Jews have been praying for the governments of the countries they lived in since the time of the Babylonian exile. Yet the founding of a Jewish and democratic state presents a radically different relationship between the State and its citizens, making the traditional Prayer for the Government that was appropriate in the Diaspora incompatible with this new reality. In this podcast, Rabbi Morris explores the original and official Prayer for the State of Israel composed in 1948, as well as a variety of adaptations and alternatives produced by both Israeli and Diaspora Jewish communities.

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Rabbi Leon Morris - Faculty Host for Pardes from Jerusalem

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

Parshiot Acharei Mot-Kedoshim speak of a land intolerant of sin. But can a land, soils and stones, be holy? In this podcast, Rabbi Alex Israel reflects on the nature of the land of Israel's holiness, and reflects on the holiday of Yom Haatzmaut that is celebrated this week.

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Rabbi Alex Israel - Faculty Host for Pardes from Jerusalem

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

Parshiot Acharei Mot-Kedoshim speak of a land intolerant of sin. But can a land, soils and stones, be holy? In this podcast, Rabbi Alex Israel reflects on the nature of the land of Israel's holiness, and reflects on the holiday of Yom Haatzmaut that is celebrated this week.

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Rabbi Alex Israel - Faculty Host for Pardes from Jerusalem

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

The strange skin ailment called Tzara'at, described at length in our double parsha, sounds arcane and irrelevant to our modern ears. Long ago, the ancient rabbis considered the matter, and rescued tzara'at from oblivion by making the matter not only relevant but indispensable. In this podcast, Rabbi Michael Hattin considers how they did so.

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Rabbi Michael Hattin - Faculty Host for Pardes from Jerusalem

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

The strange skin ailment called Tzara'at, described at length in our double parsha, sounds arcane and irrelevant to our modern ears. Long ago, the ancient rabbis considered the matter, and rescued tzara'at from oblivion by making the matter not only relevant but indispensable. In this podcast, Rabbi Michael Hattin considers how they did so.

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Rabbi Michael Hattin - Faculty Host for Pardes from Jerusalem

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

This podcast is a response to current conditions throughout the world and to this week's Biblical list of proscribed animals. In this podcast, Rabbi Elisha Ancselovits tours Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) to discover one of the critical reasons for Biblical food proscriptions--mutual care and responsibility. Rabbi Ancselovits closes with a discussion of the nature of responsibility by examining the Biblical permission to eat locust.

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Rabbi Elisha Ancselovits - Faculty Host for Pardes from Jerusalem

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

This podcast is a response to current conditions throughout the world and to this week's Biblical list of proscribed animals. In this podcast, Rabbi Elisha Ancselovits tours Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) to discover one of the critical reasons for Biblical food proscriptions--mutual care and responsibility. Rabbi Ancselovits closes with a discussion of the nature of responsibility by examining the Biblical permission to eat locust.

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Rabbi Elisha Ancselovits - Faculty Host for Pardes from Jerusalem

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

We may never have experienced this before, but our ancestors paved the way. They teach us 4 important lessons, 1. fear is real, 2. make your home a sanctuary, 3. invoke and celebrate divine protection through faith, 4. Make sure Elijah can get in!

This podcast episode is sponsored by Rabba Yaffa Epstein in honor of the amazing senior staff, boards, faculty, staff, students and alumni of Pardes.

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Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy - Faculty Host for Pardes from Jerusalem

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

We may never have experienced this before, but our ancestors paved the way. They teach us 4 important lessons, 1. fear is real, 2. make your home a sanctuary, 3. invoke and celebrate divine protection through faith, 4. Make sure Elijah can get in!

This podcast episode is sponsored by Rabba Yaffa Epstein in honor of the amazing senior staff, boards, faculty, staff, students and alumni of Pardes.

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Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy - Faculty Host for Pardes from Jerusalem

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

Sometimes it can seem that the book of Leviticus is speaking to a world which is no more. In this podcast, Rabbi Mike Feuer explores how the 'torot,' the practical instructions on sacrifice which lie at the heart of Tzav, actually have much to say to us in this time of crisis.

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Rav Mike Feuer - Faculty Host for Pardes from Jerusalem

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media