What do we hope will remain of our teachings when we are no longer there to teach them? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Deborah Anstandig explore Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech through Moses’ final days as teacher and leader. As Moses…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Nitzavim, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
How do the tears of our ancestors guide our prayers today? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbanit Shalhevet Cahana prepare for Rosh Hashanah through the lens of Parshat Netzavim and the holiday’s Torah readings. They explore the sound of…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Nitzavim, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
How do words of encouragement shape Joshua’s leadership and the future of the Jewish people? In this episode, Zvi Hirschfield and Aviva Lauer explore Parshat Vayelech, focusing on the leadership transition from Moshe to Yehoshua. Join them and dive into…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Nitzavim, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
Rabbi Michael Hattin returns to the studio to discuss this week’s double-parsha, Nitzavim-Vayelech and how the Torah teaches us to live within the tension of accepting imperfections while striving to always improve ourselves. As the Children of Israel stand poised…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Nitzavim, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
This Rosh Hashanah podcast is sponsored by Ricki and David Bernstein in memory of Ricki’s parents, Beatrice and Murray Kirschblat z”l, each a sole survivor of large families which perished in the Shoah. Nitzavim/Rosh Hashana 5782 – One thing I…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Nitzavim, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
Nitzavim sees the Nation of Israel renew their covenant with God. One word – “Hayom – Today!” – repeats itself throughout the parsha. We offer four different meanings of this word, with some inspirational messages for the New Year and…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Nitzavim, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
Nitzavim: Redemption and Return Are we waiting for God for Redemption, or is God waiting for us? Nitzavim charts out our national redemption. We shall study two models of redemption – in Deuteronomy and Leviticus – and see how the…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Nitzavim, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
Here we are. Rosh Hashana – Yom HaDin, the Judgment Day – is in a few days. And fortuitously, our parsha discusses our national teshuva. The first step in our national return and rehabilitation is a process of contemplation, of…
Educator resources, Meaning-making, Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Nitzavim
In this week’s parsha, it says: “For this matter is very close to you–in your mouth and in your heart to do it.” In this podcast, Rabbi Meir Schweiger examines a variety of readings of this verse to see how…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Nitzavim, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
The Pardes Parsha Discussion is a weekly series by faculty member Rabbi Alex Israel, designed to stimulate discussion around the Shabbat table, especially with teenagers. Click here to download and print this week’s Parsha Discussion on Nitzavim-Vayelech: Tekiah-Teruah — Stability and…
Educator resources, Meaning-making, Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Nitzavim
In this week’s Pardes from Jerusalem parsha podcast, Rabbi Dr. Howard Markose discusses Nitzavim-Vayelech. Using interpretive tools known as ‘PaRDeS’, we are challenged to determine the Torah’s message about Moshe’s final charge to the Children of Israel. Please let us…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Nitzavim, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
Who is standing before God to confirm the covenant between the Divine and the Jewish people? In this week’s Pardes from Jerusalem podcast, Rabbi Dr. Howard Markose discusses how the Torah chooses very creative terminology to let us know who…
Tanakh, Torah, Devarim (Deuteronomy), Nitzavim, Podcast series, Pardes Parsha Podcast
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