Fruma Schapiro: 'The direct path of connection to Hashem is through the simple and the small'
Fruma Schapiro’s connection to Jewish mysticism is deeply entrenched in Chabad Hasidism. She has seen the way it can transform lives and nourish souls, and she is particularly drawn to the idea that e...
29 Kesä 41min
YY Jacobson: 'Jews were chosen to hold onto the frequency of redemptive consciousness'
In this insightful conversation, Rabbi YY Jacobson presents Jewish mysticism as a dynamic framework for consciousness and connection rather than abstract theology. He passionately and clearly illustra...
22 Kesä 55min
Oshra Koren: 'If this is not redemption, I don't know what is'
For Rabbanit Oshra Koren, mysticism is the soul and spirit of the Torah that animates the "body" of Jewish law. It is a path of deep longing that wakes the sleeping heart, transforming the way we see ...
15 Kesä 15min
Jonnie Schnytzer: 'The world caught up with kabbalists'
For Dr. Jonnie Schnytzer, Jewish mysticism teaches us to recognize that nothing in this world is the way it appears to be. Kabbalistic study is a process in deconstructing something we think we unders...
8 Kesä 40min
Dina Etigson: 'The point is not to transcend this world but to bring God here into it'
For Dina Etigson, encountering Jewish Mysticism has been a transformative experience. Beyond the academic and textual Judaism she already knew and loved, she describes the experience as entering “a di...
1 Kesä 24min
Biti Roi: 'Every generation brings mysticism to a different stage'
For Dr. Biti Roi, the texts of Jewish mysticism aren’t just ideas to study – they are a life force. A renowned scholar of Zohar, Kabbala, and Chasidut [Hasidism], these texts are the animating energy ...
25 Touko 1h 7min
Zvi Leshem: 'Modernity in general was a movement that was anti-mystical'
As director of the Gershom Scholem Collection for Kabbalah and Hasidism at the National Library of Israel, Rabbi Dr. Zvi Leshem dedicates much of his time to the study of Jewish mysticism. He believes...
18 Touko 35min
Devori Nussbaum: 'I see God as this one coherent frequency of truth'
For Devori Nussbaum, Jewish mysticism is the study of the soul behind the psyche, a transformative framework that integrates the profound spiritual truths of Chasidut [Hasidism] with insights of psych...
11 Touko 36min
