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Naso 5783: I Promise to Be My Best Self

What threats and opportunities can their be found in the concept of vows as presented through Judaism?

In this week’s Parsha Podcast, Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbi Daniel Reifman for an exploration of this week’s parsha. Together, we will explore the power of vows as an avenue for building a more individualized and fulfilling spiritual life. On the flipside, we will also examine why the Sages had many hesitations about vows, and how they can be problematic. At the conclusion of this episode, we discuss the need for Jewish communities to innovate new standards and behaviors in order to respond to the many challenges facing us.

Credits: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield and Rabbi Daniel Reifman – Pardes Faculty

 

Daniel Reifman

Rabbi Dr. Daniel Reifman teaches Talmud in the Pardes Kollel and the Intensive Talmud Skills course. Daniel holds degrees in biology, Tanakh and hermeneutics, in addition to rabbinic ordination. He has taught at Midreshet Lindenbaum and Midreshet AMIT in Jerusalem, the BINA Secular Yeshiva in Tel Aviv, and the Drisha Institute and Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York. He currently holds positions at Yeshivat Maharat and the Institute for Advanced Torah Studies at Bar-Ilan University.

Daniel has written extensive curricula on the five Megillot for the Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning. He is in the middle of developing an independent, comprehensive Talmud Skills curriculum. Daniel lives in Yad Binyamin with his wife and five daughters.