Human & Holy

What does it look like to welcome grief as your divine mission, to hold tightly to G-d as you are plunged into the depths of human suffering? And what does it look like for others to witness you in your grief without looking away? Today, Chana Wasserman shares her experience with devastating grief, and invites us to turn towards those who are grieving, and to witness their grief as a G-dly experience.

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The Jewish perspective on the function of a home is revolutionary. The home is not an aside, it is the incubator for all meaningful contribution to the world.

Today, Chava Green shares her personal and professional experience with the idea of the "akeres habayis". Chava is a PhD student, writing her dissertation on chassidic feminism. She is also a woman navigating her own identity in a world that attributes little to the essential qualities of a woman.

What does it mean to celebrate my femininity within my Jewish home? What does it mean for the home to be the foundation of our society, and the Jewish home the center for Jewish life? And even if I am not a parent, how can I show up to nurture the home within myself? || To become a paying subscriber of the podcast, please visit patreon.com/humanandholy. To sponsor an episode, please email us at [email protected]

What happens when your life takes an unexpected turn? How can you find the balance between surrendering to G-d’s plan and taking ownership of the way you show up for your life? In today’s episode, Rivky shares her journey with a life-threatening illness that taught her, at a young age, what it meant to be the co-author of her life. || To become a paying subscriber of the podcast, please visit patreon.com/humanandholy. To sponsor an episode, please email us at [email protected]

Join four women, as we sit down at a table together and approach the Seder with fresh eyes. What do each of these steps really mean? And what lessons do they hold for our lives? || Today's episode is the last of a three part series on Pesach, where we are exploring the themes of the holiday of freedom. ||

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On the Seder night, so much of our energy is directed towards getting the children to ask questions, while we provide the answers. What happens when we ask them the questions, and sit down to listen to their answers?

Does Jewish law limit me or liberate me? Who am I, really? What do I seek to express?

Join us in the hallways of the largest Chabad high school in the world, for a raw and honest conversation about the questions of true freedom. ||

Today's episode is part two of a three part series on Pesach, where we are exploring the themes of the holiday of freedom. ||

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Where do you feel limited in your life? How can you experience freedom from your personal limitations? If you have experienced internal freedom, why do you seem to keep coming back to the same cage? Today, Rivka Mazal Tauber shares her own personal experiences of limitations, and the chassidic wisdom that brings her to a higher plane. ||

Today's episode is part one of a three part series on Pesach, where we will be exploring the themes of the holiday of freedom. ||

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Religious fervor, arrogance, a false assumption about another person's experience... all of these things can easily lead us down the slippery slope of self-righteous judgment. Today, Rochel Holzkenner takes a deep dive into our judgments of others and explore how we can bring ourselves to a place where we not only judge others less, but actually come to respect them for the very things we were critical of before. || To become a paying subscriber of the podcast, please visit patreon.com/humanandholy. To sponsor an episode, please email us at [email protected]

How can we manage feelings of sadness or worry that confront us throughout our day? How should we respond to feelings of failure when we struggle to maintain our internal growth? Through the wisdom of Chapters 26 and 27 of Tanya, Rivky Brikman shares her ongoing, internal journey with G-d. || To become a paying subscriber of the podcast, please visit patreon.com/humanandholy. To sponsor an episode, please email us at [email protected]

Through her own experience with a stroke, and through watching her clients rise from the depths of internal struggle, Rus Devorah tells us the story of yeridah l’tzorech aliyah: how the greatest descents in our lives are often a preparation and a catalyst for unparalleled ascent. 

How can we support ourselves in rising, after we have plummeted? How can we experience our descent as the driving force of our subsequent ascent?

Find more of Rus Devorah’s work on toratherapeutics.com ||

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Does the Torah value physical beauty, or not? How should we define our own beauty? When does our desire to feel beautiful come as a true expression of ourselves, and when does it come from a place of judgment or lack? In today's episode, we explore the Torah's unique perspective on physical beauty to better understand how we can fully embody our G-d given beauty, without making it about looking a certain way.

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