At the opening of the book of Exodus, the children of Israel have been in slavery for hundreds of years. Parshat Shemot tells the story of the trigger of redemption--of why such a long lasting situation will suddenly change. Learn how it happened then, and what the triggers for redemption can teach about the future as well.

There is a source sheet for this podcast, see https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/147427.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at: [email protected].

For more information about Pardes, visit our website,

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Credits

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

At the opening of the book of Exodus, the children of Israel have been in slavery for hundreds of years. Parshat Shemot tells the story of the trigger of redemption--of why such a long lasting situation will suddenly change. Learn how it happened then, and what the triggers for redemption can teach about the future as well.

There is a source sheet for this podcast, see https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/147427.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at: [email protected].

For more information about Pardes, visit our website,

www.pardes.org.il

Credits

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Jacob crafts his funeral in a pedantic and deliberate manner. He repeats the details of his funeral over and over. What values does he seek to transmit through these instructions and what legacy does he leave?

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at: [email protected].

For more information about Pardes, visit our website,

www.pardes.org.il

Credits

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Jacob crafts his funeral in a pedantic and deliberate manner. He repeats the details of his funeral over and over. What values does he seek to transmit through these instructions and what legacy does he leave?

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at: [email protected].

For more information about Pardes, visit our website,

www.pardes.org.il

Credits

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Joseph is remarkable in his ability to forgive his brothers and see his years of suffering as God's will. He and his brothers are paradigms of self-transformation. Joseph's rapprochement with his brothers helps us to understand the connection between taking responsibility for what we have done, while acknowledging that there is a grand divine narrative at play.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at [email protected].

For more information about Pardes, visit our website,

www.pardes.org.il

Credits

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

Joseph is remarkable in his ability to forgive his brothers and see his years of suffering as God's will. He and his brothers are paradigms of self-transformation. Joseph's rapprochement with his brothers helps us to understand the connection between taking responsibility for what we have done, while acknowledging that there is a grand divine narrative at play.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us at [email protected].

For more information about Pardes, visit our website,

www.pardes.org.il

Credits

Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant

Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

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For many of us, the festival of Hanukah is about the kindling of the hanukiah and the miracle of the oil that lasted for eight days.  But from a historical perspective, Hanukah was actually about the military defeat of the Syrian-Greeks and the cleansing and re-dedication of the Temple after their ejection.  Why did Jewish tradition choose to focus our attention on the former rather than the latter?

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us to us at [email protected].

CreditsLarry Kluger – Creative ConsultantArlene Harel – Production Coordinator

For many of us, the festival of Hanukah is about the kindling of the hanukiah and the miracle of the oil that lasted for eight days.  But from a historical perspective, Hanukah was actually about the military defeat of the Syrian-Greeks and the cleansing and re-dedication of the Temple after their ejection.  Why did Jewish tradition choose to focus our attention on the former rather than the latter?

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us to us at [email protected].

CreditsLarry Kluger – Creative ConsultantArlene Harel – Production Coordinator

In contrast to the Patriarchs, Joseph and his brothers never experience G-d speaking to them, neither directly or indirectly; nevertheless, they discover G-d in their life experiences. In this podcast, Rabbi Meir Schweiger examines the transformative process that both Joseph and his brothers go through in their G-d awareness.

Please let us know your comments and thoughts about the podcast, write us to us at [email protected].

CreditsLarry Kluger – Creative ConsultantArlene Harel – Production Coordinator