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JTS Exploring Kabbalah

JTS Exploring Kabbalah

By: Eitan Fishbane
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When you picture a mystical experience, do you see a lone figure alone meditating with the Divine? Inducted into some fringe, solitary pursuit? While this process was often part of elite circles, Jewish mysticism was never outside the mainstream and always required communities of learning. This series explores the development of Jewish mysticism across different time periods and places, getting to know the circles of people driving creative processes. Through seven episodes, Dr. Eitan Fishbane explores the ways in which Jewish mystical practice evolved and how these practices are part of the broader Jewish understanding of God, spirituality, and connection.Copyright JTS Judaism Spirituality World
Episodes
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    31 mins
  • Hasidism

    Hasidism
    May 21 2024
    The series ends in 18th Century Eastern Europe, with the rise of Hasidism. Dr. Fishbane contends that Hasidism is a form of modern Kabbalah focused on spiritual psychology and the devotional connection between humans and God. The kabbalah of Hasidism made mysticism more accessible to a broader audience with an explicit focus on the inner spiritual life of an individual.

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    RSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3550593/episodes/feed
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exploring-kabbalah/id1739159484

    Hosted by: Dr. Eitan Fishbane
    Produced by Ellie Gettinger
    Edited by Sarah Brown
    Cover art: Lee Willet
    Theme music: “Yah Notein Binah” from Seeds of Song

    Find more JTS Podcasts at www.jtsa.edu/torah/podcasts
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    16 mins
  • The Kabbalah of Tzefat

    The Kabbalah of Tzefat
    May 14 2024
    After the Expulsion from Spain, a mystical revival flourished in Tzefat, building on the fellowship circles that defined groups like the Spanish Kabbalists of previous generations. These communities, which were built on the cultivation of spiritual friendships and master-disciple relationships, developed kabbalistic theology, poetry, ethics, autobiography, halakhah, and more. Elements from this period and place have become well known in contemporary Jewish practice, from the blessings of Kabbalat Shabbat to the notion of reclaiming the divine emanations that shattered with the creation of the world.

    Subscribe now:
    RSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3550593/episodes/feed
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/exploring-kabbalah/id1739159484

    Hosted by: Dr. Eitan Fishbane
    Produced by Ellie Gettinger
    Edited by Sarah Brown
    Cover art: Lee Willet
    Theme music: “Yah Notein Binah” from Seeds of Song

    Find more JTS Podcasts at www.jtsa.edu/torah/podcasts
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    14 mins
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