5768 — Chukat

June 17th, 2008

Due to vacation schedules, we’re sending out three podcasts at one time. So if you’re looking for Shelach or Korach, please check your iTunes podcast library where you’ll be able to download them.

We’re delighted to welcome a new commentator to the podcast series, Rabbi David Roth, a Pardes faculty member.

In this episode Rabbi Roth discusses Parshat Chukat.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at:
podcast -at- pardesusa.org

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

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

About Rabbi David Roth
Rabbi David Roth is from Indianapolis, Indiana, and has since lived in, Stockholm, Jerusalem, New York, and once again Jerusalem. His greatest study and teaching interests are Tanakh and Talmud.
Rabbi Roth likes all types of music, and he juggles fire.

5766 — Korach

June 17th, 2008

Due to vacation schedules, this is a reprise podcast from 5766 for Parshat Korach.

Please check your iTunes library so you can be sure to also download Shelach and Chukat, both are new podcasts for this year.

In this episode Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses Parshat Korach.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at:
podcast -at- pardesusa.org

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

Credits

Rachel Isaacs - Producer and Recording Engineer
Larry Kluger - Creative Consultant
Dr. David Bernstein - Executive Producer

About Rabbi Schweiger
Meir Schweiger is a rabbi and the Mashgiach Ruchani (the spiritual guide) of the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem. He has been a full-time teacher there for the last 29 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.

5768 — Shlach

June 15th, 2008

This week Rabbi Levin-Kruss discusses Parshat Shlach.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at:
podcast -at- pardesusa.org

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

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

About Rabbi Levin-Kruss
Rabbi David Levin-Kruss is a faculty member and the Director of Special Programs for the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Levin-Kruss holds a BA and Teachers’ Certification in English Literature and Jewish Thought from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, attended Pardes, and has rabbinic ordination from the Joseph Strauss Rabbinical Seminary. Previously, he served as the director of the overseas department at the Melitz Centers for Jewish Zionist Education, and as the community director of Stanmore Synagogue, in northwest London. Rabbi Levin-Kruss teaches Mishna and Jewish Thought at Pardes, and sees himself as a bridge between Jewish heritage and those seeking to connect or reconnect to that tradition.

5768 — Beha’alotcha

June 11th, 2008

Not too late to attend Pardes this summer in Jerusalem!
One day, two and three week courses are available. Full details: www.pardes.org.il/summer

This week Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses parshat Beha’alotcha.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at:
podcast -at- pardesusa.org

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

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

About Rabbi Schweiger
Meir Schweiger is a rabbi and the Mashgiach Ruchani (spiritual guide) of the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem. He has been a full-time teacher there for the last 29 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.

5768 — Shavout - Mysterious Priests

May 31st, 2008

We’re pleased to welcome a new commentator for the Pardes from Jerusalem series, Judy Klitsner.

In this podcast, Judy discusses Shavout and two mysterious priests of the Torah.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at:
podcast -at- pardesusa.org

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

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

About Judy Klitsner
Judy Klitsner is a senior faculty member at the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies, where she teaches courses in Bible and Biblical Exegesis. Judy has inspired students since 1990 with her love and enthusiasm for the Biblical text, and has empowered them with the skills needed to interpret the text independently. Many of her students–now teachers themselves–apply her methods in schools across the United States. Ms. Klitsner is the author of several articles on Biblical themes, and is currently working on a book based on her original insights into the Bible. Ms. Klitsner lectures to diverse and multi-denominational audiences in Israel, the U.S., and Great Britain.