Pardes from Jerusalem

Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies

Pardes from Jerusalem features a weekly discussion using Torah, Talmud and other Jewish texts to explain themes from the weekly Torah portion. The Pardes faculty is featured each week. For more information about all Pardes programs and events visit www.pardes.org.il.

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Nov 3, 2022 · 44 min
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,
Oct 31, 2022 · 19 min
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,
Oct 25, 2022 · 24 min
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.
Oct 20, 2022 · 22 min
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 ...
Oct 12, 2022 · 25 min
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?
Oct 7, 2022 · 26 min
Ha’azinu 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,
Sep 30, 2022 · 34 min
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? -
Sep 19, 2022 · 27 min
Rosh Hashana 5783: Two Days, Two Messages?
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 wh...
Sep 15, 2022 · 35 min
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....
Sep 14, 2022 · 21 min
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?
Aug 30, 2022 · 29 min
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?
Aug 24, 2022 · 19 min
Parashat Re’eh: 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,
Aug 15, 2022 · 20 min
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...
Aug 9, 2022 · 23 min
Parashat Va’etchanan: 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 fai...
Aug 1, 2022 · 26 min
Parashat Devarim: Telling the Story Again. What’s 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?
Jul 26, 2022 · 25 min
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...
Jul 19, 2022 · 22 min
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 notio...
Jul 5, 2022 · 22 min
Parashat Balak: The Outsider’s 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?
Jul 1, 2022 · 46 min
The Jewish Story Season 5: The Raid on Entebbe
Heroism is a precious quality, and one strong eno…
Jun 28, 2022 · 28 min
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...