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Parashat Yitro 5782: Is the Idolatry a Relevant Category for Contemporary Life Description: In this week's podcast, Rabbi Mike Uram tackles Parashat Yitro noting that the first of the 10 Commandments is one that prohibits idolatry. Is this a relevant issue today? Mike explores what made the Torah and the Rabbis so afraid of idol worship and looks at some classical and contemporary sources to develop a more contemporary definition of idolatry, one that is more relevant and meaningful for today. Download the Source Sheet Exodus 20 Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write to us at elmad@pardes.org.il. We appreciate you leaving us a review with 5-stars if you enjoy these podcasts. For more information about Pardes, visit our website www.pardes.org.il. Credits Rabbi Mike Uram - Pardes North America CVEO, Faculty and Host for Pardes from Jerusalem Rabbi Adam Titcher – Lead Consultant and Producer Arlene Harel – Faculty Coordinator

This was originally posted on Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith. From Yiscah: In Conversation With Rabbi Daniel Silverstein. What a wonderful conversation with an inspiring visionary and compassionate voice of change. Rav Daniel manifests refreshing positive and optimistic energies as he views Judaism as a spiritual practice. I hope you are inspired by and that you feel supported and encouraged by his words. From Yiscah: "I would also like to remind you that my spiritual mentoring practice always has room for "one more" client. At your convenience, please review the type of spiritual mentorship, guidance, and companionship that I offer here: https://www.yiscahsmith.com/mentoring" You are all warmly invited to book a complimentary introductory 20-minute assessment session with me. This allows both you and me an opportunity to connect further and for you to have a better idea of what I provide. Then you can better decide if this may be what you are seeking along your spiritual journey. Please email Yiscah to confirm your time if this interests you. Enjoy the outdoors in the ways that bring you happiness, calmness, and a sense of wonder at the many manifestations of the Divine's creations. Production by Rabbi Adam Titcher, Director of Digital Media

This was originally posted on Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith. From Yiscah: In Conversation With Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy. This unique and refreshing Rabbi, Educator and Director of the Year Program at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies speaks about the need for the "radical center" to come together. From Yiscah: "I would also like to remind you that my spiritual mentoring practice always has room for "one more" client. At your convenience, please review the type of spiritual mentorship, guidance, and companionship that I offer here: https://www.yiscahsmith.com/mentoring" You are all warmly invited to book a complimentary introductory 20-minute assessment session with me. This allows both you and me an opportunity to connect further and for you to have a better idea of what I provide. Then you can better decide if this may be what you are seeking along your spiritual journey. Please email Yiscah to confirm your time if this interests you. Enjoy the outdoors in the ways that bring you happiness, calmness, and a sense of wonder at the many manifestations of the Divine's creations. Production by Rabbi Adam Titcher, Director of Digital Media

This was originally posted on Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith. From Yiscah: With gratitude to our Creator and to all of you for your ongoing support and listenership, this new podcast episode #44, Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah celebrates four years since its inception. WOW!! This is radically amazing. And to celebrate radical amazement, this podcast I was in conversation with Rav Ari Ze'ev Schwartz. Meet and learn from this incredibly inspiring educator and author of "The Spiritual Revolution of Rav Kook: The Writings of a Jewish Mystic," as he addresses inner revolutionary changes and Rav Kook's "The Four Part Song" that we all may sing along our life journeys. I hope that all of you become inspired in your own unique ways. If you would like to be in touch with Rav Ari Schwartz, his email address is contact@arizeev.com. I would also like to remind you that my spiritual mentoring practice always has room for "one more" client. At your convenience, please review the type of spiritual mentorship, guidance, and companionship that I offer here: https://www.yiscahsmith.com/mentoring You are all warmly invited to book a complimentary introductory 20-minute assessment session with me. This allows both you and me an opportunity to connect further and for you to have a better idea of what I provide. Then you can better decide if this may be what you are seeking along your spiritual journey. Please email me to confirm your time if this interests you. Enjoy the outdoors in the ways that bring you happiness, calmness, and a sense of wonder at the many manifestations of the Divine's creations. Production by Rabbi Adam Titcher, Director of Digital Media

This was originally posted on Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith. From Yiscah: "The first ordained female Orthodox rabbi post-shoah. A voice of change that the world needs to hear. Her calling brings spiritual awareness to others, encouragement and passionate scholarship with compassion and care." Production by Rabbi Adam Titcher, Director of Digital Media

This was originally posted on Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith. From Yiscah: "Meet the founder of Ayeka's "Becoming a Soulful Parent" program. Dasee's groundbreaking approach to education understands parenting as a spiritual practice." Dasee recently taught a 3-part series of the same name of her book and program. You can find all episodes for streaming on Pardes's YouTube Channel. Be sure to subscribe! Production by Rabbi Adam Titcher, Director of Digital Media

The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Presents: The Sidney and Miriam Brettler Memorial Series 2021 | 5781 Women's Prayers and Women Pray-ers: From Hannah to Today with Professor Rabbi Dalia Marx January 11, 2021 From the Bible to the Talmud - Rewatch the Live Stream. January 18, 2021 The Medieval Period: Prayers Composed by Women - Rewatch the Live Stream January 25, 2021 Opportunities and Challenges of Modernity - Rewatch the Live Stream Credits: Professor Rabbi Dalia Max - Lecturer Rabbi Adam Titcher - Executive Producer

The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Presents: The Sidney and Miriam Brettler Memorial Series 2021 | 5781 Women's Prayers and Women Pray-ers: From Hannah to Today with Professor Rabbi Dalia Marx January 11, 2021 From the Bible to the Talmud - Rewatch the Live Stream. January 18, 2021 The Medieval Period: Prayers Composed by Women - Rewatch the Live Stream January 25, 2021 Opportunities and Challenges of Modernity - Rewatch the Live Stream Credits: Professor Rabbi Dalia Max - Lecturer Rabbi Adam Titcher - Executive Producer

The Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies Presents: The Sidney and Miriam Brettler Memorial Series 2021 | 5781 Women's Prayers and Women Pray-ers: From Hannah to Today with Professor Rabbi Dalia Marx January 11, 2021 From the Bible to the Talmud - Rewatch the Live Stream. January 18, 2021 The Medieval Period: Prayers Composed by Women - Rewatch the Live Stream January 25, 2021 Opportunities and Challenges of Modernity - Rewatch the Live Stream Credits: Professor Rabbi Dalia Max - Lecturer Rabbi Leon Morris - Introduction and President of Pardes Dr. Mark Brettler - Introduction and Brettler Family representative Rabbi Adam Titcher - Executive Producer

This was originally posted on Authentic Jewish Living with Yiscah Smith. From Yiscah: "Nechama Goldman Barash is a role model for spiritual authentic living, a dedicated Torah scholar and educator specializing in matters of gender and Jewish law AND an activist in interfaith dialogue promoting non violence and understanding between Israeli and Palestinian communities." Nechama is a member of the Pardes faculty and a frequent member of our digital learning and podcasts. You can hear other teachings from Nechama by clicking here. Additionally, Nechama will be directing this winter's Pardes Learning Seminar: "Who Am I?: The Complexity of Identity in the 21st Century." The Seminar dates are December 27-31. For more details, including the schedule and how to register, please visit the Pardes website. As with this past summer's seminar, this will be on zoom, so it is globally accessible for all wanting to participate and benefit from this incredibly inspiring program. Yiscah will be teaching as well and how special it will be to learn from both of these scholars. Please consider taking advantage of this special opportunity. Winter Pardes Learning Seminar Details Production by Rabbi Adam Titcher, Director of Digital Media

We are proud that Pardes's efforts to build a new facility in Jerusalem continue to move forward despite the challenges of the current moment. While most of us remain confined to our homes, a new home for our Torah, for our students and alumni, and for the vision of Jewish life we are promoting is coming to fruition, one day at a time. In this vein, we are excited to share Home is where the Torah is, the podcast recorded in our homes, and sent directly to yours. In this series, you will hear from six of our incredible teachers as they consider the various components that make up the concept of home and what makes a true home from a Jewish perspective. Rabbi Leon Morris will also have the opportunity to engage in conversation with the gifted architect of our new building Matti Rosenshine, as we think about the ways in which our new building will become our new collective home. Makom Kavuah – Choosing a Place for Prayer. Episode Description (27m 58s): The Talmud states that a person should have a designated place for prayer. In this podcast, Levi Cooper explores different possibilities for understanding the notion of a set place, a makom kavuah, for prayer (1:02). The Maggid of Melbourne considers this directive from the unique angle of our times when our synagogues shuttered and we find ourselves forced to pray at home. After the lecture, (22:10) Rabbi Leon Morris and Matti Rosenshine discuss sacred space. Production Credits: Rabbi Leon Morris - Introduction and Interview Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper - Podcast Host Matti Rosenshine - Podcast Guest Rabbi Michael Emerson - Creative Producer Rabbi Adam Titcher - Executive Producer

The last installment in the Heralds of Zion series. This class explores the differences between Political and Cultural Zionism, along with introducing the personalities of Asher Ginsberg and Max Nordau. The primary question on the table is - how do you shape a new Jew? This lecture is part of the Marilyn and Sigi z”l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer program, April 20 – May 24, 2020. You can watch this lecture online by visiting Rav Mike's video page. If you are interested in listening to more from Rav Mike, or you want to help him continue making Jewish history a relevant story, visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike. If you enjoyed what you just heard please give us a 5-star review on iTunes or wherever you download our podcasts today. For more information about Pardes Community Education classes, visit the main Pardes website www.pardes.org.il/ce. Credits: Rav Mike Feuer – Pardes Faculty and Host Adam Titcher - Executive Producer

Class four in the Heralds of Zion series. In this class we explore teh life of Theodore Herzl. Along the way will discuss assimilation, antisemitism and the major events which led up to the birth of Zionism as a political movement. The central question of the class is - what made Herzl the father of Zionism? This lecture is part of the Marilyn and Sigi z”l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer program, April 20 – May 24, 2020. You can watch this lecture online by visiting Rav Mike's video page. If you are interested in listening to more from Rav Mike, or you want to help him continue making Jewish history a relevant story, visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike. If you enjoyed what you just heard please give us a 5-star review on iTunes or wherever you download our podcasts today. For more information about Pardes Community Education classes, visit the main Pardes website www.pardes.org.il/ce. Credits: Rav Mike Feuer – Pardes Faculty and Host Adam Titcher - Executive Producer

Class three in the 'Heralds of Zion' series. This time we explore the formation of Eastern European Enlightenment within the Pale of Settlement, along with the rise of nationalist thought across Europe. Add to this the resurgence of antisemitism within Russia and you have the context for Leon Pinsker's work Autoemancipation. This lecture is part of the Marilyn and Sigi z”l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer program, April 20 – May 24, 2020. You can watch this lecture online by visiting Rav Mike's video page. If you are interested in listening to more from Rav Mike, or you want to help him continue making Jewish history a relevant story, visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike. If you enjoyed what you just heard please give us a 5-star review on iTunes or wherever you download our podcasts today. For more information about Pardes Community Education classes, visit the main Pardes website www.pardes.org.il/ce. Credits: Rav Mike Feuer – Pardes Faculty and Host Adam Titcher - Executive Producer

Class two of the 'Heralds of Zion' series. This class explores the tension between particularism and universalism as it found expression in the utopian socialist movements of the 19th century. In that context, we meet Moshe Hess, whose roots as a socialist did not prevent him from writing one of the earliest works of Jewish nationalism. This lecture is part of the Marilyn and Sigi z”l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer program, April 20 – May 24, 2020. You can watch this lecture online by visiting Rav Mike's video page. If you are interested in listening to more from Rav Mike, or you want to help him continue making Jewish history a relevant story, visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike. If you enjoyed what you just heard please give us a 5-star review on iTunes or wherever you download our podcasts today. For more information about Pardes Community Education classes, visit the main Pardes website www.pardes.org.il/ce. Credits: Rav Mike Feuer – Pardes Faculty and Host Adam Titcher - Executive Producer

The first in the 'Heralds of Zion' series. After introducing the two essential elements of Zionism, we explore its roots in classical religious thinking and how even this underwent an evolution in the 19th century. This lecture is part of the Marilyn and Sigi z”l Ziering Pardes Community Education Omer program, April 20 – May 24, 2020. You can watch this lecture online by visiting Rav Mike's video page. If you are interested in listening to more from Rav Mike, or you want to help him continue making Jewish history a relevant story, visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike. If you enjoyed what you just heard please give us a 5-star review on iTunes or wherever you download our podcasts today. For more information about Pardes Community Education classes, visit the main Pardes website www.pardes.org.il/ce. Credits: Rav Mike Feuer – Pardes Faculty and Host Adam Titcher - Executive Producer

Part two of the exploration of Mendelsohn as a model for the Jewish encounter with modernity. This time the great challenge is more emancipation than Enlightenment. This lecture is part of the 5780 Pardes Community Education Spring session, January 12, 2020 - March 26, 2020. If you are interested in listening to more from Rav Mike, or you want to help him continue making Jewish history a relevant story, visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike. If you enjoyed what you just heard please give us a 5-star review on iTunes or wherever you download our podcasts today. For more information about Pardes Community Education classes, visit the main Pardes website www.pardes.org.il/ce. Credits: Rav Mike Feuer – Pardes Faculty and Host Adam Titcher - Executive Producer

No individual embodies the initial encounter between Judaism and the Enlightenment more than Moses Mendelsohn. This episode explores the rise of the man known as "the German Socrates." This lecture is part of the 5780 Pardes Community Education Spring session, January 12, 2020 - March 26, 2020. If you are interested in listening to more from Rav Mike, or you want to help him continue making Jewish history a relevant story, visit elmad.pardes.org/ravmike. If you enjoyed what you just heard please give us a 5-star review on iTunes or wherever you download our podcasts today. For more information about Pardes Community Education classes, visit the main Pardes website www.pardes.org.il/ce. Credits: Rav Mike Feuer – Pardes Faculty and Host Adam Titcher - Executive Producer

The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators is proud to produce this podcast series to support and inspire tefilah education. Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Pardes faculty member, leads a panel of veteran educators in an invigorating discussion of how to make prayer relevant to young people. Using a menu of tefilah goals, created as part of the Pardes Tefilah Education Initiative, each educator explores each episode’s prayer through a lens of either Connecting to God, Developing a Sense of Jewish Community, or Cultivating Personal Growth. For our database of tefilah resources and to learn more about tefilah goals go to tefilah.pardes.org. For more great podcasts visit elmad.pardes.org. In our sixth episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Pardes President Leon Morris and PCJE Director of Experiential Education Penny Joel as they delve into the Aleinu. They explore universality, particularism, and the spiritual and mindful aspects of physical bowing through the perspectives of different tefilah goals - connecting to the community, God, and personal development - in order to conjure up more meaningful and engaging tefilah experiences for young people. In this episode: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Rabbi Leon Morris and Penny Joel. Creative Producer: Reuven Margrett Executive Producer: Adam Titcher

The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators is proud to produce this podcast series to support and inspire tefilah education. Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Pardes faculty member, leads a panel of veteran educators in an invigorating discussion of how to make prayer relevant to young people. Using a menu of tefilah goals, created as part of the Pardes Tefilah Education Initiative, each educator explores each episode’s prayer through a lens of either Connecting to God, Developing a Sense of Jewish Community, or Cultivating Personal Growth. For our database of tefilah resources and to learn more about tefilah goals go to tefilah.pardes.org. For more great podcasts visit elmad.pardes.org. In our fifth episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Pardes Faculty Alex Israel and PCJE Director Aviva Lauer Golbert as they delve into the hoda’ot/thanksgiving section of the Amidah. They explore gratitude and graciousness through the perspectives of different tefilah goals - connecting to the community, God, and personal development - in order to conjure up more meaningful and engaging tefilah experiences for young people. n this episode: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Rabbi Alex Israel and Aviva Lauer Golbert. Creative Producer: Reuven Margrett Executive Producer: Adam Titcher