Parsha on a Pod: A Summary of the Weekly Torah Portion

Rabbi Zev Goldberg is the Senior Rabbi of the Young Israel of Ft. Lee, in northern New Jersey, is the VP of the now famous RCBC, who set the tone for rabbinic response to the COVID crisis.

Rabbi Gershon Albert is the Senior Rabbi of Beth Jacob, in Oakland, California, beloved by his congregants and colleagues, and deeply insightfu

Perek on a Pod is a space for us, along with a guest scholar, to study together the teachings of Rabbinic wisdom, recorded in the book of Pirkei Avot, and to explore how the wisdom of Rabbis living two millennia ago continues to shape Jewish life and ideas until today..

Each week Rabbi Yechiel Shaffer, accompanied by a guest scholar, will be exploring the ancient lessons of Rabbinic Sages, taught through the Jewish text of Pirkei Avot. Though these Rabbis lived millennia ago, we will discover together that their teachings, and insights are profoundly relevant to today.