Archive for March, 2009

5769 — VaYikra

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

This week Rabbi Alex Israel discusses Parshat VaYikra.

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

About Rabbi Alex Israel
Rabbi Alex Israel is a faculty member and the Director of Continuing Education for the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Israel has a BSc from the London School of Economics a PGCE from London’s Institute of Education, and is working on a MA in Talmud at Bar Ilan University. He studied and taught at Yeshivat Har Etzion Advanced Talmudic College and received rabbinic ordination from the Israeli Rabbinate. Rabbi Israel has taught at Midreshet Harova and Midreshet Lindenbaum. He currently teaches at Pardes, Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi, and Michlelet Emunah. He is a Rabbi of Tzohar, an organization promoting dialogue and improved relations between religious and secular Israelis. Rabbi Israel blogs and sends weekly Parsha emails to many hundreds of readers around the globe

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Handout for Vayakhel Pekudei

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

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5769 — Vayakhel Pekudei

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

This week Rabbi Levin-Kruss discusses Parshat Vayakhel Pekudei.

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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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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

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5769 — Ki Tisa and Purim

Monday, March 9th, 2009

This week Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses Parshat Ki Tisa and Purim.

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Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
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 30 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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