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Shais Taub: A Vulnerable Conversation About Shame, Selfhood, and Authenticity
Tune in to hear a conversation about the interior experience of fragmentation from Ultimate Being.
How Does Halacha View Non-Jewish Holidays?
Jewish law is often asked to do something deceptively difficult: to decide what a non-Jewish holiday really is. It does so not…
Zevi Slavin: ‘To be a mystic is to be human at its most raw’
Zevi Slavin joins us to discuss inherent divinity, the potential of modernity, and the perpetual experience of Har Sinai.
What My Favorite Chanukah Story Teaches Us About Spiritual Transformation
I Read This Over Shabbos is a weekly newsletter from Rivka Bennun Kay about Jewish book culture, book recommendations, and modern ideas.…
What is Judaism’s Stance on Dreams?
This piece first ran on our Substack, Reading Jewish History in the Parsha. We’re pleased to share it here on our website. …
5 Perspectives on Finding God in the Chaos
Your 18Forty Parsha Guide is a weekly newsletter exploring five major takeaways from the weekly parsha. Receive this newsletter every week in…
Philip Goff: Consciousness, Mysticism, and God
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we speak with Philip Goff.
Sarah Yehudit Schneider: ‘Jewish mysticism is not so different from any mysticism’
Sarah Yehudit Schneider discusses eighteen questions on Jewish mysticism including growth through joy and free will.
What the 18Forty Team is Reading This Month
I Read This Over Shabbos is a weekly newsletter from Rivka Bennun Kay about Jewish book culture, book recommendations, and modern ideas.…
The Bonds and Betrayals of Brotherhood: From Yosef to the Hasmoneans
This piece first ran on our Substack, Reading Jewish History in the Parsha. We’re pleased to share it here on our website. …
How Did Chanukah Become a Jewish Holiday?
Chanukah, which commemorates the victory of Judean Jews over Syrian Greeks in the Hellenistic era, is different from other Jewish holidays. When…
5 Things Yosef’s Brothers Teach Us About Jealousy in the Age of Comparison
Your 18Forty Parsha Guide is a weekly newsletter exploring five major takeaways from the weekly parsha. Receive this newsletter every week in…