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Shani Taragin: ‘It’s good that Judaism is hard’
Rabbanit Shani Taragin answers eighteen questions on Jewish mysticism including free will, prayer, and catharsis.
How God Taught a Broken People to Hope Again
This piece first ran on our Substack, Reading Jewish History in the Parsha. We’re pleased to share it here on our website. …
How Rav Kook and the Lubavitcher Rebbe Saw the Jewish People
[A traveler] said to me [Elijah the prophet]: “My teacher, there are two things in my heart that I love with a…
5 Ways a Heart Hardens: When Choice Becomes Destiny
Your 18Forty Parsha Guide is a weekly newsletter exploring five major takeaways from the weekly parsha. Receive this newsletter every week in…
Dovid Bashevkin: A Reform Rabbi Interviews an Orthodox Rabbi [Denominations 2/2]
David Bashevkin answers questions from Diana Fersko about denominations and Jewish Peoplehood.
Sarah Yehudit Schneider: ‘Jewish mysticism is not so different from any mysticism’
Rabbanit Sarah Yehudit Schneider believes meditation is the entryway to understanding mysticism.
Zevi Slavin: ‘To be a mystic is to be human at its most raw’
As a Chabad Hasid, Rabbi Zevi Slavin’s formative years were spent immersed in the rich traditions of Chassidut and Kabbala.
Moshe Weinberger: ‘The Jewish People are God’s shofar’
In order to study Kabbalah, argues Rav Moshe Weinberger, one must approach it with humility.
Suri Weingot: ‘The fellow Jew is as close to God as you’ll get’
What does it mean to experience God as lived reality?
Moshe Gersht: ‘The world of mysticism begs for practicality’
Rabbi Moshe Gersht first encountered the world of Chassidus at the age of twenty, the beginning of what he terms his “spiritual…
Moshe Gersht: ‘The world of mysticism begs for practicality’
Rabbi Moshe Gersht joins us to discuss free will, Mashiach, and consciousness.
Will I Survive the Winter?
I Read This Over Shabbos is a weekly newsletter from Rivka Bennun Kay about Jewish book culture, book recommendations, and modern ideas.…