Yinzer in YerushalayimA lifelong Pittsburgher goes on a 9-month odyssey to study Judaism at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem.
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Week 37: The Practical Dictionary of the Pardes Lexicon by dmkwait
One of the unadvertised perks of Pardes is that after studying holy texts in their original in the Beit Midrash for a whole year, no matter how advanced your Hebrew level, you come away with a bla...
One of the unadvertised perks of Pardes is that after studying holy texts in their original in the Beit Midrash for a whole year, no matter how advanced your Hebrew level, you come away with a bla...
Week 36: From Silence to Song by dmkwait
The weekend before last was the retreat Shabbaton for Self, Soul, and Text class at Kibbutz Hanaton , our teacher James' home, in the Galil. The schedules Friday and Saturday were nearly ident...
The weekend before last was the retreat Shabbaton for Self, Soul, and Text class at Kibbutz Hanaton , our teacher James' home, in the Galil. The schedules Friday and Saturday were nearly ident...
Week 35: Other Things I've Learned in Israel by dmkwait
I came to Israel wanting to learn Torah, and I have. Thank God, I've learned tons of Torah here and am privileged to learn more each day. But now that it's May and I'm entering into the home stret...
I came to Israel wanting to learn Torah, and I have. Thank God, I've learned tons of Torah here and am privileged to learn more each day. But now that it's May and I'm entering into the home stret...
Week 33: Family by dmkwait
This is the time of year for family. Last week, when Shabbat directly followed the last day of Pesach, creating a rare 8-day Passover in Israel, Friday afternoon, I was kindly invited over the hom...
This is the time of year for family. Last week, when Shabbat directly followed the last day of Pesach, creating a rare 8-day Passover in Israel, Friday afternoon, I was kindly invited over the hom...
Week 32:Passover by dmkwait
“ Even if all of us were wise, all of us understanding, all of us knowing the Torah, we would still be obligated to discuss the exodus from Egypt, ” says the Haggada. While by no means do I, li...
“ Even if all of us were wise, all of us understanding, all of us knowing the Torah, we would still be obligated to discuss the exodus from Egypt, ” says the Haggada. While by no means do I, li...
Wek 31: The incoming Tide by dmkwait
Tuesday through Thursday, we were in the Golan. Unlike our last two tiyyulim, the Golan, Israel's back 40, is the anti-desert; especially now, in the springtime, the place is so overflowing wit...
Tuesday through Thursday, we were in the Golan. Unlike our last two tiyyulim, the Golan, Israel's back 40, is the anti-desert; especially now, in the springtime, the place is so overflowing wit...
Week 30: The Golan Tiyyul by dmkwait
Tuesday through Thursday, we were in the Golan. Unlike our last two tiyyulim, the Golan, Israel's back 40, is the anti-desert; especially now, in the springtime, the place is so overflowing wit...
Tuesday through Thursday, we were in the Golan. Unlike our last two tiyyulim, the Golan, Israel's back 40, is the anti-desert; especially now, in the springtime, the place is so overflowing wit...
Week 29: Role-Playing, or Jesus, Death, and All Their Friends by dmkwait
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 New Testament , co-edited by f...
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 New Testament , co-edited by f...
Week 28: At the Crossroads by dmkwait
Click here for Week 27 The biggest event this week was our Critical Issues speaker, Rabbi Michael Melchior , former Member of the Knesset, executive in the World Zionist Organization, curr...
Click here for Week 27 The biggest event this week was our Critical Issues speaker, Rabbi Michael Melchior , former Member of the Knesset, executive in the World Zionist Organization, curr...
Week 27:Purim by dmkwait
[Note: By request of the powers that be, all names in this blog post have been changed to protect the innocent.] It's never easy to decide what you want to be for Purim. This year especially, limit...
[Note: By request of the powers that be, all names in this blog post have been changed to protect the innocent.] It's never easy to decide what you want to be for Purim. This year especially, limit...