukkot
- [Praying for Rain During Shmitta: Episode 1 - A Land Flowing but Not with Water](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/09/praying-for-rain-during-shmitta-episode-1-a-land-flowing-but-not-with-water/) - Pardes North America Presents: A Shot of Torah with Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper Praying for Rain During Shmitta: Episode 1 - A Land Flowing but Not with Water With no great rivers coursing through the Land of Israel, we are heavily dependent on rain. This need is expressed in the immemorial Yom Kippur prayers. At
- [Praying for Rain During Shmitta: Episode 2 - For the Sake of Non Jews and Sinners](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/09/praying-for-rain-during-shmitta-episode-2-for-the-sake-of-non-jews-and-sinners/) - Pardes North America Presents: A Shot of Torah with Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper Praying for Rain During Shmitta: Episode 2 - For the Sake of Non Jews and Sinners With no great rivers coursing through the Land of Israel, we are heavily dependent on rain. This need is expressed in the immemorial Yom Kippur prayers.
- [Praying for Rain During Shmitta: Episode 3: Water Cisterns, Trees, and the Needy](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/10/praying-for-rain-during-shmitta-episode-3-water-cisterns-trees-and-the-needy/) - Pardes North America Presents: A Shot of Torah with Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper Praying for Rain During Shmitta: Episode 3: Water Cisterns, Trees, and the Needy With no great rivers coursing through the Land of Israel, we are heavily dependent on rain. This need is expressed in the immemorial Yom Kippur prayers. At the end
- [Crises & Kings Episode 29: The Struggle Over Succession](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/10/crises-kings-episode-29/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 29: The Struggle Over Succession Podcast Overview: Shaul is dead but David will not become king over all of Israel immediately. (Samuel II 2:1-3:1) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast to the
- [Crises & Kings Episode 28: David Receives the Tragic News](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/10/crises-kings-episode-28b/) - The Book of Samuel II Episode 28: David Receives the Tragic News Podcast Overview: Through an unlikely source, word reaches David that Shaul is dead and David laments. (Samuel II 1:1-27) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast to
- [Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 1 with Leon Morris](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/pardes-greatest-hits-episode-1/) - Greatest Hits: The High Holidays Episode 1: Resurrection and Rosh Hashana: Multivalent Perspectives on the Binding of Isaac Description: There is no story as rich and complex, as troubling and inspiring, as Akedat Yitzchak, the binding of Isaac which is the Torah reading for the second Morning of Rosh Hashana. Akedat Yitzhak is a great
- [Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 2 with Nechama Goldman Barash](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/pardes-greatest-hits-episode-2/) - Greatest Hits: The High Holidays Episode 2: Rosh Hashana: Power of Choice Description: In this special Pardes from Jerusalem podcast for Rosh Hashana, Nechama Goldman Barash explores both ancient and modern sources that reflect on the power of choice and its effect on our relationship with one another and God. This podcast was generously sponsored
- [Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 3 with Mike Feuer](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/pardes-greatest-hits-episode-3/) - Greatest Hits: The High Holidays Episode 3: Days of Awe-some or Awe-ful Description: The High Holy Days are also known as the Days of Awe which can be awesome, or awful. Here is a look at how to tie the work of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot together into an approach to building a
- [Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 4 with Rahel Berkovits](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/pardes-greatest-hits-episode-4/) - Greatest Hits: The High Holidays Episode 4: Death and Life: The Meaning of Yom Kippur According to the Rabbis Description: What is the link between afflicting one’s soul on Yom Kippur and the day being the ultimate Shabbat? What do the Rabbis think are basic human needs? Why is the value of preserving life taught
- [Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 5 with Meir Schweiger](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/pardes-greatest-hits-episode-5/) - Greatest Hits: The High Holidays Episode 5: Yom Kippur: Hilchot Teshuva Description: In this special shiur for Yom Kippur, Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses Hilchot Teshuva, the laws of Teshuva. Credits Host: Meir Schweiger - Meir teaches Chumash, Parshat HaShavua, Mishna, Talmud, Halakha, Siddur and Interpersonal Relations at Pardes. To learn more with Meir, click here.
- [Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 6 with Michael Hattin](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/pardes-greatest-hits-episode-6/) - Greatest Hits: The High Holidays Episode 6: Yom Kippur: Insights on The Book of Jonah Description: Sefer Yona, the book of Jonah, is read at the Mincha service of Yom Kippur day. In this podcast, Rabbi Michael Hattin considers some ancient explanations for Yona’s reluctance to undertake his fateful mission to the people of Nineveh
- [Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 7 with Alex Israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/pardes-greatest-hits-episode-7/) - Greatest Hits: The High Holidays Episode 7: Yom Kippur: The Repentance of Nineveh Description: Sefer Yona, the book of Jonah, is read at the Mincha service of Yom Kippur day. In this podcast, Rabbi Alex Israel delves into repentance by examining the repentance of the city of Nineveh. Credits Host: Alex Israel - Rabbi Alex
- [Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 8 with Zvi Hirschfield](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/pardes-greatest-hits-episode-8/) - Greatest Hits: The High Holidays Episode 8: Yom Kippur: Those who Believe in Sin, Please Stand Up Description: In a class given at Pardes Jerusalem as part of the Community Education Program, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield looks at why we fast on Yom Kippur. Fasting is one of the most widely kept Mitzvot, but what exactly
- [Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 9 with Howard Markose](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/pardes-greatest-hits-episode-9/) - Greatest Hits: The High Holidays Episode 9: Why do we fast on Yom Kippur Description: Rabbi Howard Markose discusses Yom Kippur looking at how we relate to sin in the 21st century. Credits Host: Howard Markose - Howard Markose teaches Bible and Biblical Hebrew at Pardes. To learn more with Howard, click here. Producer: Amira
- [Greatest Hits: High Holidays Episode 10 with Zvi Hirschfield](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/pardes-greatest-hits-episode-10/) - Greatest Hits: The High Holidays Episode 10: Yom Kippur: Making it Meaningful Description: In this episode of Yom Kippur – Making it Meaningful podcast Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by PCJE faculty, Sefi Kraut, and PCJE’s Director of Digital Content, Reuven Margrett. Together they uncover the deeper meaning of Yom Kippur. Credits Host: Zvi Hirschfield,
- [Parashat Bereishit 5782 - Let Us Create God in Our Image](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/parashat-bereishit-5782-let-us-create-god-in-our-image/) - In this podcast, we will look at a series of midrashim that reflect on the irrationality of God's desire to create human beings and the enormous potential for connection and engagement with the Divine that exists inside of this very flawed creature known as Adam. Download the Source Sheet Source Sheet features Genesis 1:26-27 |
- [The Pardes Sukkot Companion](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/sukkot/2021/09/the-pardes-sukkot-companion/) - With great joy, Pardes is sharing the next Holiday Companion: The Purim Companion. This collection will not only bring deeper meaning to the holiday experience but also joy and laughter for everyone. The Purim Companion is sponsored in honor of Sylvia and Len Kingsley.
- [Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah 5782: Meaningful Partners or Accidentally Attached?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/shemini-atzeret-and-simchat-torah-5782-meaningful-partners-or-accidentally-attached/) - Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah 5782: Meaningful Partners or Accidentally Attached? Podcast Overview: Together we will explore the origin of finishing the Torah reading cycle on Shemini Atzeret and how this practice reveals a deep meaning of Simchat Torah. We will also talk about the different ways we relate to the significance of Torah study
- [Crises & Kings Episode 28: The Interview with Rabbi Michael Hattin](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/crises-kings-episode-28/) - The Book of Samuel I & II Bonus Episode with Rabbi Alex Israel and Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 28: The Interview Podcast Overview: In this bonus episode, Rabbi Alex Israel, in conversation with Rabbi Michael Hattin, goes behind the scenes of Crises and Kings. Alex and Michael discuss highlights and challenges in the making of
- [Sukkot 5782 - Sukkot and the Secret of Jewish Happiness](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/sukkot-5782-sukkot-and-the-secret-of-jewish-happiness/) - Sukkot 5782 - Sukkot and the Secret of Jewish Happiness Why is Sukkot described as the "Season of our Rejoicing"? What is the objective of sitting in the Sukka? What messages does it have to our technological and materialistic age? Download the Pardes Sukkot Holiday Companion Please let us know your comments and thoughts about
- [Parashat Ha'azinu 5782 - the Eternity of the Jewish People](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/parashat-haazinu-5782-the-eternity-of-the-jewish-people/) - Parashat Ha'azinu 5782 - The Eternity of the Jewish People Moshe's words in this week's parasha contain both a sacred history of the Jewish people as well as a vision of their future, until the end of time. We will consider Nachmanides' interpretation of the matter, as he explores the special mission that God has
- [Yom Kippur 5782 - Who is the Hero of the Jonah Story?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/yom-kippur-5782-who-is-the-hero-of-the-jonah-story/) - Yom Kippur 5782 - Who is the Hero of the Jonah Story? In this podcast, Aviva Lauer explores the Book of Jonah, read on the afternoon of Yom Kippur, in an effort to understand what message we are meant to take from it on this special day. Naming Jonah (under the influence of his midrashic
- [Vayelech 5782/Shabbat Shuva - Who Would you Invite to Dinner?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/vayelech-5782-shabbat-shuva-who-would-you-invite-to-dinner/) - Vayelech 5782/Shabbat Shuva - Who Would you Invite to Dinner? This class imagines an imaginary dinner between R. Zera (4th century CE) and Moses. How are these two figures similar? How are they different? And what can their differences teach us about authority and repentance? Truly, a tale of two leaders. (Devarim 31:1-2 / Shemot
- [The Pardes Companion to Yom Kippur](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/yom-kippur/2021/09/the-pardes-companion-to-yom-kippur/) - The Companion is a collection of articles by faculty members to help prepare and guide you through the highlights of the Yom Kippur rituals and prayer service.
- [Jewish Mourning Practices Under Lockdown and Quarantine: The COVID Kaddish Conundrum](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/2021/08/jewish-mourning-practices-under-lockdown-and-quarantine-the-covid-kaddish-conundrum/)
- [Jewish Prayer Quorums in the Shadow of Corona: Congregating for Prayer when Congregating is Prohibited](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/2021/08/jewish-prayer-quorums-in-the-shadow-of-corona-congregating-for-prayer-when-congregating-is-prohibited/)
- [Shavuot - Kindness Connects Us](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/shavuot/2021/04/shavuot-kindness-connects-us/) - The Pardes Interactive Seder Experience. We anticipate that it will make the evening memorable for your family, friends and guests. We hope that our compilation brings both thoughtful introspection and light-hearted discussion to your seder table this year.
- [Crises & Kings Will Be On a Short Break](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/09/crises-kings-will-be-on-a-short-break/) - Thank you for listening to Crises & Kings: The Book of Samuel I & II. Our first 27 episodes discussed at length the first book of Samuel. We will take a short break for the High Holidays 5782 and return after Sukkot. In the meantime you can listen to any episode you missed or subscribe
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 4 - Shmuel's Coming of Age](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/05/crises-kings-episode-4/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 4: Shmuel's Coming of Age Podcast Overview: Eli the high priest is young Shmuel's mentor and guide. But now the word of God comes to Shmuel directly, sidelining old and blind Eli in the process. This moment, that marks the end of Eli's tenure as religious leader of Israel,
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 5 - The Israelite Defeated](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/06/crises-kings-episode-5/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 5: The Israelite Defeated Podcast Overview: Initially defeated in battle by the Philistines, the Israelites bring the ark of the covenant to the fray. But its mere presence will not grant them victory. The Philistines prevail, the ark is taken captive and Shilo is destroyed. (Samuel I 4:1 -
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 6 - The Philistines Chastened](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/06/crises-kings-episode-6/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 6: The Philistines Chastened Podcast Overview: The pagan Philistines believe that by capturing the ark, they have prevailed against the God of Israel. But He soon makes it clear that while His ways are subtle, His power is unmatched. (Samuel I 5:1 - 6:18) Download Source Sheet A special
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 2 - Chana's Triumph](https://elmad.pardes.org/crises-kings/2021/06/crises-kings-episode2/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 2: Chana's Triumph Podcast Overview: Our book begins by introducing us to the fraught family dynamics of Elkana and his two wives, Penina and Chana. Chana, childless and desperate, teaches us about hope and devotion. Her tearful vow at Shilo becomes the template in our tradition for sincerity. God
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 7 - The Ideal Judge](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/06/crises-kings-episode-7/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 7: The Ideal Judge Podcast Overview: The old corrupt order has been swept away. Shmuel now emerges as a true judge in Israel, highlighting what real religious/political leadership can accomplish. (Samuel I 6:19-7:17) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 8 - The Clamor for a King](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/06/crises-kings-episode-8/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 8: The Clamor for a King Podcast Overview: With Shmuel's career-ending, the elders and the people demand that he appoint a king. But Shmuel is reluctant. A close reading of Deuteronomy 16 - 17 reveals why. (Samuel I 8:1 - 9) Download Source Sheet A special note to the
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 9 - The King's Law](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/06/crises-kings-episode-9/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 9: The King's Law Podcast Overview: Monarchy as an institution has great potential but also carries great risks. In this podcast, we begin to consider both. (Samuel I 8:10 - 22) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 11 - A Tentative Coronation](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/06/crises-kings-episode-11/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 11: A Tentative Coronation Podcast Overview: Saul is offered three curious signs to indicate that he has been chosen. But they are not random. (Samuel I 10:1 - 27) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 12 - In Those Days there was a King in Israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/06/crises-kings-episode-12/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 12: In Those Days there was a King in Israel Podcast Overview: Although Saul is officially king, he will not win the people's confidence until he can act like one. The defat of the Ammonites will be his moment. (Samuel I 11:1 - 15) Download Source Sheet A special
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 13 - Retrospect for Shmuel](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/crises-kings-episode-13/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 13: Retrospect for Shmuel Podcast Overview: Shmuel, old and tired, officially hands over power to the king. But will the king be able to live up to the example of Shmuel's lifetime of selfless leadership and integrity? (Samuel I 12:1 - 25) Download Source Sheet A special note to
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 14 - Shaul's Tragic Lapse](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/crises-kings-episode-14/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 14: Shaul's Tragic Lapse Podcast Overview: Saul now faces his first serious crisis as King. How will he respond? (Samuel I 13:1 - 23) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast to the
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 15 - Yonatan's Steadfastness](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/crises-kings-episode-15/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 15: Yonatan's Steadfastness Podcast Overview: Even as Saul stumbles as king, his son Yonatan emerges as a natural and inspired leader. (Samuel I 14:1 - 52) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 16 - Shaul's Undoing](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/crises-kings-episode-16/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 16: Shaul's Undoing Podcast Overview: God gives Saul a second chance and commands him to destroy Amalek. But Saul has other ideas. (Samuel I 15:1 - 35) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 17 - The Unlikely Election of David](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/crises-kings-episode-17/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 17: The Unlikely Election of David Podcast Overview: Saul's rejection as king leads unexpectedly to David's emergence from obscurity. (Samuel I 16:1 - 23) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast to the
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 18 - David and Goliath](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/crises-kings-episode-18/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 18: David and Goliath Podcast Overview: In one of the most famous moments in the Hebrew Bible, David puts his trust in God and defeats the Philistine giant Goliath. (Samuel I 17:1 - 58) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 19 - David in flight from Shaul](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/08/crises-kings-episode-19/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 19: David in flight from Shaul Podcast Overview: David's triumph is short-lived as he is forced to flee Shaul's jealous wrath. (Samuel I 18:1 - 19:24) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 20 - Jonathan and David](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/08/crises-kings-episode-20/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 20: Jonathan and David Podcast Overview: Jonathan emerges as David's defender and true friend. In an ultimate act of altruism, he will put David's future ahead of his own. (Samuel I 20:1 - 42) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 22 - Shaul in Pursuit](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/08/crises-kings-episode-22/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 22: Shaul in Pursuit Podcast Overview: After Nov's overthrow, Saul continues to pursue David. David manages to stay one step ahead, until their meeting at the cave in Ein Gedi... (Samuel I 22:17 - 24:22) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 21 - Achimelech and the Priests of Nov](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/08/crises-kings-episode-21/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 21: Achimelech and the Priests of Nov Podcast Overview: David's flight takes him to Nov and to Philistine territory. Saul's rage will know no bounds. (Samuel I 21:1 - 22:16) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 23 - Avigayil's Intervention](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/08/crises-kings-episode-23/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 23: Avigayil's Intervention Podcast Overview: David is saved from spilling blood through the heroic intervention of a wise woman - Avigayil. (Samuel I 25:1 - 44) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 24 - David and Shaul's Final Encounter](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/08/crises-kings-episode-24/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 24: David and Shaul's Final Encounter Podcast Overview: In an encounter very reminiscent of chapter 24, David and Shaul meet for a final time. Now, though, David will make it clear that Shaul has been manipulated by unscrupulous men. (Samuel I 26:1 - 27:12) Download Source Sheet A special
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 25 - Shaul and the Witch of En Dor](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/08/crises-kings-episode-25/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 25: Shaul and the Witch of En Dor Podcast Overview: As the Philistines mass for battle, Shaul becomes desperate. God will not respond to his entreaties, so instead, he reaches out to the spirit of dead Shmuel. (Samuel I 28:1-25) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener:
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 26 - David's Triumph](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/08/crises-kings-episode-26/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 26: David's Triumph Podcast Overview: Sent home by the Philistines, David and his men discover that Ziklag has been sacked by the Amalekites. How will David regroup? (Samuel I 29:1-30:31) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary
- [Crises & Kings: Episode 27 - Shaul's Bitter End](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/08/crises-kings-episode-27/) - The Book of Samuel I Episode 27: Shaul's Bitter End Podcast Overview: In this final battle Shaul dies, but as the noble king of Israel. (Samuel I 31:1-13) Download Source Sheet A special note to the listener: In general, listeners are encouraged to independently prepare the primary material from one podcast to the next, preferably
- [Nitzavim/Rosh Hashana 5782 - One thing I have asked of HaShem...](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/08/nitzavim-rosh-hashana-5782-one-thing-i-have-asked-of-hashem/) - This Rosh Hashanah podcast is sponsored by Ricki and David Bernstein in memory of Ricki’s parents, Beatrice and Murray Kirschblat z"l, each a sole survivor of large families which perished in the Shoah. Nitzavim/Rosh Hashana 5782 - One thing I have asked of HaShem... The spiritual practice of becoming at home with oneself and of
- [Ki Tetze 5781: Remember Amalek](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/08/ki-tetze-5781-remember-amalek/) - Ki Tetze 5781 - Remember Amalek This parasha presents us with seventy-four mitzvot - the most of any weekly reading. The last lines appear to be a return of a taste of narrative, but they open up for us a fundamental understanding of the book of Devarim. Here is a fresh look at the command
- [Shoftim 5781 - Access to the Law](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/08/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 hear about the mandate to appoint magistrates and police "in all your gates". Why does the Law need to be local? Why does the Torah want every person to have
- [Re'eh 5781 - Consuming Meat](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/08/reeh-5781-consuming-meat/) - This podcast is sponsored by Rivka and Seth Weisberg, in honor of our teacher and friend David Richman, who led us to Pardes. Re'eh 5781 - Consuming Meat As long as the people of Israel wandered in the wilderness, they were permitted to consume meat only in the form of a sacrificial meal. But what
- [Ekev 5781 - Memory as a constructive process](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/ekev-5781-memory-as-a-constructive-process/) - This podcast is sponsored by Emily Simon in honor of the loving memory of her father, Akiva Ben Zerach u'Devorah z"l. Ekev 5781 - Memory as a constructive process The book of Devarim has a special relationship to the rest of the Torah, rooted in the faculty of memory. Memory is more than a passive
- [Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith - Episode 46: In Conversation With Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2021/07/authentic-jewish-living-with-yiscah-smith-episode-46-in-conversation-with-rabbi-dr-meesh-hammer-kossoy/) - This was originally posted on Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith. From Yiscah: In Conversation With Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy. This unique and refreshing Rabbi, Educator and Director of the Year Program at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies speaks about the need for the "radical center" to come together. From Yiscah: "I would also
- [VaEtchanan 5781 - It's Only Holy Because You Don't Own It](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/vaetchanan-5781-its-only-holy-because-you-dont-own-it/) - VaEtchanan 5781 - It's Only Holy Because You Don't Own It Why does Moshe before he dies beg God to see the Land? Knowing human nature, what is the greatest pitfall about which Moshe warns the Israelites and their descendants? The Israeli Search and Rescue Delegation to Miami who made headlines, explain Rashi with the
- [Devarim 5781: The Words of Moses — The Torah’s First “Translation”](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/devarim-5781-the-words-of-moses-the-torahs-first-translation/) - This podcast was originally published in 2017 and even more relevant today. Devarim 5781: The Words of Moses — The Torah’s First “Translation” In many ways, the book of Deuteronomy — a series of long discourses by Moses — is a sort of "translation" of the earlier four books of the Torah. This characterization is
- [Matot-Masei 5781: Finding Safety Within the Cities of Refuge](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/matot-masei-5781-finding-safety-within-the-cities-of-refuge/) - The spiritual practice of finding safety within our internal "cities of refuge - arei miklat." Based on a teaching of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, teaching on the spiritual ramifications today of the establishment of this radical and compassionate practice in Biblical Judaism 3400 years ago. Relevant today as it was then. Download
- [9 days. 9 podcasts. Is God our Judge, our Enemy, or our Source of Faith? Three Perspectives from Eicha](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/9-days-9-podcasts-is-god-our-judge-our-enemy-or-our-source-of-faith-three-perspectives-from-eicha/) - This was originally published in 2018. 9 days. 9 podcasts. Your Guide to Tisha B’Av with Pardes North America Dive deep with 9 days of curated Tisha B’Av themed podcast by Pardes North America from the Pardes archive. In memory of Pardes students Marla Bennett, Ben Blutstein, Sara Duker, and Matt Eisenfeld ז"ל. As part
- [9 days. 9 podcasts. Devarim and Tisha B’Av: The Date of Moshe’s Death](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/9-days-9-podcasts-devarim-and-tisha-bav-the-date-of-moshes-death/) - This was originally published in 2018. 9 days. 9 podcasts. Your Guide to Tisha B’Av with Pardes North America Dive deep with 9 days of curated Tisha B’Av themed podcast by Pardes North America from the Pardes archive. In memory of Pardes students Marla Bennett, Ben Blutstein, Sara Duker, and Matt Eisenfeld ז"ל. Parashat Devarim
- [9 days. 9 podcasts. Abraham and Job: When Bad Things Happen to Good Biblical Characters](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/9-days-9-podcasts-abraham-and-job-when-bad-things-happen-to-good-biblical-characters/) - This was originally published in 2018. 9 days. 9 podcasts. Your Guide to Tisha B’Av with Pardes North America Dive deep with 9 days of curated Tisha B’Av themed podcast by Pardes North America from the Pardes archive. In memory of Pardes students Marla Bennett, Ben Blutstein, Sara Duker, and Matt Eisenfeld ז"ל. In this
- [9 days. 9 podcasts. “That’s Alright, Dear. I’ll Sit in the Dark” Why Do We Do It? How Can We Change It?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/9-days-9-podcasts-thats-alright-dear-ill-sit-in-the-dark-why-do-we-do-it-how-can-we-change-it/) - This was originally published in 2018. 9 days. 9 podcasts. Your Guide to Tisha B’Av with Pardes North America Dive deep with 9 days of curated Tisha B’Av themed podcast by Pardes North America from the Pardes archive. In memory of Pardes students Marla Bennett, Ben Blutstein, Sara Duker, and Matt Eisenfeld ז"ל. In this
- [9 days. 9 podcasts. Fasting during a pandemic](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/9-days-9-podcasts-fasting-during-a-pandemic/) - This was originally published in 2020. 9 days. 9 podcasts. Your Guide to Tisha B’Av with Pardes North America Dive deep with 9 days of curated Tisha B’Av themed podcast by Pardes North America from the Pardes archive. In memory of Pardes students Marla Bennett, Ben Blutstein, Sara Duker, and Matt Eisenfeld ז"ל. Should we
- [9 days. 9 podcasts. Tisha B’av: Kamza and Bar Kamza](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/9-days-9-podcasts-tisha-bav-kamza-and-bar-kamza/) - This was originally published in 2008 and republished in 2010. 9 days. 9 podcasts. Your Guide to Tisha B’Av with Pardes North America Dive deep with 9 days of curated Tisha B’Av themed podcast by Pardes North America from the Pardes archive. In memory of Pardes students Marla Bennett, Ben Blutstein, Sara Duker, and Matt
- [9 days. 9 podcasts. Trusting Our Children When They Can’t Be Trusted: Textual Paradigms and Modern Wisdom](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/9-days-9-podcasts-trusting-our-children-when-they-cant-be-trusted-textual-paradigms-and-modern-wisdom/) - This was originally published in 2018. 9 days. 9 podcasts. Your Guide to Tisha B’Av with Pardes North America Dive deep with 9 days of curated Tisha B’Av themed podcast by Pardes North America from the Pardes archive. In memory of Pardes students Marla Bennett, Ben Blutstein, Sara Duker, and Matt Eisenfeld ז"ל. In this
- [9 days. 9 podcasts. How to Restore Unity to a Fragmented World: “Loving one’s fellow as oneself”](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/9-days-9-podcasts-how-to-restore-unity-to-a-fragmented-world-loving-ones-fellow-as-oneself/) - This was originally published in 2017. 9 days. 9 podcasts. Your Guide to Tisha B’Av with Pardes North America Dive deep with 9 days of curated Tisha B’Av themed podcast by Pardes North America from the Pardes archive. In memory of Pardes students Marla Bennett, Ben Blutstein, Sara Duker, and Matt Eisenfeld ז"ל. In this
- [9 Days. 9 Podcasts. The Three Weeks: What Being Broken has to Add](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/07/9-days-9-podcasts-the-three-weeks-what-being-broken-has-to-add/) - This podcast was originally published in 2016. 9 days. 9 podcasts. Your Guide to Tisha B’Av with Pardes North America Dive deep with 9 days of curated Tisha B’Av themed podcast by Pardes North America from the Pardes archive. In memory of Pardes students Marla Bennett, Ben Blutstein, Sara Duker, and Matt Eisenfeld ז"ל. In
- [Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith: In Conversation with Rav Ari Ze'ev Schwartz](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2021/07/authentic-jewish-living-with-yiscah-smith-in-conversation-with-rav-ari-zeev-schwartz/) - This was originally posted on Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith. From Yiscah: With gratitude to our Creator and to all of you for your ongoing support and listenership, this new podcast episode #44, Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah celebrates four years since its inception. WOW!! This is radically amazing. And to celebrate radical amazement, this
- [The Tisch: Count Your Hasidic Blessings](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2021/06/the-tisch-count-your-hasidic-blessings/) - How many Hasidim are there today? A simple question with no apparent answer. The question itself can be divided into meaningful sub-questions: Where do Hasidim live, and how many Hasidim live in each location – Israel as opposed to Diaspora communities; different centres in Israel; cities versus suburbs; enclaves as opposed to Hasidim in the
- [The Tisch: Gerrer Obsession with Hasidic Manna](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2021/06/the-tisch-gerrer-obsession-with-hasidic-manna/) - A short reference in a popular book can trigger a surprising reaction. This is what happened when Rabbi Zvi Elimelekh Shapira of Dynów (1783-1841) briefly recounted a discussion about a seemingly insignificant topic. The discussion centered around the appropriate blessing over biblical manna. Two possibilities were considered: First, R. Zvi Elimelekh cited an earlier opinion
- [The Tisch: Hand, Mouth, or Mind](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2021/05/the-tisch-hand-mouth-or-mind/) - The Talmud recounts that when Rabbi Hiya bar Abba was ill, Rabbi Yohanan went to visit him. “Is your suffering dear to you?” asked Rabbi Yohanan. The sick Rabbi Hiya bar Abba retorted: “I don’t want the suffering, nor the reward that comes with accepting the suffering.” Rabbi Yohanan outstretched his arm: “Give me your
- [The Tisch: The Book of Life and the Plague](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2020/09/the-tisch-the-book-of-life-and-the-plague/) - Thus 'Sefer Hahayim' was born during a plague. In 1993, Machon Siftei Tzadikim printed a lovely annotated edition of a slender volume: Sefer Hahayim (The Book of Life) by Rabbi Hayim ben Betzalel of Friedberg (ca. 1525-ca. 1588). This was an unexpected move by the machon, since the previous books it had published – and
- [The Tisch: Manna in the Hasidic Beit Midrash](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/early-hasidic-era/2021/05/the-tisch-manna-in-the-hasidic-beit-midrash/) - Pondering the appropriate blessing before consuming biblical manna sounds like a strange intellectual pursuit. For one, blessings were instituted by the rabbis long after the Children of Israel wandered in the desert and ate manna. Indeed, very few scholars though that this was a worthwhile question. Prior to the advent of Hasidism, there were only
- [The Tisch: Pandemic Kaddish](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2021/04/the-tisch-pandemic-kaddish/) - Rabbi Akiva Eger (1761-1837) was a great talmudic mind, famous for his succinct annotations to classic texts. His notes on the Babylonian Talmud were first published during his lifetime as an addendum to the tomes of Talmud printed in Prague in 1830-1835. The next edition of the Talmud, printed in Vilna 1835-1854, moved these notes
- [The Tisch: Rabbi Akiva Eger’s Advice: Follow the Doctor’s Orders](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2021/03/the-tisch-rabbi-akiva-egers-advice-follow-the-doctors-orders/) - When the Second Cholera Pandemic reached Prussia in 1831, Rabbi Eliyahu Guttmacher (1796-1874) was serving in his first rabbinic post in the Pleschen, Prussia (today Pleszew, Poland), a position he had held since 1822 thanks to the initiative of his teacher, the great Talmudist and chief rabbi of Posen, Rabbi Akiva Eger (1761-1837). Rabbi Eliyahu
- [The Tisch: An Amulet to Cure a Pandemic](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2021/02/the-tisch-an-amulet-to-cure-a-pandemic/) - The image of a great Jewish law jurist, a paragon of scholarly Talmudic learning, doling out mystical amulets was difficult for some minds to grasp. During the 1831 Second Cholera Pandemic, the great Rabbi Akiva Eger (1761-1837), chief rabbi of Posen in the Kingdom of Prussia, distributed amulets to ward off the disease. Despite not
- [The Tisch: Truth in Inaccurate Stories](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2021/01/the-tisch-truth-in-inaccurate-stories/) - The first collection of hasidic tales that recounts the adventures of the Besht (Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, ca.1700-1760) was published in 1814, fifty-four years after the demise of the hero of the work. The collection was entitled Shivhei HaBesht (In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov) and it did much to fashion the collective
- [The Tisch: Speaking, Writing, Publishing](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2020/11/the-tisch-speaking-writing-publishing/) - Rayatz was an avid collector of books and he added a postscript to his letter noting that – despite his critique of Alfes – he had yet to receive two other works Alfes has written. In 1931, the Yiddish and Hebrew writer, Ben-Zion Alfes (1850–1940), published his autobiographical Hadar Zekeinim – which was dedicated to
- [The Tisch - Hourly Charity](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2020/09/the-tisch-hourly-charity/) - Some twenty years before the third cholera pandemic hit Russia, the inhabitants of Orsha (today in Belarus) turned to the Tzemach Tzedek with a plea for spiritual assistance. A surviving letter from the Tzemach Tzedek, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of Lubavitch (1789-1866), offers counsel for combating plagues. The letter is undated, but is preserved in
- [Pinchas 5781: Leadership Lessons](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/06/pinchas-5781-leadership-lessons/) - Moses hands over the reins of power to Joshua. "HE shall command him in the eyes of the nation." What did Moses instruct Joshua? What critical message needed to be communicated during the transition of power. And how did that conversation affect Joshua and the nation? Download Source Sheet If you enjoy the Pardes from
- [Balak 5781: The Strange Case of the Talking Donkey](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/06/balak-5781-the-strange-case-of-the-talking-donkey/) - Parshat Balak is highly unusual. On the one hand, it does not contain even a single mitzvah. On the other hand, it describes events that are supernatural and strange. Perhaps the most peculiar occurrence in the parasha concerns Bilam's talking donkey, who engages in a heated conversation with the seer as he makes his way
- [The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 10: Zur Hadassa](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/06/the-hoshen-mishpat-quest-10-zur-hadassa/) - The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 10: Zur Hadassa It’s now time for part ten – the final podcast in what has been a fantastic mini-series. We have traveled through various lands and different eras: What a journey! The Maggid of Melbourne takes stock of the adventure, tying together the various threads and pondering how this intellectual
- [The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 9: Tel Aviv Radio](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/06/the-hoshen-mishpat-quest-9-tel-aviv-radio/) - The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 9: Tel Aviv Radio Part nine of this series takes us to Tel Aviv, and to the radio program of Rabbi Hayim David Halevi (1924-1998), where he grappled with one of the toughest philosophical questions on live air. Subscribe to the Hasidic Lore Newsletter Download the Source Sheet Whether or not
- [The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 8: Jerusalem Repentance](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/06/the-hoshen-mishpat-quest-8-jerusalem-repentance/) - The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 8: Jerusalem Repentance The early twentieth century saw an unexpected suggestion appear in the writings of Chief Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Hakohen Kook (1865-1935). The Maggid of Melbourne shares this passage, suggesting that R. Kook’s suggestion may be unparalleled in rabbinic writings. Subscribe to the Hasidic Lore Newsletter Download the Source Sheet
- [The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 7: Cologne Codes](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/06/the-hoshen-mishpat-quest-7-cologne-codes/) - The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 7: Cologne Codes In the fourteenth century, the term “Hoshen Mishpat” [Breastplate of Judgement] took on a fascinating new meaning. Levi looks at the innovation, seeking the source for inspiration and pondering its impact. Subscribe to the Hasidic Lore Newsletter Download the Source Sheet Whether or not you have the pleasure
- [Chukat 5781 - Real Leaders Fail](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/06/chukat-5781-real-leaders-fail/) - Parashat Chukat marks many transitions, not the least of which is the end of an era in leadership. This podcast explores the sin of Moshe at the waters of Meriva and offers insight into the critical lesson that real leaders fail. Download Source Sheet If you enjoy the Pardes from Jerusalem podcast series, you're sure
- [The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 6: Provençal Metaphors](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/06/the-hoshen-mishpat-quest-6-provencal-metaphors/) - The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 6: Provençal Metaphors Turning to Biblical commentators on Ezra 2:63 and Nehemiah 7:65, Levi considers how they understood the longing for the return of the Urim and the Thummim. The Maggid of Melbourne ponders how this mirrors our own spiritual journeys. Subscribe to the Hasidic Lore Newsletter Download the Source Sheet
- [The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 5: Egyptian Experiences](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/06/the-hoshen-mishpat-quest-5-egyptian-experiences/) - The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 5: Egyptian Experiences Moving further back in time, Levi shares the perhaps uncharacteristic words of Maimonides (1138-1204), as he explains the process of answering questions with the Hoshen Mishpat [Breastplate of Judgement]. These words bespeak an eerie mystical encounter that was the sole province of the Kohen Gadol [High Priest]. This
- [The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 4: Spanish Lights](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/06/the-hoshen-mishpat-quest-4-spanish-lights/) - The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 4: Spanish Lights Backtracking to medieval Spain, Levi looks at how Nahmanides (1194-1270) understood the mechanics of the Hoshen Mishpat [Breastplate of Judgement] – a truly fascinating approach considering the power of electricity was yet to be comprehended. Nahmanides’ understanding has clear advantages, although – as Levi points out – it
- [Wrapping up the School Year](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcje/2021/06/wrapping-up-the-school-year/) - Wrapping up the school year is an important part of the flow of the school year. This google doc gives practical help and ideas that you can use and is broken down into three separate goals/purposes, any two or all three of these goals could be integrated into a single activity/assignment. Student personal reflection Review
- [The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 3: Italian Lottery](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/06/the-hoshen-mishpat-quest-3-italian-lottery/) - The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 3: Italian Lottery The twentieth-century biblical scholar Umberto Cassuto (1883-1951) had an interesting take on how the Urim and the Thummim – an element of the Hoshen Mishpat [Breastplate of Judgement] – worked. Levi considers the advantages and disadvantages of this mystifying priestly vestment. Subscribe to the Hasidic Lore Newsletter Download
- [The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 2: Israel Expatriates](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/06/the-hoshen-mishpat-quest-2-israel-expatriates/) - The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 2: Israel Expatriates Levi considers whether the longing for a priestly vestment may be linked to the collective memory of Djerban Jewry. Recounting competing narratives of this unique Jewish community, the Maggid of Melbourne is left pondering why Rabbi Khalfon Moshe Hakohen of Djerba would single out a particular garment? Subscribe
- [The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 1: Djerban Yearning](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2021/06/the-hoshen-mishpat-quest-1-djerban-yearning/) - The Hoshen Mishpat Quest 1: Djerban Yearning Can we claim that in life-threatening situations, cases that would be considered pikuah nefesh, political agreements can be set aside? Or perhaps, even in such cases, political promises should be honoured? Subscribe to the Hasidic Lore Newsletter Download the Source Sheet Whether or not you have the pleasure
- [Korach 5781: For the sake of heaven](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/06/korach-5781-for-the-sake-of-heaven/) - In this podcast, we will look at the controversy of Korah which was not for the sake of heaven but for his own private interests and the ongoing disagreements between the sages Hillel and Shamai which were considered to be for the sake of heaven. Download Source Sheet If you enjoy the Pardes from Jerusalem
- [Shelach 5781 - Fixing our Broken Compasses](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/06/shelach-5781-fixing-our-broken-compasses/) - Critical thinking is the hallmark of our tradition. Overly critical thinking that leads to pessimism, on the other hand, can lead us down a path of demoralization and destruction. What was the failed leadership of the leaders who were sent to scout out the Promised Land? What did it take - and will it take
- [Beha'alotecha 5781 - A Time To Step Up and a Time to Step Down](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/05/behaalotecha-5781-a-time-to-step-up-and-a-time-to-step-down/) - How does one rise to the occasion and do what needs to be done? How does one know when to lovingly detach from a situation because you have done what you can do? A Rashi that is deceptively unremarkable yields some helpful insights. Sources: Avot 2:5, Bamidbar 8:2-3, Devarim 22:2 Download Source Sheet If you
- [Naso 5781 - Birkat Kohanim: A Life of Service](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/05/naso-5781-birkat-kohanim-a-life-of-service/) - Parashat Naso contains a variety of topics, including the Birkat Kohanim, the priestly blessing. While at first glance, the life of a Kohen, priest, is a life of glamour and elite status, when one delves a bit deeper into the Birkat Kohanim, the true nature of the Kohen's life of service begins to emerge. Sources:
- [Bamidbar and Shavuot 5781:  Flags, Identity and Perfection](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/05/bamidbar-and-shavuot-5781-flags-identity-and-perfection/) - Parashat Bamidbar is always read around Shavuot time. What is the connection? And what is the eternal message that emerges from the long census and mapping that fills our parasha? The answer is connected to the flags. Sources: Bamidbar 2:1-2 / Megilla 31b Download Source Sheet If you enjoy the Pardes from Jerusalem podcast series,
- [The Jewish Story Interlude: Yom Yerushalayim 5781](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2021/05/the-jewish-story-interlude-yom-yerushalayim-5781/) - The Jewish Story Season 4, Interlude Yom Yerushalayim - Here is a LIVE Yom Yerushalayim class given in honor of the 10th yartzeit of Fruma Raizel bat Genendel and Nehemia haKohen. It explores the relationship between Yom Ha'atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim, between self-actualization and inspiration, in order to provide insight and inspiration for these holy
- [The Jewish Story Interlude: Yom Haatzmaut Interview (Yom Yerushalayim Special)](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/israel-national-holidays/yom-haatzmaut/2021/05/the-jewish-story-interlude-yom-haatzmaut-interview-yom-yerushalayim-special/) - The Jewish Story Season 3, Interlude Yom Haatzmaut Interview* - Here is an interview of Rav Mike Feuer by Rabbi Yonatan from the RRG Beit Midrash at Hebrew University (May 2020) in which we reflect on Israel Independence day from the historical and spiritual perspectives. If you want some insight into the potential depth of
- [Behar Bechukotai 5781 - Cultivating Tranquility and Calmness of the Heart](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/05/behar-bechukotai-5781-cultivating-tranquility-and-calmness-of-the-heart/) - What is the connection between the three mitzvot of Shmittah, Yovel and Reebeet in Parashat Behar and tranquility of the heart? How important is letting go, relaxing one's grip and releasing in cultivating this sought after and yearned for the inner state of well-being? Sources: Proverbs 17:1, Leviticus 25:2, Sanhedrin 106b Download Source Sheet Please
- [Emor 5781 - We Can all Educate](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/04/emor-5781-we-can-all-educate/) - The opening line of our Parasha has been interpreted as a key to effective and sensitive education. We shall study several readings of this verse to extract some useful and thought-provoking guidelines as to how we might all become more effective communicators of Torah. Sources: Vayikra 21:1 Download Source Sheet Please let us know your
- [The Jewish Story - Six Day War IV The waiting](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2021/04/the-jewish-story-six-day-war-iv-the-waiting/) - The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep30 Six Day War IV The waiting Going into battle may take bravery, but waiting demands a certain type of courage as well. This episode lays out the final steps of the build up to war, known in Israeli history as "the waiting, and the tension which builds in these
- [The Jewish Story - Six Day War part V - something miraculous](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2021/04/the-jewish-story-six-day-war-part-v-something-miraculous/) - The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep31 Six Day War part V - something miraculous What do you see as the greatest miracles in Jewish History? In many ways, how you answer indicates your understanding of history altogether. This episode deals with the first three days of the war, including the return of Am Yisrael to
- [The Jewish Story -  Six Day War part VI The power of determination](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2021/04/the-jewish-story-six-day-war-part-vi-the-power-of-determination/) - The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep32 Six Day War part VI The power of determination There are certain qualities which, when they manifest, define one's story -determination is one of them. Here is the story of the conquest of the Golan and the close of the war, events which will determine much of the chapters
- [PFJ Special: Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith - Episode 38: In Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Reb Mimi Feigelson](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/04/pfj-special-authentic-jewish-living-with-yiscah-smith-episode-38-in-conversation-with-rabbi-dr-reb-mimi-feigelson/) - This was originally posted on Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith. From Yiscah: "The first ordained female Orthodox rabbi post-shoah. A voice of change that the world needs to hear. Her calling brings spiritual awareness to others, encouragement and passionate scholarship with compassion and care." Production by Rabbi Adam Titcher, Director of Digital Media
- [The Jewish Story - Six Day War part VII On the Seventh Day](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2021/04/the-jewish-story-six-day-war-part-vii-on-the-seventh-day/) - The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep33 Six Day War part VII On the Seventh Day Just as surely as Shabbat follows the six days of the week, there was a day after the Six Day War. When the guns ceased and the discussion began, the framing of Israel's victory became the new battlefield. The final
- [Acharei Mot-Kedoshim 5781: The Holiness of the Land](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/04/acharei-mot-kedoshim-5781-the-holiness-of-the-land/) - The parshiyot of Acharei Mot and Kedoshim contain much disparate material but both sections conclude with a similar description of the holiness of the land of Canaan. In this podcast, we consider the nature of this holiness and how the Torah transforms it from the mythological to the rational and from the magical to the
- [Yom HaZikaron/Yom HaAtzmaut 5781:  Recognizing, Honoring and Cultivating Israel's "Radical Otheness."](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/04/yom-hazikaron-yom-haatzmaut-5781-recognizing-honoring-and-cultivating-israels-radical-otheness/) - A teaching from Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo addressing Israel's uniqueness among the global community. He shares his thoughts on the paradox of Israel’s reality: as long as it insists on its vocation of uniqueness, it will enjoy security and undoubtedly be victorious. This podcast is sponsored by Zara 4.5, Jules Scarlett 2.5, and their
- [Tazria Metzora 5781 - the Messiness of Life](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/04/tazria-metzora-5781-the-messiness-of-life/) - The book of Vayikra introduces us to a whole new lexicon of terms for our spiritual life. This podcast introduces the ideas of tumah and taharah - purity and impurity - and illuminates some of their aspects through two examples from Tazria-Metzora. Sponsored by Emily Simon in honor of the loving memory of her mother,
- [Shemini 5781 - Vayidom Aharon: Learning to Live With the Unimaginable](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/04/shemini-5781-vayidom-aharon-learning-to-live-with-the-unimagineable/) - Aharon's sons, Nadav and Avihu, make a tragic mistake during the inauguration of the mishkan and it costs them their lives. When Moshe attempts to console Aharon, the Torah reports that Aharon was silent. How do we interpret this reaction? What was contained within this silence? Sources: Vayikra 10:3, Vayikra 10:16-20, Shemot 4:14-17, Breishit 18:25,
- [Tzav 5781 - Shabbat HaGadol - Freedom and Letting Go of Control](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/03/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 the reins of our grasp on our existence? And when does the pursuit of real freedom depend on seeking less control? Seven insights from the Haggada and meaningful questions to
- [Passover 5781: How The Rabbis Saved Passover](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/03/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 is an unfinished passage in the Haggada. Sources: Mishna Pesachim Chapter 10, 1-5, 8-9 / Tosefta Pesachim Chapter 10, 1, 4, 5 / Deuteronomy 26:5-8 Finish strong with the Passover Challenge
- [Vayikra 5781: Because I Want to: The Semi-Regimented Spiritual Models of Olot, Menachot and Zevach Shelamim](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/03/vayikra-5871-because-i-want-to-the-semi-regimented-spiritual-models-of-olot-menachot-and-zevach-shelamim/) - The rabbis tended to focus on the communal daily Tamid sacrifice as a spiritual model for prayer, but Vayikra puts the individual voluntary sacrifices front and center. By doing so, the Torah emphasizes the importance of choice and volunteerism in Jewish spiritual practice. Sources: Vayikra 1, Vayikra 2, Vayikra 3, Dvarim 16:16-17, Brachot 26a, Hagiga
- [Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith - Episode 38: In Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Reb Mimi Feigelson](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2021/03/authentic-jewish-living-with-yiscah-smith-episode-38-in-conversation-with-rabbi-dr-reb-mimi-feigelson/) - This was originally posted on Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith. From Yiscah: "The first ordained female Orthodox rabbi post-shoah. A voice of change that the world needs to hear. Her calling brings spiritual awareness to others, encouragement and passionate scholarship with compassion and care." Production by Rabbi Adam Titcher, Director of Digital Media
- [Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith - Episode 36: In conversation with Dasee Berkowitz](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2021/03/authentic-jewish-living-with-yiscah-smith-episode-36-in-conversation-with-dasee-berkowitz/) - This was originally posted on Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith. From Yiscah: "Meet the founder of Ayeka's "Becoming a Soulful Parent" program. Dasee's groundbreaking approach to education understands parenting as a spiritual practice." Dasee recently taught a 3-part series of the same name of her book and program. You can find all episodes for
- [The Jewish Story - Six Day War III - Israel dwells alone](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2021/03/the-jewish-story-six-day-war-iii-israel-dwells-alone/) - The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep29 Six Day War III - Israel dwells alone The countdown to war is progressing, and the pieces are almost all in place. As the pressure mounts, some of the fundamental flaws which lie at the heart of the Zionist project are exposed. The question which arises in this episode
- [The Jewish Story - The Six Day War II - The point of no return](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2021/03/the-jewish-story-the-six-day-war-ii-the-point-of-no-return/) - The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep28 Six Day War II - The point of no return The causes of war may be many and the road to its outbreak long, but every conflict has a tipping point. In this episode, the noose seems to close around Israel. As Egypt's re-militarizes the Sinai and the UN
- [The Jewish Story - Six Day War I - beginnings near and far](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2021/03/the-jewish-story-six-day-war-i-beginnings-near-and-far/) - The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep27 Six Day War I - beginnings near and far Who can say when historical events like the Six Day War actually began, and what were their causes? It is a daunting task, but not one which we can shirk, nonetheless. Here is the first episode in our lead-up to
- [The Jewish Story - Eli Cohen, hero of Israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2021/03/the-jewish-story-eli-cohen-hero-of-israel/) - The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep26 Eli Cohen, Hero of Israel Historians may argue about whether one person can shift the course of history, but everyone agrees that a hero can change the world. Here is the story of Eli Cohen, hero of Israel. Help continue making Jewish history a relevant story with Rav Mike
- [The Jewish Story: Shifting identities in early Israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2021/03/the-jewish-story-shifting-identities-in-early-israel/) - The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep25 Shifting identities in early Israel The present is always built on the ruins of the past, the only real question is - how do we integrate this reality into our identity? This episode looks at the beginning of a shift in Israeli identity in the early 60s, together with
- [The Jewish Story: Levi Eshkol - a new face of leadership](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2021/03/the-jewish-story-levi-eshkol-a-new-face-of-leadership/) - The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep24 Levi Eshkol - a new face of leadership Old politicians never die, they just fade away. The era of Ben Gurion ended in 1963 and it appeared that his replacement, Levi Eshkol, could not live up to his legacy. This episode introduces a new mode of leadership for the
- [Vayakhel Pekudei 5781 - The Altar of Sacrifice](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/03/vayakhel-pekudei-5781-the-altar-of-sacrifice/) - The exterior courtyard of the Mishkan/Tabernacle was dominated by a large bronze altar, used for animal sacrifice. In this podcast, we consider some of the altar's unusual features as we ponder the deeply symbolic ritual associated with it. While animal sacrifice strikes many of us today as an arcane and antiquated expression of devotion, there
- [Ki Tissa 5781: Parashat Parah - A tale of two cows](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/03/ki-tissa-5781-parashat-parah-a-tale-of-two-cows/) - When put together, Ki Tissa and parashat Parah make a tale of two cows - the Golden Calf and the Red Heifer. This podcast explores what each can teach us about the power and problematics of objectification in relationships, and how when combined they offer a redemptive vision. Download the Source Sheet Please let us
- [Hasidut Track: Impoverished consciousness](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-impoverished-consciousness/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: Impoverished consciousness Episode 8 Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along the path to discover aspects of our true essence – the
- [Hasidut Track: Abundant Wealth](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2021/03/hasidut-track-abundant-wealth/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut Track: Abundant Wealth Episode 7 Course Description: Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation: We will explore excerpts from Rav Kook’s deep and spiritually infused commentaries on the Passover Haggadah. These profound teachings will guide us as we move along the path to discover aspects of our true essence – the
- [Tetzaveh 5781 - Actualizing the Potential of a Soul's Mission](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/02/tetzaveh-5781-actualizing-the-potential-of-a-souls-mission/) - Why is this the only parasha from the beginning of Exodus until the end of Deuteronomy in which we find HaShem speaking to Moshe, but we do not find Moshe Rabbeinu's name in it? HaShem speaks to Moshe throughout the parasha in the second person - "you." Might this be related to the soul connection
- [Purim 5781: Masks, Disguise and Identity](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/02/purim-5781-masks-disguise-and-identity/) - The story of Esther is a story that is replete with rich costumes which can reflect or at times reveal the key personalities. This shiur will examine the role of the sartorial masks of the Megilla and in particular, the "royal clothing" donned by Esther. Download the Source Sheet Sources include Megillat Esther Please let
- [Terumah 5781: Shabbat Zachor, the Mitzvah of Genocide](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/02/terumah-5781-shabbat-zachor-the-mitzvah-of-genocide/) - The obligation to destroy Amalek and their descendants, which is read of Zachor, is one of the most problematic commandments in the bible. See how medieval commentators explained it away and how modern commentators honed even this difficult mitzva for contemporary meaning. Sponsored by Zara 4.5, Jules Scarlett 2.5, and their parents Sacha Litman and
- [Chapter 2: A Cruel Beauty Contest](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/tanakh-track-a-cruel-beauty-contest/) - Pardes Daily - Chapter 2: A Cruel Beauty Contest Episode 2 Sources: Megillat Esther 2 Course Description: Terror & Jubilation in Megillat Esther - This track will study the terror and the jubilation of the carnivalesque book of Esther. Each of our ten classes will explore the ten chapters of this riveting story and evoke
- [Chapter 8: Saving the Jews is Complicated](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/tanakh-track-saving-the-jews-is-complicated/) - Pardes Daily - Chapter 8: Saving the Jews is Complicated Episode 8 Sources: Megillat Esther 8 Course Description: Terror & Jubilation in Megillat Esther - This track will study the terror and the jubilation of the carnivalesque book of Esther. Each of our ten classes will explore the ten chapters of this riveting story and
- [Chapter 10: Terror and Jubilation](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/tanakh-track-terror-and-jubilation/) - Pardes Daily - Chapter 10: Terror and Jubilation Episode 10 Sources: Megillat Esther 10 Course Description: Terror & Jubilation in Megillat Esther - This track will study the terror and the jubilation of the carnivalesque book of Esther. Each of our ten classes will explore the ten chapters of this riveting story and evoke messages
- [Chapter 9: Lessons of the Megilla](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/tanakh-track-lessons-of-the-megilla/) - Pardes Daily - Chapter 9: Lessons of the Megilla Episode 9 Sources: Megillat Esther 9 Course Description: Terror & Jubilation in Megillat Esther - This track will study the terror and the jubilation of the carnivalesque book of Esther. Each of our ten classes will explore the ten chapters of this riveting story and evoke
- [Chapter 7: "And also" Harvona!](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/tanakh-track-and-also-harvona/) - Pardes Daily - Chapter 7: "And also" Harvona! Episode 7 Sources: Megillat Esther 7 Course Description: Terror & Jubilation in Megillat Esther - This track will study the terror and the jubilation of the carnivalesque book of Esther. Each of our ten classes will explore the ten chapters of this riveting story and evoke messages
- [Chapter 4: The Transformation of Esther](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/tanakh-track-the-transformation-of-esther/) - Pardes Daily - Chapter 4: The Transformation of Esther Episode 4 Sources: Megillat Esther 4 Course Description: Terror & Jubilation in Megillat Esther - This track will study the terror and the jubilation of the carnivalesque book of Esther. Each of our ten classes will explore the ten chapters of this riveting story and evoke
- [Chapter 5: Setting the Trap](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/tanakh-track-setting-the-trap/) - Pardes Daily - Chapter 5: Setting the Trap Episode 5 Sources: Megillat Esther 5 Course Description: Terror & Jubilation in Megillat Esther - This track will study the terror and the jubilation of the carnivalesque book of Esther. Each of our ten classes will explore the ten chapters of this riveting story and evoke messages
- [Chapter 6: Assassination Intrigue](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/tanakh-track-assassination-intrigue/) - Pardes Daily - Chapter 6: Assassination Intrigue Episode 6 Sources: Megillat Esther 6 Course Description: Terror & Jubilation in Megillat Esther - This track will study the terror and the jubilation of the carnivalesque book of Esther. Each of our ten classes will explore the ten chapters of this riveting story and evoke messages relevant
- [Chapter 3: Mordechai and Haman](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/tanakh-track-mordechai-and-haman/) - Pardes Daily - Chapter 3: Mordechai and Haman Episode 3 Sources: Megillat Esther 3 Course Description: Terror & Jubilation in Megillat Esther - This track will study the terror and the jubilation of the carnivalesque book of Esther. Each of our ten classes will explore the ten chapters of this riveting story and evoke messages
- [Chapter 1: Party in Shushan](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/tanakh-track-party-in-shushan/) - Pardes Daily - Chapter 1: Party in Shushan Episode 1 Sources: Megillat Esther 1 Course Description: Terror & Jubilation in Megillat Esther - This track will study the terror and the jubilation of the carnivalesque book of Esther. Each of our ten classes will explore the ten chapters of this riveting story and evoke messages
- [Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 10](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/jewish-thought-purim-on-a-soapbox-episode-10/) - Pardes Daily - Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 10 Episode 10 Sources: Esther 10 Course Description: Purim on a Soapbox: Whoever said wild fun and soul stimulating depth can't go together? Although we often associate Purim with costumes, parties, and carnivals, as a holy day and a text (the Megillah), Purim has been
- [Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 9](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/jewish-thought-purim-on-a-soapbox-episode-9/) - Pardes Daily - Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 9 Episode 9 Sources: Esther 9 Course Description: Purim on a Soapbox: Whoever said wild fun and soul stimulating depth can't go together? Although we often associate Purim with costumes, parties, and carnivals, as a holy day and a text (the Megillah), Purim has been
- [Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 8](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/jewish-thought-purim-on-a-soapbox-episode-8/) - Pardes Daily - Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 8 Episode 8 Sources: Esther 8 Course Description: Purim on a Soapbox: Whoever said wild fun and soul stimulating depth can't go together? Although we often associate Purim with costumes, parties, and carnivals, as a holy day and a text (the Megillah), Purim has been
- [Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 7](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/jewish-thought-purim-on-a-soapbox-episode-7/) - Pardes Daily - Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 7 Episode 7 Sources: Esther 7 Course Description: Purim on a Soapbox: Whoever said wild fun and soul stimulating depth can't go together? Although we often associate Purim with costumes, parties, and carnivals, as a holy day and a text (the Megillah), Purim has been
- [Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 6](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/jewish-thought-purim-on-a-soapbox-episode-6/) - Pardes Daily - Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 6 Episode 6 Sources: Esther 6 Course Description: Purim on a Soapbox: Whoever said wild fun and soul stimulating depth can't go together? Although we often associate Purim with costumes, parties, and carnivals, as a holy day and a text (the Megillah), Purim has been
- [Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 5](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/jewish-thought-purim-on-a-soapbox-episode-5/) - Pardes Daily - Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 5 Episode 5 Sources: Esther 5 Course Description: Purim on a Soapbox: Whoever said wild fun and soul stimulating depth can't go together? Although we often associate Purim with costumes, parties, and carnivals, as a holy day and a text (the Megillah), Purim has been
- [Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 4](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/jewish-thought-purim-on-a-soapbox-episode-4/) - Pardes Daily - Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 4 Episode 4 Sources: Esther 4 Course Description: Purim on a Soapbox: Whoever said wild fun and soul stimulating depth can't go together? Although we often associate Purim with costumes, parties, and carnivals, as a holy day and a text (the Megillah), Purim has been
- [Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/jewish-thought-purim-on-a-soapbox-episode-3/) - Pardes Daily - Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 3 Episode 3 Sources: Esther 3 Course Description: Purim on a Soapbox: Whoever said wild fun and soul stimulating depth can't go together? Although we often associate Purim with costumes, parties, and carnivals, as a holy day and a text (the Megillah), Purim has been
- [Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/jewish-thought-purim-on-a-soapbox-episode-2/) - Pardes Daily - Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 2 Episode 2 Sources: Esther 2 Course Description: Purim on a Soapbox: Whoever said wild fun and soul stimulating depth can't go together? Although we often associate Purim with costumes, parties, and carnivals, as a holy day and a text (the Megillah), Purim has been
- [Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/jewish-thought-purim-on-a-soapbox-episode-1/) - Pardes Daily - Jewish Thought: Purim on a Soapbox Episode 1 Episode 1 Sources: Esther 1 Course Description: Purim on a Soapbox: Whoever said wild fun and soul stimulating depth can't go together? Although we often associate Purim with costumes, parties, and carnivals, as a holy day and a text (the Megillah), Purim has been
- [Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 10](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/mishnah-track-tractate-megillah-episode-10/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 10 Episode 10 Sources: Esther 10 Course Description: Whose in? An Exploration of Mishnah Megillah: In this Pardes Daily Challenge, we are going to learn through mishnayot in all four chapters of the tractate Megillah in preparation for Purim. While the beginning of the tractate focuses on
- [Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 9](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/mishnah-track-tractate-megillah-episode-9/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 9 Episode 9 Sources: Esther 9 Course Description: Whose in? An Exploration of Mishnah Megillah: In this Pardes Daily Challenge, we are going to learn through mishnayot in all four chapters of the tractate Megillah in preparation for Purim. While the beginning of the tractate focuses on
- [Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 8](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/mishnah-track-tractate-megillah-episode-8/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 8 Episode 8 Sources: Esther 8 Course Description: Whose in? An Exploration of Mishnah Megillah: In this Pardes Daily Challenge, we are going to learn through mishnayot in all four chapters of the tractate Megillah in preparation for Purim. While the beginning of the tractate focuses on
- [Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 7](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/mishnah-track-tractate-megillah-episode-7/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 7 Episode 7 Sources: Esther 7 Course Description: Whose in? An Exploration of Mishnah Megillah: In this Pardes Daily Challenge, we are going to learn through mishnayot in all four chapters of the tractate Megillah in preparation for Purim. While the beginning of the tractate focuses on
- [Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 6](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/mishnah-track-tractate-megillah-episode-6/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 6 Episode 6 Sources: Esther 6 Course Description: Whose in? An Exploration of Mishnah Megillah: In this Pardes Daily Challenge, we are going to learn through mishnayot in all four chapters of the tractate Megillah in preparation for Purim. While the beginning of the tractate focuses on
- [Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 5](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/mishnah-track-tractate-megillah-episode-5/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 5 Episode 5 Sources: Esther 5 Course Description: Whose in? An Exploration of Mishnah Megillah: In this Pardes Daily Challenge, we are going to learn through mishnayot in all four chapters of the tractate Megillah in preparation for Purim. While the beginning of the tractate focuses on
- [Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 4](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/mishnah-track-tractate-megillah-episode-4/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 4 Episode 4 Sources: Esther 4 Course Description: Whose in? An Exploration of Mishnah Megillah: In this Pardes Daily Challenge, we are going to learn through mishnayot in all four chapters of the tractate Megillah in preparation for Purim. While the beginning of the tractate focuses on
- [Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/mishnah-track-tractate-megillah-episode-3/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 3 Episode 3 Sources: Esther 3 Course Description: Whose in? An Exploration of Mishnah Megillah: In this Pardes Daily Challenge, we are going to learn through mishnayot in all four chapters of the tractate Megillah in preparation for Purim. While the beginning of the tractate focuses on
- [Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/mishnah-track-tractate-megillah-episode-2/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 2 Episode 2 Sources: Esther 2 Course Description: Whose in? An Exploration of Mishnah Megillah: In this Pardes Daily Challenge, we are going to learn through mishnayot in all four chapters of the tractate Megillah in preparation for Purim. While the beginning of the tractate focuses on
- [Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/02/mishnah-track-tractate-megillah-episode-1/) - Pardes Daily - Mishnah Track: Tractate Megillah Episode 1 Episode 1 Sources: Esther 1 Course Description: Whose in? An Exploration of Mishnah Megillah: In this Pardes Daily Challenge, we are going to learn through mishnayot in all four chapters of the tractate Megillah in preparation for Purim. While the beginning of the tractate focuses on
- [Mishpatim 5781: And They Saw the God of Israel? Language, Allegory and Representation](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/02/mishpatim-5781-and-they-saw-the-god-of-israel-language-allegory-and-representation/) - The essence of Judaism seems to be encapsulated by a broad reading of the first two of the Ten Commandments: There is one God, and God has no body. With that as a basis of faith, we may be unnerved by reading the verses from this week’s parashah, Mishpatim, when we come to Shemot 24:9-11
- [Women’s Prayers and Women Pray-ers: From Hannah to Today Part 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2021/01/womens-prayers-and-women-pray-ers-from-hannah-to-today-part-1/) - The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Presents: The Sidney and Miriam Brettler Memorial Series 2021 | 5781 Women's Prayers and Women Pray-ers: From Hannah to Today with Professor Rabbi Dalia Marx January 11, 2021 From the Bible to the Talmud - Rewatch the Live Stream. January 18, 2021 The Medieval Period: Prayers Composed by Women
- [Women’s Prayers and Women Pray-ers: From Hannah to Today Part 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2021/01/womens-prayers-and-women-pray-ers-from-hannah-to-today-part-2/) - The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Presents: The Sidney and Miriam Brettler Memorial Series 2021 | 5781 Women's Prayers and Women Pray-ers: From Hannah to Today with Professor Rabbi Dalia Marx January 11, 2021 From the Bible to the Talmud - Rewatch the Live Stream. January 18, 2021 The Medieval Period: Prayers Composed by Women
- [Women’s Prayers and Women Pray-ers: From Hannah to Today Part 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2021/01/womens-prayers-and-women-pray-ers-from-hannah-to-today-part-3/) - The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Presents: The Sidney and Miriam Brettler Memorial Series 2021 | 5781 Women's Prayers and Women Pray-ers: From Hannah to Today with Professor Rabbi Dalia Marx January 11, 2021 From the Bible to the Talmud - Rewatch the Live Stream. January 18, 2021 The Medieval Period: Prayers Composed by Women
- [Yitro 5781: "Do Not Go Near a Woman": But Didn't We All Stand at Sinai?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/01/yitro-5781-do-not-go-near-a-woman-but-didnt-we-all-stand-at-sinai/) - Judith Plaskow challenged us to confront the disturbing warning issued by Moses to "the nation" at the foot of Mt. Sinai: "Do not go near a woman." Were women not included in revelation? In our brief time together, we will explore three possible approaches to addressing this difficult question. Download the Source Sheet Sources include
- [Beshalach 5781: Seeing is believing](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/01/beshalach-5781-seeing-is-believing/) - The portion of Beshalach contains events of truly biblical proportions, and between the crossing of the Red Sea and the song which Israel sang on the other side there lies an important lesson. This podcast explores what the parasha can teach us about seeing, fear and faith and how the lessons of the Red Sea
- [Bo 5781: Engaging with Emuna](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/01/bo-5781-engaging-with-emuna/) - Locusts, darkness and death descend upon Pharo's kingdom. After 3 generations of anxiety and oppression, the Israelites finally walk out of Egypt. The Israelites are commanded to use ritual objects to remember those times. Following a miraculous event - or a traumatic experience - how do we engage with emuna? During the darkest days of
- [Too Jewish Podcast: Interview with Rabbi Michael Swirsky, founder of the Pardes Insititute of Jewish Studies](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/01/too-jewish-podcast-interview-with-rabbi-michael-swirsky-founder-of-the-pardes-insititute-of-jewish-studies/)
- [Baal Tashchit: Consumption - the art of balance](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/baal-tashchit-consumption-the-art-of-balance/) - Pardes Daily - Baal Tashchit: Consumption - the art of balance Episode 5 Sources: Ramban on Leviticus 19:2:2, Chagigah 12a:15, Kohelet Rabbah 7:13:1 Course Description: Because the Human is a Tree in the Field: Deuteronomy 20 prohibits the downing of fruit-bearing trees in times of war. We will explore the simple and deep meaning of
- [Hasidut: Nature & the Divine Episode 5](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/hasidut-nature-the-divine-episode-5/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut: Nature & the Divine Episode 5 Sources: Bnei Yissascher, Shevat 2:2 Course Description: The Relationship Between Nature and the Divine: With the Hasidic master R’ Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov (1783 – 1841 known as the Bnei Yissascher) as our guide, we will explore the spiritual work of this season, drawing
- [Hasidut: Nature & the Divine Episode 4](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/hasidut-nature-the-divine-episode-4/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut: Nature & the Divine Episode 4 Sources: Bnei Yissascherl, Shevat 1:8 Course Description: The Relationship Between Nature and the Divine: With the Hasidic master R’ Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov (1783 – 1841 known as the Bnei Yissascher) as our guide, we will explore the spiritual work of this season, drawing
- [Hasidut: Nature & the Divine Episode 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/hasidut-nature-the-divine-episode-3/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut: Nature & the Divine Episode 3 Sources: Bnei Yissascher, Tammuz and Av 4:2-3 Course Description: The Relationship Between Nature and the Divine: With the Hasidic master R’ Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov (1783 – 1841 known as the Bnei Yissascher) as our guide, we will explore the spiritual work of this
- [Hasidut: Nature & the Divine Episode 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/hasidut-nature-the-divine-episode-2/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut: Nature & the Divine Episode 2 Sources: Bnei Yissaschar, Shevat 2:4 Course Description: The Relationship Between Nature and the Divine: With the Hasidic master R’ Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov (1783 – 1841 known as the Bnei Yissascher) as our guide, we will explore the spiritual work of this season, drawing
- [Hasidut: Nature & the Divine Episode 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/hasidut-nature-the-divine-episode-1/) - Pardes Daily - Hasidut: Nature & the Divine Episode 1 Sources: Bnei Yissaschar, Shevat 1:2 Course Description: The Relationship Between Nature and the Divine: With the Hasidic master R’ Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov (1783 – 1841 known as the Bnei Yissascher) as our guide, we will explore the spiritual work of this season, drawing
- [Baal Tashchit: Sacred Eating](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/baal-tashchit-sacred-eating/) - Pardes Daily - Baal Tashchit: Sacred Eating Episode 4 Sources: Sifrei Devarim 203:8-10, Shabbat 140b:9, Shulchan Arukh, Orach Chayim 17:1 Course Description: Because the Human is a Tree in the Field: Deuteronomy 20 prohibits the downing of fruit-bearing trees in times of war. We will explore the simple and deep meaning of this mitzvah (commandment)
- [Baal Tashchit: Expansions](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/baal-tashchit-expansions/) - Pardes Daily - Baal Tashchit: Expansions Episode 3 Sources: Bava Kamma 91b:10-11 Course Description: Because the Human is a Tree in the Field: Deuteronomy 20 prohibits the downing of fruit-bearing trees in times of war. We will explore the simple and deep meaning of this mitzvah (commandment) as it expands and contracts over the course
- [Baal Tashchit: Contractions](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/baal-tashchit-contractions/) - Pardes Daily - Baal Tashchit: Contractions Episode 2 Sources: Bava Kamma 91b:17-92a:3, Sefer HaChinukh 529:3 Course Description: Because the Human is a Tree in the Field: Deuteronomy 20 prohibits the downing of fruit-bearing trees in times of war. We will explore the simple and deep meaning of this mitzvah (commandment) as it expands and contracts
- [Baal Tashchit: Two Readings of a Mitzvah](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/baal-tashchit-two-readings-of-a-mitzvah/) - Pardes Daily - Baal Tashchit: Two Readings of a Mitzvah Episode 1 Sources: Deuteronomy 20:19-20, Rashi on Deuteronomy 20:19:3, Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 20:19 Course Description: Because the Human is a Tree in the Field: Deuteronomy 20 prohibits the downing of fruit-bearing trees in times of war. We will explore the simple and deep meaning
- [Tanakh/Bible: The Tree & Restoration](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/tanakh-bible-the-tree-restoration/) - Pardes Daily - Tanakh/Bible: The Tree & Restoration Episode 5 Sources: Job 14:1-10, Isaiah 11:1-9 Course Description: Of New Years and Renewal: Tu Bishvat is celebrated in our tradition as the birthday of the trees. The Hebrew Bible actually abounds with references to trees, flowers and other vegetation. In this series, we will look at
- [Tanakh/Bible: The First Fruits](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/tanakh-bible-the-first-fruits/) - Pardes Daily - Tanakh/Bible: The First Fruits Episode 4 Sources: Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Mishnah Bikkurim 3:6 Course Description: Of New Years and Renewal: Tu Bishvat is celebrated in our tradition as the birthday of the trees. The Hebrew Bible actually abounds with references to trees, flowers and other vegetation. In this series, we will look at
- [Tanakh/Bible: Bal Tashchit/Wanton Waste](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/tanakh-bible-bal-tashchit-wanton-waste/) - Pardes Daily - Tanakh/Bible: Bal Tashchit/Wanton Waste Episode 3 Sources: Deuteronomy 20:19-20, Sefer HaChinukh 529 Course Description: Of New Years and Renewal: Tu Bishvat is celebrated in our tradition as the birthday of the trees. The Hebrew Bible actually abounds with references to trees, flowers and other vegetation. In this series, we will look at
- [Tanakh/Bible: The Tree of Knowledge](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/tanakh-bible-the-tree-of-knowledge/) - Pardes Daily - Tanakh/Bible: The Tree of Knowledge Episode 2 Sources: Exodus 25:31-40 Course Description: Of New Years and Renewal: Tu Bishvat is celebrated in our tradition as the birthday of the trees. The Hebrew Bible actually abounds with references to trees, flowers and other vegetation. In this series, we will look at some eclectic
- [Tanakh/Bible: The Almond Tree](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2021/01/tanakh-bible-the-almond-tree/) - Pardes Daily - Tanakh/Bible: The Almond Tree Episode 1 Sources: Numbers 17:16-24 Course Description: Of New Years and Renewal: Tu Bishvat is celebrated in our tradition as the birthday of the trees. The Hebrew Bible actually abounds with references to trees, flowers and other vegetation. In this series, we will look at some eclectic examples
- [VaEra 5781 - Midrashic Women in Va'Era](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/01/vaera-5781-midrashic-women-in-vaera/) - In this podcast, Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash looks at the mention of four women in chapter six and the midrashic narratives that intertwine these verses into larger Biblical narratives. Download the Source Sheet Sources include Shemot 2:1, Shemot 6:15 Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write to us at elmad@pardes.org.il.
- [Shemot 5781: Moshe's Choice](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2021/01/shemot-5781-moshes-choice/) - This week's parasha introduces us to Moshe, the future liberator of Israel. A fanciful Midrash reconstructs his childhood, as baby Moshe is placed in a fateful situation and must childishly make a choice. As we shall see, the Midrash not only draws upon provocative Biblical precedents but also provides a reading that has profound implications
- [VaYechi 5781 - Everything Follows the End](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/12/vayechi-5781-everything-follows-the-end/) - VaYechi is more than the end of the book of Genesis, it is the end of an era. The Torah tells us of the death of both Yaakov and Yosef in this parshah, and each has a lesson to offer before he goes. One can teach us how to give a blessing and the other about the power of a promise.
- [Vayigash 5781: Seeing Things in a New Light](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/12/vayigash-5781-seeing-things-in-a-new-light/) - After an impassioned speech from Yehuda, Yosef dramatically reveals his identity, and it is finally his chance to unleash his years of pent up anger and frustration on his brothers. However, Yosef chooses a different approach and calmly demonstrates to his brothers, and to us as the readers, that he has made peace with the past and is ready to move forward. How does he achieve this tranquility and how can this affect our own perspective on the current challenges we face?
- [Miketz 5781: Human Effort and Faith in God. A Contradiction in Terms?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/12/miketz-5781-human-effort-and-faith-in-god-a-contradiction-in-terms/) - In a challenging comment at the end of last week's Torah reading, the Midrash condemns Joseph for putting his faith in human assistance rather than turning directly to God. We pose the question: Does faith entail an abandonment of human initiative? Does belief clash with this-worldly action?
- [The Jewish Story: Interlude Hanukah 5781 - Letting the light out](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/hannukah/2020/12/the-jewish-story-interlude-hanukah-5781-letting-the-light-out/) - Rav Mike's annual shiur in honor of the yartzheit of his father, Charles M. Feuer, ob"m. Gratitude is one of the keys to happiness, especially in dark times. Join Rav Mike as he explores the connection between the Hanukah candles and our ability to give thanks, and helps us let the light out.
- [VaYeshev 5781: Yoseph & Yehudah - Healing a Rift Extending Across History and within the Individual Self](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/12/vayeshev-5781-yoseph-yehudah-healing-a-rift-extending-across-history-and-within-the-individual-self/) - The conflict between Yoseph and Yehudah runs like a seam across the entire history of Israel. At times Yoseph gains the upper hand, and at times Yehudah prevails, but the schism always resurfaces. In Tractate Sukkah 52 a-b, our sages even speak of two messiahs, each with a role to play in ushering in the final universal redemption, one a descendent of Yosef, Mashiach ben Yosef, and the other a descendent of Yehudah, Mashiach ben Dovid. What are the implications for the people of Israel and for the individual's spiritual practice as well?
- [Hanukah 5781: Between Civil War and Nonviolent Demonstrations: How Best to Respond to Discriminatory Decrees?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/12/hanukah-5781-between-civil-war-and-nonviolent-demonstrations-how-best-to-respond-to-discriminatory-decrees/) - This podcast examines the story of Hanukah as told in the Book of Maccabeus as a classic example of clash of civilizations and identity groups that ends in a violent civil war. The question is are there alternatives? Is it possible to defuse the tension between such conflicting identity groups in a nonviolent way? To this end, the far less known story of the 28th of Adar is presented as such an example of nonviolence with critical lessons for how to engage group identity conflicts today.
- [Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith - Episode 32: Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/11/authentic-jewish-living-with-yiscah-smith-episode-32-rabbanit-nechama-goldman-barash/) - This was originally posted on Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith. From Yiscah: "Nechama Goldman Barash is a role model for spiritual authentic living, a dedicated Torah scholar and educator specializing in matters of gender and Jewish law AND an activist in interfaith dialogue promoting non violence and understanding between Israeli and Palestinian communities." Nechama
- [VaYishlach 5781: Facing Forward](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/11/vayishlach-5781-facing-forward/) - Jacob is a man divided within himself, as suggested by the paradoxical statement that "Jacob remained alone," yet "a man struggled with him." With an emphasis on the recurring "guiding words" in the text, we will explore the nature of Jacob's internal split, as well as the critical first steps he takes toward integration. We will take a moment to consider the relevance of Jacob's struggles to today's global health crisis, as well as a potential matriarchal angle on this patriarchal story.
- [VaYetze 5781: The Twinning Relationship of Leah and Rachel](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/11/vayetze-5781-the-twinning-relationship-of-leah-and-rachel/) - In this podcast we will look at the broad sweep of the narrative that includes the complex dynamic and relationship between two sisters married to one man. After summarizing the entire Torah portion through the lens of their relationship, we will focus on several midrashim that reinforce the love and connection that unifies them despite all of the underlying tension and reminds us of the eternal bond of siblings for the positive.
- [5781 -- Toldot: The Blessings of Putting On and Taking Off Disguises](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/11/5781-toldot-the-blessings-of-putting-on-and-taking-off-disguises/) - Sometimes we need to shed our disguises in order to discover who we really are. At other times we need to dress up in disguises to remind us of who we want to be. The story of Jacob and Esau and their rabbinic commentaries help us to understand the complexity of identity formation, including notions of gender. Who am I? What does it mean to be a man or woman? What does it mean to be me?
- [The Jewish Story: Special Interview with Yossi Klein HaLevi](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/11/the-jewish-story-special-interview-with-yossi-klein-halevi/) - Rav Mike Feuer hosts author and thought leader Yossi Klein Halevi. The conversation touches on his personal experience of Meir Kahane and the early struggle for Soviet Jewry, the challenges of writing, the power of Jerusalem to evoke dreams and much more. Tune in for an inspiring episode treating the impact of 1967 on past, present and future.
- [5781 -- Chaye Sarah: Looking for Love](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/11/5781-chaye-sarah-looking-for-love/) - At least half of the relationships in our modern times don't last. When we are looking for love that will last, how do we know what to look for? And once we find love, how do we rekindle the sparks despite the familiarity and routine of our years together? Two midrashim and a life coach's tip offer insights into the relationship between Rebecca and Isaac, and offer a twinkling of life wisdom that applies to this day.
- [5781 -- Vayera: Life's Concentric Circles](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/11/5781-vayera-lifes-concentric-circles/) - This week's parasha contrasts two acts of hospitality: Avraham welcomes three strangers to his tent at Elonei Mamrei, and Lot later welcomes two of them to his home in Sodom. Superficially, the episodes are similar but we will discover that in fact they are worlds apart. The contrast speaks to the great power of family and community in shaping our lives.
- [5781 -- Lech Lecha: Why is Avraham Really Chosen?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/10/5781-lech-lecha-why-is-avraham-really-chosen/) - Avraham is both the Idol Smasher and the Harbinger of Justice and Righteousness. The Torah tells us explicitly why Avraham was chosen in Genesis 18:18-19, and the rabbis tell a story intended to explain what qualified him for the job. What is the connection between that midrash and the qualities listed in those verses.
- [5781 -- Noach: To Meat or Not To Meat](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/10/5781-noach-to-meat-or-not-to-meat/) - There are many points of connection between the story of creation and the story of the flood, and at least one significant difference. The permission given to Noach and his descendants to eat meat is the opening of a new chapter in the relationship between humanity and the rest of creation. This podcast explores Rav Kook's perspective on why it was granted, what happened to the original Edenic ideal and what the messianic future may hold.
- [5781 -- Bereishit: From Creation to Destruction](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/10/5781-bereishit-from-creation-to-destruction/) - Bereishit opens with the hope of a new world. But ends with God's decision to destroy his world. What happened. This shiur offers two readings of the final verses of Bereishit, verses that depict the moral descent towards the Deluge.
- [5781 -- Simhat Torah: Maimonides on How to Celebrate the Festivals](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/10/5781-simhat-torah-maimonides-on-how-to-celebrate-the-festivals/) - This podcast was first published in 2009, for Simhat Torah 5770. We hope you enjoy this replay. In this podcast, Rabbi Daniel Landes discusses Maimonides' teachings (Mishneh Torah, Rest on a Holiday 1) on how to properly celebrate the festivals. Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write to us at
- [5781 -- Sukkot: The Ritual of Lulav; To Rejoice for Seven Days Before the Divine](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/09/5781-sukkot-the-ritual-of-lulav-to-rejoice-for-seven-days-before-the-divine/) - Our practice today of shaking the lulav every day of Sukkot is based on a decree that R. Yohanan b. Zakai made post Temple destruction. From where did he get the daring to institute that we would continue to perform the ritual as it had been done in the Temple itself? What is the ritual of lulav all about? Why do we shake it? How can his decree, made so long ago, help us today, in the time of Covid-19 and communal isolation, rejoice with the lulav?
- [The Tisch: Fasting During a Pandemic](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2020/07/the-tisch-fasting-during-a-pandemic/) - Do we need to fast during a pandemic? Jewish sources during the time of cholera concern the issue of fasting during a pandemic. Rabbi Nehemia Halevi Ginsburg (1788-1852) was the son of a disciple of the founder of Chabad Hassidism, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (ca. 1745-1812). He married the daughter of Zalman Welkes of
- [The Tisch: Can the Incense Prayer be used to Combat Plagues?](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2020/06/the-tisch-can-the-incense-prayer-be-used-to-combat-plagues/) - The potency of incense offerings dates back to biblical times. Ketoret was offered twice a day in the Temple, and on Yom Kippur it was brought into the Holy of Holies. Sometime in the final decade of his life, the Besht – Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov (ca. 1700-1760) – penned a letter to his
- [The Tisch: Hassidim and the 1786 plague in Tiberias](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2020/05/the-tisch-hassidim-and-the-1786-plague-in-tiberias/) - By the month of Iyar, the plague had subsided but people remained in lockdown until after Shavuot. In the year 1777, a group of hassidim made the journey to the Land of Israel. The convoy was headed by two hassidic masters, Rabbi Menahem Mendel of Vitebsk (1730-1788) and Rabbi Avraham of Kalisk (1741-1810). The group
- [The Tisch: Hasidic Herring](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/neviim-and-ketuvim/megillot/kohelet/2019/11/the-tisch-hasidic-herring/) - Twice in his famous hasidic work, Bnei Yissaskhar, the great hasidic master Rabbi Zvi Elimelekh Shapira of Dynow (1783-1841) related to the spiritual valence of eating fish on Sabbath. Zvi Elimelekh noted that in the Genesis account there are three creations that God blessed.
- [The Tisch: Stuck in the Mud](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/neviim-and-ketuvim/megillot/kohelet/2011/09/the-tisch-stuck-in-the-mud/) - "Return us to You, O God, and we will return; renew our days as of old." On a cold, wintry night, Rabbi Naftali Zvi Horowitz of Ropczyce (1760-1827) was traveling in his wagon as the rain pelted down. The wagon-driver tried intently to navigate the paths, but eventually the wheels got bogged in the mud.
- [Pardes 360: Birthday Lessons from King Solomon](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/neviim-and-ketuvim/megillot/kohelet/2016/03/birthday-lessons-from-king-solomon/) - Many happy returns of the day. Happy birthday. Ad meah-ve’esrim (till 120). All lovely birthday greetings. But how about something a little bit more creative? Let’s learn from King Solomon. There is a tradition that Shlomo wrote three books of the bible: Kohelet 1 (Ecclesiastes) Mishlei (Proverbs), and Shir Hashirim 1 (Song of Songs). In
- [5781 -- Ha'Azinu: Cultivating the Spiritual Practice of Remembering](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/09/5781-haazinu-cultivating-the-spiritual-practice-of-remembering/) - Moving away from feeling distant from the Divine Presence - the Shechina - towards sensing closeness to Her. Why do we in fact feel distant, feel far, feel disconnected at times? And why do we sense closeness and connection at other times? A teaching from the Piaseczner Rebbe speaks to this very spiritual condition.
- [5781 -- Rosh Hashana: A Very Narrow Bridge: Getting to the Other Side](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/09/5781-rosh-hashana-a-very-narrow-bridge-getting-to-the-other-side/) - This Rosh Hashanah podcast is sponsored by Ricki and David Bernstein in memory of Ricki’s parents, Beatrice and Murray Kirschblat, each a sole survivor of large families which perished in the Shoah. This podcast compares the popular song "Kol Ha'olam Kulo" with the "real" words and shows us the difference between fearing and being a fearful person. Using an interpretation of two words in the Unetaneh Tokef prayer it then goes on to show us how we can be resilient while also in touch with our emotions.
- [5780 -- Nitzavim-VaYelech: Living for "Today!"](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/09/5780-nitzavim-vayelech-living-for-today/) - Nitzavim sees the Nation of Israel renew their covenant with God. One word - "Hayom - Today!" - repeats itself throughout the parsha. We offer four different meanings of this word, with some inspirational messages for the New Year and the period of Repentance.
- [Pardes Daily: Talmud - Tractate Rosh Hashana - Click here for all episodes](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/talmud/2020/09/pardes-daily-talmud-tractate-rosh-hashana-click-here-for-all-episodes/)
- [Pardes Daily: Mishnah - Tractate Rosh Hashana - Click here for all episodes](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/talmud/2020/09/pardes-daily-mishnah-tractate-rosh-hashana-click-here-for-all-episodes/)
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 6](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/the-book-of-jonah-two-parallel-halves/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 6 - Two Parallel Halves Sources: Jonah 1 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative, profound
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 7](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/the-book-of-jonah-the-flight-from-god/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 7 - The Flight from God Sources: Jonah 1 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative,
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/tractate-rosh-hashanah-creating-holiness-and-unity-episode-1/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 1 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 8](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/the-book-of-jonah-jonah-the-hebrew/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 8 - Jonah the Hebrew Sources: Jonah 1 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative, profound
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 9](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/the-book-of-jonah-sincere-devotion/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 9 - Sincere Devotion Sources: Jonah 1 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative, profound allegory
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 10](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/the-book-of-jonah-in-the-belly-of-the-fish/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 10 - In the Belly of the Fish Sources: Jonah 2 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 7](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/tractate-rosh-hashanah-creating-holiness-and-unity-episode-7/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 7 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 2 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 8](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/tractate-rosh-hashanah-creating-holiness-and-unity-episode-8/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 8 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 2 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 9](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/tractate-rosh-hashanah-creating-holiness-and-unity-episode-9/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 9 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 2 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 6](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/tractate-rosh-hashanah-creating-holiness-and-unity-episode-6/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 6 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 2 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 5](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/tractate-rosh-hashanah-creating-holiness-and-unity-episode-5/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 5 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 4](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/tractate-rosh-hashanah-creating-holiness-and-unity-episode-4/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 4 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/tractate-rosh-hashanah-creating-holiness-and-unity-episode-3/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 3 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/tractate-rosh-hashanah-creating-holiness-and-unity-episode-2/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 2 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Conflict Intimacy and Shlom Bayit](https://elmad.pardes.org/home-is-where-the-torah-is/2020/08/conflict-intimacy-and-shlom-bayit/) - Ironically, we sometimes grow the most from conflict in our relationships! (00:58) Eruptions of anger or argumentation may – if we treat them well – help us to reveal our needs, or the needs of our partner, which have been suppressed or expressed only partially, due to fear of fallout. One evocative and disturbing midrash provides a springboard for two psychologically proven ways we can use the inevitable conflicts between us and our partners – in a normative good-willed relationship – to bring us to richer, more intimate, more loving connections. Following the podcast (19:55) Leon and Matti discuss the exterior of the building and how it fosters connections between people.
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 20](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/mishnah-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-20/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 20 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 4 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 19](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/mishnah-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-19/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 19 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 4 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 18](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/mishnah-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-18/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 18 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 4 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 17](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/mishnah-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-17/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 17 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 4 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 15](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/mishnah-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-15/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 15 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 3 / Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 4 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 14](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/mishnah-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-14/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 14 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 3 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 13](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/mishnah-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-13/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 13 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 3 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 12](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/mishnah-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-12/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 12 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 3 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 16](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/mishnah-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-16/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 16 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 4 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 11](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/mishnah-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-11/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 11 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 3 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 10](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/tractate-rosh-hashanah-creating-holiness-and-unity-episode-10/) - Pardes Daily App - Tractate Rosh Hashanah: Creating Holiness and Unity with Rav Rahel Berkovits Episode 10 Sources: Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 2 Course Description: Over the course of these 20 sessions we will learn the entire 4 chapters of Mishnah Rosh Hashanah. The two major topics the tractate deals with are sanctifying the new moon
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 5](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/the-book-of-jonah-narrative-breakdown/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 5 - Narrative Breakdown Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative, profound allegory and pure fantasy,
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 4](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/the-book-of-jonah-jonahs-historical-period/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 4 - Jonah’s Historical Period Sources: Kings II:14:23-29 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative, profound
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/the-book-of-jonah-some-historical-context/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 3 - Some Historical Context Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative, profound allegory and pure
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/the-book-of-jonah-prophets-and-minor-prophets/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 2 - Prophets and Minor Prophets Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative, profound allegory and
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/the-book-of-jonah-haftara/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 1 - Haftara Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative, profound allegory and pure fantasy, the
- [Pardes Daily: Tanakh - The Book of Jonah - Click here for all episodes](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/rosh-hashanah/2020/09/pardes-daily-tanakh-the-book-of-jonah-click-here-for-all-episodes/)
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 6](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/chapter-3-tractate-rosh-hashanah-28a/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 6 - Chapter 3: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 28a Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashanna. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 7](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/chapter-3-tractate-rosh-hashanah-28b/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 7 - Chapter 3: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 28b Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashanna. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 8](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/chapter-3-tractate-rosh-hashanah-29a/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 8 - Chapter 3: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 29a Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashana. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 9](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/chapter-3-4-tractate-rosh-hashanah-29b/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 9 - Chapter 3-4: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 29b Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashana. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 10](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/chapter-4-tractate-rosh-hashanah-30a/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 10 - Chapter 4: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 30a Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashana. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 4](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/chapter-3-tractate-rosh-hashanah-27a/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 4 - Chapter 3: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 27a Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashanna. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 5](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/chapter-3-tractate-rosh-hashanah-27b/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 5 - Chapter 3: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 27b Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashanna. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/chapter-3-tractate-rosh-hashanah-26b/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 3 - Chapter 3: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 26b Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashanna. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/chapter-3-tractate-rosh-hashanah-26a/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 2 - Chapter 3: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 26a Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashanna. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/08/chapter-3-tractate-rosh-hashanah-25b/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 1 - Chapter 3: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 25b Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashanna. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 11](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/tanakh-book-of-jonah-episode-11/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 11 - Jonah's Prayer Sources: Jonah 2 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative, profound allegory
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 12](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/tanakh-book-of-jonah-episode-12/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 12 - Jonah's Prayer (Concluded) Sources: Jonah 2 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative, profound
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 13](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/tanakh-book-of-jonah-episode-13/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 13 - The Second Mission to Nineveh Sources: Jonah 3 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 14](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/tanakh-book-of-jonah-episode-14/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 14 - The King's Decree Sources: Jonah 3 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative, profound
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 15](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/tanakh-book-of-jonah-episode-15/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 15 - Jonah's Success Sources: Jonah 3 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative, profound allegory
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 16](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/tanakh-book-of-jonah-episode-16/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 16 - Jonah's Plea to Die Sources: Jonah 4 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative,
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 17](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/tanakh-book-of-jonah-episode-17/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 17 - The Attribute of Truth Sources: Jonah 4 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative,
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 18](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/tanakh-book-of-jonah-episode-18/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 18 - The Lesson of Kikayon Sources: Jonah 4 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative,
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 19](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/tanakh-book-of-jonah-episode-19/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 19 - Understanding Jonah's Anger Sources: Jonah 4 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative, profound
- [Tanakh: Book of Jonah Episode 20](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/tanakh-book-of-jonah-episode-20/) - Pardes Daily App - the Book of Jonah with Rabbi Michael Hattin Episode 20 - The Power of Teshuva Sources: Jonah 4 Course Description: The book of Jonah, a short work that is obvious yet obscure, is traditionally read as the Haftarah on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Seemingly composed of equal parts historical narrative,
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 11](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/talmud-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-11/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 11 - Chapter 4: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 30b Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashana. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 12](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/talmud-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-12/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 12 - Chapter 4: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 31a Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashana. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 13](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/talmud-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-13/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 13 - Chapter 4: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 31b Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashana. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 14](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/talmud-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-14/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 14 - Chapter 4: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 32a Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashana. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 15](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/talmud-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-15/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 15 - Chapter 4: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 32b Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashana. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 16](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/talmud-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-16/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 16 - Chapter 4: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 33a Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashana. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 17](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/talmud-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-17/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 17 - Chapter 4: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 33b Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashana. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 18](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/talmud-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-18/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 18 - Chapter 4: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 34a Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashana. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 19](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/talmud-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-19/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 19 - Chapter 4: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 34b Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashana. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashanah Episode 20](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-daily/2020/09/talmud-tractate-rosh-hashanah-episode-20/) - Pardes Daily App - Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana with Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield Episode 20 - Chapter 4: Tractate Rosh Hashanah 35a Course Description: Together we will explore the third and fourth chapters of tractate Rosh Hashana. These chapters deal primarily with defining the shofar, how it is blown, and how it operates as a tool
- [5780 -- Ki Tavo: Cultivating the spiritual practice of Walking In His Ways](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/08/5780-ki-tavo-cultivating-the-spiritual-practice-of-walking-in-his-ways/) - Parashat Ki Tavo contains the command, found in Devarim 28:9: “And you shall walk in His ways.” The Rambam counts this as one of the 613 mitzvot, and explains that it charges us “to resemble Him according to our capacity." When outlining the general principles that govern his reckoning of the 613 mitzvot, the Rambam states in Sefer HaMitzvot, Klal 4, that he does not include commandments of a general nature. Therefore, we are forced to conclude that there is a particular dimension to this mitzvah which does not exist in other mitzvot, and that this causes the Rambam to include it as one of the 613. What in fact is unique only to this particular mitzvah?
- [The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep23 Spirit of the Sixties part IV: The radical break](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/09/the-jewish-story-season-3-ep23-spirit-of-the-sixties-part-iv-the-radical-break/) - For a few brief weeks, it looked like 1968 would be a revolution in America on par with 1967 in Israel. This episode explores the role of radical Jews in trying to push America toward the birth of a new society.
- [The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep22 Spirit of the 60s part III: the revolution starts tonight](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/09/the-jewish-story-season-3-ep22-spirit-of-the-60s-part-iii-the-revolution-starts-tonight/) - At the Sixties progressed they became more intense. In particular, the tone of the civil rights movement shifted from integration to separation and from evolution to revolution. This episode will explore the impact of these shifts on the 'grand alliance' between Jews and African Americans. shedding light on both past and present.
- [The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep21: The Spirit of the 60’s Part II](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/08/the-jewish-story-season-3-ep21-the-spirit-of-the-60s-part-ii/) - 1964 was the Freedom Summer in America, and it saw a wave of white, Jewish volunteers leaving the comfort of their suburban existence to fight the battle against racism in the rural south. This episode explores the suburban cultural vacuum which many of them were fleeing and asks whether they went South as Jews, human beings or both.
- [5780 -- Ki Tetze: The Mitzvah of the Roof Rail - Guarding Against a Fall](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/08/5780-ki-tetze-the-mitzvah-of-the-roof-rail-guarding-against-a-fall/) - This week's parasha introduces us to a Torah command with a seemingly obvious rationale. We will explore the interpretation of the Sefer HaChinuch who sees in this mitzvah a foundation principle: we are subject to laws of nature that cannot be ignored, except at our own peril.
- [Download the New Pardes Daily App](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2020/08/download-the-new-pardes-daily-app-3/) - Kickstart your Torah routine with Pardes Daily! For the month of Elul, traditionally a time when Jews prepare for the upcoming new year, Pardes Daily will be offering three Rosh Hashanah themed daily learning tracks featuring beloved Pardes Faculty. After 10-20 minute podcasts a day, 5 days a week, for the four weeks of Elul
- [Download the New Pardes Daily App](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/08/download-the-new-pardes-daily-app-2/) - Kickstart your Torah routine with Pardes Daily! For the month of Elul, traditionally a time when Jews prepare for the upcoming new year, Pardes Daily will be offering three Rosh Hashanah themed daily learning tracks featuring beloved Pardes Faculty. After 10-20 minute podcasts a day, 5 days a week, for the four weeks of Elul
- [Download the New Pardes Daily App](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/08/download-the-new-pardes-daily-app/) - Kickstart your Torah routine with Pardes Daily! For the month of Elul, traditionally a time when Jews prepare for the upcoming new year, Pardes Daily will be offering three Rosh Hashanah themed daily learning tracks featuring beloved Pardes Faculty. After 10-20 minute podcasts a day, 5 days a week, for the four weeks of Elul
- [5780 -- Shoftim: Shoftim v'Shotrim: Go together like a Horse and Carriage?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/08/5780-shoftim-shoftim-vshotrim-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? What do the rabbis have to say about recent calls to defund the police?
- [*Coronavirus Special* The Mystery of the Book of Life](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/2020/08/coronavirus-special-the-mystery-of-the-book-of-life/) - In 1817 a slender – almost forgotten – volume was published in the famous Hasidic town of Mezhibuz. The sixteenth-century work was entitled Sefer Ha-Hayim (The Book of Life) and had been penned by Rabbi Hayim ben Betzalel of Friedberg while he was in quarantine during the plague of 1578. Join the Maggid of Melbourne as he ponders what triggered the 1817 edition. Could it be related to the First Cholera Pandemic?
- [The Tent of Rivka – Considering the Connection Between the Temple and the Home](https://elmad.pardes.org/home-is-where-the-torah-is/2020/08/the-tent-of-rivka-considering-the-connection-between-the-temple-and-the-home/) - We are proud that Pardes's efforts to build a new facility in Jerusalem continue to move forward despite the challenges of the current moment. While most of us remain confined to our homes, a new home for our Torah, for our students and alumni, and for the vision of Jewish life we are promoting is
- [5780 -- Re'eh: Was there ever an Ir Nidahat or Subverted City?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/08/5780-reeh-was-there-ever-an-ir-nidahat-or-subverted-city/) - In this podcast we will look at the moral complexity behind the command to utterly annihilate an Israelite city proven to be idolatrous. The debate around the practical application of this passage results in some interesting textual comparisons to other Biblical narratives and finally reflects a rabbinic ethos that seeks to redress some of the more complicated passages in Torah.
- [The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep20: The Spirit of the 60’s Part I: Pragmatism and Prophecy](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/08/the-jewish-story-season-3-ep20-the-spirit-of-the-60s-part-i-pragmatism-and-prophecy/) - The 1960s were a revolutionary period in American history, and since the Jews were so deeply involved it is a turning point in the Jewish Story as well. This episode begins our slow march toward 1967 with a look at how the twin spirits of prophecy and pragmatism moved Jewish leadership during the Civil Rights movement.
- [The Home and the Marketplace](https://elmad.pardes.org/home-is-where-the-torah-is/2020/08/the-home-and-the-marketplace/) - We are proud that Pardes's efforts to build a new facility in Jerusalem continue to move forward despite the challenges of the current moment. While most of us remain confined to our homes, a new home for our Torah, for our students and alumni, and for the vision of Jewish life we are promoting is
- [Mezuza – Our Best Selves at the Doorway](https://elmad.pardes.org/home-is-where-the-torah-is/2020/08/mezuza-our-best-selves-at-the-doorway/) - We are proud that Pardes's efforts to build a new facility in Jerusalem continue to move forward despite the challenges of the current moment. While most of us remain confined to our homes, a new home for our Torah, for our students and alumni, and for the vision of Jewish life we are promoting is
- [5780 -- Ekev: Bribing God--Not Such a Great Idea?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/08/5780-ekev-bribing-god-not-such-a-great-idea/) - We hope that the Divine is on our side, especially when circumstances are far from optimal. How do we go about making sure that the Lord is with us in all of our earthly endeavors? In this podcast, Rabbi Howard Markose looks at one possible angle in our quest of best entreating God.
- [Makom Kavuah, Choosing a Place for Prayer](https://elmad.pardes.org/home-is-where-the-torah-is/2020/07/makom-kavuah-choosing-a-place-for-prayer/) - We are proud that Pardes's efforts to build a new facility in Jerusalem continue to move forward despite the challenges of the current moment. While most of us remain confined to our homes, a new home for our Torah, for our students and alumni, and for the vision of Jewish life we are promoting is
- [The Windows of the Beit Midrash](https://elmad.pardes.org/home-is-where-the-torah-is/2020/07/the-windows-of-the-beit-midrash/) - We are proud that Pardes's efforts to build a new facility in Jerusalem continue to move forward despite the challenges of the current moment. While most of us remain confined to our homes, a new home for our Torah, for our students and alumni, and for the vision of Jewish life we are promoting is
- [The Jewish Story Interlude: Tisha B'Av 5780 and the Disengagement](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2020/07/the-jewish-story-interlude-tisha-bav-5780-and-the-disengagement/) - Israel's disengagement from the Gaza Strip was fifteen years ago, but to me it feels like yesterday. In this interlude, author Daniella Levy joins me to discuss the fiction work which she wrote to engage this complex event. Along the way we speak about Tisha B'Av, what it means to be an immigrant and how one can tell a true story from multiple perspectives.
- [5780 -- VaEtchanan: Committing to Love](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/07/5780-vaetchanan-committing-to-love/) - In this podcast we will look at Shema as the affirmation of commitment to a loving relationship with God contingent about a structure of ritual, practice and belief that will be accessible to all Jews at any time and in any place.
- [Amen - Multiple Lenses for Tefilah Education - Introduction](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2020/02/amen-multiple-lenses-for-tefilah-education-introduction/) - The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators is proud to produce this podcast series to support and inspire tefilah education. Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Pardes faculty member, leads a panel of veteran educators in an invigorating discussion of how to make prayer relevant to young people. Using a menu of tefilah goals, created as part of the
- [Amen - Multiple Lenses for Tefilah Education - Can We Make the Shema Meaningful for Young People?](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2020/03/amen-multiple-lenses-for-tefilah-education-can-we-make-the-shema-meaningful-for-young-people/) - The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators is proud to produce this podcast series to support and inspire tefilah education. Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Pardes faculty member, leads a panel of veteran educators in an invigorating discussion of how to make prayer relevant to young people. Using a menu of tefilah goals, created as part of the
- [Amen - Can We Make the Shema Meaningful for Young People? Part 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2020/03/amen-can-we-make-the-shema-meaningful-for-young-people-part-2/) - In this podcast, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbi Mike Feuer, Pardes Faculty & creator of the popular The Jewish Story podcast series, and Rachel Friedrichs, PCJE Assistant Director, as they explore how different tefilah goals deepen our understanding of the second and third paragraphs of the Shema making it relevant and engaging for young people.
- [Amen - Opening up the Amidah - Ancestors, Power and Holiness Part 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2020/03/amen-opening-up-the-amidah-ancestors-power-and-holiness-part-1/) - In our third episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by PCJE Faculty members Sefi Kraut and Reuven Margrett as they delve into the first three brachot of the Amidah. They explore the key themes of those brachot: tribal affiliation, reviving the dead, and holiness, through the perspectives of different tefilah goals - connecting to the community, God, and personal development - in order to conjure up more meaningful and engaging tefilah experiences for young people.
- [Amen - Opening up the Amidah - What Are We Asking God For? Part 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2020/03/amen-opening-up-the-amidah-what-are-we-asking-god-for-part-2/) - In our fourth episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by PCJE Faculty members Susan Yammer and Penny Joel as they delve into the bakashot/request section of the Amidah. They explore what it means to ask something from God as individuals and as a community, through the perspectives of different tefilah goals - connecting to the community, God, and personal development - in order to conjure up more meaningful and engaging tefilah experiences for young people.
- [Amen - Opening up the Amidah - Gratitude and Graciousness in Prayer Part 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2020/03/amen-opening-up-the-amidah-gratitude-and-graciousness-in-prayer-part-3/) - In our fifth episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Pardes Faculty Alex Israel and PCJE Director Aviva Lauer Golbert as they delve into the hoda’ot/thanksgiving section of the Amidah. They explore gratitude and graciousness through the perspectives of different tefilah goals - connecting to the community, God, and personal development - in order to conjure up more meaningful and engaging tefilah experiences for young people.
- [Amen - Aleinu - Bowing before the Univeral God?](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2020/04/amen-aleinu-bowing-before-the-univeral-god/) - In our sixth episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Pardes President Leon Morris and PCJE Director of Experiential Education Penny Joel as they delve into the Aleinu. They explore universality, particularism, and the spiritual and mindful aspects of physical bowing through the perspectives of different tefilah goals - connecting to the community, God, and personal development - in order to conjure up more meaningful and engaging tefilah experiences for young people.
- [New Podcast Series: Home is Where the Torah Is -- Makom Kavuah, Choosing a Place for Prayer](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2020/07/new-podcast-series-home-is-where-the-torah-is-makom-kavuah-choosing-a-place-for-prayer/) - We are proud that Pardes's efforts to build a new facility in Jerusalem continue to move forward despite the challenges of the current moment. While most of us remain confined to our homes, a new home for our Torah, for our students and alumni, and for the vision of Jewish life we are promoting is
- [A Shot of Torah: *Coronavirus Special* Fasting during a pandemic](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2020/07/a-shot-of-torah-coronavirus-special-fasting-during-a-pandemic/) - Should we fast on 17th Tammuz as a plague rages around us? Levi shares how he dealt with this question in his community in Zur Hadassa.
- [5780 -- Devarim: What is in a name?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/07/5780-devarim-what-is-in-a-name/) - This week we begin a new book of the Torah, one which seems somehow different from the others. Devarim is also known a 'Mishne Torah,' meaning a repetition or retelling of what has come before. In this podcast, we explore the potential implications of Moshe's role in crafting the message of the Torah, and even draw some conclusions for our own day.
- [5780 -- Matot-Masei: The Long Walk to Freedom](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/07/5780-matot-masei-the-long-walk-to-freedom/) - Parshiot Matot-Masei includes a long list of place names that trace the wanderings of the Children of Israel through the Sinai wilderness on their way to the Land of Israel. Is this simply a geographical-historical recording of the physical journey to freedom, or is there an attempt to convey something more meaningful? But even if there is a deeper message, we will also reflect on the search for actual geographical sites that can be identified with the memories of the place names in the text.
- [The Four Fasts – What's the Message](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2018/12/the-four-fasts-whats-the-message/) - In this, The Four Fasts – What's the Message podcast Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by PCJE’s Director, Aviva Golbert, and Pardes Faculty, Rabbi Michael Hattin. Together they uncover the deeper meaning of the four fasts associated with the mourning of the Temple: 10th Tevet (Asara b'Tevet), 17th Tammuz (Shiva Asar b'Tammuz), 9th Av (Tisha Ba'av), and the Fast of Gedaliah (Tzom Gedalia).
- [Why Do We Fast on Yom Kippur?](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/yom-kippur/2015/09/why-do-we-fast-on-yom-kippur/) - In a class given at Pardes Jerusalem as part of the Community Education Program, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield looks at why we fast on Yom Kippur. Fasting is one of the most widely kept Mitzvot, but what exactly are the reasons for it.
- [Tisha B'Av - Fast Or Feast?](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2016/08/tisha-bav-fast-or-feast/) - In this, Rabbi Mike Feuer's final installment for the Three Weeks, he looks into the question of feasting or fasting on Tisha B'Av. One might think that whether to fast on Tisha b'Av is a new question, but the prophet Zechariah teaches us otherwise. Nevertheless, who would think of feasting? This podcast was originally published
- [Yom Kippur: A Day of Joy and Intimacy](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/yom-kippur/2017/09/yom-kippur-a-day-of-joy-and-intimacy/) - Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, holds a special position as “The Sabbath of Sabbaths” (Lev. 23), i.e. the holiest day in the High Holiday season. It is an opportunity to heal rifts that inevitably grow in our spiritual life, obtain forgiveness for misdeeds and to open a “new page,” so to speak for the coming year. In
- [Yom Kippur: Love is in the Air](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/yom-kippur/2017/09/yom-kippur-love-is-in-the-air/) - It’s Yom Kippur and love is in the air. Love? Isn’t this a day of fasting, and praying? Of admitting our guilt? Certainly so, and yet there is something more fundamental about this day. Yom Kippur is a day of recommitment to relationship with the Divine. There is a striking Mishna at the end of
- [Hidden Peacemaking Lessons in the Three Weeks](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2017/07/peacemaking_lessons/) - On Tuesday, July 11, 2017, the Jewish world enters the period known as “The Three Weeks,” the mourning period for the destruction of the two Temples in Jerusalem, which starts with a sunrise to sundown fast on 17 Tammuz and culminates with a 25 hour fast on 9 Av. Embedded in the reasons for these
- [The Three Weeks](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2019/07/the-three-weeks/) - This four-part series was originally published in 2016. Rabbi Mike Feuer teaches on the 17th of Tammuz through Tisha B'Av.
- [Tisha b'Av -- Between Children & Elders: The People & The Spies](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/devarim/devarim-1/2014/08/between-children-elders-the-people-the-spies/) - Shiur by R' Gideon Weitzman at The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies on Tisha b'Av 5774.
- [Tisha B'Av 2015 - When Leaders Sin: Taking a Communal Heshbon Nefesh](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2015/07/tisha-bav-2015-when-leaders-sin-taking-a-communal-heshbon-nefesh/) - In this lecture, held at Pardes as part of the Tisha B'Av program 2015, Jennie Rosenfeld looks at two different Talmudic stories of leaders who sin – one is the infamous Elisha ben Abuya and the other has no name that we know of. We will use this analysis as a springboard for a more
- [Tisha B'Av 2015: Reflections of a Poet-Partisan from Salonika in the Writings of Bouena Sarfatty](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2015/07/tisha-bav-2015-reflections-of-a-poet-partisan-from-salonika-in-the-writings-of-bouena-sarfatty/) - This lecture was held at Pardes as part of the Tisha B’Av program 2015. Bouena Sarfatty was born in Salonika in 1916 to an eminent Sephardi family. Unlike the rest of her family, she survived the Holocaust because she joined the Greek partisans. Once resettled in Montreal, she recorded her memories of Jewish life in 20th
- [Devarim and Tisha B'Av: The Date of Moshe's Death](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2018/07/devarim-and-tisha-bav-the-date-of-moshes-death/) - Rabbi Hattin discusses the chronology associated with Moshe's final words to the people and how his death associates with the 9th of Av.
- [5775 -- Devarim: Zion Shall be Redeemed with Righteousness](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2015/07/5775-devarim-zion-shall-be-redeemed-with-righteousness/) - In this podcast, Rabbi Schweiger examines the essence of the book of Devarim through the lense of the parsha. Additionally, Rabbi Schweiger explores the intrinsic connections between the parsha, the book of Devarim and Tisha B'av. Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at: info@pardes.org.il. Credits Larry Kluger –
- [5768 -- Tisha B'av: Kamza and Bar Kamza](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2008/08/5768-tisha-bav/) - This week Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses Tisha B'av and the story of Kamza and Bar Kamza from the Babylonian Talmud, Gittin 55b. There is a handout for this podcast. Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us: podcast@pardesusa.org. For more information about Pardes, visit our website, www.pardes.org Credits Larry Kluger
- [Unexpected Encounters: The Jewish Holidays and the Other--Tisha B'av](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2013/07/unexpected-encounters-the-jewish-holidays-and-the-other-tisha-bav/) - Pardes is pleased to present the fourth episode of our new podcast series by Rabbi Daniel Landes, Unexpected Encounters: The Jewish Holidays and the Other. This episode is on Tisha B'av. Episode title: Tisha B'av--Defeat: Theological/Mussar Dynamics Please note: there is a source sheet for this podcast. Pardes thanks the Alexander Soros Foundation, the sponsor
- [5774 -- Devarim: Tisha B'Av](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2014/07/5774-devarim-tisha-bav/) - In this podcast, Rabbi Michael Hattin discusses parsha Devarim. Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at: info @pardes.org.il. Credits Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant Arlene Harel, David Bogomolny – Production Coordinators Dr. David Bernstein – Executive Producer
- [Tisha B'Av 2015: Never at Home: Exile, Alienation & Redemption in the Thought of Soloveitchik & Hartman](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2015/07/tisha-bav-2015-never-at-home-exile-alienation-redemption-in-the-thought-of-soloveitchik-hartman/) - This lecture was held at Pardes as part of the Tisha B’Av program 2015. Consistently throughout his work, Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik implies that alienation is the ground of human existence and approaches the theme of exile not as a temporary fact of history but as a human reality. In this talk we examine some of
- [Tisha B’Av 2015: Why Are We Comforted Twice?](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2015/07/tisha-bav-2015-why-are-we-comforted-twice/) - This lecture was held at Pardes as part of the Tisha B’Av program 2015. The verses of redemption in the Tanach present a deep understanding of the essence of redemption. The question is how does this understanding contribute to our comprehension of our modern life in the Land of Israel and beyond?
- [Tisha B’Av 2015: Anochi - Dialogues with God in Israeli Poetry](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2015/07/tisha-bav-2015-anochi-dialogues-with-god-in-israeli-poetry/) - This lecture was held at Pardes as part of the Tisha B’Av program 2015. Although Israel is often seen as a society divided along the lines of religiosity and secularism, a close look will show how even the most secular of writers are rooted in classical texts and create their own language of secular prayer.
- [Tisha B'Av 2016 -- Mindful Parenting: Turning the Hearts of Parents to their Children](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2016/08/tisha-bav-2016-mindful-parenting-turning-the-hearts-of-parents-to-their-children/) - In this class that was recorded at Pardes as part of the Tisha B'Av 2016 program, Tovah Leah Nachmani discusses Mindful Parenting: Turning the Hearts of Parents to their Children.
- [Tisha B'Av 2016: Does Tolerance Lead to Indifference](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2016/08/tisha-bav-2016-does-tolerance-lead-to-indifference/) - In this class that was recorded at Pardes as part of the Tisha B'Av 2016 program, Rabba Yaffa Epstein discusses the question of whether Tolerance leads to Indifference.
- [Tisha B'Av 2016: Be Strong: Why Did the Spies Fail and How Can We Rectify Their Mistake?](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2016/08/be-strong-why-did-the-spies-fail-and-how-can-we-rectify-their-mistake/) - In this class that was recorded at Pardes as part of the Tisha B'Av 2016 program, Rabbi Gideon Weitzman discusses why the spies failed and whether we can rectify their mistake.
- [Tisha B'Av 2016: Do Jews Want What the Torah Says We Want?](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2016/08/tisha-bav-2016-do-jews-want-what-the-torah-says-we-want/) - In this class that was recorded at Pardes as part of the Tisha B’Av 2016 program, Dr. Elliott Malamet explores the concept of the Third Temple and the fracturing of modern Judaism.
- [Tisha B'Av 2017: The Decree has Been Issued: Can we Change it?](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2017/08/tisha-bav-2017-the-decree-has-been-issued-can-we-change-it/) - In this podcast, recorded live on Tisha B'Av 2017, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield explores the tension between a mourning process which challenges us to accept our loss and grieve, and a teshuva process which demands that we we try to fix what is broken. The Ninth of Av offers a unique opportunity to consider how these
- [Tisha B'Av 2017: How to Restore Unity to a Fragmented World: “Loving one’s fellow as oneself”](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2017/08/tisha-bav-2017-how-to-restore-unity-to-a-fragmented-world-loving-ones-fellow-as-oneself/) - In this live recording on Tisha B'Av 2017, Yiscah Smith explores the inner dimension of “Loving one's fellow as oneself", The secret to engaging in this spiritual practice that is surprisingly doable, practical and a must. Click here to listen to more lectures from Tisha B'Av 2017.
- [Tisha B'Av 2017: Why Lose Hope? How to Believe in Redemption When all Looks Bleak](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2017/08/tisha-bav-2017-why-lose-hope-how-to-believe-in-redemption-when-all-looks-bleak/) - The Temple Mount is one of the most contested and volatile plots of land in the world, the focus of religious and national confrontation. In this lecture which was recorded live on Tisha B'Av 2017, Rabbi Gideon Weitzman focuses on the archaeological destruction perpetrated by the Islamic Waqf's renovations there and the subsequent initiative to sift through
- [Tisha B'Av 2017: The Sound of Divine Silence: Suffering and the Search for Meaning](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2017/08/tisha-bav-2017-the-sound-of-divine-silence-suffering-and-the-search-for-meaning/) - From the perspective of Jewish philosophy, the correct question is not so much “why do bad things happen to good people,” but how can a supposedly all loving and all-powerful God allow for the presence of evil and suffering in the world? In this podcast, recorded live on Tisha B'Av, Dr. Elliott Malamet explores how
- [Tisha B'Av 2018: Abraham and Job: When Bad Things Happen to Good Biblical Characters](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2018/07/tisha-bav-2018-abraham-and-job-when-bad-things-happen-to-good-biblical-characters/) - Tisha B’Av 2018 at Pardes is sponsored in loving memory of Ben Blutstein z”l by his family who miss him dearly. In this live lecture for Tisha B'Av 2018, Judy Klitsner looks at Abraham and Job and considers When Bad Things Happen to Good Biblical Characters. Click here for more online learning for Tisha B'Av.
- [Tisha B'Av 2018: “That’s Alright, Dear. I’ll Sit in the Dark” Why Do We Do It? How Can We Change It?](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2018/07/tisha-bav-2018-thats-alright-dear-ill-sit-in-the-dark-why-do-we-do-it-how-can-we-change-it/) - Tisha B’Av 2018 at Pardes is sponsored in loving memory of Ben Blutstein z”l by his family who miss him dearly. In this live lecture for Tisha B’Av 2018, Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy talked on the topic of “That’s Alright, Dear. I’ll Sit in the Dark” Why Do We Do It? How Can We Change
- [Tisha B'Av 2018: Trusting Our Children When They Can’t Be Trusted: Textual Paradigms and Modern Wisdom](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2018/07/tisha-bav-2018-trusting-our-children-when-they-cant-be-trusted-textual-paradigms-and-modern-wisdom/) - Tisha B’Av 2018 at Pardes is sponsored in loving memory of Ben Blutstein z”l by his family who miss him dearly. In this live lecture for Tisha B’Av 2018, Tovah Leah Nachmani speaks on the topic of Trusting Our Children When They Can’t Be Trusted: Textual Paradigms and Modern Wisdom. Click here for more online learning for
- [Tisha B'Av 2018: The Joy of Destruction and Oppression: 9 B’Av and the Jewish Attachment to Suffering](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/2018/07/tisha-bav-2018-the-joy-of-destruction-and-oppression-9-bav-and-the-jewish-attachment-to-suffering/) - Tisha B’Av 2018 at Pardes is sponsored in loving memory of Ben Blutstein z”l by his family who miss him dearly. In this live lecture for Tisha B’Av 2018, Rabbi Dr. Leon Wiener Dow talked on the topic of The Joy of Destruction and Oppression: 9 B’Av and the Jewish Attachment to Suffering. Click here for
- [5780 -- Pinchas: From Pinchas to the Police: What Does it Mean to Truly “Keep the Peace?”](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/07/5780-pinchas-from-pinchas-to-the-police-what-does-it-mean-to-truly-keep-the-peace/) - What does it mean to "keep the peace" in society? Is it about enforcing the law and order of society in order to ensure against anarchy or is it about balancing between conflicting perspectives and needs of various members and groups of society, thereby making peace between them? This question will be addressed through exploring conflicting interpretations as to why Pinchas was rewarded with becoming a Kohen and through discussing conflicting understandings of the role of police today, especially in light of the recent protests in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd.
- [The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep18: The Eichmann Trial](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/06/the-jewish-story-season-3-ep18-the-eichmann-trial/) - The Holocaust was so dark and vast that the Jews struggled to integrate it into their consciousness, despite the hundreds of thousands of survivors in their midst. One of the turning points in even addressing this issue was the capture and trial of Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the Final Solution. He was taken and tried, but was it for justice, vengeance or education?
- [5780 -- Balak: How to Stop a Plague. And at what cost?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/06/5780-balak-how-to-stop-a-plague-and-at-what-cost/) - The end of parsha Balak presents three attempts to end a plague. The divergent approaches of Moses and Pinchas reflect different priorities, each essential for our consideration in modern times.
- [*Coronavirus Special* Korah and Spiritual Spaces](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/bamidbar/korach/2020/06/coronavirus-special-korah-and-spiritual-spaces/) - What did Korah really want? Levi Cooper looks at the notion of sacred spaces, drawing a lesson that is relevant as we continue to battle Covid-19.
- [5780 -- Chukat: Action vs. Intent: Human Domain vs. The Godly Realm](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/06/5780-chukat-action-vs-intent-human-domain-vs-the-godly-realm/) - There is no Talmud on Tractate Parah, the Mishnah tractate which deals with the red heifer ceremony. What did the Babylonian rabbis learn from this temple ritual in the course of other discussions? In this podcast, Rav Rahel Berkovits examines a sugya from Tractate Gittin discussing damages and tikkun olam in which the case of the red heifer is brought to elucidate and clarify the issue at stake.
- [5780 -- Korach: The Blossoming Staff of Aharon](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/06/5780-korach-the-blossoming-staff-of-aharon/) - In parshat Korach, the leadership of Moshe and Aharon is seriously challenged by the rebellion of Korach. Although Korach and his followers are defeated, the discontent of the Israelites lingers until the sign of the blossoming staff. In this podcast, Rabbi Michael Hattin considers two different readings of the event, each one inspired by the unusually early bloom of the almond tree.
- [Turtle Boy Curriculum](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcje/21st-century-learning/2020/06/turtle-boy-curriculum/) - The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators and alum/author Evan Wolkenstein are pleased to present our new and innovative Bar/Bat Mitzvah / middle school Judaics/Lit curriculum, based on Evan’s novel, Turtle Boy (Random House, 2020). Each unit includes both a remote and in-person learning option. Lessons build on scenes from Turtle Boy to promote reflection, debate,
- [The Jewish Story Season 3 Interlude: George Floyd and the Burden of History](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/06/the-jewish-story-season-3-interlude-george-floyd-and-the-burden-of-history/) - From Rav Mike: I can't watch what is happening in silence, but nor am I willing to simply be a cheerleader for chaos. Here are some thoughts on structural violence and what can all learn from the murder of George Floyd.
- [5780 -- Shelach: Tzitzit--A Model for a Rabbinic Sexual Ethic](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/06/5780-shelach-tzitzit-a-model-for-a-rabbinic-sexual-ethic/) - The mitzvah of tzitzit commands the Jewish people not to lust after our hearts and eyes and to be holy. Through a Rabbinic story concerning a man, whose tzitzit smack some sense into him as he is about to bed a prostitute, Rav Rahel Berkovits examines what one can learn about the Rabbis' view of holiness within the sexual encounter.
- [5780 -- BeHa'alotecha: Cultivating the Jewish spiritual practice of humility](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/05/5780-behaalotecha-cultivating-the-jewish-spiritual-practice-of-humility/) - What is humility? Why is it important? What is its power? Based on a teaching from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in his article, "Humility," in Covenant and Conversation, Parshat BeHa'Alotecha, 5768/2008, where he compares Moshe Rabeinu's responses to two different events.
- [The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep19: The Samson Option](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/07/the-jewish-story-season-3-ep19-the-samson-option/) - In the first decade of the state, Prime Minister Ben Gurion was haunted by one thought - that a second holocaust could come at the hands of Israel's enemies. In order to stave off this fear he relentlessly pursued nuclear weapons. The question is whether this pushed destruction off or brought it closer?
- [The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep17: The Kastner affair](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/06/the-jewish-story-season-3-ep17-the-kastner-affair/) - The memory of the Holocaust is dark and traumatic enough that it threatens to overwhelm even the light of the present. Here is the first part of an exploration of Holocaust memory in Israel's open decade, as seen through the lens of one of the darker stories of the early state - the Kastner affair.
- [The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep16: Israel at age ten](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/06/the-jewish-story-season-3-ep16-israel-at-age-ten/) - Life offers so few opportunities to stop and reflect that we need to seize every chance. What better time to look back at the questions with which we began this season than in Israel's tenth year. Here is an episode which once again takes a look at questions which drive the three dimensions of the Jewish Story.
- [The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep15: Israel among the nations part III: Operation Kadesh](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/05/the-jewish-story-season-3-ep15-israel-among-the-nations-part-iii-operation-kadesh/) - The Sinai campaign was many things - a preemptive strike against Israel's enemies, the last gasp of colonialism in the Middle East and a complete failure of international law. This episode explores the 1956 war from all these angles.
- [The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep14: Israel among the nations part II: War Approaches 1955](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/05/the-jewish-story-season-3-ep14-israel-among-the-nations-part-ii-war-approaches-1955/) - The clock is counting down toward the 1956 Sinai Campaign. Before we can tell that story the threads of the Cold War, infiltration and post-colonial politics have to come together.
- [The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep13: Israel among the nations part I The Lavon Affair 1954](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/04/the-jewish-story-season-3-ep13-israel-among-the-nations-part-i-the-lavon-affair-1954/) - The 1950's were a formative time in Israeli history. The Cold War was getting hot, internal politics were volatile, and then it seemed as if the War of Independence had not quite ended. To Israel's leaders, there was nothing more important than maintaining a strong posture, even though this may have meant that they were marching steadily toward another war.
- [The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep12: The Reparations Controversy](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/04/the-jewish-story-season-3-ep12-the-reparations-controversy/) - The focus of our story has returned to the land of Israel, where it is once again a time of controversy. Despite the population growth, the economic hardships and the security challenges, the most divisive political issue of the early 1950's was whether to accept reparations from the reborn German state. Here is an exploration of whether pragmatic survival or idealism should be the guiding lights of the first Jewish government in two thousand years.
- [5780 -- Shavuot: From Sefirat HaOmer to Revelation: How the Rabbis Read Biblical Texts](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/05/5780-shavuot-from-sefirat-haomer-to-revelation-how-the-rabbis-read-biblical-texts/) - What part do human beings play in the revelation of Torah in the world? How do the Rabbis see their role as interpreters of Biblical text? The Torah says to count the omer from the day after the Shabbat yet the Rabbis rule that we count from the day after Pesach. Why do they read the biblical text differently from what seems to the simple pshat? What can we learn from their choice about the continuous unfolding of Torah today? What do the Rabbis understand the process of revelation to be?What does this Torah portion teach us about the global crisis we are currently facing? How can we transform the weekly breaks we take from our competitive, capitalistic livelihoods? In what ways can an individual tragedy bring about unprecedented blessing for a community?
- [5780 -- Parshat Naso: Uncovering the Sotah](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/05/5780-parshat-naso-uncovering-the-sotah/) - In this podcast we will read the Biblical text and compare it with the rabbinic text in the tractate Sotah in order to highlight some significant differences between the rabbinic interpretation and Torah portion. An interesting feminine voice found in the midrash will conclude this podcast with a surprising way to interpretation. What does this Torah portion teach us about the global crisis we are currently facing? How can we transform the weekly breaks we take from our competitive, capitalistic livelihoods? In what ways can an individual tragedy bring about unprecedented blessing for a community?
- [The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel -- Bamidbar. When Does Adulthood Begin?](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/bamidbar/2020/05/the-parsha-discussion-with-alex-israel-bamidbar-when-does-adulthood-begin/) - At what age does a child become an adult? The classic Bar mitzvah speech used to be “Today I am a man!” but, really? Do you know any 13-year old who is an adult?
- [Jewish Story Live 5780: Heralds of Zion V Ahad Haam, Nordau and the New Jew](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2020/05/jewish-story-live-5780-heralds-of-zion-v-ahad-haam-nordau-and-the-new-jew/) - The last installment in the Heralds of Zion series. This class explores the differences between Political and Cultural Zionism, along with introducing the personalities of Asher Ginsberg and Max Nordau. The primary question on the table is - how do you shape a new Jew?
- [Jewish Story Live 5780: Heralds of Zion IV Herzl](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2020/05/jewish-story-live-5780-heralds-of-zion-iv-herzl/) - Class three in the 'Heralds of Zion' series. This time we explore the formation of Eastern European Enlightenment within the Pale of Settlement, along with the rise of nationalist thought across Europe. Add to this the resurgence of antisemitism within Russia and you have the context for Leon Pinsker's work Autoemancipation.
- [5780 -- Parshat Bamidbar: The Theme of Passage](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/05/5780-parshat-bamidbar-the-theme-of-passage/) - The midbar is both the name of the parsha as well as the setting for most of the narratives of the book of Numbers. While the word is often translated as "desert", we will discover that it means something else entirely, something that speaks to the profound experience of traversing its desolate expanse on the way to the promised land. What does this Torah portion teach us about the global crisis we are currently facing? How can we transform the weekly breaks we take from our competitive, capitalistic livelihoods? In what ways can an individual tragedy bring about unprecedented blessing for a community?
- [The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel -- Behar-Bechukotai. Reset!](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/vayikra/2020/05/the-parsha-discussion-with-alex-israel-behar-bechukotai-reset/) - We live in an era of extreme economic disparities. Gaps between rich and poor are increasing. Does Judaism have anything to say about our economic systems?
- [Jewish Story Live 5780: Heralds of Zion II Moshe Hess](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2020/05/jewish-story-live-5780-heralds-of-zion-ii-moshe-hess/) - Class two of the 'Heralds of Zion' series. This class explores the tension between particularism and universalism as it found expression in the utopian socialist movements of the 19th century. In that context, we meet Moshe Hess, whose roots as a socialist did not prevent him from writing one of the earliest works of Jewish nationalism.
- [Jewish Story Live 5780: Heralds of Zion III Leon Pinsker](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2020/05/jewish-story-live-5780-heralds-of-zion-iii-leon-pinsker/) - Class three in the 'Heralds of Zion' series. This time we explore the formation of Eastern European Enlightenment within the Pale of Settlement, along with the rise of nationalist thought across Europe. Add to this the resurgence of antisemitism within Russia and you have the context for Leon Pinsker's work Autoemancipation.
- [Jewish Story Live 5780: Heralds of Zion I Alkalai and Kalisher](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2020/05/jewish-story-live-5780-heralds-of-zion-i-alkalai-and-kalisher/) - The first in the 'Heralds of Zion' series. After introducing the two essential elements of Zionism, we explore its roots in classical religious thinking and how even this underwent an evolution in the 19th century.
- [Wrapping up the School Year - Online Edition](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcje/school-year-cycle/2020/05/wrapping-up-the-school-year-online/) - Wrapping up the school year - ONLINE EDITION Wrapping up the school year is an important part of the flow of the school year. This year it will happen very differently from others. This Google Doc gives practical help and ideas that you can use. We also hope you’ll add ideas to it! This document
- [Jewish Story Live 5780: Mendelsohn and Emancipation](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2020/05/jewish-story-live-5780-mendelsohn-and-emancipation/) - Part two of the exploration of Mendelsohn as a model for the Jewish encounter with modernity. This time the great challenge is more emancipation than Enlightenment.
- [Jewish Story Live 5780: Moses Mendelsohn](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2020/05/jewish-story-live-5780-moses-mendelsohn/) - No individual embodies the initial encounter between Judaism and the Enlightenment more than Moses Mendelsohn. This episode explores the rise of the man known as "the German Socrates."
- [5780 -- Parshat Behar Bechukotai –  Living with Compassion in a Competitive Society](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/05/5780-parshat-behar-bechukotai-living-with-compassion-in-a-competitive-society/) - Unemployed, and with a bleak economic forecast, many people we know have experienced a blow to their self esteem, and a dampening of their ability to imagine how they will regain their financial and emotional footing. What does this Torah portion teach us about the global crisis we are currently facing? How can we transform the weekly breaks we take from our competitive, capitalistic livelihoods? In what ways can an individual tragedy bring about unprecedented blessing for a community?
- [The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel -- Emor. Unplugged! Fostering a Shabbat Atmosphere](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/vayikra/2020/05/the-parsha-discussion-with-alex-israel-emor-unplugged-fostering-a-shabbat-atmosphere/) - As our world becomes more automated, as sensors and smart-home devices become more prevalent, should we be allowed to make use of automated technologies on Shabbat? After all, we don’t really activate the mechanism; they respond to us! In response to Coronavirus, many have speculated that we will do away with light switches, which can easily transmit diseases. Instead, we will use more voice and movement responsive devices. How will Halakha respond to these issues?
- [Seder Zeraim in a Time of Isolation](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcje/remote-teaching/2020/05/seder-zeraim-in-a-time-of-isolation/) - Produced by Jonah Peretz, Pardes Day School Educators Program '16-'17, this study guide for Mishna Seder Zeraim is thoughtful, in-depth and timely. It combines text learning with teachings, reflections and questions that deepen our understanding of the impact of Coronavirus. This is a wonderful resource for self-study and for educators. Download: Seder Zeraim in a
- [The Tisch: Acrostic Artistry](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2020/02/the-tisch-acrostic-artistry/) - In Autumn 1849 a slender six-page work was printed in Czernowitz, Bukovina under the title Tzavaa, will. Earlier that year, in March 1849 Bukovina became a separate Austrian crownland; today the region straddles the border between Romania and Ukraine.
- [The Tisch: Not Too Many L'Chaims!](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2020/03/the-tisch-not-too-many-lchaims/) - All legal systems require procedures for abrogating or amending the law. Such mechanisms are a necessity in order to accommodate change, transition, development, and evolution. In most legal systems, legislation is a central tool. Alas, in modern Jewish law, legislation in its various forms – takkanot and gezeirot – is seldom an effective legal instrument.
- [The Tisch: Printing and Popularity](https://elmad.pardes.org/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/2019/12/the-tisch-printing-and-popularity/) - When someone wants to embark on the study of hasidic texts, invariably the question arises: Where to begin? Which hasidic works might be considered foundational, introductory, or perhaps required reading for initiates?
- [The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel -- Shemini. Unhealthy for Body or Soul?](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/vayikra/2020/04/the-parsha-discussion-with-alex-israel-shemini-unhealthy-for-body-or-soul/) - Tens of thousands have died, and billions of people have been confined to our homes by a worldwide pandemic. Rumour has it that the virus was transmitted from animals to humans by consumption of an infected bat. And here in our parsha we read Vayikra Chapter 11, which, among other things, deals with kosher and prohibited species of animal, bird, fish and insects. Why are certain species forbidden?
- [5780 -- Emor: A Blind, Toothless World](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/05/5780-emor-a-blind-toothless-world/) - This podcast challenges traditionalists who believe "eye for an eye" always meant monetary compensation and liberals who believe that compensation is a rabbinic innovation. It does this using clues from the bible itself.
- [The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel -- Acharei Mot-Kedoshim. Cultural Differentiation – Chukat HaGoy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/vayikra/2020/04/the-parsha-discussion-with-alex-israel-acharei-mot-kedoshim-cultural-differentiation-chukat-hagoy/) - Our Parsha, or parshiot introduce a concept of cultural differentiation – Chukat HaGoy - between Israel and the nations that surround us.
- [5780 -- Acharei Mot, Kedoshim, Israel Independence Day: Homeland or Holy Land?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/04/5780-acharei-mot-kedoshim-israel-independence-day-homeland-or-holy-land/) - Parshiot Acharei Mot-Kedoshim speak of a land intolerant of sin. But can a land, soils and stones, be holy? In this podcast, Rabbi Alex Israel reflects on the nature of the land of Israel's holiness, and reflects on the holiday of Yom Haatzmaut that is celebrated this week.
- [5780 -- Yom Hazikaron and Yom Haatzmaut: The Beginning of the Flowering of our Redemption: Praying for the State of Israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/04/5780-yom-hazikaron-and-yom-haatzmaut-the-beginning-of-the-flowering-of-our-redemption-praying-for-the-state-of-israel/) - Jews have been praying for the governments of the countries they lived in since the time of the Babylonian exile. Yet the founding of a Jewish and democratic state presents a radically different relationship between the State and its citizens, making the traditional Prayer for the Government that was appropriate in the Diaspora incompatible with this new reality. In this podcast, Rabbi Morris explores the original and official Prayer for the State of Israel composed in 1948, as well as a variety of adaptations and alternatives produced by both Israeli and Diaspora Jewish communities.
- [Taking Time to Exercise](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcje/remote-teaching/2020/04/taking-time-to-exercise/) - Contributor: Elana Rothenberg, Pardes Day School Educators Program '16-'18 Taking exercise breaks has been really important. I ask the students, at various points in the lesson, to open an exercise link, video yourself doing the exercises, and then send me the video. It’s usually a 3-4 minute break. It’s been very helpful in getting the
- [Escape Rooms](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcje/remote-teaching/2020/04/escape-rooms/) - Contributor: Jessica Lissy Trey, Pardes Day School Educators Program '02-'04, Hannah Senesh Community Day School I had my 8th graders create Pesach-themed online escape rooms. They worked in break out rooms in zoom in groups of 3 - 4. Here's what they did in their groups: 1) See this sample escape room activity to get
- [Facilitating Discussion and Student Sharing for Online Teaching](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcje/remote-teaching/2020/04/facilitating-discussion-and-student-sharing/) - Facilitating Discussion and Student Sharing for Online Teaching Led by Penny Joel, PCJE Director of Experiential Education, and Susan Yammer, PCJE Director of Novice Teacher Support. Using familiar tools we model different techniques that enhance online learning for students. You'll come away not just with new ideas but having experienced how they can actually work
- [The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel -- Tazria Metzora. Setting Goals and Making Progress](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/vayikra/2020/04/the-parsha-discussion-with-alex-israel-tazria-metzora-setting-goals-and-making-progress/) - This week we will speak about Time and human processes. There is a dynamic of seven and eight which animates our parsha and recent parshiot.
- [5780 -- Tazria-Metzora: Making the Case for Tzara'at](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/04/5780-tazria-metzora-making-the-case-for-tzaraat/) - The strange skin ailment called Tzara'at, described at length in our double parsha, sounds arcane and irrelevant to our modern ears. Long ago, the ancient rabbis considered the matter, and rescued tzara'at from oblivion by making the matter not only relevant but indispensable. In this podcast, Rabbi Michael Hattin considers how they did so.
- [Pesach Yom Iyun 2020](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/pesach/2020/04/pesach-yom-iyun-2020/) - On April 1-2, 2020 (7-8 Nisan 5780) Pardes Faculty held a special Pesach Yom Iyun on zoom for all of its semester students. Each class was recorded for redistribution. As a viewer there will be moments of silence and pause. This is due to havruta time. Please take this time to learn independently for yourselves.
- [5780 -- Shemini: Mutual Care, Food Proscriptions, and Permitted Locust](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/04/5780-shemini-mutual-care-food-proscriptions-and-permitted-locust/) - This podcast is a response to current conditions throughout the world and to this week's Biblical list of proscribed animals. In this podcast, Rabbi Elisha Ancselovits tours Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) to discover one of the critical reasons for Biblical food proscriptions--mutual care and responsibility. Rabbi Ancselovits closes with a discussion of the nature of responsibility by examining the Biblical permission to eat locust.
- [5780 -- Pesach: Celebrating and Trusting in Divine Protection](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/04/5780-pesach-celebrating-and-trusting-in-divine-protection/) - We may never have experienced this before, but our ancestors paved the way. They teach us 4 important lessons, 1. fear is real, 2. make your home a sanctuary, 3. invoke and celebrate divine protection through faith, 4. Make sure Elijah can get in!
- [The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel -- Tzav. The Power of Immersive Environments](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/vayikra/2020/04/the-parsha-discussion-with-alex-israel-tzav-the-power-of-immersive-environments/) - In this week's Parsha (we find Aharon and his sons unable to leave the house for 7 days and nights! (Actually, it is not their own private dwelling; it is the Tent of Meeting!) Most of the world right now is sitting at home unable to leave. Find out what lessons we can take from this week's Parsha discussion.
- [The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel -- Vayakhel-Pikudei. Together and Apart](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/shemot/2020/03/the-parsha-discussion-with-alex-israel-vayakhel-pikudei-together-and-apart/) - This is a special parsha discussion on the idea of seclusion and connection when we are alone or with the ones we love. Find out more in this week's Parsha Discussion with Rabbi Alex Israel. Learn all the details and more by downloading this week's Parsha Discussion with Rabbi Alex Israel! To read and learn
- [The Jewish Story Season 3: Covid-19 Special Interlude](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/03/the-jewish-story-season-3-covid-19-special-interlude/) - Sometimes you have to speak from the heart. Here are a few thoughts, feelings, about our current situation. There is a tremendous potential in every crisis, the question is - can we see beyond the horizon?
- [5780 -- Tzav: The Torah of drawing close](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/03/5780-tzav-the-torah-of-drawing-close/) - Sometimes it can seem that the book of Leviticus is speaking to a world which is no more. In this podcast, Rabbi Mike Feuer explores how the 'torot,' the practical instructions on sacrifice which lie at the heart of Tzav, actually have much to say to us in this time of crisis. Revealed and Concealed callings in our lives connect the Parsha of Vayikra (calling) to the global Coronavirus crisis that we are amassing to overcome.
- [The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel -- Vayikra. The Salt Covenant](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/vayikra/2020/03/the-parsha-discussion-with-alex-israel-vayikra-the-salt-covenant/) - Why is salt such an important part of the sacrifices? Salt is traditionally placed alongside the bread at our Shabbat table (Orach Chayim 167:5). The source for the Jewish practice of dipping the bread into salt comes from our parsha this week: v.13 You shall season every flour offering with salt; Do not omit the salt of your covenant with God from your flour offerings; with all your offerings you must offer salt.
- [5780 -- Vayikra: Angels of Discomfort](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/03/5780-vayikra-angels-of-discomfort/) - What do we do when angels of discomfort land on our planet? What are they calling us to do and how can we respond in a way that empowers us to create a new 'normal' for our lives? Revealed and Concealed callings in our lives connect the Parsha of Vayikra (calling) to the global Coronavirus crisis that we are amassing to overcome.
- [Jewish Story Live 5780: Chassidut](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2020/03/jewish-story-live-5780-chassidut/) - This class reviews the environment of formation for chassidut, explores the life of the Baal Shem and considers some of his deeper teachings.
- [5780 -- Shabbat HaChodesh: Cultivating the spiritual practice of hitchadshut--renewal](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/03/5780-shabbat-hachodesh-cultivating-the-spiritual-practice-of-hitchadshut-renewal/) - This year, Shabbat Vayakhel-Pekudei is also Shabbat HaChodesh. In this podcast, Yiscah Smith discusses inner renewal, revival, and redemption from the place of disappointment, darkness and despair: the spiritual meaning of the Jewish tradition adopting a lunar-based calendar.
- [5780 -- Ki Tisa: Denuded of Beauty in the Aftermath of Sin](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/03/5780-ki-tisa-denuded-of-beauty-in-the-aftermath-of-sin/) - In this podcast, Nechama Goldman Barash links the stories of Eden and the Golden Calf, and looks at how the process of reconciliation begins in the aftermath of such a rupture. Interestingly, the same material--gold will be used to build the Tabernacle and the Golden Calf. What does this tell us about free will, choices, and consequences in the long, hard process of rehabilitating relationships?
- [The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel -- Ki-Tisa. Face to Face with God!](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/shemot/2020/03/the-parsha-discussion-with-alex-israel-ki-tisa-face-to-face-with-god/) - Can you meet God face to face? Yes you can! Our parsha focuses on God’s face and Moshe’s face. The word פנים\פני appears 20 times, more than any other word, in this passage. But this also presents a paradox. Find out more in this week's Parsha Discussion with Rabbi Alex Israel.
- [The Jewish Story Season 3 Purim Interlude: Own Your Story](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/03/the-jewish-story-season-3-purim-interlude-own-your-story/) - The Jewish Story is narrative therapy for a nation, but how can it also serve each of us in our quest to be actors in our lives instead of objects? Listen in to this great Purim Torah, an exploration of what the conversation between Mordecai and Esther can teach us about owning our own story.
- [A Jew in a Foreign Court](https://elmad.pardes.org/holidays/purim/2020/03/a-jew-in-a-foreign-court/) - This evening was sponsored in loving memory of Shlomo Reutlinger z”l upon the marking of his first yahrzeit, by his family who miss him dearly.
- [Personal Conversations with Yiscah Smith Part 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2020/03/personal-conversations-with-yiscah-smith-part-2/) - The podcast was originally produced by the Society of Independent Spirituality, and Rabbi Ari Ze'ev Schwartz. You can listen to more SIS interviews (some including Pardes students) online. To download more digital content from Yiscah Smith or to visit her patreon page, please visit her author page on Elmad.
- [Special Election Day Message from Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-live-and-mini-series/2020/03/electionday-message-2020/) - Today, citizens of Israel go to the polls in their third attempt to elect a Prime Minister. Tomorrow, 14 US States hold presidential primaries. Pardes Faculty Member Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy shares with us a teaching about the balance of power, rule of law and our communal responsibility to form strong governments. Credits: Special Message
- [5780 -- Shabbat Zachor: What did Saul Get Wrong?](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/03/5780-shabbat-zachor-what-did-saul-get-wrong/) - In the special haftarah for Shabbat Zachor, Saul loses his kingship over a failure to thoroughly destroy the tribe Amalek. Did Saul just err by leaving the king alive, or was there something more sinister happening here?
- [The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel -- Tetzaveh. Head and Heart](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/shemot/2020/03/the-parsha-discussion-with-alex-israel-tetzaveh-head-and-heart/) - This week we read about the sacred garments of the High Priest. They are seen as rich with spiritual symbolism. Interestingly, some have writing, text, emblazed upon them. We shall speak about two garments this week: The Tzitz – made of pure gold and the Hoshen - the priestly breastplate.
- [Jewish Story Live 5780: The background for chassidut](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2020/03/jewish-story-live-5780-the-background-for-chassidut/) - This class lays the groundwork for understanding the emergence of the Chassidic movement in Eastern Europe in the late 18th century.
- [5780 -- Purim: Purim and Pesach: So Close and Yet So Far Away](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/03/5780-purim/) - On the surface, Purim and Pesach have a number of things in common: 1) we drink four cups of wine on Pesach; we drink ad d'lo yada on Purim. 2) We have a festive meal on Pesach; we have a festive meal on Purim. 3) We remember the story of the enslavement and the exodus on Pesach by telling a story, called the Hagadah; we remember the story of deliverance on Purim, by reading a text called Megillat Esther. 4) We invite those in need to join our seder on Pesach; we give gifts to the poor and portions of food to our friends on Purim. Despite these similarities, Purim and Pesach are dramatically different. In this podcast Rabbi Meir Schweiger examines those differences and shows how Purim can be seen as a stepping stone to Pesach.
- [Amen - New Podcast Series from PCJE - Subscribe Today!](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/02/amen-new-podcast-series-from-pcje-subscribe-today/) - The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators is proud to produce this podcast series to support and inspire tefilah education. Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Pardes faculty member, leads a panel of veteran educators in an invigorating discussion of how to make prayer relevant to young people. Using a menu of tefilah goals, created as part of the
- [The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel --  Terumah. Hypocrisy and Authenticity](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/shemot/2020/02/the-parsha-discussion-with-alex-israel-terumah-hypocrisy-and-authenticity/) - Rabban Gamliel wanted perfect students: “Only a Torah scholar whose inside is like his outside may enter the Beth ha-Midrash.” But there were hundreds of students who wanted to study Torah who couldn’t say that their “inside was like there outside”.
- [The Jewish Story Season 3, Ep11: 1945-55 part III The reorganization of American Zionism](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-jewish-story/2020/02/the-jewish-story-season-3-ep11-1945-55-part-iii-the-reorganization-of-american-zionism/) - We spoke about the suburbs and the shadows, now it is time to talk about Zionism. The 'Golden decade' was a time of reorganization in general, and particularly in relation to the newborn State of Israel. Here is an episode whose characters will seem strikingly familiar today - non-Zionists, Zionists and anti-Zionists.
- [5780 -- Terumah: Three Life Lessons about Furniture, Love Languages, and Silver Sockets](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/podcasts/2020/02/5780-teruma-three-life-lessons-about-furniture-love-languages-and-silver-sockets/) - From an irresistible page-turner throughout the Egyptian slavery, the traumatic plagues, the exhilarating exodus, and earth quaking revelation at Sinai, the Torah slows to a crawl, with a series of five Torah portions, spread over nearly 15 chapters dedicated to the construction of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle. The tabernacle was the portable structure built by the Israelites in the desert which provided a collective center for their spiritual and communal life together. The Torah dedicates more verses to the Mishkan than to any other mitzvah in the entire tradition. This podcast mines Parshat Terumah for three fascinating and profound life lessons we can learn–with a bit of creative association–from the Mishkan: about Furniture, Love Languages, and Silver Sockets.
- [The Parsha Discussion with Alex Israel --  Mishpatim. Choosing Slavery; The Burden of Freedom](https://elmad.pardes.org/tanakh/torah/shemot/2020/02/the-parsha-discussion-with-alex-israel-mishpatim-choosing-slavery-the-burden-of-freedom/) - Ironically, our Parsha opens with the laws of a Jewish slave. Ironic because Israel has just been freed from slavery in Egypt, and the Torah is already addressing a time in which they own slaves of their own!
- [Jewish Story Live 5780: Introduction](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2019/11/jewish-story-live-5780-introduction/) - The Jewish Story live continues! This year's class will pick up at the beginning of the 16th century, but first here is an introduction to Rav Mike's approach to history.
- [Jewish Story Live 5780: Two paths of the exiles from Spain](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2019/11/jewish-story-live-5780-two-paths-of-the-exiles-from-spain/) - This class picks up the thread of the exiles from Spain and begins our treatment of the various ways in which the Jews responded to this historic event.
- [Jewish Story Live 5780:  Early Modern Italian Jewry](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2019/11/jewish-story-live-5780-early-modern-italian-jewry/) - There were many ways in which the Jews reacted to the expulsion from Spain. Here is an exploration of the humanism and Christian Kabbalah which arose in Renaissance Italy.
- [Jewish Story Live 5780:  Shlomo Molkho and the converso consciousness](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2019/11/jewish-story-live-5780-shlomo-molkho-and-the-converso-consciousness/) - The oppression of the Jews of Portugal and Spain gave birth to a new form of Jewish identity - the converso. Here is the story of Shlomo Molcho, whose life and death exemplify the power and complexity of this new way of being.
- [Jewish Story Live 5780:  The Merchant Queen](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2019/11/jewish-story-live-5780-the-merchant-queen/) - This is a story of commercial development, social change and the quest for religious freedom. Above all, it is the story of the most powerful Jewish woman since Queen Esther - Gracia Mendes.
- [Jewish Story Live 5780:  The Bet Yosef](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2019/12/jewish-story-live-5780-the-bet-yosef-2/) - In the middle of the 16th century the town of Tzefat became a new center of Jewish life. This class introduces one side of that renewal though the story of R' Yosef Karo, author of the Shulchan Aruch and the Bet Yosef.
- [Jewish Story Live 5780:  The Lion of Tzefat](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2019/12/jewish-story-live-5780-the-lion-of-tzefat/) - There are few figures in Jewish history who have had so great an impact in so little time as R' Yitzchak Ashkenazi Luria - the Holy Ari z"l. This class explores the historical context of his thought and its importance in opening the door to the Jewish encounter with modernity.
- [Jewish Story Live 5780: Mysticism and Empiricism](https://elmad.pardes.org/history/2019/12/jewish-story-live-5780-mysticism-and-empiricism/) - This is the final class of the semester. We wrap up the story of Tzfat with a look at the difference between myth and mysticism and then we lay the ground work for our return to Ashkenaz with a look at the Rema in the age of empiricism.

## Pages

- [Home](https://elmad.pardes.org/)
- [Download Page](https://elmad.pardes.org/download-page/)
- [Testing page](https://elmad.pardes.org/testing-page/) - Add Your Heading Text Here
- [Privacy Policy](https://elmad.pardes.org/privacy-policy/) - PRIVACY POLICYLast updated August 25, 2024This Privacy Notice for The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies (“we,” “us,” or “our”), describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share (“process”) your personal information when you use our services (“Services”), including when you:Visit our website at https://www.pardes.org.il/, or any website of ours that links
- [Live with Rav Meir](https://elmad.pardes.org/live-with-rav-meir/) - Access all Live with Rav Meir Episodes Register for Live with Rav Meir February 15, 2023 / Misphatim  Download the Source Sheet Click here to open the video in a new window February 8, 2023 / Yitro  Download the Source Sheet Click here to open the video in a new window
- [The Marilyn and Sigi z"l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer Program](https://elmad.pardes.org/omer-rewatch/) - The Marilyn and Sigi z”l ZieringPardes Community Education Omer ProgramA six-week exciting learning opportunity between Pesach and Shavuot filled with riveting shiurim, meaningful day tours and warm community as we prepare to receive the Torah once again at the culmination of counting the Omer.You can learn more about the Community Education program and its classes
- [Podcast Series](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcasts/) - This page has all of Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Podcast Channels, Shows and Mini-Series
- [Pardes Daily Podcast Episodes](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcasts/pardes-daily-podcast-episodes/) - Tanakh: The Book of Job Talmud: Tractate Rosh Hashana Mishnah: Tractate Rosh Hashana
- [2021](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcast-archive/2021-2/)
- [2020](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcast-archive/2020-2/)
- [The Beit Midrash Way](https://elmad.pardes.org/mm_beit_midrash_way/) - Welcome to Mahloket Matters - Thank you for registering! This is your membership materials page with everything you need.
- [Pardes Center for Jewish Educators - New](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-center-for-jewish-educators-new/) - PCJE’s DIGITAL RESOURCE LIBRARYThe Pardes Center for Jewish Educators has many articles created by educators for educators. Click on the themes below to access practical tools and tips! Positive Classroom CultureJewish Models for Conflict ResolutionHolidaysSchool Year CycleClassroom Techniques/Activities21st-Century LearningExpand Your MindTeaching RemotelyIn addition PCJE has many popular educational podcasts and materials:Do you want to know
- [Mahloket Matters: Beit Midrash Way for Rabbis and Educators](https://elmad.pardes.org/mm_rabbis_educators/) - Welcome to Mahloket Matters - Thank you for registering! This is your membership materials page with everything you need.
- [Welcome to Mahloket Matters: How to Disagree Constructively — The Sanhedrin Way](https://elmad.pardes.org/mm_sanhedrin_way/) - Thank you for registering! Your community/class is invited to join us as we try to strengthen the culture of constructive disagreement, or mahloket l’shem shamayim. We hope you will use these resources to study some of the primary texts about constructive mahloket and its roots in the ancient Sanhedrin, the Jewish court or parliament. In
- [Afterward, What Can We Take with Us](https://elmad.pardes.org/afterward-what-can-we-take-with-us/) - Class Title - Afterward, What Can We Take with Us Class taught by Nechama Goldman Barash and Leon Morris
- [Leadership in the Book of Judges](https://elmad.pardes.org/leadership-in-the-book-of-judges/) - Class Title - Leadership in the Book of Judges Class taught by Mike Feuer Class description: Leadership is a quality that can be hard to define, but we all know it when we see it. This class will examine the story of Gideon from the Book of Judges with an eye toward exploring how his
- [Finding a seat in the synagogue](https://elmad.pardes.org/finding-a-seat-in-the-synagogue/) - Class Title - Finding a seat in the synagogue Class taught by Levi Cooper Class description: During the 2020 High Holy Days, communities around the world were faced with tough decisions: Is it safe to pray together? Can we accommodate everyone? If not, how do we decide who gets a seat? Perhaps we should shorten
- [Two Bold, Bombastic Models of Courage and Strength: Comparing Biblical and Rabbinic Visions of Justice](https://elmad.pardes.org/two-bold-bombastic-models-of-courage-and-strength-comparing-biblical-and-rabbinic-visions-of-justice/) - Class Title - Two Bold, Bombastic Models of Courage and Strength: Comparing Biblical and Rabbinic Visions of Justice Class taught by Meesh Hammer-Kossoy Class description: One of the great Biblical institutions of Justice is the Shmitta year—that is this year! How does this courageous vision of justice compare to the classical rabbinic vision—Tikkun Olam. And
- [Rabbi Elazar ben Pedath - Rabbinic Narratives of Strength and Resilience](https://elmad.pardes.org/rabbi-elazar-ben-pedath-rabbinic-narratives-of-strength-and-resilience/) - Class Title - Rabbi Elazar ben Pedath - Rabbinic Narratives of Strength and Resilience Class taught by Leah Rosenthal Class description: Many of the stories of individual Rabbinic personalities of the Talmud are narratives of strength and resilience. As dramatic and traumatic historic events befall the Jewish people, the Rabbis of the classic Mishnaic and
- [The Mourners’ Kaddish: Hasidic Remonstrations](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-mourners-kaddish-hasidic-remonstrations/) - Class Title - The Mourners’ Kaddish: Hasidic Remonstrations Class taught by Levi Cooper Class description: The quintessential Jewish prayer of resilience is the Mourners’ Kaddish – a publicly recited responsive passage that declares God’s greatness, while at the same time grieving the loss of a loved one. We will explore how modern writers, including S.Y.
- [Student, Teacher, Learner. How Our Educational Narratives Dictate Our Lives](https://elmad.pardes.org/student-teacher-learner-how-our-educational-narratives-dictate-our-lives/) - Class Title - Student, Teacher, Learner. How Our Educational Narratives Dictate Our Lives Class taught by Nechama Goldman Barash Class description: In this session, we will look at rabbinic texts that deal with different aspects of education and how this impacts our identity. With each text, I want us to think about the intersection between
- [The Resilience of Job](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-resilience-of-job/) - Class Title - The Resilience of Job Class taught by Howard Markose Class description: The book of Job opens with a narrative in which the Divine, with the assistance of Satan, afflicts the pious Job over and over in order to see if he will maintain his piety or abandon it and “bless” (a euphemism
- [The Tent, the Field, and the Battlefield: How Stories of Biblical Women Mine and Undermine Each Other](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-tent-the-field-and-the-battlefield-how-stories-of-biblical-women-mine-and-undermine-each-other/) - Class Title - The Tent, the Field, and the Battlefield: How Stories of Biblical Women Mine and Undermine Each Other Class taught by Judy Klitsner Class description: What do the infertile, tent-dwelling mothers of Genesis have in common with the military and spiritual leaders of the book of Judges? By reading several women-centered stories in
- [Walking With Your Inner Spirit: Cultivating an Understanding Heart](https://elmad.pardes.org/walking-with-your-inner-spirit-cultivating-an-understanding-heart/) - Class Title - Walking With Your Inner Spirit: Cultivating an Understanding Heart Class taught by Yiscah Smith Class description: For many, the term “understanding heart” conveys an impossible reality, a contradiction and even nonsense. How can a heart understand? Isn’t the domain of understanding found in the mind? Join us as Yiscah shares a teaching
- [What’s in a Story? The Narratives That Shape Us](https://elmad.pardes.org/whats-in-a-story-the-narratives-that-shape-us/) - Class Title - What’s in a Story? The Narratives That Shape Us Class taught by Michael Emerson Class description: Often we look at stories from the past to teach us about historical figures, family events, and important moments. Stories give us a sense of belonging, history, and identity to help us face our own challenges
- [Facing an Uncertain World](https://elmad.pardes.org/facing-an-uncertain-world/) - Class Title - Facing an Uncertain World Class taught by David Bernstein Class description: Certain classical Jewish texts, read superficially, would make us believe that life is predictable. However, we all know that life is full of surprises, for better and for worse. (Who could have imagined our reality 18 months ago today?) We will
- [#MeToo — The Courage to Respond Ethically](https://elmad.pardes.org/metoo-the-courage-to-respond-ethically/) - Class Title – #MeToo — The Courage to Respond Ethically Class taught by Meesh Hammer-Kossoy Class description: Women are uniting against sexual harassment in the workplace. The courageous exposure of perpetrators has led to the improvement of women’s power. And in some cases, the movement has been accused of “canceling” men and punishing them disproportionately. With
- [Brothers Crying Out from the Ground: The Biblical Origins of our Divided Society](https://elmad.pardes.org/brothers-crying-out-from-the-ground-the-biblical-origins-of-our-divided-society/) - Class Title - Brothers Crying Out from the Ground: The Biblical Origins of our Divided Society Class taught by Judy Klitsner Class description: In our exploration of sibling-centered stories in the book of Genesis, we will note the unusually fraught nature of sibling relations. We will draw a line from these narratives to the Jewish
- [Cultivating the Spiritual Practice of Self-Confidence / Bitachon Atzmi](https://elmad.pardes.org/cultivating-the-spiritual-practice-of-self-confidence-bitachon-atzmi/) - Class Title - Cultivating the Spiritual Practice of Self-Confidence / Bitachon Atzmi Class taught by Yiscah Smith Class description: This session explores the high value that Jewish tradition places on bitachon atzmi - self-confidence and being able to trust in one's self and one's judgment. Based on the episode with Calev and the spies when
- [Rebuilding Jerusalem in the Face of Adversity](https://elmad.pardes.org/rebuilding-jerusalem-in-the-face-of-adversity/) - Class Title - Rebuilding Jerusalem in the Face of Adversity Class taught by Meir Schweiger Class description: When Persia became the dominant power in the Near East in the middle of the 6th century BCE, a new era was ushered in for the Jews who had been exiled to Babylonia. Under the rule of Cyrus,
- [The Courage of the Matriarchs](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-courage-of-the-matriarchs/) - Class Title - The Courage of the Matriarchs Class taught by Howard Markose Class description: That the Jewish people continue to exist even today is nothing less than a miracle. And if we go back into the stories of our Matriarchs, three of them – Sarah, Rebecca and Rachel – all might have signaled the
- [Class Title - A Tradition of Defiance: The Peculiar Resilience of Yehuda, Ruth, and David](https://elmad.pardes.org/class-title-a-tradition-of-defiance-the-peculiar-resilience-of-yehuda-ruth-and-david/) - Class Title - A Tradition of Defiance: The Peculiar Resilience of Yehuda, Ruth, and David Class taught by Rachel Sharansky Danziger Class description: King David changed the Jewish story by defying expectations and shattering conventions. How did this attitude reflect his familial history? And while this iconoclastic streak served David well against human enemies, what was
- [Class Title - Rabbinic Courage to Repair and Adapt – Texts from Gittin Part Two](https://elmad.pardes.org/class-title-rabbinic-courage-to-repair-and-adapt-texts-from-gittin-part-two/) - Class Title - Rabbinic Courage to Repair and Adapt – Texts from Gittin Part Two Class taught by Rahel Berkovits Class description: In this class we will encounter the literary power of the Talmud as we examine the story, as told in Tractate Gittin, of what led to the destruction of the Temple and the loss
- [The Spirit to Succeed: Overcoming the Past to Embrace the Future - A Text Study of the Beginning of the Book of Joshua Part Two](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-spirit-to-succeed-overcoming-the-past-to-embrace-the-future-a-text-study-of-the-beginning-of-the-book-of-joshua-part-two/) - Class Title - The Spirit to Succeed: Overcoming the Past to Embrace the Future - A Text Study of the Beginning of the Book of Joshua Part Two Class taught by Michael Hattin Class description: In this mini-course, we will go "back to the source" and study some pivotal events from the beginning of Sefer Yehoshua.
- [Guest Lecture: When God’s World is Broken: Understanding Our Role in Partnering with the Divine](https://elmad.pardes.org/guest-lecture-when-gods-world-is-broken-understanding-our-role-in-partnering-with-the-divine/) - Class Title - Guest Lecture: When God’s World is Broken: Understanding Our Role in Partnering with the Divine Class taught by Yaffa Epstein Class description: These past two years have shown the world what true brokenness, division and despair look like. But, as we know, this is not a new story. The Jewish people have
- [The Spirit to Succeed: Overcoming the Past to Embrace the Future - A Text Study of the Beginning of the Book of Joshua Part One](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-spirit-to-succeed-overcoming-the-past-to-embrace-the-future-a-text-study-of-the-beginning-of-the-book-of-joshua-part-one/) - Class Title - The Spirit to Succeed: Overcoming the Past to Embrace the Future - A Text Study of the Beginning of the Book of Joshua Part One Class taught by Michael Hattin Class description: In this mini-course, we will go "back to the source" and study some pivotal events from the beginning of Sefer Yehoshua.
- [Dveikut: Holding Fast to God in Troubling Times](https://elmad.pardes.org/dveikut-holding-fast-to-god-in-troubling-times/) - Class Title - Dveikut: Holding Fast to God in Troubling Times Class taught by Mike Feuer Class description: Relationships are never easy, especially with the Divine. The model of dveikut - cleaving – can offer us insight into how to hold relationships together in these troubling times. This class will explore a range of texts
- [In the Aftermath of Trauma: Episodes from Exodus](https://elmad.pardes.org/in-the-aftermath-of-trauma-episodes-from-exodus/) - Class Title - In the Aftermath of Trauma: Episodes from Exodus Class taught by Tovah Leah Nachmani Class description: Following the elation of leaving Egypt came cascading moments of life-threatening danger, as the Red Sea parted and the people witnessed the incredible demise of their pursuers. What can we learn, from this and other tribulations
- [Rabbinic Courage to Repair and Adapt – Texts from Gittin Part One](https://elmad.pardes.org/rabbinic-courage-to-repair-and-adapt-texts-from-gittin-part-one/) - Class Title - Rabbinic Courage to Repair and Adapt – Texts from Gittin Part One Class taught by Rahel Berkovits Class description: In this class we will encounter the literary power of the Talmud as we examine the story, as told in Tractate Gittin, of what led to the destruction of the Temple and the loss
- [The Marilyn and Sigi z"l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer Program 2021](https://elmad.pardes.org/5781-omer-program-rewatch/) - Learn more about Community Education or sign-up today for a class Read a Reflection From Judy Kupchan Parsha, Midrash and the Rabbinic Imagination with Rabbi Dr. Sam Lebens We will explore a Midrash that sheds new light on the weekly parsha as a whole, or a single verse. As the course unfolds, well start to
- [Donate](https://elmad.pardes.org/donate/) - Elmad is an initiative of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. Help us to continue developing our online learning platform and create high quality, original Torah content. Consider sponsoring a podcast. For $1,000 you can honor a loved one or faculty member or celebrate a special occasion or anniversary. Your gift is recognized during the introduction
- [2009](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcast-archive/2009-2/) - Browse through our online Torah podcasts and online Jewish learning resources published by Pardes faculty in 2009.
- [MM Active Listening](https://elmad.pardes.org/mm-active-listening/) - For use with Unit 3, Lesson 1 of Mahloket Matters: Navigating Inner Challenges & Societal Discord through Jewish Texts and Social/Emotional Learning.
- [Mahloket Matters 9Adar Resources - Perspective from Sefi Kraut](https://elmad.pardes.org/mahloket-matters-9adar-resources-perspective-from-sefi-kraut/) - Director of Education for Mahloket Matters and Pardes Faculty member Sefi Kraut gives her perspectives on her Mahloket Matters: 9Adar Materials - "Leadership and Crime Prevention – What is the most effective way to address crime – punishment or social intervention?" Educator's Guide Sheet Discussion Source Sheet
- [Mahloket Matters 9Adar Resources - Perspective from Zvi Hirschfield](https://elmad.pardes.org/mahloket-matters-9adar-resources-perspective-from-zvi-hirschfield/) - Pardes Faculty member Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield gives his perspectives on his Mahloket Matters: 9Adar Materials - "Land for a People or People for a Land? – Does the Land of Israel have inherent holiness or is its purpose only functional?" Educator's Guide Sheet Discussion Source Sheet
- [test page](https://elmad.pardes.org/test-page-13/)
- [test page](https://elmad.pardes.org/test-page-8/)
- [test page](https://elmad.pardes.org/test-page-7/)
- [Introduction to Mindfulness: Guided Meditation](https://elmad.pardes.org/mm-guided-meditation/) - For use with Unit 2, Lesson 2 of Mahloket Matters: Navigating Inner Challenges & Societal Discord through Jewish Texts and Social/Emotional Learning.
- [Introduction to Mindfulness: Guided Meditation](https://elmad.pardes.org/introduction-to-mindfulness-guided-meditation/) - For use with Unit 2, Lesson 2 of Mahloket Matters: Navigating Inner Challenges & Societal Discord through Jewish Texts and Social/Emotional Learning.
- [Community Education Online Learning Center](https://elmad.pardes.org/community-education-online-learning-center/) - Welcome to the Pardes Community Education Online Learning Center Sign up for Fall Learn about Spring Mondays; October 12, 19, 26, November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, December 7, 21, 28, January 4 Time Class/Source Sheet Lecturer 9:30 am-10:30 am Sefer Ha-Tanya - Battling to Become our Ideal Selves
- [](https://elmad.pardes.org/mm-jep/) - The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators is pleased to partner with The Jewish Education Project to share the educational materials - educator’s guide, accompanying slides, and student materials - for Unit 1, "The Foundations of Mahloket (Disagreement)."
- [Tales of Hasidic Tales with Rabbi Levi Cooper](https://elmad.pardes.org/tales-of-hasidic-tales-with-rabbi-levi-cooper/) - Access all Tales of Hasidic Tales with Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper This Zoom lecture series was sponsored by The Women's Beit Midrash of Efrat and Gush Etzion. Class 1 - May 1, 2020 Download the Source Sheet > Click here if you cannot see the video Class 2 - May 8, 2020 Download the Source
- [Rabbinic Responses to Past Pandemics](https://elmad.pardes.org/rabbinic-responses-to-past-pandemics/) - How did Jewish communities grapple with plagues in the past? In this 4-part miniseries, Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper will explore fascinating chapters from the annals of modern Jewish history that highlight how our predecessors faced pandemics. What were their strategies for the challenges they faced? For every source, there is a season, and COVID-19 reveals
- [Tisha B'Av 5780: Will Things Ever Be The Same? Jewish Tradition as it Adapts and Resists Disruption/Destruction.](https://elmad.pardes.org/tisha-bav-5780/) - Thursday, July 30, 2020 12pm Eastern USA 7pm Israel Rewatch the Panel Click here to view the video in a new window Meet the Panelists Rabba Yaffa Epstein is the Director of the Wexner Heritage Program and oversees the development and curriculum for these dynamic lay leaders throughout the United States and North America who
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience Compilations](https://elmad.pardes.org/an-interactive-parsha-experience-5779/) - Download any or all of our 'compilation editions' of An Interactive Parsha Experience! Just click on the image below. An Interactive Parsha Experience is a family-oriented parsha resource. Complete with the summaries and related questions for the weekly Parsha, this guide provides games, activities, and other fun things to bring to your family table or
- [Rewatch Home Page](https://elmad.pardes.org/rewatch-home-page/)
- [The Windows of the Beit Midrash](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-windows-of-the-beit-midrash/) - Light and windows impact our experience so profoundly that they blur the boundaries between symbol and reality. (1:00) The windows of the Temple serve as a prod to help us explore the kinds of windows we want to build in our homes and our holy communal spaces. Following the podcast, (24:10) Rabbi Leon Morris asks Matti Rosenshine about the importance of light in a building, and how an architect balances intimacy of space with transparency, and what the architect must do to properly include light in all intimate spaces.
- [Home is Where the Torah is](https://elmad.pardes.org/home-is-where-the-torah-is/) - Welcome to Home is where the Torah is, the brand new podcast series from Pardes created exclusively for you, our cherished donors and supporters. We are proud that Pardes's efforts to build a new facility in Jerusalem continue to move forward despite the challenges of the current moment. Meanwhile, the Campaign for the Generations, our
- [The Tent of Rivka: Considering the Connection between the Temple and the Home](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-tent-of-rivka-considering-the-connection-between-the-temple-and-the-home/) - According to the Torah's account, when our matriarch Sarah died her legacy was continued by her daughter-in-law Rivka. We will consider the elements (1:00) associated with Sarah's proverbial tent, as they are described by the Midrash. Along the way, we will discover that to follow Sarah's example is to transform our own homes into the most potent expression of God's healing presence in the world. After the podcast (19:41), Rabbi Leon Morris and Matti Rosenshine discuss welcoming guests as a core value of the institution and new building.
- [Conflict Intimacy and Shlom Bayit](https://elmad.pardes.org/conflict-intimacy-and-shalom-bayit/) - Ironically, we sometimes grow the most from conflict in our relationships! (00:58) Eruptions of anger or argumentation may - if we treat them well - help us to reveal our needs, or the needs of our partner, which have been suppressed or expressed only partially, due to fear of fallout. One evocative and disturbing midrash provides a springboard for two psychologically proven ways we can use the inevitable conflicts between us and our partners - in a normative good-willed relationship - to bring us to richer, more intimate, more loving connections. Following the podcast (19:55) Leon and Matti discuss the exterior of the building and how it fosters connections between people.
- [Walking With Your Inner Spirit](https://elmad.pardes.org/walking-with-your-inner-spirit/)
- [Mezuza - Our Best Selves at the Doorway](https://elmad.pardes.org/mezuza-our-best-selves-at-the-doorway/) - Together we will explore classical sources that offer insight into the nature of this mitzvah (1:00). What is it trying to teach us and how can the mezuza be a simple but critical tool to help become our best selves. After the lecture, (26:38) Rabbi Leon Morris and Matti Rosenshine discuss the concept of beauty in architecture and connection between spaces.
- [The Marilyn and Sigi z”l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer Program Video Recordings](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-community-omer-program-video-recordings/) - The Marilyn and Sigi z"l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer Program runs annually. For more information visit https://pardes.org.il/ce
- [Holy Relationships: Exploring Our Spiritual Identity </br> Pre-Shavuot Yom Iyun (Day of Learning) 2020 Video Recordings](https://elmad.pardes.org/holy-relationships-exploring-our-spiritual-identity-yom-iyun-videos/) - Holy Relationships: Exploring Our Spiritual Identity On Sunday, May 17, 2020, Pardes and Ramah Darom hosted a Pre-Shavuot Virtual Yom Iyun (Day of Learning) with online sessions. This program was led by Pardes faculty and Ramah Darom educators from all over the United States and Israel. The chag (holiday) of Shavuot is the celebration of
- [The Home and the Marketplace](https://elmad.pardes.org/the-home-and-the-marketplace/) - In the Talmud there is a disagreement between two rabbinic figures whether or not it is permitted to teach Torah in the marketplace. In this podcast, Leah Rosenthal dives into this dispute and helps bring its understanding into our modern world. (0:56). After the lecture, (18:50) Rabbi Leon Morris and Matti Rosenshine discuss the challenges of transitioning between inside and outside spaces, and orientation.
- [Judy Klitsner Live - Nothing "Novel" Under the Sun?](https://elmad.pardes.org/judy-klitsner-live-nothing-novel-under-the-sun/)
- [Omer Program - TED Talks](https://elmad.pardes.org/omer-program-ted-talks/) - Welcome to the Pardes Community Education online learning center. This page will provide entry to Community TED Talks with members of the CE community. This class is part of the Marilyn and Sigi z"l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer Program. If you have not yet registered for classes please do so in the button below.
- [Omer Program - Calev Ben Dor](https://elmad.pardes.org/omer-program-calev-ben-dor/) - Welcome to the Pardes Community Education online learning center. This page will provide entry to Ethical Challenges of Jewish Statehood with Calev Bar Dor. This class is part of the Marilyn and Sigi z"l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer Program. If you have not yet registered for classes please do so in the button below.
- [Omer Program - Alex Israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/omer-program-alex-israel/) - Welcome to the Pardes Community Education online learning center. This page will provide entry to The Temple Mount with Rabbi Alex Israel. This class is part of the Marilyn and Sigi z"l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer Program. If you have not yet registered for classes please do so in the button below. Register for
- [Makom Kavuah - Choosing a Place for Prayer](https://elmad.pardes.org/makom-kavuah-choosing-a-place-for-prayer/) - Download and Play from Your Device Return to the Podcast Homepage Episode Description (27m 58s): The Talmud states that a person should have a designated place for prayer. In this podcast, Levi Cooper explores different possibilities for understanding the notion of a set place, a makom kavuah, for prayer (1:02). The Maggid of Melbourne considers
- [Omer Program - Howard Markose](https://elmad.pardes.org/omer-program-howard-markose/) - Welcome to the Pardes Community Education online learning center. This page will provide entry to "These are the Names" - Subtlety, Subversion and Surprise in Biblical Names with Rabbi Dr. Howard Markose. This class is taught as part of the Marilyn and Sigi z"l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer Program. If you have not yet
- [Omer Program - Katherine Aron-Beller](https://elmad.pardes.org/omer-program-katherine-aron-beller/) - Welcome to the Pardes Community Education online learning center. This page will provide entry to Anti Semitism. Past and Present with Dr. Katherine Aron-Beller. This class is part of the Marilyn and Sigi z"l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer Program. If you have not yet registered for classes please do so in the button below.
- [Omer Program - Michal Kohane](https://elmad.pardes.org/omer-program-michal-kohane/) - Welcome to the Pardes Community Education online learning center. This page will provide entry to A Taste of Daf Yomi with Michal Kohane. This class is part of the Marilyn and Sigi z"l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer Program. If you have not yet registered for classes please do so in the button below. Register
- [Omer Program - Yosef Ote](https://elmad.pardes.org/omer-program-yosef-ote/) - Welcome to the Pardes Community Education online learning center. This page will provide entry to Halakha and State with Rabbi Yosef Ote. This class is part of the Marilyn and Sigi z"l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer Program. If you have not yet registered for classes please do so in the button below. Register for
- [Omer Program - Mike Feuer](https://elmad.pardes.org/omer-program-mike-feuer/) - Welcome to the Pardes Community Education online learning center. This page will provide entry to Foundational Zionist Thinkers with Rav Mike Feuer. This class is part of the Marilyn and Sigi z"l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer Program. If you have not yet registered for classes please do so in the button below. Register for
- [Yom Iyun - Light and Redemption in Uncertain Times](https://elmad.pardes.org/yom-iyun-light-and-redemption-in-uncertain-times/) - On Sunday, March 22nd Pardes was joined by 250+ individuals for a special Virtual Yom Iyun (Day of Learning). Together we explored Light and Redemption in Uncertain Times. Through our collective love of Torah, the live online learning opportunities helped all of us remain connected to our heritage and to one another. Participating Speakers: Dr.
- [Opening Remarks by Rabbi Leon Morris for Online Learning](https://elmad.pardes.org/opening-remarks-by-rabbi-leon-morris-for-online-learning/) - These remarks were given by Rabbi Leon Morris on March 15, 2020, on a special Zoom call town meeting for the year program students. This message jump-started the week of online classroom learning in response to Israel's enforcement of social distancing in response to the coronavirus outbreak. For more information or to find additional Torah
- [About](https://elmad.pardes.org/about/) - The Elmad online Jewish learning library contains thousands of Torah podcasts, online Torah study lectures, and online Jewish learning resources.
- [Account](https://elmad.pardes.org/account/)
- [Contact Pardes](https://elmad.pardes.org/contact/) - Contact Pardes with feedback, comments and questions about the Elmad online Torah learning library & any of our Torah podcasts or online Torah study resources.
- [Copyright Policy](https://elmad.pardes.org/about/copyright-policy/) - The content on Elmad is produced and copyrighted by the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. Content may be shared provided that it is in no way revised or amended. When sharing, please ensure you credit the author and cite the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. For specific questions, please email elmad@pardes.org.il.
- [2019](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcast-archive/2019-2/)
- [Sefi Kraut Shiur Recording for Mahloket Matters](https://elmad.pardes.org/sefi-kraut-shiur-recording-for-mahloket-matters/)
- [Religious Responses to the Shoah with Zvi Hirschfield](https://elmad.pardes.org/religious-responses-to-the-shoah-with-zvi-hirschfield/) - This lecture was given by Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield on Monday, February 3, 2020 at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies.
- [Recordings from the 2020 Winter Learning Intensive](https://elmad.pardes.org/recordings-from-the-2020-winter-learning-intensive/) - Class Title Faculty Listening Library Search for Authenticity In the Jewish tradition authentic living is a spiritual practice that we cultivate and is actually essential to the spiritual Jewish way of living. However, what do we mean by authenticity? What are we searching for? What parts of ourselves fall within the practice of cultivating authentic
- [From the Daughters of Egypt to the Daughters of Tzelaphechad: Women Leading from Personal to National Identity - Part 2 Recording](https://elmad.pardes.org/from-the-daughters-of-egypt-to-the-daughters-of-tzelaphechad-women-leading-from-personal-to-national-identity-part-2-recording/) - Part II: From the Daughters of Egypt to the Daughters of Tzelaphechad: Women Leading from Personal to National Identity In a sequel to the story of the courageous "daughters" of Egypt, the daughters of Tzelafchad stand up to all leadership symbols and figures, bringing about unexpected changes in law and in attitudes toward outsiders. In
- [From the Daughters of Egypt to the Daughters of Tzelaphechad: Women Leading from Personal to National Identity - Part 1 Recording](https://elmad.pardes.org/from-the-daughters-of-egypt-to-the-daughters-of-tzelaphechad-women-leading-from-personal-to-national-identity-part-1-recording/) - Part I: The Midwives of Egypt and the Road to Redemption: Women Discovering Self and the Divine We will compare the biblical story of building the world's largest structure—the tower of Babel—with the tale of subjugation and heroism in Egypt, noting the centrality of personal identity in both stories. In the Exodus story, our focus
- [Yiscah Smith - Search for Authenticity Recording File](https://elmad.pardes.org/yiscah-smith-search-for-authenticity-recording-file/) - In the Jewish tradition authentic living is a spiritual practice that we cultivate and is actually essential to the spiritual Jewish way of living. However, what do we mean by authenticity? What are we searching for? What parts of ourselves fall within the practice of cultivating authentic living? We shall explore two verses in Deuteronomy
- [Zvi Hirschfield - Rav Kook: The Particular and the Universal](https://elmad.pardes.org/zvi-hirschfield-rav-kook-the-particular-and-the-universal/) - The tension between the particular and the universal lies at the heart of Torah and many of today's cultural challenges. R' A.Y. HaCohen Kook was one of the great thinkers and holy souls of the Jewish people in the early 20th century. He saw himself at the crossroads of history - the world was between
- [Mahloket Matters Program](https://elmad.pardes.org/mahloket-matters-program/) - One fact people across political divides today may still agree upon is that civil discourse is turning less and less civil. Indeed, the sheer lack of desire to try to understand those with opposing political opinions and to disagree constructively over critical questions is posing an existential threat to democracies around the world. In response,
- [Poland Session 2019 with Yiscah Smith](https://elmad.pardes.org/poland-session-2019-with-yiscah-smith/) - The Piaseczner Rebbe's seventh and final sefer is a collection of his Shabbat divrei Torah delivered between Sep 1939 on Rosh HaShana, after Germany invaded Poland, through July 1942, Shabbat Hazon, the Shabbat prior to Tishe B'Av, and directly prior to the mass deportations to the Treblinka concentration camp. No sermons were recorded after this.
- [Tisha B'Av at Pardes: Source Sheets](https://elmad.pardes.org/tisha-bav-at-pardes-source-sheets/) - Refusing to Despair and Continuing to Dream: Israel and Global Jewry 2019 Course Descriptions and bios Guidelines for Tisha B'Av 10:00 - 11:15 AM The Temple & Jerusalem: Destruction & Dreams of Rebuilding through Art Dr. Susan Nashman Fraiman Tisha b'Av as a Day of Hope and Celebration? From the Prophet Zechariah to David Einhorn
- [Mahloket Matters](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcjcr/mahloket-matters/)
- [Pardes Departments and Programming](https://elmad.pardes.org/pardes-departments-and-programming/) - The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies offers learning opportunities during the year in North America and in Israel. There are also separate program oppotunities for Jewish educators, rabbis and Jewish community leaders. See each opportunity below: Israel and North American Programming Jewish Educator and Rabbi Development Center for Judaism and Conflict Resolution
- [Educator's Guide Introduction - Rabbinic Concepts of the Beit Midrash Way](https://elmad.pardes.org/eg-bmw-introduction/) - This is the educator's guide for the Introduction - Rabbinic Concepts of the Beit Midrash Way
- [Educator's Guide Unit 5 – “Fake News” or Uncovering the Truth? From Joseph and his brothers through Jefferson and Hamilton to Today](https://elmad.pardes.org/eg-bmw-unit5/) - This is the educator's guide for Unit 5 – “Fake News” or Uncovering the Truth? From Joseph and his brothers through Jefferson and Hamilton to Today
- [Educator's Guide Unit 4 - Coexist or Separate? From Isaac and Ishmael to Israelis and Palestinians Today](https://elmad.pardes.org/eg-bmw-unit4/) - This is the educator's guide for Unit 4 - Coexist or Separate? From Isaac and Ishmael to Israelis and Palestinians Today
- [Educator's Guide Unit 3 – Xenophobia or National Security? From Pharaoh and the Israelites through Japanese Internment to Today](https://elmad.pardes.org/eg-bmw-unit3/) - This is the educator's guide for Unit 3 – Xenophobia or National Security? From Pharaoh and the Israelites through Japanese Internment to Today
- [Educator's Guide Unit 1 – Meet or Refuse to Meet? From Korah and Moses to Political Adversaries Today](https://elmad.pardes.org/eg-bmw-unit1/) - This is the Educator's Guide for Mahloket Matters The Beit Midrash Way unit 1.
- [Educator's Guide Unit 2 – Fear War or Trust Peace? From Jacob and Esau through Chamberlain and Menachem Begin to Today](https://elmad.pardes.org/eg-bmw-unit2/) - This is the educator's guide for Unit 2 – Fear War or Trust Peace? From Jacob and Esau through Chamberlain and Menachem Begin to Today
- [Unit 4 – Coexist or Separate? From Isaac and Ishmael to Israelis and Palestinians Today](https://elmad.pardes.org/bmw-unit-4/) - This is the Unit 4 video for Mahloket Matters, the Beit Midrash Way
- [Unit 5 – “Fake News” or Uncovering the Truth? From Joseph and his brothers through Jefferson and Hamilton to Today](https://elmad.pardes.org/bmw-unit-5/) - This is the Unit 5 video for Mahloket Matters, the Beit Midrash Way
- [Unit 3 – Xenophobia or National Security? From Pharaoh and the Israelites through Japanese Internment to Today](https://elmad.pardes.org/bmw-unit-3/) - This is the Unit 3 video for Mahloket Matters, the Beit Midrash Way
- [Unit 2 – Fear War or Trust Peace? From Jacob and Esau through Chamberlain and Menachem Begin to Today](https://elmad.pardes.org/bmw-unit-2/) - This is the Unit 2 video for Mahloket Matters, the Beit Midrash Way
- [Unit 1 – Meet or Refuse to Meet? From Korah and Moses to Political Adversaries Today](https://elmad.pardes.org/bmw-unit-1/) - This is the Unit 1 video for Mahloket Matters, the Beit Midrash Way
- [Introduction - Rabbinic Concepts of the Beit Midrash Way](https://elmad.pardes.org/bmw-video-introduction/) - This is the Introduction video for Mahloket Matters, the Beit Midrash Way
- [2018](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcast-archive/2018-2/) - Browse through our online Torah podcasts and online Jewish learning resources published by Pardes faculty in 2018.
- [Topics](https://elmad.pardes.org/topics/) - Browse through our complete list of online Torah study topics, online Torah podcast topics, and online Jewish learning resource categories.
- [Pardes Alumni Projects](https://elmad.pardes.org/elmad-labs/) - Pardes Alumni Projects showcases innovative Jewish learning created by Pardes alumni and friends. If you have a suggestion to be included, email us at elmad@pardes.org.il. What: Sefaria About: Sefaria is revolutionizing Jewish education and enhancing Jewish literacy and engagement by building a free, open source, universally accessible living library of Jewish texts and their interconnections, in Hebrew
- [Pardes Center for Jewish Educators](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcje/)
- [New Topics Page](https://elmad.pardes.org/new-topics-page/)
- [Login](https://elmad.pardes.org/login/) - Username or E-mail Password Remember Me Forgot Password
- [Thank You](https://elmad.pardes.org/thank-you/)
- [2017](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcast-archive/2017-2/)
- [Error Message](https://elmad.pardes.org/error-message/) - Error - This page cannot be found We're sorry - the page you're looking for cannot be found. Most likely causes: There may be a typing error in the address. If you clicked on a link, it maybe out of date. What you can try: Retype the address Go back to the previous page Use
- [2015](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcast-archive/2015-2/)
- [2014](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcast-archive/2014-2/) - Browse through our online Torah podcasts and online Jewish learning resources published by Pardes faculty in 2014.
- [2013](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcast-archive/2013-2/) - Browse through our online Torah podcasts and online Jewish learning resources published by Pardes faculty in 2013.
- [2012](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcast-archive/2012-2/) - Browse through our online Torah podcasts and online Jewish learning resources published by Pardes faculty in 2012.
- [2011](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcast-archive/2011-2/) - Browse through our online Torah podcasts and online Jewish learning resources published by Pardes faculty in 2011.
- [2010](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcast-archive/2010-2/) - Browse through our online Torah podcasts and online Jewish learning resources published by Pardes faculty in 2010.
- [2016](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcast-archive/2016-2/)
- [No Access](https://elmad.pardes.org/no-access/)
- [Learn Torah Online with Pardes Faculty](https://elmad.pardes.org/faculty/) - Learn Torah online with Pardes faculty members by listening to Torah podcasts or looking through their online Jewish learning resources.
- [Pardes from Jerusalem: Weekly Parsha Podcast Archive](https://elmad.pardes.org/podcast-archive/) - Browse through the online Torah podcasts and online Jewish learning resources published by Pardes faculty this year.
- [Pardes Center for Judaism and Conflict Resolution](https://elmad.pardes.org/pcjcr/)
- [Full Torah Topics List](https://elmad.pardes.org/full-torah-topics-list/)
- [Full Personalities Topic List](https://elmad.pardes.org/full-personalities-topic-list/)
- [Full Holidays Topic List](https://elmad.pardes.org/full-holidays-topic-list/)
- [Parsha Quiz](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha-quiz/)
- [Search](https://elmad.pardes.org/search/) - [wp-ultimate-search-results]
- [Isotope](https://elmad.pardes.org/isotope/) - [dbc_isotope]
- [FAQ](https://elmad.pardes.org/faq/) - I only hear the first part of a podcast How do I download prior episodes of the podcast? I only hear the first part of a podcast Listening to a podcast via a podcast's subscription page is not recommended. -- iTunes tries to download and play the episode at the same time, it doesn't work

## My Templates

- [Elementor Header #24659](https://elmad.pardes.org/?elementor_library=elementor-header-24659) - Content area
- [Search](https://elmad.pardes.org/?elementor_library=search) - Content area
- [Elementor Footer #24738](https://elmad.pardes.org/?elementor_library=elementor-footer-24738) - Content area
- [Cookie banner](https://elmad.pardes.org/?elementor_library=cookie-banner) - Content area
- [Default Kit](https://elmad.pardes.org/?elementor_library=default-kit)

## Memberships

- [Mahloket Matters: The Sanhedrin Way](https://elmad.pardes.org/register/mm_sanhedrin_way/) - If you have already registered for any part of Mahloket Matters, please login here. The Sanhedrin Way A 60-90 minute educational-workshop for use in your community Study Jewish texts about the ancient Sanhedrin’s guidelines for engaging in constructive mahloket(disagreement). Practice constructive controversy through engaging in a mock-Sanhedrin exercise using the conflict scenario, “Keep or cancel
- [Mahloket Matters: Beit Midrash Way for Rabbis and Educators](https://elmad.pardes.org/register/mm_rabbis_educators/) - Available now! If you have already registered for any part of Mahloket Matters, please login here. Pardes is pleased to present the Mahloket Matters: How to Disagree Constructively - the Beit Midrash Way series in an online format specifically for rabbis and educators. The series is taught by Rabbi Dr. Daniel Roth, and recordings of
- [Mahloket Matters: The Beit Midrash Way](https://elmad.pardes.org/register/mm_beit_midrash_way/) - If you have already registered for any part of Mahloket Matters, please login here. New users can jump to the registration form by clicking here. The Beit Midrash Way An educational workshop series for use in your community Can text study of Biblical stories and their diverse interpretations empower us to engage more constructively in
- [Unit 2-6 Community Leader](https://elmad.pardes.org/register/unit-2-6-community-leader/)
- [Unit 1: Rabbi/Educator/Facilitator](https://elmad.pardes.org/register/unit-1-rabbi-educator-facilitator/)

## Groups

- [Mahloket Matters](https://elmad.pardes.org/plans/mahloket-matters/) - One fact people across political divides today may still agree upon is that civil discourse is turning less and less civil. Indeed, the sheer lack of desire to try to understand those with opposing political opinions and to disagree constructively over critical questions is posing an existential threat to democracies around the world. In response,

## Downloads

- [Purim Companion 5785](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/24914/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [The Pardes Hanukkah Resource 5785](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/24827/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [High Holiday Companion 5784](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/24685/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Rosh HaShana Companion-v2](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/24681/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Death & The Afterlife – Part I. The Soul](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/23492/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Rosh Hashana Companion A4](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12661/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [ירושלים-של-מעלה-ירושלים-של-מטה-podcast.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/22918/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Interactive Seder Companion Expanded USL](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18068/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [VAYAKHEL-SOURCES-2022.docx.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/22210/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Pardes-Parsha-Podcast-Parshat-Ki-Tissa.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/22187/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Pardes-Source-sheet-for-Parashat-Tetzaveh-Podcast-5782.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/22182/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Becoming a Torah Reader - Art Green 1.2](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/22149/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Becoming a Torah Reader - Art Green 1.1](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/22146/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [terumah-pardes-2022-logo-pdf.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/22137/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Mishpatim 5782](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/22130/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Kaddish During Covid Rituals Guide](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/22107/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [VAYECHI-SOURCES.docx.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/22063/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Vayigash Yiscah 5782](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/22039/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Alex Israel Parashat Vayishlach 5782](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21939/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Toldot-2021.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21891/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Pardes-From-Jerusalem_-Parashat-Chayei-Sarah.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21860/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [VAYERA-PODCAST-SOURCES-2021.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21848/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Pardes-Parsha-Podcast-Parshat-Lech-Lecha.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21821/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [NOAH-PODCAST-SOURCES-2021.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21764/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [genesis-podcast.sources.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21751/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Vayelech-DLK-Pardes-5782.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21702/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Pardes-Parsha-Podcast-Parshat-Nitzavim_Rosh-HaShanah.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21638/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [MM Schools Unit 1 Google Slides pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19588/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [MM Schools - Unit 2 slides pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20591/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Pardes-Parshat-Reeh-2021-Sourcesheet.docx.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21510/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Ekev-5781-source-sheet.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21485/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Podcast-Sources-Vaetchanan-2021-TLN.docx.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21465/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Pardes Hayyim: The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Student Journal](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21458/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Devarim 5781](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21447/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [5781 matot masei](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21394/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [Hukkat-5781.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21240/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [A-Shot-of-Torah-Hoshen-Mishpat-Source-Sheet.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21174/?tmstv=1772016357)
- [korach-podcast-sources.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21169/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [PARSHAT-SHELACH-LECHA-2021-SOURCE-SHEET.docx.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21153/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [PARSHAT-SHELACH-LECHA-2021-SOURCE-SHEET.docx.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21151/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [behaalotecha-pardes-2021-logo.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21139/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [behaalotecha-pardes-2021-logo.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21137/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Parshat-Naso-Birkat-Kohanim_-A-Life-of-Service-_-Sefaria.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21112/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [A-Tale-of-Two-Mountains-Trembling-Before-G-d.docx.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21085/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [bamidbar-podcast-sourcesheet.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21078/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Pardes-Parsha-Podcast-Parshat-Behar.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21037/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Emor-Elmad-Podcast.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/21021/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [5781 Acharei mot source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20992/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [tazria metzora 5781](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20978/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [YHZ YHM Source sheet 5781](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20972/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [shemini 5781 sources](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20959/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Vayakhel pekudei](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20875/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [ki tissa](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20779/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [tetzaveh 5781](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20773/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Terumah 5781](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20724/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [MM Unit 2 - Student Materials](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20597/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [MM Unit 2 - Student Materials](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20594/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [MM Unit 2 Educators Guide pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20587/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [yitro 5781](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20575/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [beshalach 5781](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20562/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [bo 5781](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20539/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Vaera 5781](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20489/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [shemot 5781](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20462/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [5781 Chaye Sarah source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20140/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [5781 vayera source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/20098/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Tanya CE class 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19998/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [5781 noach source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19921/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Tanya Source Sheet CE Fall](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19894/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [I-Samuel-ch.9-10-Question-of-Kingship.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19885/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [CE Fall Halakha and Science 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19880/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [CE Fall Halakha and Science 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19868/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Halakha and Science CE Fall 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19856/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [FAll CE Samuel I](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19853/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Fall CE Poetry Class 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19849/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Bereishit 5781 source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19807/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [MM Unit 1 JEP Full Download](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19758/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [MM Schools Unit 1 Educator's Guide pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19585/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Sukkot 5781 PFJ](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19724/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [MM Schools Student Materials docx](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19591/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [MM School Students Materials pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19594/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Davina CE elul 4](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19662/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Pardes Companion to Yom Kippur (A4)](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/8691/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [Pardes Companion to Yom Kippur (US Letter Size)](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/8693/?tmstv=1772016358)
- [5781 Haazinu](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19651/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [CE Alex 4b](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19639/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [CE Alex 4a](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19636/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Yiscah ce Elul 4](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19619/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Rosh Hashana Companion US Letter Size](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12664/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [CE ELul Alex Israel 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19609/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Evolution CE Elul class](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19597/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [MM Schools Google Slides pptx](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19582/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [RH 5781 source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19571/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Davina CE elul 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19557/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [PFJ 5781 Nitzavim](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19552/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Alex ce 2 elul](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19546/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Yiscah CE Elul 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19542/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Yiscah CE Elul 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19539/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [CE Program Yom Kippur SHiur Leah Rosenthal](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19410/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Rav Kook on Teshuva Rav Mike Feuer CE Program](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19407/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [5780 Shoftim](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19231/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [5780 Reeh](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19219/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Ekev 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19186/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Tisha BAv sources Rabbi Dr jay Michaelson](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19172/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Tisha BAv sources Alicia Jo Rabins](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19169/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Tisha Bav sources marc baker](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19166/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Tisha Bav Sources Yaffa Epstein](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19162/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [5780 vaetchanan](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19151/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [5780 devarim sources](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19091/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [AIPE Compilation Book 5 - Devarim](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19085/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [AIPE Compilation Book 4 - Bamidbar](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19082/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [AIPE Compilation Book 3 - Vayikra](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19079/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [AIPE Compilation Book 2 - Shemot](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19076/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [AIPE Compilation Book 1 - Beresheit](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/19073/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [5780 pinchas](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18909/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Meesh Hammer-Kossoy - The Windows of the Beit Midrash Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18849/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Home is where the torah is episode 6](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18841/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [5780 balak](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18823/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Rahel source sheet CE summer 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18814/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [5780 hukkat](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18806/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Calev CE Summer 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18802/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Home is where the torah is episode 5](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18794/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [5780 Korach](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18779/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [calev summer 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18769/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Home is where the heart is episode 4](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18738/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [Rahel summer ce 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18724/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [5780 shelach](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18720/?tmstv=1772016359)
- [calev 1 summer](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18710/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Rahel CE June 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18702/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Home is where the heart is episode 3 Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18690/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [5780 behaalotecha source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18685/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Hasidic Tales class 4 source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18680/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Home is where the heart is episode 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18620/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Shavuot Educators guide](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18599/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [PD Bamidbar 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18595/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Hasidic Tales class 3 download](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18590/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [TorahED Talk Leon Morris Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18556/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Eliana Leader Yom Iyun Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18553/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Shani Yom Iyun Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18550/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Aviva Yom Iyun Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18547/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Yom Iyun Shavuot Yaffa Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18544/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Yom Iyun Shavuot Meir Source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18541/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Yom Iyun Shavuot Meesh Source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18538/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [CE Omer Calev 5](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18524/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [AIPE Bamidbar Compilation](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18517/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Naso 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18505/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [CE Alex Temple mount 5](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18499/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Home is Where the Torah is Episode 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18437/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [5780 pfj bamidbar](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18425/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Rabbi Shapiro source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18406/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [PD Behar Bechukotai 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18400/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Lesson 4 Howard Markose](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18393/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Calev Ben Dor 4](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18388/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [5780 behar bechukotai](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18353/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [PD 5780 Emor](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18347/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Levi Plague 1786 article](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18296/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Calev ben dor class 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18284/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Shemni PD 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18280/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [5780 Emor Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18259/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [PD Acharei Mot Kedoshim](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18240/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Rav Meir Live Kedoshim Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18236/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [omer ce calev april 28](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18231/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [omer ce alex israel april 28](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18226/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [5780 acharei mot kedoshim](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18219/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Worksheet Howard](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18200/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [CE Omer Howard source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18174/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Har Habayit Omer Alex Israel Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18161/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [PD 5780 Tazria Metzora](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18157/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [Calev Ben Dor](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18152/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [5780 tazria metzora text](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18141/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [PFJ Sources Pesach 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18108/?tmstv=1772016360)
- [PD Tzav](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18103/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [PD Vayakhel pikudei](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18081/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [Interactive Seder Experience Companion A4](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18070/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [Tzav 5780 PFJ sources](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18062/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [PD Vayikra 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18056/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [Passover Davina 26.3 class](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18045/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [24.3 michal ce](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18031/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [5780 Vayikra source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18019/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [23.3 Marty CE Class](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18012/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [19.3 Source Sheet Rachel K.](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18006/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [Davina class 19.3 source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/18002/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [17.3 Alex Israel source sheet CE](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17981/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [Taste of Daf Yomi 17.3](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17977/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [5780 Vayakhel-Pekudei source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17952/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [16.3 Martin Lockshin Classes](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17932/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [tzur hadas guidelines for coronavirus (hebrew)](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17900/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [5780 Ki Tisa Sources](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17894/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [PD Ki Tisa 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17887/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [A Jew in a foreign court source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17873/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [Parsha Discussion 5780 Tetzaveh](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17854/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [PD Terumah 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17774/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [5780 Terumah Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17750/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [PD Mishpatim 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17735/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [5780 Parshat Mishpatim Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17699/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [Brettler 5780 Ruth lecture Avivah Zornberg](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17677/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [PD Yitro](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17670/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [5780 Yitro source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17636/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [Esther Lecture Dr. Avivah Zornberg](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17604/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [Brettler 5780 Lecture 2 Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17580/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [Brettler 5780 Lecture 1 Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17574/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [Parsha Discussion Beshalach 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17561/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [5780 Beshalah Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17545/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [WLI Judy Klistner Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17536/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [WLI Yiscah Smith source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17532/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [MM 9Adar Resources with Zvi and Sefi](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17471/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [PD Bo 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17460/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [5780 BO sources](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17454/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [MM_Land_Educators](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17418/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [MM Land Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17415/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [PD Vaera 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17406/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [MM Crime Educators Guide](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17398/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [MM Crime Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17391/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [Vaera 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17373/?tmstv=1772016361)
- [PD Shemot 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17363/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5780 Shemot Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17264/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [PD 5780 VaYehi](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17221/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5780 vayehi source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17213/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5780 VaYigash Sources](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17180/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [PD Vayigash](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17160/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [PD Miketz 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17156/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [Miketz 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17100/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [PFJ Hanukah 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17094/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [Aish Kodesh download](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17064/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5780 vayeshev Parsha discussion](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/17032/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5780 Vayeshev PFJ](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16995/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [PD Vayishlach. Insignificant Verses, Really?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16987/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [VaYishlach 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16938/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [Interactive Hanukah Companion (A4)](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16932/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [Interactive Hanukah Companion (US Letter)](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16930/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [Parsha Discussion Vayetze 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16911/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5780 VaYetze Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16898/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [PD Toldot 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16891/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [PD Chaye Sarah Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16837/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5780 Chaye Sarah source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16824/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [Parsha Discussion 5780 - Vayera](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16808/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5780 Vayera source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16800/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [The Parsha Discussion with Rabbi Alex Israel 5780 Lech Lecha](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16790/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5780 Lech Lecha](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16754/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [The Parsha Discussion with Rabbi Alex Israel - 5780 Noach](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16683/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5780 Noach](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16665/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5780 Bereishit Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16491/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [AIPE Vzot Habracha 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16429/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [AIPE Haazinu 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16407/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5780 haazinu rabbi alex israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16357/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [The Sukkot Companion (USLetter)](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16335/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [Sukkot Companion A4](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16332/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [DLK Sukkot Source Sheet 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16317/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [AIPE 5780 vAYELECH](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16306/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5779 Vayelech](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16199/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5780 yk source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16193/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [Hamizrachi v2i4](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16150/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5779 nitzavim](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16127/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [AIPE 5779 Nitzavim](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16120/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [AIPE Ki Tavo](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16089/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [ki tavo 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/16039/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5779 ki tetze hebrew](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15981/?tmstv=1772016362)
- [5779 ki tetze english](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15978/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [5779 Shoftim](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15952/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Studying Hasidism, Chapter 2 written by Rabbi Levi Cooper](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15924/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [AIPE Ki Tetze](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15898/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [AIPE Shoftim](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15893/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [5779 Ekev Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15886/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [AIPE Reeh](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15880/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Ekev AIPE Download](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15857/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [wipe: vaetchanan](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15839/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [AIPE Devarim](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15762/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [5779 -- Devarim: Navigating Conflicting Narratives--What Really Happened in the Story of the Spies?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15754/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Sacrifice in Israeli Literature Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15747/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [5779 matot masei interactive parsha experience](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15500/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Pinchas AIPE](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15402/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [5779 pinchas source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15359/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [AIPE Balak 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15346/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [AIPE Chukat 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15319/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Parshat Balak 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15314/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [The Sanhedrin Way](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11669/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Mahloket Matters Unit 5 PDF Download v.1](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13781/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Mahloket Matters Unit 4 PDF Download v.1](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13778/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Mahloket Matters Unit 3 PDF Download v.1](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13649/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Mahloket Matters Unit 2 PDF Download v.1](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13615/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Mahloket Matters Unit 1 PDF Download v.1](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13612/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Mahloket Matters the BMW Educator's Guide v1](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13813/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Mahloket Matters Introduction PDF Download v.1](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13618/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [AIPE Korach 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15236/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Parshat Chukat 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/15032/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [AIPE Shelach 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14973/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Parshat Korach 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14957/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [AIPE Behaalotekha](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14882/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [5779 Naso AIPE](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14830/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Shelach 5779 Calev and Joshua](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14837/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Bamidbar IPE 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14727/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Interactive Parsha Experience Bechukotai 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14646/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Bamidbar 5779 PFJ](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14632/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [MM- Article in Havruta](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14620/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Hakarat Hatov A4](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14611/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Hakarat hatov US](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14608/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [The Mourner's Kaddis a New Interpretation](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14570/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [5779 Behar: Giving People a Head Start](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14542/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Behukotai download 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14533/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [Interactive Parsha Experience Emor 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14511/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [5779 Interactive Parsha Experience Kedoshim](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14478/?tmstv=1772016363)
- [5779 emor rav mike](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14470/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Interactive Parsha Experience 5779 Acharei Mot](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14458/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [rahel berkovits source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14444/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [dov berkovits source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14440/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Inspired Parenting Part 5](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14434/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Inspired Parenting Part 4](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14427/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Kedoshim Alex Israel 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14421/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [5779 Metzora Interactive Parsha Experience](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14349/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [PFJ Metzora Source Sheet Rav Mike Feuer](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14338/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [An Interactive Seder Experience US Letter Size](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11932/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [An Interactive Seder Experience A4](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11928/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Tazria HaChodesh podcast sourcesheet.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14310/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [5779 Tazria Interactive Parsha Experience](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14302/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [5779 Shemini Interactive Parsha Experience Download](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14272/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Mordechai vs the Empire](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14261/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Chesed Community Commandedness](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14258/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [5779 TZAV pfj source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14252/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [An interactive parsha experience tzav 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14246/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [The Vanishing Jew Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14234/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Yehuda Kurtzer Israel we imagine](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14182/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Purim Companion US Letter size](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14125/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Purim Companion A4 Paper](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14128/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [An interactive parsha experience Vayikra 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14153/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [from shushan to tel aviv](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14115/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Interactive Parsha Experience Pekudei 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14100/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [And Esther was taken](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14095/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [The People Have Spoken Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14079/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Interactive Parsha Experience 5779 Vayakhel](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14061/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Rabbi Levi Cooper Murder, Curses and Harry Potter](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14071/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [DisagreementsForTheSakeOfHeaven_Curriculum_2019_02_24.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14055/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience Ki Tisa](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14035/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience Tetzaveh](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14016/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Pardes from Jerusalem Tetzaveh DLK 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/14008/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience Terumah](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13992/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Terumah 5779 PFJ source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13977/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Gafni lecture 4](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13969/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Gafni lecture 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13966/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [mm image](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13961/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [mm banner logo](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13958/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Developing Sacred Chutzpah – When the Queer Voice Challenges the Status Quo Power Construct](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13948/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience Mishpatim 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13931/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Mishpatim 5779 Meir Schweiger](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13924/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Interactive Parsha Experience Yitro](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13900/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Jethro. Engagement and Detachment](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13894/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Brettler Second Temple Judaea and the Diaspora: Equal Partners or Center-Periphery?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13888/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [B'Shalach an internative parsha experience download](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13850/?tmstv=1772016364)
- [Brettler; Jewish Dispersion Punishment Blessing or Universal Mission.pdf](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13832/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [5779 -- Bo: The Curious Reports of the Ten Plagues source sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13735/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience VaEra Do Humans Have Free Will](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13558/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience Bo, The Eighth Plague – Cute Grasshoppers Fill the Land?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13565/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience Shemot Seeing the Other](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13551/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience VaYechi Status Symbols](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13542/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience: Miketz, Knowing and Not Knowing - Two Sides of the Same Coin](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13444/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [Mahloket Matters Sample Units](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13489/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [Hanukah Through the Eyes of the Mystics: Visualization Practices for Living in the Light](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13479/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [Hanukah Through the Eyes of the Mystics: Flames of Gratitude](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13472/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [Hanukah Through the Eyes of the Mystics: The Triumph of Surrender](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13466/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience: VaYeshev, A Family Feud](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13287/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience - VaYigash, It’s All a Matter of Approach](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13279/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [THINKING ABOUT JEWISH POWER - PFJ Alex Israel Vayishlach](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13255/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience: VaYishlach – Gaining Perspective on Prayer](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13218/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience: VaYetze – Looking with "Fresh Eyes"!](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13147/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience: Toldot](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13078/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience: Chaye Sarah](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/13035/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience: Vayera – Feeling our Laughter](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12967/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience: Lech-lecha - Who is up for the Challenge?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12896/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experienc: Noach - Strength in Numbers?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12872/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience: Bereishit - The Blame Game, What a Shame!](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12848/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Ha’azinu - The Rich Trap](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12806/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vayalech — Reading (and Owning) Jewish Books](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12761/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Nitzavim: Take it to Heart](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12739/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Ki Tavo - National Treasure](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12700/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Ki Tetze: Eating on the Job!](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12687/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Shoftim - A Different Army](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12528/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [Inspired Parenting Part 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12519/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [Inspired Parenting Part 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12514/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [Inspired Parenting Part 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12510/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Re'eh: Children of God](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12484/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Ekev — The Power of a Blessing](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12444/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: VaEtchanan: When God says “No!”](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12436/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [Devarim: Do You Believe in Giants?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12389/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Matot-Massei: When a Halakhic Solution Creates a Halakhic Problem](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12372/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Pinchas — The Power of Few](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12355/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Balak — A People that Dwell Alone](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12329/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Chukat: An Anger Problem](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12314/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Korach  — Not a Single Donkey](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12298/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Shelach Lecha — Reminders](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12285/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Beha'alotecha  —  Moses in Crisis](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12271/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Naso: Nazir - Sacred or Sinner?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12173/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Bamidbar — Why Count the Nation?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12135/?tmstv=1772016365)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Bechukotai – The Power of Many](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12111/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Behar — Words Hurt](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12097/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Emor — Blemished Motivation?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12074/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Tazria/Metzora — Individual and Collective](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/12038/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Shemini — In the Wake of Tragedy](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11995/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Tzav — What's Wrong with Hametz?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11973/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vayikra — White Space](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11952/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vayakhel-Pekudei — The Gift of Second Chances](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11911/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Ki Tisa — The Golden Calf. Why?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11899/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Tetzaveh — Smells Good!](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11888/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Teruma — Meeting God](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11872/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Mishpatim — Set the Table!](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11832/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [Resource for Rabbis: The Impending African Refugee Deportations in Israel and DACA](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11821/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [Unit 1: Teacher's Guide](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11734/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [Unit 1: Rabbi's Guide](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11725/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Story of Purim Through a Constructive Mahloket (Disagreement) Lens](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11796/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Love. Fear. Awe.](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11790/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: BeShalach — The Sound of Music](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11755/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [Unit 1: Guidelines: Designing A Constructive Controversy Scenario](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11746/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [Unit 1: School's Tzedaka Policy](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11700/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [Unit 1: Tikun Olam](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11696/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [Keep or Cancel the Controversial Speaker? You Decide!](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11680/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Bo — Jewish Time!](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11661/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vaera — Gratitude](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11648/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Shemot — Be Somebody!](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11569/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vayigash — Jewish Survival?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11525/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vayechi — Holding the Tribe(s) Together](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11520/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Miketz — Human Initiative; Divine Guidance](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11510/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Pardes Hanukah Companion: A4](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11459/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Pardes Hanukah Companion: US Letter Size](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11461/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vayeshev — Brotherly Hatred](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11484/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vayishlach — Antisemitism in a Tolerant Age](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11437/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vayetze — Jacob's Work Ethic](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11395/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Toldot — Two Children, Two Paths](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11370/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Chaye Sarah — Social Seclusion](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11348/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion:  Vayera — Don’t Curb your Enthusiasm](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11325/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Lech Lecha — Is Faith Innate or Acquired?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11261/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Noach — The Challenge of Technology](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11066/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [Resource for Rabbis: Me Too says the Bible — Some Thoughts in the Wake of Harvey Weinstein](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11057/?tmstv=1772016366)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Bereshit — Where Art Thou?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11022/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Sukkot — The Key to Happiness](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/11011/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Yom Kippur](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10979/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Nitzavim-Vayelech: Tekiah-Teruah — Stability and Upheaval](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10917/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Ki Tavo — Am I a Hypocrite?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10879/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Ki-Tetze — Why do Mitzvot?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10858/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Shoftim — In Touch with Justice](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10822/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Ekev – The Lessons of Rain](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10769/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Re’eh — Open Hearts Open Hands](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10764/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Va'Etchanan – Spirit of the Law](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10757/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Devarim — Rebuilding Jerusalem](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10695/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Matot- Massei — The Power (and Danger) of a Vow](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10674/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Pinchas — Two Elements](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10646/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Balak — Learning the Hard Way](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10604/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Korach - How to avoid Conflict and Negative Influence](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10531/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Chukat: Choose Life!](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10552/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Shelach Lecha — A Question of Attitude](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10516/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Beha'alotecha — The Marshmallow Test](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10492/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Pardes Shavuot Companion A4 Paper](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10277/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Pardes Shavuot Companion US Letter Size](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10280/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Naso — “May God Bless You and Protect You”](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10460/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Bamidbar — Why a Wilderness?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10437/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [Behar-Behukotai: The Loyalty of the Land](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10405/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Emor — Why Count the Omer?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10364/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Acharei-Mot\Kedoshim — How to Turn Hate into Love](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10313/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Tazria-Metzora — Have You Ever Been Excluded?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10269/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Shemini — Death in the Sanctuary](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10225/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Tzav — Fire of Renewal](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10204/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [How Do We Engage the “Wicked” Child Differently?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10188/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vayikra — The Power of Preparation](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10097/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vayakhel-Pekudei — Experiencing God’s Presence](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10064/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Bereshit — Is Humanity "Good"?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10006/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Noach — Social Influence and Religious Isolation](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/10001/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Lech Lecha — Circumcision: Repudiating Fate](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9996/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vayera — Hospitality](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9991/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Ki Tisa — Why Did Moses Smash the Tablets?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9986/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Tetzaveh — Who is Hiding Under Your Mask?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9963/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Teruma — A Torah for All Places](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9916/?tmstv=1772016367)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Mishpatim – Blind Faith?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9895/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Yitro - A Human Torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9851/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Beshalach - The Test of Freedom](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9830/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Bo - Actions Speak Louder!](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9691/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vaera - Breathless Living](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9663/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Shemot](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9628/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vayehi - Keys to Redemption](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9593/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [Text Comes Alive at Pardes](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9574/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [Vayigash: Dealing with Emotions](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9557/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Miketz - Awakening Sensitivity](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9527/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Vayeshev – The Temptation of Joseph](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9500/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [Vayishlach - The Morality of Violence](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9455/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [Vayetze: Materialism](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9383/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Toldot - Middle-Child Syndrome?](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9369/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [The Parsha Discussion: Chaye Sara](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/9307/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [A Taste of Tochacha: A Teacher’s Guide](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/8840/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [The Pardes Companion to the Haggadah (US letter size)](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/8705/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [The Pardes Companion to the Haggadah (A4)](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/8703/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [Yom Kippur Sample Unit](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/8661/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [PRSC Yom Kippur Study Guide](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/8659/?tmstv=1772016368)
- [Isaac and Rebecca The Original Meet Cute](https://elmad.pardes.org/download/8656/?tmstv=1772016368)

## Parshiot

- [Vayetse](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/vayetse/)
- [Haazinu](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/haazinu-2/)
- [Rosh Hashana](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/haazinu/)
- [Nitzavim / Vayelekh](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/nitzavim-vayelekh/)
- [Ki Tavo](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/ki-tavo/)
- [Shoftim](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/shoftim/)
- [Ki Tetse](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/ki-tetse/)
- [Re'eh](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/reeh/)
- [Ekev](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/ekev/)
- [Va'ethanan](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/vaethanan/)
- [Devarim](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/devarim/)
- [Masei](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/masei/)
- [Mattot](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/mattot/)
- [Pinchas](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/pinchas/)
- [Balak](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/balak/)
- [Hukkat](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/hukkat/)
- [Korach](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/korach/)
- [Shelah-Lekha](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/shelah-lekha/)
- [Behaalotekha](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/behaalotekha/)
- [Naso](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/naso/)
- [Bemidbar](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/bemidbar/)
- [Behukkotai](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/behukkotai/)
- [Emor](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/emor/)
- [Behar](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/behar/)
- [Acharei Mot / Kedoshim](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/acharei-mot-kedoshim/)
- [Metsora](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/metsora/)
- [Tazria](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/tazria/)
- [Shemini](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/shemini/)
- [Tsav](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/tsav/)
- [Vayikra](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/vayikra/)
- [Pekudei](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/pekudei/)
- [Vayakhel](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/vayakhel/)
- [Ki Tissa](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/ki-tissa/)
- [Tetsaveh](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/tetsaveh/)
- [Terumah](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/terumah/)
- [Mishpatim](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/mishpatim/)
- [Yitro](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/yitro/)
- [Beshallah](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/beshallah/)
- [Bo](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/bo/)
- [Vaera](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/vaera/)
- [Shemot](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/shemot/)
- [Vayehi](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/vayehi/)
- [Vayiggash](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/vayiggash/)
- [Mikkets](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/mikkets/)
- [Vayeshev](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/vayeshev/)
- [Vayishlah](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/vayishlah/)
- [Toledot](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/toledot/)
- [Hayyei Sarah](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/hayyei-sarah/)
- [Vayera](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/vayera/)
- [Lekh Lekha](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/lekh-lekha/)
- [Noah](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/noah/)
- [Bereshit](https://elmad.pardes.org/parsha/bereshit/)

## Categories

- [Pardes from Jerusalem](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/parsha/podcasts/) - Join Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield and guests each week for a thoughtful and engaging podcast discussion of the weekly Torah portion. Each week, Zvi will be joined by a guest for a deep dive into the text, unraveling the wisdom nestled within each Torah portion, exploring its timeless relevance, and uncovering contemporary insights. Whether you’re a seasoned Torah scholar, an inquisitive seeker of knowledge, or simply someone looking for inspiration and wisdom, Pardes from Jerusalem provides you with thought-provoking conversations, invaluable lessons for personal growth, and deeper insight into Jewish texts. Tune into this Pardes podcast for a creative, personal and brave journey as Zvi and guests leave no stone unturned in seeking to bring out meaning and significance from each Torah portion. www.pardes.org.il/
- [Bereishit (Genesis)](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bereshit/)
- [Shemot (Exodus)](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/shemot/)
- [Vayikra (Leviticus)](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/vayikra/)
- [Bamidbar (Numbers)](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bamidbar/)
- [Devarim (Deuteronomy)](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/devarim/)
- [Bereishit](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bereshit/bereishit-1/)
- [Ekev](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/devarim/ekev/)
- [Pinchas](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bamidbar/pinchas/)
- [Shoftim](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/devarim/shoftim/)
- [Ki Tavo](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/devarim/ki-tavo/)
- [Nitzavim](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/devarim/nitzavim/)
- [Talmud](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/talmud/)
- [Holidays & Special Readings](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/)
- [Rosh Hashana](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/rosh-hashanah/)
- [Yom Kippur](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/yom-kippur/)
- [Sukkot](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/sukkot/)
- [Shemini Atzeret](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/shemini-atzeret/)
- [Noach](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bereshit/noach/)
- [Lech Lecha](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bereshit/lech-lecha/)
- [VaYera](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bereshit/vayera/)
- [Chaye Sarah](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bereshit/chaye-sarah/)
- [Toldot](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bereshit/toldot/)
- [VaYetze](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bereshit/vayetze/)
- [VaYishlah](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bereshit/vayishlah/)
- [VaYeshev](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bereshit/vayeshev/)
- [MiKetz](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bereshit/miketz/)
- [VaYigash](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bereshit/vayigash/)
- [Vayehi](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bereshit/vayehi/)
- [Shemot](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/shemot/shemot-1/)
- [VaEra](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/shemot/vaera/)
- [Bo](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/shemot/bo/)
- [Beshalach](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/shemot/bshalach/)
- [Yitro](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/shemot/yitro/)
- [Mishpatim](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/shemot/mishpatim/)
- [Terumah](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/shemot/terumah/)
- [Tetzaveh](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/shemot/tetzaveh/)
- [Ki Tisa](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/shemot/ki-tisa/)
- [VaYakhel](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/shemot/vayakhel/)
- [Vayikra](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/vayikra/vayikra-1/)
- [Shabbat Zachor](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/shabbat-zachor/)
- [Tzav](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/vayikra/tzav/)
- [Shemini](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/vayikra/shemini/)
- [Tazria](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/vayikra/tazria/)
- [Metzora](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/vayikra/metzora/)
- [Pesach](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/pesach/)
- [Shabbat HaGadol](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/shabbat-hagadol/)
- [Acharei Mot](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/vayikra/acharei-mot/)
- [Kedoshim](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/vayikra/kedoshim/)
- [Emor](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/vayikra/emor/)
- [Behar](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/vayikra/behar/)
- [Bechukotai](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/vayikra/bechukotai/)
- [Bamidbar](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bamidbar/bamidbar-1/)
- [Shavuot](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/shavuot/)
- [Naso](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bamidbar/naso/)
- [Beha'alotecha](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bamidbar/behaalotcha/)
- [Shelach](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bamidbar/shelach-lecha/)
- [Korach](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bamidbar/korach/)
- [Chukat](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bamidbar/chukat/)
- [Balak](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bamidbar/balak/)
- [Matot](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bamidbar/matot/)
- [Massei](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/bamidbar/massei/)
- [Devarim](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/devarim/devarim-1/)
- [VaEtchanan](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/devarim/vaetchanan/)
- [Re'eh](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/devarim/reeh/)
- [Ki Tetze](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/devarim/ki-tetze/)
- [Vayelech](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/devarim/vayelech/)
- [Simhat Torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/simhat-torah/)
- [Chanukah](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/hannukah/)
- [Purim](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/purim/)
- [Pekudei](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/shemot/pekudei/)
- [Tisha B'av](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/the-three-weeks/tisha-bav/)
- [Yom Ha'atzmaut](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/israel-national-holidays/yom-haatzmaut/)
- [Ha'azinu](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/devarim/haazinu/)
- [Rosh Chodesh](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/rosh-chodesh/)
- [Tu Bishvat](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/tu-bshvat/)
- [Shabbat Shuva](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/shabbat-shuva/)
- [Unexpected Encounters: The Jewish Holidays and the Other](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/specials/unexpected-encounters-the-jewish-holidays-and-the-other/)
- [Torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/)
- [Megillot](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/neviim-and-ketuvim/megillot/)
- [Eicha](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/neviim-and-ketuvim/megillot/eicha/)
- [Esther](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/neviim-and-ketuvim/megillot/esther/)
- [Kohelet](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/neviim-and-ketuvim/megillot/kohelet/)
- [Ruth](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/neviim-and-ketuvim/megillot/ruth/)
- [Shir HaShirim](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/neviim-and-ketuvim/megillot/shir-hashirim/)
- [Halakha](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/halakha/)
- [Kashrut](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/halakha/kashrut/)
- [Mourning](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/life-cycle/mourning/)
- [Shabbat](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/halakha/shabbat/)
- [History](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/history/)
- [Biblical Times](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/history/biblical-times/)
- [Early Hasidic Era](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/history/early-hasidic-era/)
- [Holocaust](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/history/holocaust/)
- [Temple Era](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/history/temple-era/)
- [Modernity](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/modernity/)
- [Politics](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/politics/)
- [Spirituality](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/spirituality/)
- [Jewish Prayer](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/self-and-spirituality/prayer/)
- [Spiritual Practices](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/self-and-spirituality/spiritual-practices/)
- [Mishnah](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/mishnah/)
- [Pirkei Avot](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/mishnah/pirkei-avot/)
- [Hasidut](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/self-and-spirituality/hasidut/)
- [Midrash](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/midrash/)
- [Zionism](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/zionism/)
- [Social Justice](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/social-justice/)
- [The Three Weeks](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/the-three-weeks/)
- [The 17th of Tammuz and The 9 Days](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/the-three-weeks/the-17th-of-tammuz/)
- [Feminism](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/feminism/)
- [Women's Issues](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/life-cycle/womens-issues/)
- [Marriage and Divorce](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/life-cycle/marriage-and-divorce/)
- [Personalities](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/)
- [Joseph](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/biblical-people/joseph/)
- [Ruth](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/biblical-people/ruth-personalities/)
- [Abraham](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/biblical-people/abraham/)
- [Teaching Resources & Education](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/education/)
- [Rav Kook](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/modern-people/rav-kook/)
- [Hershdorfer Kantrowitz Brettler Lectures](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/specials/hershdorfer-kantrowitz-brettler-lectures/)
- [Samson](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/biblical-people/samson/)
- [Judges](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/neviim-and-ketuvim/judges/)
- [Manoah](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/biblical-people/manoah/)
- [Jephthah](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/biblical-people/jephthah/)
- [Isaac](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/biblical-people/isaac/)
- [Adam and Eve](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/biblical-people/adam-and-eve/)
- [Larry Roth z"l Memorial Lectures](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/specials/larry-roth-zl-memorial-lectures/)
- [Special Series](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/specials/)
- [Rabbi Yochanan haSandlar](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/talmudic-people/rabbi-yochanan-hasandlar/)
- [Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/talmudic-people/rabbi-shimon-bar-yochai/)
- [Rabbi Meir](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/talmudic-people/rabbi-meir/)
- [Rabbi Yossi bar Halafta](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/talmudic-people/rabbi-yossi-bar-halafta/)
- [Democracy](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/democracy/)
- [Moshe](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/biblical-people/moshe/)
- [Pardes Center for Jewish Educators](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pcje/)
- [Personal Transformation](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/self-and-spirituality/personal-transformation/)
- [Biblical Personalities](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/biblical-people/)
- [Modern Personalities](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/modern-people/)
- [Talmudic Personalities](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/talmudic-people/)
- [Day Schools](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/education/day-schools/)
- [Philosophy of Education](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/education/ed-philosophy/)
- [Strategies](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/education/strategies/)
- [Self](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/self/)
- [Mussar](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/self-and-spirituality/mussar/)
- [Practices](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/self-and-spirituality/practices/)
- [Reflection](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/self-and-spirituality/reflection/)
- [Teshuvah](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/self-and-spirituality/teshuvah/)
- [Parenting](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/education/parenting/)
- [Tzedakah](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/life-cycle/tzedakah/)
- [Hasidic Lore Series](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/hasidic-lore-series/) - Click here to subscribe to the Hasidic Lore series and receive the updates straight to your email.
- [The Baal Shem Tov](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/modern-people/the-baal-shem-tov/)
- [Shabbat](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/shabbat-holidays/)
- [Torah Study](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/education/torah-study/)
- [Health](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/self-and-spirituality/health/)
- [Sexuality](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/self-and-spirituality/sexuality/)
- [Hasidic Works](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/specials/hasidic-works/)
- [Psalms](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/neviim-and-ketuvim/psalms/)
- [Leadership](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/education/leadership/)
- [Intermarriage](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/intermarriage/)
- [Jacob](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/biblical-people/jacob/)
- [Esau](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/biblical-people/esau/)
- [Assimilation](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/assimilation/)
- [Medieval Europe](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/history/medieval-europe/)
- [Boaz](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/biblical-people/boaz/)
- [Early Modern Period of Europe](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/history/early-modern-period-of-europe/)
- [Moses Mendelssohn](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/modern-people/moses-mendelssohn/)
- [Jewish Denominations](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/jewish-denominations/)
- [Sexuality](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/life-cycle/sexuality-halakha/)
- [Sex in Halakha Lectures](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/specials/sex-in-halakha-lectures/)
- [Conversion](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/life-cycle/conversion/)
- [Jewish Week of Constructive Conflict](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/jewish-day-of-constructive-conflict/)
- [The Jewish Calendar](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/life-cycle/the-jewish-calendar/)
- [Yael Ziegler on Shir HaShirim](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/specials/yael-ziegler-on-shir-hashirim/)
- [Haggadah Handouts](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/specials/haggadah-handouts/)
- [The Omer](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/the-omer/)
- [Conflict Resolution](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/resources-for-9adar/conflict-resolution/)
- [The Rodef Shalom: Pursuing Peace in Judaism](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/specials/the-rodef-shalom-pursuing-peace-in-judaism/)
- [Shemitta](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/shemitta/)
- [Inheritance](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/inheritance/)
- [Global Day of Jewish Learning](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/global-day-of-jewish-learning/)
- [Jethro](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/personalities/biblical-people/jethro/)
- [Yom Hashoah](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/israel-national-holidays/yom-hashoah/)
- [Yom Hazikaron](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/israel-national-holidays/yom-hazikaron/)
- [Israel National Holidays](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/israel-national-holidays/)
- [Pardes Center for Judaism and Conflict Resolution](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/)
- [Rodef Shalom](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/rodef-shalom/)
- [Resources for 9Adar](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/resources-for-9adar/)
- [Conflict Resolution in the Torah & Holidays](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/conflict-resolution-in-the-torah-and-holidays/)
- [School Curriculum](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/school-curriculum/)
- [Fasting](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/resources-for-9adar/fasting/)
- [Speech](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/resources-for-9adar/speech/)
- [Online Courses](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/rodef-shalom/online-courses/)
- [Rodef Shalom Resource](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/rodef-shalom/rodef-shalom-resource/)
- [Divrei Torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/conflict-resolution-in-the-torah-and-holidays/divrei-torah/)
- [Conflict Resolution for Elementary School](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/school-curriculum/conflict-resolution-for-elementary-school/)
- [Conflict Resolution for Middle School](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/school-curriculum/conflict-resolution-for-middle-school/)
- [Conflict Resolution for High School](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/school-curriculum/conflict-resolution-for-high-school/)
- [Pardes 360](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pardes-360/)
- [9Adar Curriculum](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/resources-for-9adar/9adar-curriculum/)
- [9Adar Intro and History](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/resources-for-9adar/9adar-intro-and-history/)
- [Contribute](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/resources-for-9adar/contribute/)
- [The Maggid of Melbourne](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/) - Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper, the Maggid of Melbourne, teacher of Hasidut, community rabbi, lawyer, IDF reservist and father to six – shares a straight shot of Torah on topics of current interest from his Pardes classroom, his research and from his shul in Zur Hadassa. L’chaim! Subscribe today to receive updates when new podcast series and articles from the Maggid of Melbourne, Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper, are released!
- [Sexuality and Sanctity Series](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/life-cycle/sexuality-halakha/sexuality-and-sanctity-series/)
- [This Pardes Life](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/this-pardes-life/)
- [The Talmudic Portrait Gallery, Leah Rosenthal](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-talmudic-portrait-gallery-leah-rosenthal/)
- [Yair Zakovitch - David: A Complicated Hero](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/yair-zakovitch-david-a-complicated-hero/)
- [Jewish Approaches to Israeli Minorities](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/specials/jewish-approaches-to-israeli-minorities/)
- [The Thoughts of Rabbi Professor Eliezer Berkovits z”l](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-thoughts-of-rabbi-professor-eliezer-berkovits-zl/)
- [Jewish Lore](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/jewish-lore/)
- [The Jewish Story](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-jewish-story/) - Deepen your relationship with Israel as a People and take a journey through the most remarkable, majestic and dramatic history of any people in human history with Rabbi Mike Feuer.
- [Rabbi Ethan Tucker Egalitarian Halakha](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/rabbi-ethan-tucker-egalitarian-halakha/)
- [The Parsha Discussion](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/parsha/the-parsha-discussion/) - The Pardes Parsha Discussion is a new weekly series by faculty member Rabbi Alex Israel, designed to stimulate discussion around the Shabbat table, especially with teenagers.
- [Rav Kook on the Haggadah with Yiscah Smith](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/rav-kook-on-the-haggadah-with-yiscah-smith/) - This 10-class series explores some of Rav Kook’s commentaries on the Haggadah shel Pesach. The focus will be on moving from the space of spiritual slavery to freedom, from a limited consciousness to an expanded consciousness, from fear based behavior to compassion based behavior, as inspired by excerpts from Rav Kook’s “Olat Ha Ra’ayah.” It’s never too early to prepare for Pesach and many of us find, with our busy lives, that we don’t have the opportunity to glance at the Haggadah until just a few days before the Seder. It leaves us feeling, “if I only had more time to prepare.” And now we do.
- [Jewish Wisdom and Eternal Human Dilemmas](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/jewish-wisdom-and-eternal-human-dilemmas/)
- [The Moral Economy](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/the-moral-economy/) - The Moral Economy: A Conference on Law, Economics and Religion. This special one-day program addressed some of the most compelling issues of economic justice confronting society today, with a special focus on the relationship between American law and the world’s great religious traditions. Six panel discussions were led by leading scholars, professors and bankruptcy judges including Pardes faculty members Rabba Yaffa Epstein and Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper and several Pardes alumni, Dr. Deborah Barer, Dr. Noah Benjamin Bickart, Rabbi William Friedman and Dr. Jenny Labendz.
- [Pardes Holiday Companions](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pardes-holiday-companions/)
- [Dr. Yael Ziegler on Psalms](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/dr-yael-ziegler-on-psalms/)
- [Yom Yerushalayim](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/holidays/israel-national-holidays/yom-yerushalyim/)
- [ELS](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/els/)
- [Rappers and Rabbis](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/rappers-and-rabbis/) - “Rappers & Rabbis” is hosted by Rapper Matt Bar, Rabba Yaffa Epstein, Rabbi AdAm Mayer and Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky. Join us every two weeks for a lively hip hop havruta-style Torah conversation with a rotating cast of Pardes alumni and holy MCs. Each episode is framed by a question with metaphysical ramifications, such as “Why did God create the snake?” Or “Can Rabbah Yaffa Epstein rap?”
- [Resource for Rabbis](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/resource-for-rabbis/)
- [Self & Spirituality](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/self-and-spirituality/)
- [Neviim & Ketuvim](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/neviim-and-ketuvim/)
- [Critical Issues](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/)
- [Life Cycle](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/life-cycle/)
- [The Art of Rabbinic Storytelling](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-art-of-rabbinic-storytelling/)
- [The History of Spain](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-history-of-spain/)
- [Jewish Models for Conflict Resolution](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pcje/jewish-models-for-conflict-resolution/)
- [Holidays](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pcje/holidays-pcje/)
- [School Year Cycle](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pcje/school-year-cycle/)
- [Classroom Techniques/Activities](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pcje/classroom-techniques-activities/)
- [21st-Century Learning](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pcje/21st-century-learning/)
- [Expand Your Mind](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pcje/expand-your-mind/)
- [Elementary School](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pcje/jewish-models-for-conflict-resolution/elementary-school-jewish-models-for-conflict-resolution/)
- [Middle School](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pcje/jewish-models-for-conflict-resolution/middle-school-jewish-models-for-conflict-resolution/)
- [High School](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pcje/jewish-models-for-conflict-resolution/high-school-jewish-models-for-conflict-resolution/)
- [Positive Classroom Culture](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pcje/positive-classroom-culture/)
- [Summer Evening Lectures 2018](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/summer-evening-lectures-2018/)
- [Inspired Parenting](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/inspired-parenting/) - How can our children help us change for the better? How can they inspire us to find more meaning when we approach prayer these High Holidays? And how can our honest conversations about living generously impact our children and ourselves? Through Jewish texts, personal anecdotes and a fair share of soulful reflection (and laughter!) Tovah Leah Nachmani and Dasee Berkowitz, both educators and mothers, offer us insights into how we can begin this High Holiday season of renewal with an open heart.
- [Pardes Live and Mini-Series](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pardes-live-and-mini-series/)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/parsha/an-interactive-parsha-experience/) - An Interactive Parsha Experience is a family-oriented parsha resource. Complete with the summaries and related questions for the weekly Parsha, this guide provides games, activities and other fun things to bring to your family table or couch on Shabbat. This interactive resource is produced by The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators and is appropriate for children of all ages.
- [Hanukah, Pesach and Purim Walk into a Bar](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/hanukah-pesach-and-purim-walk-into-a-bar/) - Welcome to the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators podcast series: Hanukah, Pesach and Purim walk into a bar… Each episode Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield hosts guest educators who share one text that reveals the deeper meaning of that year cycle event.
- [Tanakh](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/)
- [Parsha](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/parsha/)
- [Mahloket Matters](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/mmatters/)
- [Beit Midrash Way](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/mmatters/bmw/)
- [Sanhedrin Way](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/critical-issues/pcjcr/mmatters/sw/)
- [Teaching Remotely](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pcje/remote-teaching/)
- [Home is Where the Torah Is](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/home-is-where-the-torah-is/)
- [Amen: Multiple Lenses for Tefilah Education](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/amen-series/) - The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators is proud to produce this podcast series to support and inspire tefilah education. Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Pardes faculty member, leads a panel of veteran educators in an invigorating discussion of how to make prayer relevant to young people. Using a menu of tefilah goals, created as part of the Pardes Tefilah Education Initiative, each educator explores each episode’s prayer through a lens of either Connecting to God, Developing a Sense of Jewish Community, or Cultivating Personal Growth.
- [Pardes Daily](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/pardes-daily/) - This page features all of the podcasts that appeared on the Pardes Daily App.
- [Crises & Kings](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/crises-kings/)
- [Crises & Kings](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/parsha/podcasts/crises-kings-podcasts/)
- [Halakha of the Harvest](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/halakha-of-the-harvest/)
- [High Holidays](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/high-holidays/)
- [Pigs in Jewish Law and Lore](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/pigs-in-jewish-law-and-lore/) - The Maggid of Melbourne was recently on a research trip to Frankfurt am Main, Germany. While in residence at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Levi Cooper delved into various aspects of pigs in Jewish law and Jewish lore. Thanks to guidance from the local rabbinic leadership and the KosherScan app, Levi had no problems keeping kosher, but this did not stop him embarking on an intellectual voyage of discovery.
- [The “Mitzvah” of Hametz: Human Creativity](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-mitzvah-of-hametz-human-creativity/)
- [Prepare to Experience Inner Freedom and Liberation.](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/prepare-to-experience-inner-freedom-and-liberation/)
- [Haggadah Mini-Challenge](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/haggadah-mini-challenge/)
- [Tanakh Mini-Challenge](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh-mini-challenge/)
- [Good Jewish Lover](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/gjl/) - A Torah of Relationships Good Jewish Lover, from the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem is a podcast that brings the Torah of relationships to the reality of contemporary lives. Inspired by thinkers such as Brene Brown, Gabor Mate, Esther Perel and John and Julie Gottman, each episode features Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek and guests explore classic Jewish text as a springboard to discuss contemporary relationships and how we can all strive to be Good Jewish Lovers.
- [This Covid Life](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/this-covid-life/)
- [Laws of Government](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/laws-of-government/)
- [Navigating Excessive Spirituality](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/navigating-excessive-spirituality/)
- [Exploring Sacred Spaces](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/exploring-sacred-spaces/) - What makes a physical space fit for sacred action? What intentionality actually goes into the design of our synagogues and other prayer spaces? Engaged in both the building of Pardes’s new home, Beit Karen, and the construction of a new synagogue in his community at Zur Hadassah, the Maggid of Melbourne has been pondering these questions. Embark on an intellectual journey with Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper, as he delves into these questions and explores the meaning and purpose behind sacred spaces in this new summer learning opportunity.
- [VeZot HaBracha](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/tanakh/torah/devarim/vezot-habracha/)
- [Torah for Tough Times](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/torah-for-tough-times/)
- [Pidyon Shvuyim: Redeeming Captives](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/the-maggid-of-melbourne-speaks/pidyon-shvuyim-redeeming-captives/)
- [Dissonance & Harmony](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/dissonance-harmony/)
- [Elul](https://elmad.pardes.org/topic/elul/)

## Tags

- [Listen](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/listen/) - Subscribe to the Pardes from Jerusalem on iTunes
- [Read](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/read/)
- [All Content You Can Watch](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/watch/)
- [Passover (Pesach)](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/passover/)
- [Project Based Learning](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/project-based-learning/)
- [Content about Pedagogy (Education)](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pedagogy/)
- [hanukah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hanukah/)
- [Podcasts About the Torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/torah-podcast/)
- [Pardes From Jerusalem Podcast](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-from-jerusalem/)
- [jewish prayer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-prayer/)
- [moshe](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/moshe/)
- [family-friendly](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/family-friendly/)
- [family-oriented](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/family-oriented/)
- [plagues](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/plagues/)
- [burning bush](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/burning-bush/)
- [bo](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/bo/)
- [interactive parsha experience](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/interactive-parsha-experience/)
- [grasshopper](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/grasshopper/)
- [locust](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/locust/)
- [geonim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/geonim/)
- [rav mike](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rav-mike/)
- [talmud](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/talmud/)
- [islam](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/islam/)
- [All Content on Judaism](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/judaism/)
- [vayehi](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/vayehi/)
- [Content related to the Torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/torah/)
- [Content from Rabbi Alex Israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-alex-israel/)
- [Content from Rav Mike Feuer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rav-mike-feuer/)
- [pardes podcast](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-podcast/)
- [Content from Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-levi-cooper/)
- [Content from Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-maggid-of-melbourne/)
- [hasidic](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hasidic/)
- [jewish learning](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-learning/)
- [maggid of melbourne](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/maggid-of-melbourne/)
- [hasidic lore](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hasidic-lore/)
- [hasidut](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hasidut/)
- [mishneh torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mishneh-torah/)
- [maimonides](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/maimonides/)
- [rambam](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rambam/)
- [spirituality](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/spirituality/)
- [the 17th of tammuz](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-17th-of-tammuz/)
- [Tisha B'Av](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tisha-bav/)
- [modern israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/modern-israel/)
- [politics](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/politics/)
- [torah learning](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/torah-learning/)
- [Passover (Pesach)](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pesach/)
- [rabbi leon morris](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-leon-morris/)
- [king solomon](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/king-solomon/)
- [Topic: Zionism](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/zionism/)
- [history of modern israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/history-of-modern-israel/)
- [modernity](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/modernity/)
- [history](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/history/)
- [1967](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/1967/)
- [pardes live and mini series](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-live-and-mini-series/)
- [jonathan sarna jews and american politics](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jonathan-sarna-jews-and-american-politics/)
- [brettler](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/brettler/)
- [cain and abel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/cain-and-abel/)
- [jewish denominations](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-denominations/)
- [democracy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/democracy/)
- [video](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/video/)
- [enlightenment in europe](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/enlightenment-in-europe/)
- [holocaust](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/holocaust/)
- [Elmad](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/elmad/)
- [Holidays](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/holidays/)
- [Hagim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hagim/)
- [Chagim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/chagim/)
- [devarim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/devarim/)
- [parsha](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/parsha/)
- [parshat bo](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/parshat-bo/)
- [shmot](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shmot/)
- [moses and pharaoh](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/moses-and-pharaoh/)
- [pardes from jerusalem weekly parsha podcast](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-from-jerusalem-weekly-parsha-podcast/)
- [10 plagues](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/10-plagues/)
- [rabbi mike feuer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-mike-feuer/)
- [Content about Jewish History](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-history/)
- [the land of israel network](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-land-of-israel-network/)
- [These are podcasts below](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/podcast/)
- [or haganuz](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/or-haganuz/)
- [online torah podcast](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/online-torah-podcast/)
- [jewish online learning](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-online-learning/)
- [gaonim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/gaonim/)
- [rav saadia gaon](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rav-saadia-gaon/)
- [pardes community education](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-community-education/)
- [jewish meaning](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-meaning/)
- [virtual relationship](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/virtual-relationship/)
- [tu bishvat](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tu-bishvat/)
- [tu b'shvat](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tu-bshvat/)
- [The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pcje/)
- [sidney and miriam brettler](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sidney-and-miriam-brettler/)
- [brettler memorial series](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/brettler-memorial-series/)
- [professor isaiah gafni](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/professor-isaiah-gafni/)
- [beshallach](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/beshallach/)
- [shabbat](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shabbat/)
- [gift](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/gift/)
- [tosefet shabbat](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tosefet-shabbat/)
- [bshalach](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/bshalach/)
- [sefi kraut](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sefi-kraut/)
- [freedom](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/freedom/)
- [testing freedom](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/testing-freedom/)
- [family](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/family/)
- [ce](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ce/)
- [christian europe](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/christian-europe/)
- [rise of feudalism](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rise-of-feudalism/)
- [els](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/els/)
- [winter else 2018](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/winter-else-2018/)
- [territories for peace](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/territories-for-peace/)
- [micah goodman](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/micah-goodman/)
- [winter pardes executive learning seminar 2018](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/winter-pardes-executive-learning-seminar-2018/)
- [six day war](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/six-day-war/)
- [alex israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/alex-israel/)
- [pardes executive learning seminar 2018](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-executive-learning-seminar-2018/)
- [balfour declaration](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/balfour-declaration/)
- [pardes institute of jewish studies](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-institute-of-jewish-studies/)
- [sulam yaakov sounds](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sulam-yaakov-sounds/)
- [rabbi levi cooper the maggid of melbourne](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-levi-cooper-the-maggid-of-melbourne/)
- [yitro](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yitro/)
- [moses](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/moses/)
- [Jewish Journeys](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-journeys/)
- [Peter Stein](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/peter-stein/)
- [Sarah Levy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sarah-levy/)
- [The first few days of school](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-first-few-days-of-school/)
- [pcje staff](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pcje-staff/)
- [Focus on Discussion](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/focus-on-discussion/)
- [Susan Yammer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/susan-yammer/)
- [Concluding the School Year](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/concluding-the-school-year/)
- [PCJE Alumni](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pcje-alumni/)
- [Teaching Elul](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/teaching-elul/)
- [Student Centered Classroom](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/student-centered-classroom/)
- [Shavuot](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shavuot/)
- [Back to School](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/back-to-school/)
- [Technology in the Classroom](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/technology-in-the-classroom/)
- [Reuven Margrett](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/reuven-margrett/)
- [Communicating Expectations](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/communicating-expectations/)
- [Susan Wall](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/susan-wall/)
- [Design Thinking](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/design-thinking/)
- [Evan Wolkenstein](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/evan-wolkenstein/)
- [moshe and his father in law](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/moshe-and-his-father-in-law/)
- [an interactive parsha experience](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/an-interactive-parsha-experience/)
- [10 commendments](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/10-commendments/)
- [jethro](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jethro/)
- [test](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/test/)
- [The Story of Purim Through a Constructive Mahloket](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-story-of-purim-through-a-constructive-mahloket/)
- [Daniel Roth](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/daniel-roth/)
- [The Many (Authentic) Facelifts of Tu B’Shvat](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-many-authentic-facelifts-of-tu-bshvat/)
- [Aviva Goldbert](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/aviva-goldbert/)
- [Jewish Educators Speak](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-educators-speak/)
- [Hanukah: The Tofu of Jewish Holidays](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hanukah-the-tofu-of-jewish-holidays/)
- [Can we talk about this? Tochacha: A Study Guide for Constructive Communication](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/can-we-talk-about-this-tochacha-a-study-guide-for-constructive-communication/)
- [Amy Eilberg](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/amy-eilberg/)
- [The Rodef Shalom Communication Agreement](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-rodef-shalom-communication-agreement/)
- [A taste of tochacha](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/a-taste-of-tochacha/)
- [Is it Jewish to Forgive?](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/is-it-jewish-to-forgive/)
- [Study guide](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/study-guide/)
- [Pardes Rodef Shalom Schools Yom Kippur Unit](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-rodef-shalom-schools-yom-kippur-unit/)
- [Focus on how we can learn from others – not what we all have in common](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/focus-on-how-we-can-learn-from-others-not-what-we-all-have-in-common/)
- [The Rodef Shalom Who Runs to Say Shalom First](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-rodef-shalom-who-runs-to-say-shalom-first/)
- [Rachel Friedrichs](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rachel-friedrichs/)
- [9Adar Curriculum: G-DCAST - Disagreements for the Sake of Heaven](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/9adar-curriculum-g-dcast-disagreements-for-the-sake-of-heaven/)
- [9Adar Curriculum](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/9adar-curriculum/)
- [What is Machloket l’Shem Shamayim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/what-is-machloket-lshem-shamayim/)
- [Creating a Class Haskama (Contract)](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/creating-a-class-haskama-contract/)
- [PCJCR](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pcjcr/)
- [Conflict Resolution in Bible and Fairy Tales](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/conflict-resolution-in-bible-and-fairy-tales/)
- [geonic period](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/geonic-period/)
- [crusades](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/crusades/)
- [rishonim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rishonim/)
- [The story of the spies hateful speech](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-story-of-the-spies-hateful-speech/)
- [Closures for the Teaching Year](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/closures-for-the-teaching-year/)
- [Parent Teacher Conferences](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/parent-teacher-conferences/)
- [Color Symbol Image: A thinking routine to help students synthesize and extend their learning](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/color-symbol-image-a-thinking-routine-to-help-students-synthesize-and-extend-their-learning/)
- [Rosh Hashana](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rosh-hashana/)
- [A New Year Song](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/a-new-year-song/)
- [Rodef Shalom](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rodef-shalom/)
- [Siddur](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/siddur/)
- [Purim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/purim/)
- [resources](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/resources/)
- [Havruta](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/havruta/)
- [Pintroductions](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pintroductions/)
- [Anchor Activities](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/anchor-activities/)
- [Carousel Brainstorming](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/carousel-brainstorming/)
- [Graphic Organizers](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/graphic-organizers/)
- [Collaborative Inquiry](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/collaborative-inquiry/)
- [From Text to Practice](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/from-text-to-practice/)
- [Source Sheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/source-sheet/)
- [9Adar](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/9adar/)
- [ashkenazi identity](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ashkenazi-identity/)
- [martyrdom](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/martyrdom/)
- [disagreement for the sake of heaven](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/disagreement-for-the-sake-of-heaven/)
- [Pardes Rodef Shalom Schools Program](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-rodef-shalom-schools-program/)
- [Mahloket L’Shem Shamayim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mahloket-lshem-shamayim/)
- [The educators seder](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-educators-seder/)
- [An Alternative Learning Community for Teachers](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/an-alternative-learning-community-for-teachers/)
- [Gift of Torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/gift-of-torah/)
- [The sound of silence](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-sound-of-silence/)
- [Aviva Golbert](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/aviva-golbert/)
- [Laura Marder](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/laura-marder/)
- [Do Humans Have Free Will?](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/do-humans-have-free-will/)
- [Amy Martin](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/amy-martin/)
- [Penny Joel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/penny-joel/)
- [Miketz](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/miketz/)
- [the sidney and miriam brettler lecture series](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-sidney-and-miriam-brettler-lecture-series/)
- [israel and the diaspora in antiquity](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/israel-and-the-diaspora-in-antiquity/)
- [the sidney and miriam brettler series 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-sidney-and-miriam-brettler-series-5779/)
- [rabbi meir schweiger](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-meir-schweiger/)
- [mishpatim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mishpatim/)
- [children](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/children/)
- [teens](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/teens/)
- [parsha discussion](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/parsha-discussion/)
- [yeshivat chovevei torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yeshivat-chovevei-torah/)
- [rav dov linzer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rav-dov-linzer/)
- [daniel reifman](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/daniel-reifman/)
- [rahel berkovits](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rahel-berkovits/)
- [yiscah smith](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yiscah-smith/)
- [power privilege and responsibility](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/power-privilege-and-responsibility/)
- [pardes winter learning intensive](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-winter-learning-intensive/)
- [queer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/queer/)
- [chutzpah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/chutzpah/)
- [sacred judaism](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sacred-judaism/)
- [rosh hodesh](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rosh-hodesh/)
- [hanukah pesach and purim walk into a bar](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hanukah-pesach-and-purim-walk-into-a-bar/)
- [rashi](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rashi/)
- [Community Education related content, audio and video.](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/community-education/)
- [benjamin blutstein](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/benjamin-blutstein/)
- [marla bennett](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/marla-bennett/)
- [yom iyun shel chesed](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yom-iyun-shel-chesed/)
- [leket israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/leket-israel/)
- [rabbi levi lauer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-levi-lauer/)
- [terumah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/terumah/)
- [tabernacle](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tabernacle/)
- [nechama goldman barash](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/nechama-goldman-barash/)
- [brettler 5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/brettler-5779/)
- [aviva lauer golbert](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/aviva-lauer-golbert/)
- [online torah podcasts](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/online-torah-podcasts/)
- [tosafot](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tosafot/)
- [blood libel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/blood-libel/)
- [ashkenaz](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ashkenaz/)
- [dlk](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/dlk/)
- [tetzaveh](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tetzaveh/)
- [priest](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/priest/)
- [cohen](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/cohen/)
- [family torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/family-torah/)
- [hannah perlis](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hannah-perlis/)
- [the jewish story with ravi mike feuer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-jewish-story-with-ravi-mike-feuer/)
- [haside ashkenaz](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/haside-ashkenaz/)
- [besht](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/besht/)
- [baal shem tov](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/baal-shem-tov/)
- [ki tisa](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ki-tisa/)
- [an interactive parsha](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/an-interactive-parsha/)
- [sages of provence](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sages-of-provence/)
- [rambam controversy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rambam-controversy/)
- [vayakhel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/vayakhel/)
- [the jewish story with rav mike feuer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-jewish-story-with-rav-mike-feuer/)
- [online jewish learning](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/online-jewish-learning/)
- [jewish history podcast](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-history-podcast/)
- [the people have spoken](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-people-have-spoken/)
- [gay marriage](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/gay-marriage/)
- [female orthodox rabbis](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/female-orthodox-rabbis/)
- [disability](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/disability/)
- [rabbi elisha ancselovits](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-elisha-ancselovits/)
- [5779](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/5779/)
- [paris talmud burning](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/paris-talmud-burning/)
- [barcelona dispute](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/barcelona-dispute/)
- [church](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/church/)
- [esther](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/esther/)
- [megilalat esther](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/megilalat-esther/)
- [Sexuality](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sexuality/)
- [Consent Culture](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/consent-culture/)
- [Trafficking](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/trafficking/)
- [pekudei](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pekudei/)
- [shushan](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shushan/)
- [telaviv](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/telaviv/)
- [rabbi mishael zion](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-mishael-zion/)
- [megillat esther](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/megillat-esther/)
- [lessons for today](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/lessons-for-today/)
- [pardes holiday companions](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-holiday-companions/)
- [Content about Parashat Vayikra](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/vayikra/)
- [Topic: Israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/israel/)
- [yehuda kurtzer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yehuda-kurtzer/)
- [messiah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/messiah/)
- [shalom hartman institute](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shalom-hartman-institute/)
- [zohar](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/zohar/)
- [kabbalah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/kabbalah/)
- [ramban](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ramban/)
- [abulafia](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/abulafia/)
- [shabbat zachor](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shabbat-zachor/)
- [myth](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/myth/)
- [mysticism](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mysticism/)
- [Amalek](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/amalek/)
- [hanukah pesach purim walk into a bar](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hanukah-pesach-purim-walk-into-a-bar/)
- [michael eisenberg](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/michael-eisenberg/)
- [the vanishing jew](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-vanishing-jew/)
- [freud](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/freud/)
- [buber](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/buber/)
- [tzav](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tzav/)
- [shemini](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shemini/)
- [hasidism](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hasidism/)
- [hidden light](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hidden-light/)
- [the rosh](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-rosh/)
- [rashba](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rashba/)
- [black plague](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/black-plague/)
- [who is a jew](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/who-is-a-jew/)
- [chuppot](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/chuppot/)
- [rabbi aaron leibowitz](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-aaron-leibowitz/)
- [tazria](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tazria/)
- [hachodesh](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hachodesh/)
- [arlosorof](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/arlosorof/)
- [printing press](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/printing-press/)
- [poland](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/poland/)
- [martin luther](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/martin-luther/)
- [josel of rosheim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/josel-of-rosheim/)
- [conversos](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/conversos/)
- [arba turim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/arba-turim/)
- [haggadah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/haggadah/)
- [rabbi eliezer berkovits](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-eliezer-berkovits/)
- [rabbi rahel berkovits](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-rahel-berkovits/)
- [seder](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/seder/)
- [metzora](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/metzora/)
- [acharei mot](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/acharei-mot/)
- [martin buber](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/martin-buber/)
- [omer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/omer/)
- [blood](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/blood/)
- [chametz](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/chametz/)
- [social justice](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/social-justice/)
- [hahodesh](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hahodesh/)
- [slavery](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/slavery/)
- [the seder](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-seder/)
- [magid](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/magid/)
- [red sea](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/red-sea/)
- [matzah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/matzah/)
- [four questions](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/four-questions/)
- [four sons](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/four-sons/)
- [rav kook](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rav-kook/)
- [passover companion](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/passover-companion/)
- [rabbi reuven margrett](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-reuven-margrett/)
- [kedoshim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/kedoshim/)
- [pfj](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pfj/)
- [parenting](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/parenting/)
- [dasee berkowitz](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/dasee-berkowitz/)
- [arab revolt](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/arab-revolt/)
- [komemiyut](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/komemiyut/)
- [birkenau](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/birkenau/)
- [yom hashoah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yom-hashoah/)
- [emor](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/emor/)
- [israel independence](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/israel-independence/)
- [yom haatzmaut](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yom-haatzmaut/)
- [independence](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/independence/)
- [naftali frenkel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/naftali-frenkel/)
- [yom hazikaron](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yom-hazikaron/)
- [tzahal](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tzahal/)
- [hartman institute](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hartman-institute/)
- [donniel hartman](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/donniel-hartman/)
- [Israeli student panel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/israeli-student-panel/)
- [rachelle Sprecher fraenkel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rachelle-sprecher-fraenkel/)
- [carmell](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/carmell/)
- [The Gift of the Chagim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-gift-of-the-chagim/)
- [the gift of chagim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-gift-of-chagim/)
- [behar](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/behar/)
- [heart of darkness](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/heart-of-darkness/)
- [shabbatai zvi](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shabbatai-zvi/)
- [shabbatai tzvi](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shabbatai-tzvi/)
- [behukotay](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/behukotay/)
- [bechukotai](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/bechukotai/)
- [giving people a head start](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/giving-people-a-head-start/)
- [ruby namdar](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ruby-namdar/)
- [rabbi leon a morris](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-leon-a-morris/)
- [the ruined house](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-ruined-house/)
- [omer program](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/omer-program/)
- [jewish podcasts](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-podcasts/)
- [ancient temple](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ancient-temple/)
- [enlightenment](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/enlightenment/)
- [spinoza](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/spinoza/)
- [mourners kaddish](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mourners-kaddish/)
- [elie kaunfer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/elie-kaunfer/)
- [prayer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/prayer/)
- [mourning](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mourning/)
- [liturgy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/liturgy/)
- [new moon](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/new-moon/)
- [birkat lavana](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/birkat-lavana/)
- [beresheet](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/beresheet/)
- [moon landing](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/moon-landing/)
- [space](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/space/)
- [nasa](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/nasa/)
- [isaac herzog](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/isaac-herzog/)
- [the jewish agency](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-jewish-agency/)
- [the israel diaspora challenge](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-israel-diaspora-challenge/)
- [chairman of te executive of the jewish agency](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/chairman-of-te-executive-of-the-jewish-agency/)
- [hakarat hatov](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hakarat-hatov/)
- [study companion](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/study-companion/)
- [teachings](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/teachings/)
- [reflections](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/reflections/)
- [gratitude](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/gratitude/)
- [pardes holiday companion](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-holiday-companion/)
- [Mahloket Matters](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mahloket-matters/)
- [9Adar Intro and History](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/9adar-intro-and-history/)
- [bamidbar](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/bamidbar/)
- [Every Day Has Its Own Reward](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/every-day-has-its-own-reward/)
- [mendelssohn](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mendelssohn/)
- [moses mendelssohn](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/moses-mendelssohn/)
- [Rabbi Meshulam Zusha of Annopol](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-meshulam-zusha-of-annopol/)
- [warsaw ghetto uprising](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/warsaw-ghetto-uprising/)
- [judy klitsner](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/judy-klitsner/)
- [regalim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/regalim/)
- [pilgrimages](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pilgrimages/)
- [ruth](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ruth/)
- [naso](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/naso/)
- [Yom Yerushalayim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yom-yerushalayim/)
- [stand up and be counted](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/stand-up-and-be-counted/)
- [emancipation](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/emancipation/)
- [menachem begin](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/menachem-begin/)
- [irgun](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/irgun/)
- [lechi](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/lechi/)
- [yair stern](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yair-stern/)
- [british rule](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/british-rule/)
- [british mandate of palestine](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/british-mandate-of-palestine/)
- [behaalotcha](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/behaalotcha/)
- [teshuva and time travel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/teshuva-and-time-travel/)
- [uncovered](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/uncovered/)
- [shlach](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shlach/)
- [leadership](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/leadership/)
- [shelach](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shelach/)
- [jennie rosenfeld](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jennie-rosenfeld/)
- [malka puterkovsky](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/malka-puterkovsky/)
- [hilkhot nashim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hilkhot-nashim/)
- [halakha](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/halakha/)
- [A Desire to Serve](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/a-desire-to-serve/)
- [behaalotekha](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/behaalotekha/)
- [inspired parenting](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/inspired-parenting/)
- [good deeds](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/good-deeds/)
- [mitzvoth](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mitzvoth/)
- [commandments](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/commandments/)
- [confessing](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/confessing/)
- [confessions](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/confessions/)
- [king david hotel bombing](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/king-david-hotel-bombing/)
- [korach](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/korach/)
- [arrogance](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/arrogance/)
- [betrayal](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/betrayal/)
- [PELS](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pels/)
- [Summer 2019](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/summer-2019/)
- [social media](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/social-media/)
- [elijah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/elijah/)
- [12 tribes](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/12-tribes/)
- [joseph](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/joseph/)
- [chukat](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/chukat/)
- [water](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/water/)
- [global torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/global-torah/)
- [season 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/season-2/)
- [season 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/season-1/)
- [the revolt](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-revolt/)
- [oleh hagardom](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/oleh-hagardom/)
- [unscop](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/unscop/)
- [the lamed hey](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-lamed-hey/)
- [deir yassin](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/deir-yassin/)
- [1948](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/1948/)
- [ben gurion](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ben-gurion/)
- [arab refugees](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/arab-refugees/)
- [atlalena](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/atlalena/)
- [An Interactive Parsha Experience Podcast](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/an-interactive-parsha-experience-podcast/)
- [technology](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/technology/)
- [udy klitsner](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/udy-klitsner/)
- [gender equality](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/gender-equality/)
- [gender inequality](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/gender-inequality/)
- [tribes](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tribes/)
- [covenant of the tribes](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/covenant-of-the-tribes/)
- [covenant](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/covenant/)
- [video testimonials](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/video-testimonials/)
- [days of learning](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/days-of-learning/)
- [balak](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/balak/)
- [prophecy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/prophecy/)
- [donkey](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/donkey/)
- [pinchas](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pinchas/)
- [priests](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/priests/)
- [9av](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/9av/)
- [tu bav](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tu-bav/)
- [three weeks of tammuz](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/three-weeks-of-tammuz/)
- [fasting](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/fasting/)
- [reflection](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/reflection/)
- [17th of tammuz](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/17th-of-tammuz/)
- [matot](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/matot/)
- [reuven](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/reuven/)
- [gad](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/gad/)
- [Leah beck](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/leah-beck/)
- [Pardes Learning Seminar](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pls/) - The twice-yearly Pardes Learning Seminar brings together community leaders, professionals and lifelong learners, who wish to study classical Jewish sources within the landscape of Israel. Participants grapple with ancient texts and current issues, visit historical sites and learn from the best educators in Israel. For more information: pardes.org.il/seminar. Apply Now For Summer 2020 Apply Now For Winter 2020
- [summer program 2019](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/summer-program-2019/)
- [rachel korazim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rachel-korazim/)
- [sacrifice](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sacrifice/)
- [abby stein](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/abby-stein/)
- [transgender](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/transgender/)
- [gender transition](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/gender-transition/)
- [orthodoxy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/orthodoxy/)
- [masei](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/masei/)
- [rabbanit nechama goldman barash](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbanit-nechama-goldman-barash/)
- [new generation](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/new-generation/)
- [matot-masei](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/matot-masei/)
- [ethiopia](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ethiopia/)
- [ethiopian jews](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ethiopian-jews/)
- [ethiopian rabbi](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ethiopian-rabbi/)
- [sharon shalom](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sharon-shalom/)
- [deuteronomy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/deuteronomy/)
- [dvarim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/dvarim/)
- [moshe parting words](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/moshe-parting-words/)
- [vaetchanan](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/vaetchanan/)
- [hope](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hope/)
- [redemption](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/redemption/)
- [ekev](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ekev/)
- [ark of the covenant](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ark-of-the-covenant/)
- [reeh](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/reeh/)
- [sukkot](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sukkot/)
- [pilgrimage](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pilgrimage/)
- [shoftim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shoftim/)
- [bal taschit](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/bal-taschit/)
- [ki tetze](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ki-tetze/)
- [studying hasidism](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/studying-hasidism/)
- [elul](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/elul/)
- [america](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/america/)
- [jewish identity](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-identity/)
- [tragedy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tragedy/)
- [911](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/911/)
- [9/11](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/9-11/)
- [september 11](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/september-11/)
- [rabbi shai finkelstein](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-shai-finkelstein/)
- [kings](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/kings/)
- [bible](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/bible/)
- [religion](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/religion/)
- [koren](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/koren/)
- [satan](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/satan/)
- [tempter](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tempter/)
- [ki tavo](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ki-tavo/)
- [horace kallen](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/horace-kallen/)
- [the jazz singer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-jazz-singer/)
- [immigration](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/immigration/)
- [zemer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/zemer/)
- [hymn](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hymn/)
- [rabbi aharon hagadol of karlin](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-aharon-hagadol-of-karlin/)
- [nitzavim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/nitzavim/)
- [Content about the High Holy Days](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/high-holy-days/)
- [the new year](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-new-year/)
- [teshuva](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/teshuva/)
- [yom kippur](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yom-kippur/)
- [akiva klitsner](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/akiva-klitsner/)
- [bible stories](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/bible-stories/)
- [korenpub](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/korenpub/)
- [forgiveness](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/forgiveness/)
- [teshuvah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/teshuvah/)
- [death](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/death/)
- [life](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/life/)
- [meaning](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/meaning/)
- [rabbis](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbis/)
- [yoma](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yoma/)
- [shabbat shuva](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shabbat-shuva/)
- [vayelech](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/vayelech/)
- [piyut](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/piyut/)
- [arba minim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/arba-minim/)
- [four kinds](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/four-kinds/)
- [hhd](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hhd/)
- [high holidays](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/high-holidays/)
- [hoshana rabba](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hoshana-rabba/)
- [shemini atzeret](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shemini-atzeret/)
- [shani gross](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shani-gross/)
- [meir schweiger](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/meir-schweiger/)
- [simchat torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/simchat-torah/)
- [ha'azinu](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/haazinu/)
- [louis brandeis](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/louis-brandeis/)
- [abba hillel silver](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/abba-hillel-silver/)
- [parent child relationship](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/parent-child-relationship/)
- [husband wife metaphor](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/husband-wife-metaphor/)
- [god as parents](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/god-as-parents/)
- [israel gods children](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/israel-gods-children/)
- [mm](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mm/)
- [the beit midrash way](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-beit-midrash-way/)
- [the sanhedrin way](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-sanhedrin-way/)
- [mm bmw](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mm-bmw/)
- [special episode](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/special-episode/)
- [jewish holidays](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-holidays/)
- [vzot habracha](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/vzot-habracha/)
- [david ben gurion](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/david-ben-gurion/)
- [kibutz galuyot](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/kibutz-galuyot/)
- [the parsha discussion](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-parsha-discussion/)
- [adam and even](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/adam-and-even/)
- [god](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/god/)
- [the garden of eden](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-garden-of-eden/)
- [exile](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/exile/)
- [sibling rivalries](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sibling-rivalries/)
- [parent and child relationships](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/parent-and-child-relationships/)
- [torah study at home with family](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/torah-study-at-home-with-family/)
- [noach](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/noach/)
- [noah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/noah/)
- [the flood](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-flood/)
- [the ark](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-ark/)
- [seven noachide laws](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/seven-noachide-laws/)
- [drinking](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/drinking/)
- [drunkedness](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/drunkedness/)
- [holiness](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/holiness/)
- [rav abraham kook](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rav-abraham-kook/)
- [american jews](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/american-jews/)
- [we stand divided](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/we-stand-divided/)
- [rabbi dr daniel gordis](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-dr-daniel-gordis/)
- [daniel gordis](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/daniel-gordis/)
- [lech lecha](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/lech-lecha/)
- [avraham's test](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/avrahams-test/)
- [abraham](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/abraham/)
- [isaac](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/isaac/)
- [sarah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sarah/)
- [journey](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/journey/)
- [yahechsof](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yahechsof/)
- [dov yosef](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/dov-yosef/)
- [ingathering of the exiles](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ingathering-of-the-exiles/)
- [jewish story live](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-story-live/)
- [5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/5780/)
- [16th century](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/16th-century/)
- [solomon ibn verga](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/solomon-ibn-verga/)
- [Shpoler Zeide](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shpoler-zeide/)
- [bnei yissaskhar](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/bnei-yissaskhar/)
- [Rabbi Zvi Elimelekh Shapira of Dynow](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-zvi-elimelekh-shapira-of-dynow/)
- [avram](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/avram/)
- [sarai](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sarai/)
- [rabbi samson raphael hirsch](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-samson-raphael-hirsch/)
- [akeidah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/akeidah/)
- [akedah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/akedah/)
- [vayera](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/vayera/)
- [akeida](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/akeida/)
- [akeda](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/akeda/)
- [blessings](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/blessings/)
- [contradictions](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/contradictions/)
- [uriel simon](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/uriel-simon/)
- [Early Modern Italian Jewry](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/early-modern-italian-jewry/)
- [italy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/italy/)
- [venice](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/venice/)
- [leon hebreo](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/leon-hebreo/)
- [christian kabbalah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/christian-kabbalah/)
- [chaye sarah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/chaye-sarah/)
- [infiltration](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/infiltration/)
- [1949](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/1949/)
- [middle east peace](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/middle-east-peace/)
- [jews of portugal](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jews-of-portugal/)
- [spain](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/spain/)
- [jews of spain](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jews-of-spain/)
- [Shlomo Molkho](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shlomo-molkho/)
- [the conversos](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-conversos/)
- [david reuveni](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/david-reuveni/)
- [death of sarah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/death-of-sarah/)
- [government](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/government/)
- [knesset](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/knesset/)
- [laws](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/laws/)
- [tradition](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tradition/)
- [toldot](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/toldot/)
- [yitzhak](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yitzhak/)
- [twins](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/twins/)
- [esau and jacob](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/esau-and-jacob/)
- [the merchant queen](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-merchant-queen/)
- [gracia mendes](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/gracia-mendes/)
- [thanksgiving](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/thanksgiving/)
- [thanks](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/thanks/)
- [society of independent spirituality](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/society-of-independent-spirituality/)
- [rabbi ari ze'ev schwartz](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-ari-zeev-schwartz/)
- [piaseczner rebbe](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/piaseczner-rebbe/)
- [poland trip](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/poland-trip/)
- [president donald trump](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/president-donald-trump/)
- [fascism](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/fascism/)
- [authoritarian rule](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/authoritarian-rule/)
- [prime minister of Israel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/prime-minister-of-israel/)
- [bibi netanyahu](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/bibi-netanyahu/)
- [birthright](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/birthright/)
- [esau](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/esau/)
- [jacob](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jacob/)
- [steal](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/steal/)
- [vayetze](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/vayetze/)
- [vayeitzei](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/vayeitzei/)
- [yaakovs oath](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yaakovs-oath/)
- [paradox](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/paradox/)
- [two aspirations](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/two-aspirations/)
- [authentic judaism](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/authentic-judaism/)
- [inner spirit](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/inner-spirit/)
- [divine](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/divine/)
- [jewish practice](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-practice/)
- [jewish encounters](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-encounters/)
- [jewish opportunities](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-opportunities/)
- [nachmanides](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/nachmanides/)
- [descartes](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/descartes/)
- [john locke](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/john-locke/)
- [jewish conversion](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-conversion/)
- [conversion](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/conversion/)
- [rabbi dr sam lebens](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-dr-sam-lebens/)
- [interactive hanukah experience](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/interactive-hanukah-experience/)
- [lights](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/lights/)
- [vayishlach](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/vayishlach/)
- [yaakov](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yaakov/)
- [esav](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/esav/)
- [stealing birthright](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/stealing-birthright/)
- [resettle](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/resettle/)
- [trickery](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/trickery/)
- [bet yosef](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/bet-yosef/)
- [yosef karo](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yosef-karo/)
- [safed](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/safed/)
- [arizal](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/arizal/)
- [ari](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ari/)
- [tzefat](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tzefat/)
- [timna](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/timna/)
- [shema yisrael](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shema-yisrael/)
- [vayeshev](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/vayeshev/)
- [shoes](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shoes/)
- [cars](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/cars/)
- [government leader benefits](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/government-leader-benefits/)
- [1950s](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/1950s/)
- [moshe sharett](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/moshe-sharett/)
- [qibya](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/qibya/)
- [moshe dayan](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/moshe-dayan/)
- [sibling rivalry](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sibling-rivalry/)
- [brothers](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/brothers/)
- [rema](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rema/)
- [moshe isserles](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/moshe-isserles/)
- [rabbi dr levi cooper](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-dr-levi-cooper/)
- [levi cooper](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/levi-cooper/)
- [ashkenazi](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ashkenazi/)
- [sephardi](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sephardi/)
- [complex identities in Israeli society](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/complex-identities-in-israeli-society/)
- [prayer rites](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/prayer-rites/)
- [israeli society](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/israeli-society/)
- [candles](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/candles/)
- [hanukkah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hanukkah/)
- [pardes center for jewish educators](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-center-for-jewish-educators/)
- [pharaoh](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pharaoh/)
- [interlude](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/interlude/)
- [light](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/light/)
- [Hanukah Content](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hanukah-content/)
- [rabbi ofran](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-ofran/)
- [dreams](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/dreams/)
- [famine](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/famine/)
- [crisis](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/crisis/)
- [abundance](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/abundance/)
- [tamar](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tamar/)
- [rabbi held](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-held/)
- [yeshivat hadarת Rabbi Eliyahu of Izmir](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yeshivat-hadarת-rabbi-eliyahu-of-izmir/)
- [serah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/serah/)
- [granddaughters of jacob](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/granddaughters-of-jacob/)
- [bars of gold](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/bars-of-gold/)
- [constitution](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/constitution/)
- [constituent assembly](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/constituent-assembly/)
- [winter 2019](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/winter-2019/)
- [journey of abraham](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/journey-of-abraham/)
- [rabbi herzl hefter](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-herzl-hefter/)
- [blessing](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/blessing/)
- [midrash](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/midrash/)
- [parnassa](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/parnassa/)
- [shmuel rosner](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shmuel-rosner/)
- [identity](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/identity/)
- [names](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/names/)
- [800th episode](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/800th-episode/)
- [constitutional revolution](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/constitutional-revolution/)
- [1992](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/1992/)
- [djerba](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/djerba/)
- [joint list](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/joint-list/)
- [finance committee](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/finance-committee/)
- [maharal of prague](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/maharal-of-prague/)
- [empiricism](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/empiricism/)
- [the sidney and miriam brettler series 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-sidney-and-miriam-brettler-series-5780/)
- [dr avivah zornberg](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/dr-avivah-zornberg/)
- [azariah de rossi](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/azariah-de-rossi/)
- [maharal](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/maharal/)
- [brettler 5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/brettler-5780/)
- [brettler5780](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/brettler5780/)
- [parting of the red sea](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/parting-of-the-red-sea/)
- [poet](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/poet/)
- [miriam](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/miriam/)
- [beshalah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/beshalah/)
- [shirat hayam](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shirat-hayam/)
- [song of the sea](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/song-of-the-sea/)
- [beshalach](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/beshalach/)
- [the golden decade](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-golden-decade/)
- [jewish government](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-government/)
- [attorney general](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/attorney-general/)
- [Rabbi Haim David Halevy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-haim-david-halevy/)
- [Khmelnytsky massacres](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/khmelnytsky-massacres/)
- [sinai](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sinai/)
- [revelation](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/revelation/)
- [sinai experience](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sinai-experience/)
- [tubeshvat](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tubeshvat/)
- [tu beshvat](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tu-beshvat/)
- [tubishvat](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tubishvat/)
- [614th commandment](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/614th-commandment/)
- [614](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/614/)
- [614 commandment](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/614-commandment/)
- [roesnberg trial](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/roesnberg-trial/)
- [ten commandments](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ten-commandments/)
- [thou shall not covet](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/thou-shall-not-covet/)
- [jonathan sarna](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jonathan-sarna/)
- [brettler5777](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/brettler5777/)
- [brettler 5777](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/brettler-5777/)
- [the sidney and miriam memorial brettler series](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-sidney-and-miriam-memorial-brettler-series/)
- [american politics](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/american-politics/)
- [service](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/service/)
- [avraham cardoso](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/avraham-cardoso/)
- [The Jewish Story Live](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-jewish-story-live/)
- [TJS-Live](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tjs-live/)
- [Amen](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/amen/) - The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators is proud to produce this podcast series to support and inspire tefilah education. Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Pardes faculty member, leads a panel of veteran educators in an invigorating discussion of how to make prayer relevant to young people. Using a menu of tefilah goals, created as part of the Pardes Tefilah Education Initiative, each educator explores each episode’s prayer through a lens of either Connecting to God, Developing a Sense of Jewish Community, or Cultivating Personal Growth. Pardes Center for Jewish Educators Homepage
- [tefilah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tefilah/)
- [education](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/education/)
- [mishkan](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mishkan/)
- [jewish law](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jewish-law/)
- [pikuah nefesh](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pikuah-nefesh/)
- [ANTI-ZIONISM](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/anti-zionism/)
- [AIPAC](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/aipac/)
- [teruma](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/teruma/)
- [hypocrisy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hypocrisy/)
- [authenticity](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/authenticity/)
- [election day](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/election-day/)
- [united states primaries](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/united-states-primaries/)
- [us election](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/us-election/)
- [mitzvah to vote](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mitzvah-to-vote/)
- [elections](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/elections/)
- [purim torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/purim-torah/)
- [shema](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shema/)
- [zachor](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/zachor/)
- [priestly breastplate](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/priestly-breastplate/)
- [hoshen](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hoshen/)
- [tzitz](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tzitz/)
- [daniel taub](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/daniel-taub/)
- [ambassador to the UK](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ambassador-to-the-uk/)
- [a jew in a foreign court](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/a-jew-in-a-foreign-court/)
- [queen elizabeth](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/queen-elizabeth/)
- [united kingdom](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/united-kingdom/)
- [israeli politics](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/israeli-politics/)
- [monarchy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/monarchy/)
- [mordechai](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mordechai/)
- [megilat esther](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/megilat-esther/)
- [face to face](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/face-to-face/)
- [eden](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/eden/)
- [golden calf](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/golden-calf/)
- [free will](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/free-will/)
- [choice](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/choice/)
- [consequence](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/consequence/)
- [covid 19](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/covid-19/)
- [coronavirus](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/coronavirus/)
- [healthy ministry](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/healthy-ministry/)
- [Vayakhel-Pekudei](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/vayakhel-pekudei/)
- [shabbat hachodesh](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shabbat-hachodesh/)
- [darkness](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/darkness/)
- [despair](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/despair/)
- [chassidut](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/chassidut/)
- [amidah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/amidah/)
- [avot](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/avot/)
- [calling](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/calling/)
- [bakashot](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/bakashot/)
- [hodaot](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hodaot/)
- [salt](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/salt/)
- [compassion](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/compassion/)
- [rachamim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rachamim/)
- [corona](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/corona/)
- [plague](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/plague/)
- [Laws of Government Series](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/laws-of-government-series/)
- [aharon](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/aharon/)
- [rabba yaffa epstein](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabba-yaffa-epstein/)
- [yaffa epstein](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yaffa-epstein/)
- [aleinu](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/aleinu/)
- [yom iyun](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yom-iyun/)
- [tazria metzora](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tazria-metzora/)
- [Remote Learning](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/remote-learning/)
- [Escape Room](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/escape-room/)
- [Teaching Remotely](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/teaching-remotely/)
- [death of aharon](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/death-of-aharon/)
- [cultural differences](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/cultural-differences/)
- [eye for an eye](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/eye-for-an-eye/)
- [Moses Mendelsohn](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/moses-mendelsohn/)
- [religious zionism](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/religious-zionism/)
- [alkalai](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/alkalai/)
- [kalisher](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/kalisher/)
- [Moshe Hess](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/moshe-hess/)
- [Rome and Jerusalem](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rome-and-jerusalem/)
- [leon pinsker](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/leon-pinsker/)
- [haskalah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/haskalah/)
- [the marilyn and sigi z"l ziering pardes community education omer program](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-marilyn-and-sigi-zl-ziering-pardes-community-education-omer-program/)
- [CE Omer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ce-omer/)
- [herzl. first zionist congress](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/herzl-first-zionist-congress/)
- [wzo](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/wzo/)
- [the jewish state](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-jewish-state/)
- [Ahad Haam](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ahad-haam/)
- [Max Nordau](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/max-nordau/)
- [the New Jew](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-new-jew/)
- [shavuot companion](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shavuot-companion/)
- [bar mitzvah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/bar-mitzvah/)
- [numbers](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/numbers/)
- [the omer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-omer/)
- [sefirat haomer](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sefirat-haomer/)
- [german reparations](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/german-reparations/)
- [cold war](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/cold-war/)
- [lavon affair](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/lavon-affair/)
- [shimon peres](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/shimon-peres/)
- [fedayeen](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/fedayeen/)
- [suez canal](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/suez-canal/)
- [operation kadesh](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/operation-kadesh/)
- [kastner](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/kastner/)
- [eichmann](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/eichmann/)
- [nuclear weapons](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/nuclear-weapons/)
- [joachim prinz](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/joachim-prinz/)
- [mlk](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mlk/)
- [heschel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/heschel/)
- [tzitzit](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tzitzit/)
- [Turtle Boy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/turtle-boy/)
- [personal growth](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/personal-growth/)
- [Curriculum](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/curriculum/)
- [george floyd](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/george-floyd/)
- [structural violence](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/structural-violence/)
- [racism in america](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/racism-in-america/)
- [police brutality](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/police-brutality/)
- [17th of tamuz](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/17th-of-tamuz/)
- [the 9 days](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-9-days/)
- [Tisha BAv 5778](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tisha-bav-5778/)
- [Tisha Bav 5777](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tisha-bav-5777/)
- [Tisha BAv 5776](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tisha-bav-5776/)
- [Tisha BAv 5775](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tisha-bav-5775/)
- [Tisha BAv and Parasha](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tisha-bav-and-parasha/)
- [Fasting and the Three Weeks](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/fasting-and-the-three-weeks/)
- [home is where the torah is](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/home-is-where-the-torah-is/)
- [hiwtti](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hiwtti/)
- [daniella levy](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/daniella-levy/)
- [cholera](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/cholera/)
- [Pardes Daily App](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-app/)
- [Pardes Daily](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily/)
- [Pardes Daily Week 2](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-week-2/)
- [Pardes Daily Week 1](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-week-1/)
- [mickey schwerner](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mickey-schwerner/)
- [herbert marcuse](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/herbert-marcuse/)
- [philip roth](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/philip-roth/)
- [black power](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/black-power/)
- [stokely carmichael](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/stokely-carmichael/)
- [abbie hoffman](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/abbie-hoffman/)
- [sds](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sds/)
- [mark rudd](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/mark-rudd/)
- [jerry rubin](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jerry-rubin/)
- [Jonah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jonah/)
- [Pardes Daily Week 3](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-week-3/)
- [Pardes Daily Week 4](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-week-4/)
- [Pardes Daily Talmud](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-talmud/)
- [Pardes Daily Tanakh](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-tanakh/)
- [Pardes Daily Mishnah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-mishnah/)
- [simhat torah](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/simhat-torah/)
- [Beresheit](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/beresheit/)
- [Yossi Klein HaLevi](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yossi-klein-halevi/)
- [authentic jewish living](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/authentic-jewish-living/)
- [Pardes Daily Tu Bishvat](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-tu-bishvat/)
- [Brettler2021](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/brettler2021/)
- [This Covid Life](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/this-covid-life/)
- [Brettler 5781](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/brettler-5781/)
- [Pardes Daily Purim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-purim/)
- [Pardes Daily Pesach](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-pesach/)
- [Pardes Daily Challenge](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-challenge/)
- [Pardes Daily Passover](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-passover/)
- [Pardes Daily App challenge](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-app-challenge/)
- [Pardes Daily Passover Challenge](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-passover-challenge/)
- [Pardes Daily Pesach Challenge](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pardes-daily-pesach-challenge/)
- [jabotinsky](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jabotinsky/)
- [levi eshkol](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/levi-eshkol/)
- [maki](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/maki/)
- [plo](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/plo/)
- [ab yehoshua](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/ab-yehoshua/)
- [eli cohen](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/eli-cohen/)
- [rabin](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabin/)
- [samu](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/samu/)
- [unef](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/unef/)
- [straights of Tiran](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/straights-of-tiran/)
- [rav zvi yehuda kook](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rav-zvi-yehuda-kook/)
- [becoming a soulful parent](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/becoming-a-soulful-parent/)
- [soulful parenting](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/soulful-parenting/)
- [reb mimi](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/reb-mimi/)
- [rabbi dr. reb mii feigelson](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/rabbi-dr-reb-mii-feigelson/)
- [pesach challenge](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/pesach-challenge/)
- [passover challenge](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/passover-challenge/)
- [All Podcasts](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/all-podcasts/)
- [Audio and other Listening Sources](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/audio-and-other-listening-sources/)
- [the six day war](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-six-day-war/)
- [jerusalem](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/jerusalem/)
- [operation moked](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/operation-moked/)
- [determination](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/determination/)
- [golan heights](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/golan-heights/)
- [resolution 242](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/resolution-242/)
- [Prophets](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/prophets/)
- [Samuel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/samuel/)
- [Book of Samuel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/book-of-samuel/)
- [Hoshen Mishpat](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/hoshen-mishpat/) - Whether or not you have the pleasure and privilege of being physically present in our Beit Midrash, this is a golden opportunity to learn Torah with us. Join the Maggid of Melbourne, Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper, on his quest across centuries and over continents, as he sets out to understand the mysterious longing for the Hoshen Mishpat [Breastplate of Judgement]. How did this priestly vestment work, and why would sages pine for its return? An enchanting adventure from the Bible, on to the Medieval Rabbis, and through to the beginning of the twentieth century. There is only one more thing to say: TO THE BEIT MIDRASH!
- [Djerban Yearning](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/djerban-yearning/)
- [book of prophets](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/book-of-prophets/)
- [End of school year](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/end-of-school-year/)
- [the book of samuel](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/the-book-of-samuel/)
- [9 Days](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/9-days/)
- [Three Weeks](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/three-weeks/)
- [9 of Av](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/9-of-av/)
- [yamim noraim](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/yamim-noraim/)
- [days of awe](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/days-of-awe/)
- [Listening](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/listening/)
- [tefilahj](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/tefilahj/)
- [Activity](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/activity/)
- [10 tevet](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/10-tevet/)
- [asarah b'tevet](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/asarah-btevet/)
- [Opening a School](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/opening-a-school/)
- [Alumni](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/alumni/)
- [Elementary school](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/elementary-school/)
- [Israel Education](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/israel-education/)
- [Sivan Zakai](https://elmad.pardes.org/tag/sivan-zakai/)

## Download Tags

- [Read](https://elmad.pardes.org/?dlm_download_tag=read)
- [vayechi](https://elmad.pardes.org/?dlm_download_tag=vayechi)
- [shemot](https://elmad.pardes.org/?dlm_download_tag=shemot)
- [moshe](https://elmad.pardes.org/?dlm_download_tag=moshe)
- [exodus](https://elmad.pardes.org/?dlm_download_tag=exodus)
- [vaera](https://elmad.pardes.org/?dlm_download_tag=vaera)
- [burning bush](https://elmad.pardes.org/?dlm_download_tag=burning-bush)
- [bo](https://elmad.pardes.org/?dlm_download_tag=bo)
- [locust](https://elmad.pardes.org/?dlm_download_tag=locust)
- [plagues](https://elmad.pardes.org/?dlm_download_tag=plagues)
- [download](https://elmad.pardes.org/?dlm_download_tag=download)

## Books

- [Genesis](https://elmad.pardes.org/books/genesis/)
- [Exodus](https://elmad.pardes.org/books/exodus/)
- [Leviticus](https://elmad.pardes.org/books/leviticus/)
- [Numbers](https://elmad.pardes.org/books/numbers/)
- [Deuteronomy](https://elmad.pardes.org/books/deuteronomy/)