Pardes from Jerusalem

This week Rabbi David Levin-Kruss discusses Parshat Balak.

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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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This week Rabbi Alex Israel discusses Parshat Chukat.

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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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This week Rabbi Alex Israel discusses Parshat Korach.

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Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
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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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In this episode Rabbi Daniel Landes discusses Parshat Shlach.

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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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This week Rabbi Meir Schweiger discusses parshat Beha’alotcha.

For the next several weeks, parshiot are read in Israel a week ahead of their readings elsewhere. If you’re looking for the parsha commentary for this week and you don’t live in Israel, please see the prior podcast.

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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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