Pardes from Jerusalem

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.

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For more information about Pardes, visit our website,
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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.

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This week, we’re pleased to send out two podcasts, for parshat Naso, and for Shavout. Please check your podcast software to be sure that you don’t miss either one.

In this podcast, Neima Novetsky discusses parshat Naso and the Sotah’s Ordeal.

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 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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At Pardes, men and women of diverse backgrounds and belief systems encounter the most compelling and challenging texts of Jewish tradition. We offer our students a unique experience of intellectual openness, rigorous textual analysis and opportunities for personal spiritual growth. Pardes is a small institution. Your gift, of any amount, will make a real difference. Thank you for your donation!

This week Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses parshat Bamidbar.

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,
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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 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.

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This week Rabbi Levin-Kruss discusses Parshat Bechukotai.

There is a handout for this podcast, please see the podcast episode after this one.

We’re in the middle of our Spring Campaign, please consider a donation to help support Pardes and the podcast. A $1 a week would be appreciated and would make a difference. Donate on-line at www.donate.pardesusa.org

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.

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