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This week Rabbi Levin-Kruss discusses Vayikra 19:14 from Parshat Kedoshim.

19:14 is the p’suk “You shall not insult the deaf, or place a stumbling block before the blind. You shall fear your G-d: I am the L-rd.”

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

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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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Handout for the 5769 Kedoshim podcast by Rabbi David Levin-Kruss

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This week Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses Parshiot Tazria and Metzora.

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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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In this episode Rabbi Daniel Landes discusses Parshat Shmini.

Book signing at Pardes
Dr. Daniel Gordis is one of Israel’s most insightful and touching writers on contemporary events. He will be talking about his new book, “Saving Israel: How the Jewish State Can Win a War That May Never End”
Thursday April 23rd at 8:30 pm
Pardes, Pierre Koenig 29 (3rd floor), Talpiot, Jerusalem
30 NIS, including light refreshments.
Books will be on sale.
For further details and to reserve your ticket, email events (at) pardes.org.il or call 02 673 5210.

Upcoming Shiurim with Pardes Faculty Members
Dr. Aviva Zornberg will be speaking across the US in April and May. Her schedule is now available:

http://www.pardes.org.il/programs/north_america/Zornberg-itinerary-2.doc

Pardes Faculty Member Michael Hattin will also be in the US:
Tuesday, April 21st from 6:00 – 7:15 pm
7612 Mowatt Lane
College Park, MD 20740
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/Hattin-Maryland

Lunch and Learn at the University of Chicago Hillel
Friday, April 24th from 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Newberger Hillel Center
715 S. Woodlawn
Chicago, IL 60637
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/Hattin-Chicago

Malava Malka
Come enjoy a light dairy meal and learning with Michael Hattin on:
Saturday, April 25 at 9:00 pm
Anshe Sholom
540 West Melrose
Chicago, Illinois
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/Hattin-Chicago2

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

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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In this episode Yaffa Epstein discusses Pesach.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at:
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Credits
Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
Dr. David Bernstein – Executive Producer

About Yaffa Epstein
Yaffa Epstein is a faculty member and the Director of Recruitment at the Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies.

Yaffa holds a Law Degree from Bar Ilan University and is a member of the Israeli Bar. She is a former student of the Kollel at Pardes, and was a member of Matan’s Advanced Talmud Institute. Yaffa teaches Talmud and Prayer at Pardes and has taught for SIACH, the Lookstein Center, and Young Judea.

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