49 Steps
From my blog: Excerpts from R. Ze’ev Wolf of Zhitomir’s teachings on Counting the Omer, from Or haMeir. וּסְפַרְתֶּם לָכֶם מִמָּחֳרַת הַשַּׁבָּת מִיּוֹם הֲבִיאֲכֶם אֶת עֹמֶר הַתְּנוּפָה שֶׁבַע...
View Article[PCJE Dvar Torah] ‘Sacrificing Our Time’ by Aliza Geller
Devar Torah Workshop, Parashat Emor Over the past couple of weeks, students in their first year of the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators have been participating in a Devar Torah workshop with DLK...
View Article[Alumni Guest Post] A Holy Stranger with Open Arms
Alissa Thomas (Spring '11) blogs about relating to Jewish Converts, inspired by her own father: There is nothing like seeing my father dressed head to toe in all white. His soul hearkens to the time of...
View ArticleThe Wicked son….
Hello everybody! Here is something that I wrote in a workshop run by Avigayle Adler! We were asked to write a letter expressing the feelings being felt by one of the 4 sons from the Pesach seder to...
View ArticleCleaning the Kitchen with Underwear
From my blog: (No, not cleaning the kitchen in my underwear. I’m not that much of an exhibitionist. And it wasn’t even my kitchen, so cleaning in my underwear might have been a wee bit inappropriate.)...
View ArticleWhy were the Israelites Enslaved?
On Passover night, we ask many questions. Here is one you may have never asked: why did the Egyptians want to subjugate the Israelites into slavery in the first place? What can we learn about ourselves...
View Article[PCJE Dvar Torah] Pesach, Matzah, Marror
Over the last week, I and most of my fellow PEPers, have been traveling around the States, doing model lessons for schools in hopes of gainful employment. One of my favorite model lessons that I’ve...
View Articlechoosing what kind of God to serve
the relationships we have with our parents form a template for our relationship with the Divine. i grew up giving my parents a very hard time, constantly bucking their authority. we fought all the...
View Article[Alumni Guest Post] Back to the Temple
Written by Gabby Goodman (Year ’13) As I got ready to lead the Seder for the first time for my family in New York City this year, I remembered last year when I was at Pardes, when I wondered at …...
View ArticleConfessions of a Pyromaniac
I haven’t always been obsessed with fire. In fact, when I was younger I used to be terrified of it, to the point where I would hide in the pantry closet when anyone in my family lit birthday candles....
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And God said, let there be a Red Heifer and Radical Acceptance.
Below is a Dvar I wrote for Moishe House. As Pardes and Moishe House have a new partnership I thought it would appropriate to share this with the Pardes community as well. “This is the decree (Hok)...
View ArticleHallel, A Journey Through the Wilderness of Emotions
My favorite service of the whole year is Hallel, a special service we add to certain holidays and to the seder. Hallel has a strange structure. It starts out by saying we are commanded to praise God....
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[Alumni Guest Post] A Holy Stranger with Open Arms
Alissa Thomas (Spring '11) blogs about relating to Jewish Converts, inspired by her own father: Alissa Thomas on Sh’ma Blog There is nothing like seeing my father dressed head to toe in all white. His...
View ArticleThe Wicked son….
Hello everybody! Here is something that I wrote in a workshop run by Avigayle Adler! We were asked to write a letter expressing the feelings being felt by one of the 4 sons from the Pesach seder to...
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Cleaning the Kitchen with Underwear
From my blog: (No, not cleaning the kitchen in my underwear. I’m not that much of an exhibitionist. And it wasn’t even my kitchen, so cleaning in my underwear might have been a wee bit inappropriate.)...
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Why were the Israelites Enslaved?
On Passover night, we ask many questions. Here is one you may have never asked: why did the Egyptians want to subjugate the Israelites into slavery in the first place? What can we learn about ourselves...
View ArticleClik here to view.
[PCJE Dvar Torah] Pesach, Matzah, Marror
Over the last week, I and most of my fellow PEPers, have been traveling around the States, doing model lessons for schools in hopes of gainful employment. One of my favorite model lessons that I’ve...
View ArticleClik here to view.
choosing what kind of God to serve
the relationships we have with our parents form a template for our relationship with the Divine. i grew up giving my parents a very hard time, constantly bucking their authority. we fought all the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
[Alumni Guest Post] Back to the Temple
Written by Gabby Goodman (Year ’13) As I got ready to lead the Seder for the first time for my family in New York City this year, I remembered last year when I was at Pardes, when I wondered at the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Confessions of a Pyromaniac
I haven’t always been obsessed with fire. In fact, when I was younger I used to be terrified of it, to the point where I would hide in the pantry closet when anyone in my family lit birthday candles....
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