Empowered Jewish Living with Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum

Madison Margolin is a journalist covering psychedelics, cannabis, spirituality, and Jewish life. She is also the author of Exile & Ecstasy (Hay House Publishing 2023), a gonzo journalistic memoir about the intersection of Judaism and psychedelics, from the perspective of growing up in both the Ram Dass community and the cannabis legalization movement. She is co-founder of DoubleBlind Magazine and has written for several magazines and publications. As a contributing editor to Ayin Press, she writes and curates a column—"Speaking from Experience"—featuring in-depth conversations with artists, scientists, mystics, healers, activists, and fringe thought leaders engaging with a range of paradigm-shifting encounters. She is also a co-founder of the Jewish Psychedelic Summit and host of the Be Here Now Network's Set & Setting podcast. Keep up with her work at MadisonMargolin.com, or follow her on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

If you enjoyed this episode, you should also listen to our episodes with Rabbi Zac Kamenetz (4/26/22), Rabbi Doniel Katz (8/9/21), and Dr. Benjy Epstein (9/30/22).

Please rate and review the Empowered Jewish Living podcast on whatever platform you stream it. Please follow Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum and the Lev Experience on the following channels:

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Pick up a copy of Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum's second book, "The Four Elements of Inner Freedom: The Exodus Story as a Model for Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Personal Breakthroughs". You can order a copy on Amazon, in your local Jewish bookstore, or right here: https://levx.org/event/the-four-elements-of-freedom

Mordechai Holtz has been working in the field of digital marketing, content writing, and brand strategy and social media management for more than a decade. He has worked with clients that have spanned across 8 countries, ranging from startups to the City of Jerusalem to major tech companies. He is an avid blogger and an active contributor to the digital marketing space. He's contributed to Fast Company, cited in Buzzfeed, CMO.com, Forbes & Inc. Mordecai's content has been featured on industry-leading sites including Social Media Today, DukascopyTV, Business2Community, Social Media World and Post Planner, and coschedule. Beyond writing about social media, Mordecai also covers tech news and his articles have been featured on several tech blogs including Technologer and TechAcute.

Please rate and review the Empowered Jewish Living podcast on whatever platform you stream it. Please follow Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum and the Lev Experience on the following channels:

Facebook: @shlomobuxbaum

Instagram: @shlomobuxbaum

YouTube: TheLevExperience

Pick up a copy of Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum's second book, "The Four Elements of Inner Freedom: The Exodus Story as a Model for Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Personal Breakthroughs". You can order a copy on Amazon, in your local Jewish bookstore, or right here: https://levx.org/event/the-four-elements-of-freedom

Moshe Gersht is the author of the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling book It's All the Same to Me, and the author of the new book The Three Conditions, set to be released this November. He's a TEDx speaker and spiritual teacher who has devoted his life to seamlessly bridging the worlds of the Torah tradition, mystical wisdom, the true nature of the human mind, and our collective struggles. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and children. For more and for a free chapter of his new book, visit moshegersht.com.

In this episode, we discuss Moshe Gersht's new book and how it applies to the time of year that we are in, the Jewish month of Elul. If you would like to listen to a previous interview with Moshe Gersht you can listen here:

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Please rate and review the Empowered Jewish Living podcast on whatever platform you stream it. Please follow Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum and the Lev Experience on the following channels:

Facebook: @shlomobuxbaum

Instagram: @shlomobuxbaum

YouTube: TheLevExperience

Pick up a copy of Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum's second book, "The Four Elements of Inner Freedom: The Exodus Story as a Model for Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Personal Breakthroughs". You can order a copy on Amazon, in your local Jewish bookstore, or right here: https://levx.org/event/the-four-elements-of-freedom

In honor of Tu B'Av, a day in the Jewish calendar that is auspicious for matchmaking and relationship growth, we present to you this powerful conversation with Rabbi David Fredman.

The time period that we are in now is commonly referred to as "The Three Weeks of Mourning", when we commemorate the destruction of the Holy Temple and Jerusalem on two different occasions in our history. But we can only feel the depth of these weeks if we understand what the Holy Temple represented and feel some connection to it.

In this mini-series, we will explore the secrets of the Holy Temple, what it represented and how we can connect to that in our own spiritual practice today, especially in the domain of prayer. We will explore how the morning prayer is structured to recreate the Temple experience, and how we can all taste the holiness of the Temple if we step up our awareness of the true essence of prayer.

This is the fourth and final episode (for now!). In this episode we go deeper into the four sections of prayer and the main passages and themes of each one and show how they correspond to the four sections of the Temple, the four inner realms and the four elements of earth, water, wind, and fire.

Please rate and review the Empowered Jewish Living podcast on whatever platform you stream it. Please follow Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum and the Lev Experience on the following channels:

Facebook: @shlomobuxbaum

Instagram: @shlomobuxbaum

YouTube: TheLevExperience

Pick up a copy of Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum's second book, "The Four Elements of Inner Freedom: The Exodus Story as a Model for Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Personal Breakthroughs". You can order a copy on Amazon, in your local Jewish bookstore, or right here: https://levx.org/event/the-four-elements-of-freedom

The time period that we are in now is commonly referred to as "The Three Weeks of Mourning", when we commemorate the destruction of the Holy Temple and Jerusalem on two different occasions in our history. But we can only feel the depth of these weeks if we understand what the Holy Temple represented and feel some connection to it.

In this mini-series, we will explore the secrets of the Holy Temple, what it represented and how we can connect to that in our own spiritual practice today, especially in the domain of prayer. We will explore how the morning prayer is structured to recreate the Temple experience, and how we can all taste the holiness of the Temple if we step up our awareness of the true essence of prayer.

This is the third of several episodes. In this episode we explore the four sections of prayer and the four sections of the Temple and show how they correspond to our four inner realms and the four elements of earth, water, wind, and fire.

Please rate and review the Empowered Jewish Living podcast on whatever platform you stream it. Please follow Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum and the Lev Experience on the following channels:

Facebook: @shlomobuxbaum

Instagram: @shlomobuxbaum

YouTube: TheLevExperience  Pick up a copy of Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum's second book, "The Four Elements of Inner Freedom: The Exodus Story as a Model for Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Personal Breakthroughs". You can order a copy on Amazon, in your local Jewish bookstore, or right here:  https://levx.org/event/the-four-elements-of-freedom 

The time period that we are in now is commonly referred to as "The Three Weeks of Mourning", when we commemorate the destruction of the Holy Temple and Jerusalem on two different occasions in our history. But we can only feel the depth of these weeks if we understand what the Holy Temple represented and feel some connection to it.

In this mini-series, we will explore the secrets of the Holy Temple, what it represented and how we can connect to that in our own spiritual practice today, especially in the domain of prayer. We will explore how the morning prayer is structured to recreate the Temple experience, and how we can all taste the holiness of the Temple if we step up our awareness of the true essence of prayer.

This is the second of several episodes. In this episode we explore the four sections of prayer and how they correspond to the four sections of the Temple.

Please rate and review the Empowered Jewish Living podcast on whatever platform you stream it. Please follow Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum and the Lev Experience on the following channels:

Facebook: @shlomobuxbaum

Instagram: @shlomobuxbaum

YouTube: TheLevExperience  Pick up a copy of Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum's second book, "The Four Elements of Inner Freedom: The Exodus Story as a Model for Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Personal Breakthroughs". You can order a copy on Amazon, in your local Jewish bookstore, or right here:  https://levx.org/event/the-four-elements-of-freedom 

The time period that we are in now is commonly referred to as "The Three Weeks of Mourning", when we commemorate the destruction of the Holy Temple and Jerusalem on two different occasions in our history. But we can only feel the depth of these weeks if we understand what the Holy Temple represented and feel some connection to it.

In this mini-series, we will explore the secrets of the Holy Temple, what it represented and how we can connect to that in our own spiritual practice today, especially in the domain of prayer. We will explore how the morning prayer is structured to recreate the Temple experience, and how we can all taste the holiness of the Temple if we step up our awareness of the true essence of prayer.

This is the first of several episodes. In this episode we explore:

- What the Three Weeks are, the various fasts and customs that surround it, and the overall feeling that we are supposed to have

- What we are missing today by not having a Temple and why we pray for the Temple to be rebuilt

- What was King Solomon's dream when he built the first Temple

- What was the experience of someone who entered into the Temple

- How the holiness of the Temple is manifest in space, in time, and in one's inner world.

- An introduction to the concept of the Morning Prayers being modelled after the structure of the Temple.

Please rate and review the Empowered Jewish Living podcast on whatever platform you stream it. Please follow Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum and the Lev Experience on the following channels:

Instagram: @shlomobuxbaum

YouTube: TheLevExperience

Dustin Paul has been singing since he was 14, previously as the front man of a band whom attracted millions of views on YouTube, played at music festivals, and performed on national television, and now as a solo performer, writing/collaborating and singing for many talented producers, songwriters, and DJ’s such as Diego Miranda (rated one of the top 100 DJs by Djmag). Their song “Shiver” was play-listed on RFM national radio – one of Portugal’s most listened to radio stations and their 2019 release “Believe in Love” garnered over 1 million streams on Youtube within the first week of release.

Some of his career achievements include charting top 10 on the iTunes/Spotify viral charts on various occasions, to winning an International Portuguese Music Award for his song “I Keep Coming” with DJ/Producer Michael Teixeira. Dustin Paul & Tom Enzy’s music video for their summer smash “Good Day” graced the airwaves of MTV Portugal, as well as radio stations such as Kiss FM. “Good Day” was hand-picked as a finalist in the 2018 Bacardi/Soundcloud #MusicLiberatesMusic competition and is featured as the rolling credits song to the award-winning documentary film “Roll With Me” that came to Netflix/select theaters in 2018. Since then, Dustin released another single called “Lucky Day” which was picked up as the official theme song for the fall 2018 Hanna Andersson commercial. Lastly, his recent single “My Beautiful Life” landed in two 2020 summer Nissan ad campaigns airing on television into the fall of 2020.