Amen: Multiple Lenses for Tefilah Education Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies

The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators is proud to produce this podcast series to support and inspire tefilah education. Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Pardes faculty member, leads a panel of veteran educators in an invigorating discussion of how to make prayer relevant to young people. Using a menu of tefilah goals, created as part of the Pardes Tefilah Education Initiative, each educator explores each episode’s prayer through a lens of either Connecting to God, Developing a Sense of Jewish Community, or Cultivating Personal Growth.





In this introduction episode, Zvi Hirschfield, is joined by Aviva Lauer Golbert, Director of PCJE, and Reuven Margrett, PCJE Director of Digital Content, as they introduce this podcast series and outline the issues, challenges, and potential goals of tefilah education. To receive this podcast weekly you need to be subscribed to Pardes Live and Mini-Series podcast channel. Subscribe today using iTunes, Android or wherever you download your podcasts.



In this episode: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Aviva Lauer Golbert and Rabbi Reuven Margrett.

Creative Producer: Reuven Margrett

Executive Producer: Adam Titcher

The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators is proud to produce this podcast series to support and inspire tefilah education. Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Pardes faculty member, leads a panel of veteran educators in an invigorating discussion of how to make prayer relevant to young people. Using a menu of tefilah goals, created as part of the Pardes Tefilah Education Initiative, each educator explores each episode’s prayer through a lens of either Connecting to God, Developing a Sense of Jewish Community, or Cultivating Personal Growth.

For our database of tefilah resources and to learn more about tefilah goals go to tefilah.pardes.org. For more great podcasts visit elmad.pardes.org.







In our first episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by PCJE Director Aviva Lauer Golbert and PCJE Director of Digital Content Reuven Margrett as they explore the Shema - Judaism’s most well-known expression of faith - through the perspectives of connecting to community, God, and personal development in order to create more meaningful and engaging tefilah experiences for young people.



In this episode: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Aviva Lauer Golbert and Rabbi Reuven Margrett.

Creative Producer: Reuven Margrett

Executive Producer: Adam Titcher

The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators is proud to produce this podcast series to support and inspire tefilah education. Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Pardes faculty member, leads a panel of veteran educators in an invigorating discussion of how to make prayer relevant to young people. Using a menu of tefilah goals, created as part of the Pardes Tefilah Education Initiative, each educator explores each episode’s prayer through a lens of either Connecting to God, Developing a Sense of Jewish Community, or Cultivating Personal Growth.

For our database of tefilah resources and to learn more about tefilah goals go to tefilah.pardes.org. For more great podcasts visit elmad.pardes.org.







In this podcast, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Rabbi Mike Feuer, Pardes Faculty & creator of the popular The Jewish Story podcast series, and Rachel Friedrichs, PCJE Assistant Director, as they explore how different tefilah goals deepen our understanding of the second and third paragraphs of the Shema making it relevant and engaging for young people.



In this episode: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Aviva Lauer Golbert and Rabbi Reuven Margrett.

Creative Producer: Reuven Margrett

Executive Producer: Adam Titcher

The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators is proud to produce this podcast series to support and inspire tefilah education. Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Pardes faculty member, leads a panel of veteran educators in an invigorating discussion of how to make prayer relevant to young people. Using a menu of tefilah goals, created as part of the Pardes Tefilah Education Initiative, each educator explores each episode’s prayer through a lens of either Connecting to God, Developing a Sense of Jewish Community, or Cultivating Personal Growth.

For our database of tefilah resources and to learn more about tefilah goals go to tefilah.pardes.org. For more great podcasts visit elmad.pardes.org.







In our third episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by PCJE Faculty members Sefi Kraut and Reuven Margrett as they delve into the first three brachot of the Amidah. They explore the key themes of those brachot: tribal affiliation, reviving the dead, and holiness, through the perspectives of different tefilah goals - connecting to the community, God, and personal development - in order to conjure up more meaningful and engaging tefilah experiences for young people.



In this episode: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Aviva Lauer Golbert and Rabbi Reuven Margrett.

Creative Producer: Reuven Margrett

Executive Producer: Adam Titcher

The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators is proud to produce this podcast series to support and inspire tefilah education. Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Pardes faculty member, leads a panel of veteran educators in an invigorating discussion of how to make prayer relevant to young people. Using a menu of tefilah goals, created as part of the Pardes Tefilah Education Initiative, each educator explores each episode’s prayer through a lens of either Connecting to God, Developing a Sense of Jewish Community, or Cultivating Personal Growth.

For our database of tefilah resources and to learn more about tefilah goals go to tefilah.pardes.org. For more great podcasts visit elmad.pardes.org.







In our fourth episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by PCJE Faculty members Susan Yammer and Penny Joel as they delve into the bakashot/request section of the Amidah. They explore what it means to ask something from God as individuals and as a community, through the perspectives of different tefilah goals - connecting to the community, God, and personal development - in order to conjure up more meaningful and engaging tefilah experiences for young people.



In this episode: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Susan Yammer and Penny Joel.

Creative Producer: Reuven Margrett

Executive Producer: Adam Titcher

The Pardes Center for Jewish Educators is proud to produce this podcast series to support and inspire tefilah education. Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Pardes faculty member, leads a panel of veteran educators in an invigorating discussion of how to make prayer relevant to young people. Using a menu of tefilah goals, created as part of the Pardes Tefilah Education Initiative, each educator explores each episode’s prayer through a lens of either Connecting to God, Developing a Sense of Jewish Community, or Cultivating Personal Growth.

For our database of tefilah resources and to learn more about tefilah goals go to tefilah.pardes.org. For more great podcasts visit elmad.pardes.org.







In our fifth episode, Zvi Hirschfield is joined by Pardes Faculty Alex Israel and PCJE Director Aviva Lauer Golbert as they delve into the hoda’ot/thanksgiving section of the Amidah. They explore gratitude and graciousness through the perspectives of different tefilah goals - connecting to the community, God, and personal development - in order to conjure up more meaningful and engaging tefilah experiences for young people.



n this episode: Rabbi Zvi Hirschfield, Rabbi Alex Israel and Aviva Lauer Golbert.

Creative Producer: Reuven Margrett

Executive Producer: Adam Titcher