July 27th, 2010
This week Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses parshat Ekev.
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Trudy Greener – Production Coordinator
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About Rabbi Schweiger
Rabbi Meir Schweiger is a Senior Faculty Member and the Mashgiach Ruchani (the spiritual guide) of the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem. He has been a full-time teacher there for the last 31 years, teaching Chumash, Mishna, Talmud, and Halacha. He is a dynamic and inspiring speaker, known for his keen and profound insights into the text. Meir has a BA in mathematics and physics from City College in New York. He did his advanced Jewish studies at Yeshiva University, Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh, and Yeshivat Har Etzion, receiving ordination from Rabbi Zalman Nehemiah Goldberg of Jerusalem. Meir served in the IDF as a combat medic. He has 9 children and lives in Efrat.
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July 20th, 2010
In this podcast, Rabbi Daniel Landes discusses the Shema, from Parsha Va’etchanan.
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Credits
Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
Trudy Greener – Production Coordinator
Dr. David Bernstein – Executive Producer
About Rabbi Landes
Rabbi Daniel Landes is the Director and Rosh HaYeshiva of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies.
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.” Rabbi Landes heads the Pardes team of outstanding scholars who are well-known for their use of unique educational methodology that combine independent thinking and deep understanding with sensitivity to contemporary relevance.
Rabbi Landes was a founding faculty member and Director of Educational Projects at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and a professor of Ethics and Values at Yeshiva University of Los Angeles. He taught Jewish Law at Loyola Law School, and was a faculty member at prominent think tanks such as The RAND Corporation, and major Jewish educational institutions such as the Brandeis-Bardin Institute and CLAL. Rabbi Landes remains a long-term faculty member of the Wexner Foundation and serves on the educational advisory committee of Taglit-birthright Israel.
Rabbi Landes has lectured at the rabbinic seminaries of all major denominations. He is well-known for his struggle to create Jewish unity. In America his synagogue in Los Angeles, Bane-David Judaea, was known for Jewish inclusiveness, feminism, social action, and Halakhic observance. Rabbi Landes has written widely in the area of social ethics, theology and mysticism, and is the Jewish law commentator for the recent series, “My People’s Prayerbook,” a multi-denominational effort.
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July 14th, 2010
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 see the previous episode to print it.
This is a reprise podcast from 5768.
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Credits
Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
Trudy Greener – Production Coordinator
Dr. David Bernstein – Executive Producer
About Rabbi Schweiger
Rabbi Meir Schweiger is a Senior Faculty Member and the Mashgiach Ruchani (the spiritual guide) of the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem. He has been a full-time teacher there for the last 31 years, teaching Chumash, Mishna, Talmud, and Halacha. He is a dynamic and inspiring speaker, known for his keen and profound insights into the text. Meir has a BA in mathematics and physics from City College in New York. He did his advanced Jewish studies at Yeshiva University, Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh, and Yeshivat Har Etzion, receiving ordination from Rabbi Zalman Nehemiah Goldberg of Jerusalem. Meir served in the IDF as a combat medic. He has 9 children and lives in Efrat.
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July 14th, 2010
This is the handout for the next podcast 5768 — Tisha B’av: Kamza and Bar Kamza
The file is also directly available: Kamza and Bar Kamza Handout
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July 7th, 2010
This week Rabbi Michael Hattin discusses parshiot Mattot-Masai.
PARDES FOR A DAY!
Sunday July 18th 2010
Pardes invites you to check out the rhythm and energy of a day of learning in our Beit Midrash, located in the heart of Jerusalem.
- Learn Classical Jewish texts
- Experience Havruta (paired) learning
- Interact in an open co-ed environment
- Meet Jews from all different backgrounds
Open to men and women age 19 and up.
Cost: $10 (40nis)
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Credits
Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
Trudy Greener – Production Coordinator
Dr. David Bernstein – Executive Producer
About Rabbi Hattin
Rabbi Michael Hattin is a member of the Pardes faculty, his focus is the T’anach. He holds a professional degree in architecture from the University of Toronto and completed his rabbinical studies at Yeshivot Har Etzion Advanced Talmudic College. For many years, he authored the weekly online publications for the Virtual Beit Midrash of Yeshivat Har Etzion. Some of these articles will soon appear in book form. Prior to making aliyah, Michael served as Director of Outreach & Adult Education for the Golf Manor Synagogue of Cincinnati, Ohio, and he continues to lecture as a scholar-in-residence at various synagogues and Jewish organizations in North America.
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