Hi everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Chai on Life Podcast. I’m Alex Segal, and today I am speaking with Rebbetzin Lisa Babich all about Purim. Lisa is a Queens-raised New Yorker, full-time Rebbetzin, and licensed speech and language pathologist. She has been involved in Jewish education and outreach since the age of 19, teaching at TBY, EMETT Russian outreach, the Jewish Enrichment Center in the West Village, and now Fifth Avenue Synagogue alongside her husband, Rabbi Eli Babich who is the Rabbi there.

She was also very vocal during the NYC mayoral election this past year when unfortunately, Mamdani was elected. Lisa was instrumental in trying to unite the Jewish people in prayer to attempt to stop his win yet even when he did, she did not let the news get her down. She is a strong advocate for the Jewish people and has really become a source of chizzuk, or strength for me, when it comes to the day-to-day issues we’re facing these days. 

Plus, the whole experience with Mamdani has eerie parallels to the Purim story. He really feels like a modern day Haman and I knew I wanted to speak with Lisa around this time to give us insight into how we can use this experience to connect even more to Purim and Hashem, as the ultimate goal.

And she really delivered. She shares sooo much wisdom in this podcast episode and I’m so glad we talked it all through. In our conversation, we speak about:

-How to see Hashem in this hidden world

-What the lessons in the Torah can teach us about the times we’re living in now

-How she’s already seeing Hashem’s Hand through Mamdani’s election and why she’s not scared

-Why unity is one of the most important things we need to be focused on and how to work at it in your own life when you feel helpless

-Her thoughts on if we should all be moving to Israel right now

-How she personally connects more deeply to Hashem and how to work to make it more of a relationship vs just a give and take 

-What it means to be a strong Jewish woman

...and so much more!

Connect with Lisa on Instagram at @lisababich9 or via email at [email protected].