Archive for December, 2006

5767 — Vayigash

Monday, December 25th, 2006

In this episode Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses Parshat Vayigash.

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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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The Mother and Her Seven Sons

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

In this episode Rabbi Daniel Landes discusses the story “The Mother and Her Seven Sons” from II Maccabees 7:1-42. There is a handout available for this podcast. To download the pdf file, please see the prior podcast episode.

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About Rabbi Landes
Rabbi Daniel Landes is the Director and Rosh HaYeshiva of the Pardes Institute for 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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Handout for The Mother and Her Seven Sons

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

This is the handout for the next podcast, which is titled “The Mother and Her Seven Sons”

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5767 — Miketz

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

In this episode Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses Parshat Miketz.

Please check back later this week, we’re hoping to bring you an additional podcast about Chanuka.

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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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5767 — VaYeshev

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

In this episode Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses Parshat VaYeshev.

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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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