Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted on September 21, 2010 by Bookie
A HUGE thank you to everybody to helped build the Pardes Sukkah!! It is absolutely beautiful!! Now we will be able to celebrate Sukkot as a family! Pardes Sukkah!!!
Posted on September 21, 2010 by Michael
We have nearly reached the one-month mark in our studies, and I have to wonder at the fact that, until this journey in Israel, I have never taken the time to document my life week by week in a journal. I have to tell you that there is a lot of power in shared journaling. Continue Reading »
Posted on September 21, 2010 by Heena
Greetings to readers of this blog! The reason I’m at Pardes is to deepen my learning, undisturbed by the demands of my daily life in Charlottesville, VA, USA. I’m studying to be a rabbi through ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal. I’ve been involved in Jewish renewal practices since 1991. For me, Jewish renewal means Continue Reading »
Posted on September 21, 2010 by David Bogomolny
Whoohoo! Rav Landes’ (Sh)tender Thoughts Vlog is inactive no longer! I’ll be posting links to his Vlog posts as Tali & I edit them! =)
Posted on September 19, 2010 by Bookie
Hello again all you faithful blog follower…I mean followers :), Check out this: Sukkah Building Day 2!! And another huge thank you to everyone who has been hgelping out get our Sukkah built so that the entire community can enjoy a wonderful Sukkot! Also shameless plug for my own blog 🙂 Shameless Plug!! -Bookie
Posted on September 19, 2010 by David Bogomolny
Several days ago, I had a conversation with an incoming student at Pardes, and she asked me about my feelings towards halakha & Judaism, which gave me new cause to reflect upon last year. In addition to developing practical skills in Jewish text study & Jewish traditional observance, I also spent much of last year striving Continue Reading »
Posted on September 18, 2010 by Bookie
This will be a very quick post but a huge shout out to everybody who helped out with the Sukkah Building erev Yom Kippur! Pardes Sukkah 2010!!
Posted on September 15, 2010 by Joel D.
This Yom Kippur, with your spirit and your clothing pure as light itself, you may find yourself steeped in the words of prayer. You begin the repetition of the Musaf Amidah. Your Kavana, your intentions, are pure and your passion to return to Hashem…Then two hours later you’re not even half way through the repetition, Continue Reading »
Posted on May 13, 2010 by Mosheh
Hebrew has traditionally been written without vowels, allowing us freedom to make connection between different words with the same constantans but different pronunciations. Rabbi Elazar said in the name of Rabbi Hanina: “Scholars increase peace throughout the world” (and what is the scriptural proof of this?) for it is said in Isaiah: “All your children Continue Reading »
Posted on May 2, 2010 by Naomi Adland
Well, we seem to have taken a bit of a vacation here at These and Those, but I think it’s high time that the blog gets back in action. A few weeks ago, I was innocently walking down the hallway when I heard a phrase that will always strike fear into my heart – “Naomi, Continue Reading »
