Emunah Unfiltered

Kicking off our first guest on the podcast, Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen is a unique spiritual light. From DJing on the streets of London and mastering martial arts in Asia, to spending six years immersed in meditation across the Far East, his journey to deep Jewish wisdom is anything but conventional. In this episode, we dive into how mixing ancient tradition with practical mindfulness can help us navigate modern stress, build emotional resilience, and live a life of genuine purpose. Tune in for a powerful conversation on self-mastery, personal transformation, and finding light in unexpected places.

As we begin once again to read from Bereishis and encounter the creation of mankind with Tzelem Elokim, we explore the uniqueness of what it means to be human - do we all have free will to the same degree, how can we access it more, and what is the balance of mind vs body.

Join us in this exploration of the deepest part of what it means to be human.

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We all come with baggage to the High Holidays. Sometimes we expect ourselves to have a specific emotional experience, and we're filled with pressure and thinking what we "should" be doing or thinking.

In this episode, Rebecca and Rabbi Rosenthal propose a different inner frame, how to show up and speak with Hashem without all the angst or anxiety.

Stay tuned for a bonus section on repairing relationship rifts, featuring key steps to take and realistic expectations to set when reaching out.

What if the month leading up to the High Holidays wasn't about dread, shame, or white-knuckling your way through behavioral modification? In this episode, Rabbi Rosenthal and Rebecca Shore dismantle the old paradigm of fear and look at Elul through its true lens: a season of deep emotional intimacy, surrender, and authentic connection.

Together, they explore practical tools to transform your spiritual trajectory - including the power of a low-friction daily journaling ritual, the game-changing "Presumé" visioning exercise, and why focusing on your core strengths yields far greater growth than obsessing over your weaknesses.

Whether you're looking to refresh your approach to the upcoming holidays or simply want to cultivate a grounded, loving relationship with Hashem, this conversation offers a refreshing roadmap for stepping into the new year with clarity and joy.

What if the biggest barrier between you and a vibrant relationship with Hashem isn’t a lack of knowledge, but a closed heart? In this candid conversation, we unpack why the brain loves shortcuts, how trauma keeps us guarded, and why ancient Torah sources insist that true wisdom only ignites through slow, deliberate contemplation. Tune in for an honest discussion on vulnerability, the power of hisbonenos, and why learning what you love is the ultimate key to spiritual growth.

What does trusting yourself have to do with your relationship with Hashem? In this episode, Da-vid and Rebecca dig into self-trust as the missing piece of Emunah - the ability to access your own emotions, opinions, and needs as the foundation for any real relationship, including the one with the Almighty. They explore how losing touch with your inner voice can leave you outsourcing every decision, from what to eat for dinner to how to raise your kids.

They map out what it actually looks like to build the "gravity" of self-trust - and why self-compassion might be the piece that ties it all together.

You're driving along and something goes sideways — you miss the bus, spill coffee, burn yourself on the stove, or your passport expires the night before a big trip. Is Hashem trying to tell you something? And if so, what? And how do you know you're not just hearing what you want to hear?

In this episode, Rabbi Rosenthal and Rebecca Shore get into one of the most practically loaded questions in Jewish life: how do we actually read the divine messages embedded in daily experience — without going OCD, without spiritual bypassing, and without pressing the one button we're desperately hoping Hashem doesn't notice?

They explore the difference between a message and an excuse, the Ashkenazi-Sephardi divide on kapara, why your strongest reaction points to your biggest blind spot, and what a young man who believed he was the Messiah — because pasta got on his shirt — can teach us about not over-reading the signs. Raw, real, and genuinely funny.

In advance of Shavuot which is coming this Thursday night, here is an episode on Emunah and Torah.

There are parts of the Torah that blow your mind. And parts that make you wince. This episode doesn't hide from either one. Rabbi Rosenthal and Rebecca Shore lay out what genuinely strengthens their emunah - prophecy, history, the shocking subtlety of Torah law - and then go straight into the hard stuff: slavery, violence, women, sexuality. No easy answers. Just two people who love Hashem and love Torah, holding the tension out loud. Because that, it turns out, is exactly what emunah looks like.

Continuing the conversation from last week, this week we delve into anger's role in blocking our connection to Hashem, as well as the community culture that sometimes feels prohibitive in connecting to Hashem.

You know the feeling. You're saying the words, you're going through the motions, but the connection isn't there. Da-vid and Rebecca dig into why - from fight-or-flight patterns that keep us locked in autopilot, to the emotional numbness we learned as kids, to the prayer that's said correctly but shared with no one. Honest, practical, and unexpectedly moving.