5773 — Beha’alotecha: Speaking against Moshe

Neima Novetsky discusses parsha Beha’alotecha.

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The Executive Learning Seminar at Pardes brings together men and women from around the world who wish to combine visiting Israel with the opportunity to study classic Jewish texts and explore their relevance to our lives. Classroom study is complemented by tours throughout Israel, bringing the text to life. The program runs twice yearly, in the summer (early July) and in the winter (late December). For more information about the Executive Learning Program please visit www.pardes.org.il/executive.

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Credits
Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator
Dr. David Bernstein – Executive Producer

About Neima Novetsky
Neima Novetsky is a member of the Pardes faculty. Her focus is Tanakh.

Ms. Novetsky holds a BA in Religion and a Certificate in Language and Culture from Princeton University, and an MA in Bible from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University. Prior to making Aliyah from New York, Ms. Novetsky founded and directed the Advanced Tanakh Beit Midrash Program at Lincoln Square Synagogue. She has taught at Midreshet Lindenbaum, the Ma’ayan Institute for Women, and the Princeton University Hillel, and has lectured on Biblical topics in various synagogues in both Israel and the States.

5773–Naso: The Nazerite

Rabbi Alex Israel discusses parsha Naso.

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Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
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Dr. David Bernstein – Executive Producer

About Rabbi Israel
Rabbi Alex Israel has a BSc from the London School of Economics, a PGCE from London’s Institute of Education, and is working on a MA in Talmud at Bar Ilan University. He studied and taught at Yeshivat Har Etzion Advanced Talmudic College and received rabbinic ordination from the Israeli Rabbinate. Rabbi Israel has taught at Midreshet Harova and Midreshet Lindenbaum. He currently teaches at Pardes and Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi. He is a Rabbi of Tzohar, an organization promoting dialogue and improved relations between religious and secular Israelis. He blogs and sends weekly Parsha emails to many hundreds of readers around the globe.

Handout for Unexpected Encounters: The Jewish Holidays and the Other–Shavuot

Handout for the third episode of our new podcast series by Rabbi Daniel Landes, Unexpected Encounters: The Jewish Holidays and the Other. This episode is on Shavuot.

Episode title: Shavuot–Kedushat HaKotel

Pardes thanks the Alexander Soros Foundation, the sponsor for the series.

Unexpected Encounters: The Jewish Holidays and the Other–Shavuot

Pardes is pleased to present the third episode of our new podcast series by Rabbi Daniel Landes, Unexpected Encounters: The Jewish Holidays and the Other. This episode is on Shavuot.

Episode title: Shavuot–Kedushat HaKotel

Pardes thanks the Alexander Soros Foundation, the sponsor for the series.

For more information about Pardes, visit our website,
www.pardes.org

Credits
Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator
Dr. David Bernstein – Executive Producer

About Rabbi Landes
Rabbi Landes is Director of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. He was ordained by his mentor the Rav – Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. At Pardes, Rabbi Landes teaches the Senior Talmud class (Advanced Scholars) and theology. Rabbi Landes edited Genocide: Critical Issues of the Holocaust, as well as Confronting Omnicide: Jewish Reflections on Weapons of Mass Destruction. He was the Jewish Law Commentator for the ten-volume inter-denominational My People’s Prayer Book: Traditional Prayer, Modern Commentaries (winner of the National Jewish Book Award).

Rabbi Landes has been described as a “remarkable teacher who weaves the insights of his students together through a group process, in order to discover fascinating new meanings in age old texts.”

5773 — Bamidbar

Rabbi Michael Hattin discusses Bamidbar.

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Credits
Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
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Dr. David Bernstein – Executive Producer

About Rabbi Hattin
Rabbi Michael Hattin is a member of the Pardes faculty, his focus is the Tanakh. He has a professional degree in architecture from the University of Toronto and completed his semicha studies at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He has been teaching Tanakh for twenty years and serves as the Director of the Beit Midrash for the Pardes Educators Program. His book on Parasha, a refreshing integration of modern scholarship and traditional texts, will be available in early 2012 from Urim Publications. In addition, his book on Sefer Yehoshua is forthcoming from Koren Publishers. Michael also serves as a scholar-in-residence at various North American synagogues. He lives in Alon Shevut with his wife Rivka and their five children.