Podcast Episodes

Shmuel Braun: 'When it comes to God, I'm the object and God is the subject'

Rabbi Shmuel Braun draws an important distinction between the terms mysticism and Pnimiyut HaTorah [inner dimensions of Torah]. While mysticism is ab…

11 hours ago

Gedale Fenster: 'Focus on the message, you won't stay in the mess'

Season 2 Episode 40

For Gedale Fenster, Jewish Mysticism is not a retreat from reality but the "expanded consciousness" needed to see that “the problem is the solution.”…

3 weeks ago

Victoria Hanna: 'The riddle is a part of our existence'

Season 2 Episode 39

Victoria Hanna sees tremendous power in riddles. In many ways, she argues, questions are more important than answers. The Israeli musician uses sound…

4 weeks ago

Shlomo Pill: 'Mysticism is really just a mapping of human experience'

Season 2 Episode 38

For Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Pill, self-satisfaction is the biggest obstacle to living a more spiritual life. Based on the teaching of the Arizal, Rabbi Isaa…

1 month ago

Fally Klein: 'To me, God is the unanswerable question that keeps you asking'

Season 2 Episode 37

Fally Klein stumbled upon Jewish mysticism almost on her own, as a teenager battling cancer. Now she’s on a journey to fill in the gaps in her knowle…

1 month, 1 week ago

Eli Rubin: 'The Arizal was the first herald of modernity'

Season 2 Episode 36

For Rabbi Dr. Eli Rubin, in an ideal world all people would be mystics. He argues that if mysticism means connecting to God, then everyone should fee…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Aron Moss: 'The term religious doesn't really exist in Judaism'

Season 2 Episode 35

It is difficult to navigate the complexities of the world without having inner purpose. For Rabbi Aron Moss, Jewish mysticism provides this crucial d…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Yussie Zakutinsky: 'God is as much part of this world as He was before Creation'

Season 2 Episode 34

For Rabbi Yussie Zakutinsky, Jewish mysticism means reintroducing the soul into the body of the world, turning every action into a gateway for the In…

2 months ago

Faigy Blumstein: 'Take that darkness, flip it over, and see the light'

Season 2 Episode 33

For Faigy Blumstein, mysticism is the secret that reveals the vibrant, colorful layers hidden beneath the surface of a black-and-white world. It is a…

2 months, 1 week ago

Judah Mischel: 'I identify as somebody who is living in the days of redemption'

Season 2 Episode 32

Raised in a home that focused on the soul of Judaism, Rabbi Judah Mischel was immersed in the world of mysticism from a young age. For Rabbi Judah, t…

2 months, 2 weeks ago