9 days. 9 podcasts. How to Restore Unity to a Fragmented World: “Loving one’s fellow as oneself”

Introduction

This was originally published in 2017.

9 days. 9 podcasts. Your Guide to Tisha B’Av with Pardes North America

Dive deep with 9 days of curated Tisha B’Av themed podcast by Pardes North America from the Pardes archive. In memory of Pardes students Marla Bennett, Ben Blutstein, Sara Duker, and Matt Eisenfeld ז”ל.

In this live recording on Tisha B’Av 2017, Yiscah Smith explores the inner dimension of “Loving one’s fellow as oneself”, The secret to engaging in this spiritual practice that is surprisingly doable, practical, and a must.

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Credits
Host: Yiscah Smith; Yiscah Smith is a Jewish educator, spiritual activist and published author who addresses the spiritual practice of encountering the Divine spark within, the foundation of authentic living. To learn more with Yiscah, click here.
Producer: Amira Mintz-Morgenthau
Podcast Editor: Evan Feist
Lead Consultant and Producer; Adam Titcher

 

Yiscah Smith

Yiscah Smith is an adjunct faculty member at Pardes, where she teaches Hasidism and spiritual texts. A spiritual activist, educator, mentor, and meditation guide, Yiscah approaches Judaism as a spiritual practice rooted in the encounter with the Divine spark within and beyond oneself. Yiscah holds a Master’s Degree in Jewish Education from The Jewish Theological Seminary.

Yiscah’s passion is encouraging and empowering others to carve their own paths. Her work takes many forms: faculty at Pardes, Applied Jewish Spirituality, and the Institute for Jewish Spirituality; founder and director of Conscious Community Nachlaot in Jerusalem; international lecturer; and author of Planting Seeds of the Divine: Torah Commentaries to Cultivate Your Spiritual Practice. As an avid gardener, Yiscah also enables her passion for growth to find expression in the natural world.