5780 — Chaye Sarah: What is a life of complete blessing?

Posted by Meesh Hammer-Kossoy on November 17, 2019
Topics: Pardes from Jerusalem, Bereishit (Genesis), Torah, Chaye Sarah

In this podcast Avraham is old, of advanced age, and Hashem blessed Avraham with everything.  Gen 24:1.  What does it mean to be fully blessed?  The perspectives of the Talmud, the Sefat Emet, and the simple reading of the text.  

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Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy – Faculty Host for Pardes from Jerusalem
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About Meesh Hammer-Kossoy

Meesh is the Director of the Pardes Year Program, where she has been making her professional home since 1999. Originally from Washington, D.C., Meesh has a B.A. in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from New York University. Her dissertation explored the courageous manner in which the rabbis of the Talmud created a new criminal punishment system. In 2015, Meesh completed her studies at Beit Midrash Har'el and received ordination from Rabbi Herzl Hefter and Rabbi Daniel Sperber. Click here to read more.

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