Va’etchanan: Contemplation and Freedom

Posted by James Jacobson-Maisels on August 2, 2017
Topics: Pardes from Jerusalem, VaEtchanan

In this podcast, Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels explores the Vitebsker Rebbe’s derash on Ve’etchanan where he describes how we can free ourselves from harmful habitual patterns through contemplating those habits and recognizing our non-separation from others.

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Larry Kluger – Creative Consultant
Arlene Harel – Production Coordinator

About James Jacobson-Maisels

James grew up outside Hershey, PA and in Bloomfield Hills, MI. He is adjunct faculty of Jewish Thought and Mysticism and Jewish Spiritual Practices and Meditation at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, and also teaches at Yeshivat Hadar in New York City at Haifa University and at the Hannaton Educational and Spiritual Center in the Galilee. Click here to read more.

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