Archive for the ‘Bereishit’ Category

5770 — Bereishit: Cain and Abel

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

In this episode Neima Novetsky discusses Cain and Abel from Parashat Bereishit.

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

About Neima Novetsky
Neima Novetsky is a faculty member for the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem. 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.

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5769 — Bereishit

Monday, October 13th, 2008

In this episode Rabbi Daniel Landes discusses Parshat Bereishit.

Upcoming Shiurim with Pardes Faculty Members

Jerusalem, Thursday Oct 16th and Sun Oct 19th as part of “Gateways,” The Jerusalem Sukkot Festival of Jewish Learning and Culture
Details on Pardes faculty members’ talks was distributed on October 4th through this podcast system.

Judy Klitsner at Harvard Hillel
Saturday, October 25th. 4:00pm-5:15pm
52 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP to Lauren via lauren – at – pardesusa.org.

Judy Klitsner at the Pardes Boston Alumni Beit Midrash
Saturday night, October 25th, 7:30pm
Newton Centre
For more information, please RSVP to Fern Reiss via FernReiss – at – PublishingGame.com.

Judy will be speaking on “The Wings of the Dove: Noah and Jonah in Flight from Self”.

Jon Kelsen at Taste of Limmud in Brooklyn
Monday, October 27th. 7:30pm-9:30pm
Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope
274 Garfield Place (8th Avenue & Garfield )
Brooklyn , NY

Jon will be speaking on “Conceiving Abraham: Interpreting (and Rewriting) the Knight’s Narrative”.
register and more information:

http://www.limmudny.org/content/view/78/101/

Judy Klitsner at Drisha Institute for Jewish Education
Wednesday, October 29th. 6:00pm – 7:30pm
37 West 65th Street , 5th floor
New York, NY 10023

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,
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Credits
Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
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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5767 — Bereshit

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

In this episode Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses Parshat Bereshit.

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And please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at:
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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 28 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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Bereshit

Thursday, November 10th, 2005

In this episode Rabbi Landes discusses Bereshit, the first Torah portion.

A handout is available:
http://podcasts.pardesusa.org/wp-content/pfj3_Bereishit_handout.pdf

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,
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