In this lecture that was recorded live at Pardes Jerusalem as part of the Summer Evening Lecture Series, Yiscah Smith speaks about Restoring Unity to a Fragmented World: The Mysterious Healing Power of the Shema.
The Summer Evening Lecture Series was sponsored in memory of Brondell Pomrenze by Huti and Jay Pomrenze.
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.
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