Personal Conversations with Yiscah Smith

Introduction

The podcast was originally produced by the Society of Independent Spirituality, and Rabbi Ari Ze’ev Schwartz. We apologize in advance as you may hear some background noise that was not able to be edited out. You can listen to more SIS interviews (some including Pardes students) online. To download more digital content from Yiscah Smith or to visit her patreon page, please visit her author page on Elmad.

This podcast was originally produced in 9 parts, with each part focused on one question and topic.

  1. Three religious books you must read
  2. Spiritual community
  3. How to give space to others
  4. Advice for someone who is struggling in life
  5. The Teshuva of Ulai:maybe
  6. Torah of Galut (exile) versus Torah of Geula (redemption)
  7. Spiritual Authenticity
  8. Traveling back in time to meet a great prophet:Rabbi:thinker
  9. Combining Chabad with the Piaseczner Rebbe

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Credits
Yiscah Smith – Faculty Host and interviewee
Rabbi Ari Ze’ev Schwartz – Interviewer
Adam Titcher – Executive Producer and Director of Digital Media

 

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.