This is my absolute favorite parasha podcast. I always feel enlightened, challenged, and connected to a greater whole after listening. Thank you to all who work to bring this to the world every week.

The weekly podcast is inspirational and insightful. Host and guests are first class. Dr. Steven H. Professor and Founding University Dean Manhattan

I am learning every week listening to Rabbi Tzvi’s panel style discussions with some of the Sages of our time. I appreciate what has been prepared in advance and what arises out of the challenging questions posed on tbe presented material. יישר כוח פרדס!

Michael Hatton’s Crises and Kings series is excellent! I came across this series while listening to another podcast and it has become a favorite. I find myself jumping back and forth in various texts and taking notes of my findings. Michael is a good tour guide! I hope he will keep producing more…….

Short synopsis of each parsha without going too deep into the inherent conflicts that they often bring up. Generally presents a decidedly conservative view aka politically conservative view and presents it as “correct” without showing how the opposite view is also “correct.” Whether this is also a religiously conservative view idk. All in all one of the better ones but still not deep enough for me.

What a great series. Rabbi Hattin brings out all the nuance the Book of Samuel has to offer with his close reading of the text. Many themes, allusions, etc that I wasn’t aware of. I hope he does other series on other books of the Bible.

What a terrific series! Even though I am familiar with the Book of Samuel, Rabbi Hattin’s retelling offers psychological insights and untangles all the relationships and events that make these books so much a part of the lore of ancient Israel, that I am always drawn to the next episode with excitement. His use of the Rabbinic commentaries where questions arise about text’s intent, language, or conflicting details, is masterful , and gives the series great spiritual significance. Although I often enjoy the offerings of Pardes, I can not recommend this series enough.

I have been listening to Michael Hattons’ series, crises and kings, about the book of Samuel and I am getting so much out of it! He moves at a slow and deliberate pace, reviewing the previous each week for a few minutes at the beginning of each podcast and summarizing at the end. He brings in the Hebrew in order to provide more depth and meaning to the story, as well as making sure that all of the terms are understandable. I have never learned about this period In such depth and I am so happy that I found this podcast! I recommend especially to beginners who are studying Tanach and interested in learning about the first kings of Israel.

Wonderful and diverse parsha podcast with consistently thought-provoking lessons from a wide variety of voices.

Pardes from Jerusalem is a religious show usually centered on the weekly parsha, out of the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem. Content is deep and thoughtful, sound quality is mixed.