The Wildescast
Manhattan Jewish Experience
Jewish education and inspiration courtesy of Rabbi Mark N. Wildes, Founder of the Manhattan Jewish Experience (MJE). Founded in 1998, MJE is a warm and open community where millennial men and women in their 20s/30s can explore Jewish life and meet new people.
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Apr 3, 2020 • 52min
Lunch and learn: Lessons from the Parsha and Passover
Today we're going to be rebroadcasting a lunch and learn that Rabbi Wildes gave on Facebook Live. It's the Sabbath before Passover -- known as Shabbat Hagadol in Hebrew. So today, we're going to be taking a look at this week's Torah portion and how it relates to the Passover holiday.
Apr 3, 2020 • 1h 3min
Ask the Rabbi: Passover Edition
Today we're going to be rebroadcasting a Facebook Live that Rabbi Wildes gave. It's a free-wheeling Passover-themed "Ask the Rabbi" session. He answers questions from the spiritual -- What is freedom to a Jew in quarantine in 2020? -- to the mundane: Do we really need to buy a new toothbrush for Passover?
Apr 2, 2020 • 52min
Lunch and Learn: Judaism for everyone
Today we're going to be rebroadcasting a lunch and learn that Rabbi Wildes recently gave on Facebook Live. We're continuing our pre-Passover coverage. Today's topic is "Judaism for Everyone: What the four son's of the Passover Seder can teach us about how we each can relate to Torah and Judaism."
Apr 1, 2020 • 54min
Lunch and Learn: Moses, Exodus, and Elevating Your Passover Seder
Today we're going to be rebroadcasting a lunch and learn that Rabbi Wildes recently gave on Facebook Live. We're continuing our pre-Passover coverage. Today we take a look at Moses and the story of the Jewish people's Exodus from Egypt. Plus, we start to go through the seder and offer insights into each section.
Here is a link to this episode's source material:
https://bit.ly/2wK4hSP
Apr 1, 2020 • 59min
Lunch and Learn: The Four Sons of the Passover Seder
Today we're going to be rebroadcasting a lunch and learn that Rabbi Wildes recently gave on Facebook Live. We're continuing our pre-Passover coverage. Today we look at, among other things, a modern interpretation of the four sons from the Passover Seder.
Here is a link to this episode's source material:
https://bit.ly/2wK4hSP
Mar 31, 2020 • 60min
Passover 101 Workshop
This Passover 101 Workshop was recorded on Facebook Live on 3/30/20.Here is a link to the Passover work sheet referenced in the episode:https://bit.ly/2JuXYFm
Mar 30, 2020 • 40min
Lunch and Learn: We're all experiencing our own Exodus this year
Preparing for Passover: Rabbi Wildes is finding connections between the Exodus from Egypt and other times Jews have been fled their home countries (Russia, Iran and so on), and how it relates to our current state of isolation and social distancing. We’re all feeling a sense of alienation this year.
Mar 29, 2020 • 46min
Lunch and Learn: Pre-Passover Inspiration
This is a rebroadcast of a lunch and learn that Rabbi Wildes gave on Facebook Live. The topic of this episode is pre-Passover inspiration.
