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Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem

Tag Archives: Moses / Moshe

[Pardes From Jerusalem Podcast] Bo 5773: Pesach and the First Seder

Posted on January 17, 2013 by The Director of Digital Media

This week, Rabbi David Levin-Kruss discusses Parashat Bo in Pesach and the First Seder. Bo 5773   Shabbat shalom!

[Pardes From Jerusalem Podcast] VaEra 5773: The Redemption Speech

Posted on January 10, 2013 by The Director of Digital Media

This week, Rav Meir Schweiger discusses Parashat VaEra in The Redemption speech. VaEra 5773 Click here for the accompanying source sheet.   Shabbat shalom!

[PCJE Dvar Torah] A Woman’s Insight by David Bogomolny

Posted on December 30, 2012 by David Bogomolny

This week we are starting the sefer (book) of Shemot (Exodus), which literally means ‘names’. The weekly parasha is also called Shemot. I mention this because the first name that comes to my mind when I read this parasha is ‘Isra Yaghoubi’ (Year ’08-’09, Fellows ’09-’10). She was my first Chumash havruta, and she left me Continue Reading »

[Pardes from Jerusalem Podcast] MiKetz 5773: Yosef and Tzafnat Paneach

Posted on December 13, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media

This week, Rabbi Michael Hattin discusses Parashat MiKetz. dfs Shabbat Shalom!

The Sukkah as Temporary Temple

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Sydni Adler

During Sukkot, we celebrate God’s hand in the successes of our past years’ produce and of all the work of our hands (Deut 16:15). Before the destruction of the Temple, Sukkot was much more of a raucous, noisy, purely joyful celebration than it is today. However, today, without the Temple and without sacrifice, what remains Continue Reading »

[Pardes From Jerusalem Podcast] Ha’azinu 5773: Moses’ Will to Live

Posted on September 28, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media

This week, Rabbi Michael Hattin discusses Parashat Ha’azinu. Click here to listen. Shabbat shalom!

[Pardes From Jerusalem Podcast] Vayelech 5773: Moses’ Final Actions and Feelings

Posted on September 22, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media

This week, Neima Novetsky discusses Parashat Vayelech. Click here to listen. Shavua tov and Gmar Chatima Tova!

Shabbaton Dvar Torah, for those of you asked (and those who didn’t!)

Posted on September 16, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media

When we arrive at Nitzavim, we know we are coming to the end of the Five Books of Moses. Only a few parshiot remain: Vayelech, Ha’azinu and V’zot Habrachah. Each of these is like the tone of a closing bell that announces the end of our wanderings b’midbar and the beginning of a new journey Continue Reading »

[Pardes From Jerusalem Podcast] Chukkat 5772: The Sin of Moses and Aaron

Posted on June 29, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media

This week, Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy discusses the fatal sins of Moses and Aaron in Parashat Chukkat. Click to listen. Shabbat Shalom!

כי תשא

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Barer

In reading this week’s parsha, which describes the events surrounding the sin of the Golden Calf, one question continued to nag at me.  Why does Moshe break the tablets upon seeing the Israelites worshiping the Golden Calf?  The answer many of us grew up with is that Moshe came upon the scene and was so Continue Reading »