Episode 2: Chakeh-Mah - Wait for What

You can learn more about Rabbi Jericho’s experience leaving ultra-Orthodoxy in their memoir Cut Me Loose, under their old name, Leah Vincent.Reb Zalman on spiritual vitamins here. With gratitude to Seth Fishman.The Zohar on the sacred encased in harm can be found in Pekudei 26:248 One of many examples of a mystic reading the Torah archetypically can be found in this teaching by the mystical master Rabbi Shefa Gold.The story of Miriam sitting by the side of the river can be found in Exodus 2:2-10For more on chochmah as Chakeh Mah see page 70 of The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism by Daniel C Matt.The story of Idit, Lot’s wife can be found in Genesis 19:26; we learn the name of Lot’s wife in Pirkei DeRabbi Elizer 25:11; Recanti on trauma can be found in Vayera 11One of the many places that the prostrate position, nefal al apay, is mentioned in the tradition include Targum Jonathan Numbers 24:16.Kedushat Levi on Merarchok can be found Exodus, Shemot 6.Sefer HaYashar on Miriam’s name can be found Sefer Shemot 24.Learn more about Dr. Yosef Rosen at his website.One of the many places where the principle yerida l’tzorech aliyah is applied is in Sfat Emet, Bereishis, Vayeshiv 12:4.Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness is a part of the Judaism Unbound family of podcasts made possible with support from Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah. Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness is a part of the Judaism Unbound family of podcasts made possible with support from Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah.