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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Aug 23, 2021 · 21 min
Crises & Kings: Episode 25 – Shaul and the Witch of En Dor
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.
Aug 19, 2021 · 21 min
Crises & Kings: Episode 24 – David and Shaul’s Final Encounter
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 u...
Aug 16, 2021 · 21 min
Crises & Kings: Episode 23 – Avigayil’s Intervention
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 -
Aug 15, 2021 · 19 min
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 D...
Aug 12, 2021 · 24 min
Crises & Kings: Episode 22 – Shaul in Pursuit
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) -
Aug 9, 2021 · 24 min
Crises & Kings: Episode 21 – Achimelech and the Priests of Nov
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 -
Aug 8, 2021 · 20 min
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".
Aug 5, 2021 · 21 min
Crises & Kings: Episode 20 – Jonathan and David
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) -
Aug 2, 2021 · 23 min
Crises & Kings: Episode 19 – David in flight from Shaul
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 -
Aug 1, 2021 · 21 min
Re’eh 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,
Jul 29, 2021 · 26 min
Crises & Kings: Episode 18 – David and Goliath
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 -
Jul 26, 2021 · 18 min
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,
Jul 26, 2021 · 23 min
Crises & Kings: Episode 17 – The Unlikely Election of David
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 -
Jul 22, 2021 · 23 min
Crises & Kings: Episode 16 – Shaul’s Undoing
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 -
Jul 22, 2021 · 24 min
VaEtchanan 5781 – It’s Only Holy Because You Don’t 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?
Jul 19, 2021 · 22 min
Crises & Kings: Episode 15 – Yonatan’s Steadfastness
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 -
Jul 14, 2021 · 26 min
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 h...
Jul 12, 2021 · 24 min
Devarim 5781: The Words of Moses — The Torah’s 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 "translatio...
Jul 5, 2021 · 22 min
Crises & Kings: Episode 14 – Shaul’s Tragic Lapse
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,
Jul 5, 2021 · 20 min
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 ra...