Rabbi Mike Feuer teaches Striving for the Divine, Rav Kook, and Jewish History at Pardes. He studied at Yeshivat HaMivtar, the Mir Yeshiva, and Sulam Yaakov, where he received rabbinic ordination and later served as Educational Director. Mike’s teaching combines rigorous textual analysis with a deep love of the poetry and spirituality found in Torah.
Since making aliyah in 2001, he has been the program director of a post-high school yeshiva and taught history, Jewish thought, and Bible in several Jerusalem yeshivot and midrashot. Today, as a consultant, spiritual counselor and creator of the Jewish Story podcast, Mike is driven by the power of story to shape our world.
Jewish history is filled with dates, places, personalities, wars, migrations, revolutions, and ideas. But what changes when we stop asking only what happened and begin asking what story those events tell about who we are? Hosted by Pardes faculty member…
Podcast series, The Jewish Story
Is Bilaam a villain—or a mirror? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Mike Feuer dive into Parshat Balak to explore the figure of Bilaam—an outsider prophet with powerful words and a dangerous gaze. They discuss what makes Bilaam a…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Balak, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
The parsha opens with the names of God, and that sets the stage for the revelation which comes through the plagues. This podcast touches how this dynamic expresses a deeper layer in the whole relationship between Creator and creation as…
Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast, Tanakh, Torah, Shemot (Exodus), Va’era
Parashat Korach 5782: Was it all Negative? Description: In this podcast, we explore the mixed motivations behind Korach’s challenge to Moshe and Aaron’s leadership. Can one be driven by ego and still mix in a valid claim? Was Korach’s claim…
Tanakh, Torah, Bamidbar (Numbers), Korach, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
This episode was taken from the Jewish Story Season 4, Interlude The 10th of Tevet: It is Not Too Late to Change Every fast day is an chance for cheshbon nefesh, for making an accounting of life and the world.…
Greatest Hits: The High Holidays Episode 3: Days of Awe-some or Awe-ful Description: The High Holy Days are also known as the Days of Awe which can be awesome, or awful. Here is a look at how to tie the…
Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast, Jewish calendar, High Holidays, Yom Kippur
Ki Tetze 5781 – Remember Amalek This parasha presents us with seventy-four mitzvot – the most of any weekly reading. The last lines appear to be a return of a taste of narrative, but they open up for us a…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Ki Teitzei, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
This podcast is sponsored by Emily Simon in honor of the loving memory of her father, Akiva Ben Zerach u’Devorah z”l. Ekev 5781 – Memory as a constructive process The book of Devarim has a special relationship to the rest…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Eikev, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
Mike Feuer examines the story of Gideon from the Book of Judges, exploring how his strengths and weaknesses shaped his decisions — and what gives us the courage to lead.
Personalities, Biblical personalities, Tanakh, Nevi’im (Prophets), Judges, Self & spirituality
Set in the ancient kingdom of Israel, these historical novels bring readers into the dramatic world of kings, prophets, and conflict.