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Korach 5783: Was a Different Conversation Possible?

How we can have hard conversations that lead to growth and renewed relationship, as opposed to anger and distance?

In this week’s Parsha Podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Pardes Faculty member Sefi Kraut, one of Pardes’s lead educators for Mahloket Matters. The Mahloket Matters methodology combines social psychology with the rich Jewish textual tradition of deeply engaging with conflicting opinions in order to learn. This curriculum helps provide learners with the motivation to better engage constructively with those with whom they disagree, thereby improving civil discourse. Mahloket Matters reframes what previously felt hostile and threatening as an opportunity for connection and change.

Join Zvi and Sefi for an exploration the narrative of this week’s Torah portion, Korach, through the lens of constructive conflict.

Credits: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield and Sefi Kraut – Pardes Faculty

Sefi Kraut

Sefi Kraut is Director of Mahloket Matters at Pardes. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, she began her career teaching Tanakh at a Jewish day school in New Jersey in 2004. After making aliyah in 2013, Sefi taught in several gap year programs before joining Pardes.

As Director of Mahloket Matters, Sefi co-created Mahloket Matters Teens, a curriculum that explores personal and societal challenges through Jewish text and social-emotional learning. She also develops and leads fellowships and professional development programs for educators, rabbis, school administrators and organizational leaders. Outside of work, Sefi enjoys playing flag football, a passion she discovered after moving to Israel.