Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Michael Hattin explore Parshat Chayei Sarah and Rivka’s kindness, asking how we inherit a spiritual legacy and make it our own.
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Personalities, Biblical personalities, Chayei Sarah
Zvi Hirschfield and Deborah Anstandig explore the power of perspective in Parshat Vayera, through the stories of Hagar, Sarah, and Avraham, and ask how we can make room for hope amid uncertainty.
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Personalities, Biblical personalities, Podcast series
How do we know when it’s time to leave the familiar behind? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Yiscah Smith explore Avraham’s response to the call of Lech Lecha and what it means to leave the familiar behind. Was Avraham…
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Personalities, Biblical personalities, Self & spirituality
Do you have to be a leader to make a difference? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Tani Cohen-Fraade revisit the complicated character of Noach. Was he truly righteous, or did his silence in the face of destruction reveal his…
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Personalities, Biblical personalities, Midrash
How do biblical women express spiritual power in moments of tension? In Women in the Wilderness: Four Narratives of Spiritual Power, Dr. Avivah Zornberg explores the spiritual resistance of biblical heroines through midrashic and Hasidic readings alongside psychoanalytic approaches. The…
Personalities, Biblical personalities, Podcast series, Pardes Live and Mini-Series, Tanakh, Women in the Wilderness: Four Narratives of Spiritual Power
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
Class Title – The Resilience of Job Class taught by Howard Markose Class description: The book of Job opens with a narrative in which the Divine, with the assistance of Satan, afflicts the pious Job over and over in order…
Personalities, Biblical personalities, Tanakh, Ketuvim (Writings), Job, Self & spirituality
Class Title – The Tent, the Field, and the Battlefield: How Stories of Biblical Women Mine and Undermine Each Other Class taught by Judy Klitsner Class description: What do the infertile, tent-dwelling mothers of Genesis have in common with the…
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Personalities, Biblical personalities, Critical issues
Class Title – Brothers Crying Out from the Ground: The Biblical Origins of our Divided Society Class taught by Judy Klitsner Class description: In our exploration of sibling-centered stories in the book of Genesis, we will note the unusually fraught…
Tanakh, Torah, Bereishit (Genesis), Personalities, Biblical personalities, Critical issues
Class Title – Cultivating the Spiritual Practice of Self-Confidence / Bitachon Atzmi Class taught by Yiscah Smith Class description: This session explores the high value that Jewish tradition places on bitachon atzmi – self-confidence and being able to trust in…
Personalities, Biblical personalities, Self & spirituality, Personal transformation
Class Title – Rebuilding Jerusalem in the Face of Adversity Class taught by Meir Schweiger Class description: When Persia became the dominant power in the Near East in the middle of the 6th century BCE, a new era was ushered…
Personalities, Biblical personalities, Tanakh, Ketuvim (Writings), Ezra, Nehemiah
Howard Markose explores the stories of Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah — the challenging conditions the four matriarchs faced, and the resilience and courage the Torah reveals in each of them.
Personalities, Biblical personalities, Self & spirituality, Personal transformation
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