וארא, va’era
in this week’s parsha, parshat וארא, i struggled with God’s hand in the hardening of pharoah’s heart and the destruction and violence that result. while pharoah certainly has within him the seed to...
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this is the parsha where it all happens. the full wrath of God, manifested in swarming locusts and complete darkness, falls not only pharoah but on the egyptian people, while the israelites watch...
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This week’s parsha marks the end of the Yosef narrative (though he is still alive and present in at least one important scene in next week’s parsha too), where he is finally reconnected with his...
View ArticleWeek 29: Role-Playing, or Jesus, Death, and All Their Friends
(X-posted from my home blog, Yinzer in Yerushalayim) Sunday night Pardes made history as the first yeshiva ever to host the launching event for a new edition of the New Testament. The Jewish Annotated...
View Article[Pardes from Jerusalem Podcast] MiKetz 5773: Yosef and Tzafnat Paneach
This week, Rabbi Michael Hattin discusses Parashat MiKetz. dfs Shabbat Shalom!
View Article[PCJE Dvar Torah] Cara Abrams-Simonton: Memories of my Father
Although this week’s parashah, Va’era, is full of many rich elements of our story as a Jewish people, I am drawn to the four promises that God makes to the Jewish people in chapter 6, verses 6 and 7:...
View Article[PCJE Dvar Torah] The New King
I chose to write a dvar torah for this week’s portion of Shemot because it is the week of my birthday and this was also the portion for my bat mitzvah 17 (gasp!) years ago! I have been privileged to …...
View Article[PCJE Dvar Torah] The Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart and Breaking Bad Habits...
There are many interesting events, aspects and themes in Parashat Bo. One theme that emerges is the notion of free will which the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart and the purpose of the plagues in general...
View Article[Alumni Guest Post] “Be Strong”
Daniel Shibley's (Year '11, Fellows '12, Kollel '14) post: Day in and day out in the army, somebody somewhere can be overheard delivering these two words. Often they follow a complaint about any number...
View ArticleUncircumized Lips in Song
Have you ever wondered what Moses would have said to Pharaoh, as he led the Israelite people out of Egypt? Last week, in our Chumash class, our teacher Rabbi Levi Cooper challenged us to reflect in...
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וארא, va’era
in this week’s parsha, parshat וארא, i struggled with God’s hand in the hardening of pharoah’s heart and the destruction and violence that result. while pharoah certainly has within him the seed to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
בא, bo
this is the parsha where it all happens. the full wrath of God, manifested in swarming locusts and complete darkness, falls not only pharoah but on the egyptian people, while the israelites watch...
View Articleויגש
This week’s parsha marks the end of the Yosef narrative (though he is still alive and present in at least one important scene in next week’s parsha too), where he is finally reconnected with his...
View ArticleWeek 29: Role-Playing, or Jesus, Death, and All Their Friends
(X-posted from my home blog, Yinzer in Yerushalayim) Sunday night Pardes made history as the first yeshiva ever to host the launching event for a new edition of the New Testament. The Jewish Annotated...
View ArticleClik here to view.
[Pardes from Jerusalem Podcast] MiKetz 5773: Yosef and Tzafnat Paneach
This week, Rabbi Michael Hattin discusses Parashat MiKetz. dfs Shabbat Shalom! The post [Pardes from Jerusalem Podcast] MiKetz 5773: Yosef and Tzafnat Paneach appeared first on These and Those.
View ArticleClik here to view.
[PCJE Dvar Torah] Cara Abrams-Simonton: Memories of my Father
Although this week’s parashah, Va’era, is full of many rich elements of our story as a Jewish people, I am drawn to the four promises that God makes to the Jewish people in chapter 6, verses 6 and 7:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
[PCJE Dvar Torah] The New King
I chose to write a dvar torah for this week’s portion of Shemot because it is the week of my birthday and this was also the portion for my bat mitzvah 17 (gasp!) years ago! I have been privileged to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
[PCJE Dvar Torah] The Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart and Breaking Bad Habits...
There are many interesting events, aspects and themes in Parashat Bo. One theme that emerges is the notion of free will which the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart and the purpose of the plagues in general...
View ArticleClik here to view.
[Alumni Guest Post] “Be Strong”
Daniel Shibley's (Year '11, Fellows '12, Kollel '14) post: Day in and day out in the army, somebody somewhere can be overheard delivering these two words. Often they follow a complaint about any number...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Uncircumized Lips in Song
Have you ever wondered what Moses would have said to Pharaoh, as he led the Israelite people out of Egypt? Last week, in our Chumash class, our teacher Rabbi Levi Cooper challenged us to reflect in...
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