What if the holidays are less about remembering—and more about connecting? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Rafael Polisuk explore Parshat Emor and the meaning of sacred time. Focusing on the idea of moed, they suggest that holidays are…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Emor, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
Why are the kohanim held to a higher standard of holiness? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Dr. Irving (Yitz) Greenberg explore Parshat Emor through the lens of the priestly role as a model for a future redeemed world.…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Emor, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
How do we approach texts in our traditions that seem to discriminate against or exclude certain groups of people? In this thought-provoking discussion, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Haim Shalom wrestle with the disqualification of kohanim (priests) with physical deformities…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Emor, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
How do build a community that is both coherent and inclusive? In this week’s Parsha Podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbanit Nechama Goldman Barash for a discussion on the tragic episode of the blasphemer, and how the search…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Emor, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
Parashat Emor 5782: The Jewish Year Cycle, Emor-Style Description: While the Torah lists our holidays several times throughout the five books, there is something special about the way it’s done in this week’s parasha. Find out what that is by…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Emor, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
The opening line of our Parasha has been interpreted as a key to effective and sensitive education. We shall study several readings of this verse to extract some useful and thought-provoking guidelines as to how we might all become more…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Emor, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
As our world becomes more automated, as sensors and smart-home devices become more prevalent, should we be allowed to make use of automated technologies on Shabbat? After all, we don’t really activate the mechanism; they respond to us! In response…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Emor, Educator resources, Meaning-making
This podcast challenges traditionalists who believe “eye for an eye” always meant monetary compensation and liberals who believe that compensation is a rabbinic innovation. It does this using clues from the bible itself. Please let us know your comments and…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Emor, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
In this parsha God, through Moshe, gives us the most detailed list and explanation of the chagim – Jewish holidays – found in the Torah. Below are the chagim as described in Parshat Emor. Can you guess which chag is…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Emor, Educator resources, Meaning-making
Parshat Emor is filled with many topics. In this podcast, Rabbi Mike Feuer ties together the kohanim and the counting of the Omer in order to get us ready to stand at Sinai. Please let us know your comments and…
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Our parsha cautions the people of Israel that any sacrificial animal must be unblemished, without defect. Anything blind, or injured, or maimed, or with a cyst, boil-scar, or scurvy—such you shall not offer to the Lord. (Lev 22:22) Why is…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Emor, Educator resources, Meaning-making
In this week’s parsha podcast, Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels discusses Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk’s teaching on parshat Emor: he describes how we can use our Jewish life as a path of joy and compassion, finding both in our practice of…
Tanakh, Torah, Vayikra (Leviticus), Emor, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
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