EPISODE · Feb 24, 2025 · 29 MIN
Episode 3: Tehora He - Inviolable Goodness
from Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness: The Torah of Miriam · host Institute for the Next Jewish Future
The concept of Seventy Faces of Torah appears in many ancient sources including Bamidbar Rabbah 13:16The excerpt of the song Elokai Neshama Shenatata that you heard can be found in its entirety here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6W8GxuBYNMThe story of Miriam approaching Basya begins in Exodus 2:7The Elohai Neshama prayer that affirms the purity of all of our souls is based on a text recorded in Berachot 60bReb Nachman on “ma’at tov” can be found in Likutei Moharan 282:1-5Learn more about Dick Schwartz’s teachings on the purity of Self in his book No Bad Parts.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.
What this episode covers
In moments of polarization, the wisdom of Tehora He — the recognition of inviolable goodness in all people—can be a revolutionary tool. In this episode, R' Jericho talks about seventy faces, checking Biblical assumptions, Tehora he/It is pure, pre-prayer tests, Hitler’s daughter, two villains from one of my own spiritual wildernesses, Anne Frank, and a practice for bringing Miriam’s living Torah into our own lives.
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