40 Mystics

Rabbi Simon Jacobson the founder of The Meaningful Life Center and author of the best selling book: Toward a Meaningful Life. He worked closely with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, leading the team that transcribed his talks by memory and is the publisher of the Algemeiner Journal. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Simon-Jacobson.

Tamar Elad-Appelbaum is the Director of the Rabbanut Yisraelit Network and Co-Director of the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Ritual Center. Her work focuses on renewing Jewish spiritual and communal life in Israel while promoting human dignity and in 2010, The Forward named her one of the five most influential female religious leaders in Israel. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Tamar-Elad-Appelbaum.

Rabbi Jeremy Tibbetts is the is the co-director of the JLIC Jerusalem Community and Director of Education for Yavneh. He is a Master’s student at Hebrew University in Jewish Thought with a focus on Kabbala. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Jeremy-Tibbetts.

Rebbetzin Yehudis Golshevsky is a renowned Torah educator and the founder of Shiviti, a nonprofit organization offering a wide range of classes and experiences for religious women of all ages and backgrounds. She is also a respected author, teacher, and translator. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Yehudis-Golshevsky.

Rabbi Shlomo Katz is a talented musician, the Rav of Shirat David in Efrat, an author and a teacher, bringing together the worlds of music and Torah. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Shlomo-Katz.

Tonia Chazanow is a writer, artist, and spoken word poet. She is the host and founder of the Human & Holy podcast and a dedicated teacher of chassidut in the Hancock and broader LA community. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Tonia-Chazanow.

Rabbi Dr. Daniel Rowe is the President of AishU and a Senior Lecturer at Aish Global. He responds to misinterpretations of Jewish ideas on youtube and has a PhD in Mathematical Philosophy. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Daniel-Rowe.

Shoshana Judelman is a passionate educator of Torah and Jewish history. Shoshana serves as the Women’s Mashpia for Congregation Shirat David, is a guide at Yad Vashem, and leads inspirational trips for women with JRoots throughout Europe and Israel. Learn more at ⁠40mystics.com/Shoshana-Judelman⁠.

Rabbi David Aaron is the founding Dean of Orayta. He speaks globally and has published 9 books exploring life’s deepest questions and sharing Torah’s transformative wisdom for more meaningful living. Known as a “Life Optimization Expert,” he addresses fundamental questions about God, human purpose, and the meaning of life with clarity and insight. Learn more at 40mystics.com/David-Aaron.

Dr. Ora Wiskind is associate professor and head of the graduate program in Jewish Studies at Michlalah College, Jerusalem. Her work focuses on Hasidism and Jewish thought, combining academic scholarship with spiritual perspectives. She is the author of Hasidic Commentary on the Torah (2018), a National Jewish Book Award finalist. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠40mystics.com/Ora-Wiskind.

Professor Moshe Idel has published over 100 books, lectured around the world including serving as a professor and researcher at Harvard, Yale and Princeton and is an Israel prize laureate for excellent achievement in the field of Jewish philosophy. He has a doctorate in Kabbala and serves as both Emeritus Max Cooper Professor in Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University, and a Senior Researcher at the Shalom Hartman Institute. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠40mystics.com/Moshe-Idel.

Dr. Chava Green wrote her PhD on Chasidic Feminism. Her academic and popular work explore the role of gender in Chabad society and its mystical texts. Learn more at ⁠⁠40mystics.com/Chava-Green⁠⁠.

Rabbi Shais Taub is one of the most influential rabbis on instagram and serves as scholar in residence of Chabad of the Five Towns. He lectures widely about mysticism and is also known for his work in the field of addiction recovery.  Learn more at 40mystics.com/Shais-Taub.

Rabbi Dr. David Bashevkin is the founder and host of 18Forty, director of education for NCSY, and an Assistant Professor of Jewish Values at Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business. He has published four books, including Sin·a·gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought and lectures widely on a range of topics related to Jewish thought. Learn more at ⁠40mystics.com/D⁠ovid-Bashevkin.

Rabbanit Shani Taragin is the educational director of the Mizrachi world movement and Rosh Beit Midrash in Camp Moshava. She is an expert in Talmud, Bible and a range of other canonical sources and teaches across some of the flagship women's Torah learning institutions. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Shani-Taragin.

Rabbi Moshe Gersht is the author of It’s All The Same To Me and The Three Conditions. He is also a popular speaker with over 1m views on his Ted Talk and has collaborated with other great spiritual teachers like Deepak Chopra. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Moshe-Gersht.

Suri Weingot is a senior educator in TMM high school and gives classes and lectures to women across the community. She runs a community mentoring program that enables women and teens to contribute their time and heart by impacting the lives of the next generation. Learn more at ⁠40mystics.com/Suri-Weingot.

Rabbi Moshe Weinberger is the founding Rabbi of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, New York, and former spiritual Dean at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). He has recorded more than 5000 lectures on a range of topics including chasidic thought, Jewish law and philosophy. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Moshe-Weinberger.

Zevi Slavin’s formative years were spent immersed in the rich traditions of Chassidut and Kabbala. This upbringing provided him with a unique lens through which he continues to learn, study and connect with others. Slavin created “Seekers of Unity,” a group dedicated to exploring the philosophy and history of mysticism across diverse traditions and through it formed a community focused on creating a more intimate world, together. Learn more at ⁠40mystics.com/Zevi-Slavin⁠.

Sarah Yehudit Schneider is the founding director of A Still Small Voice, providing weekly teachings to subscribers around the world. She believes meditation is the entryway to understanding mysticism and is actively involved in articulating the Kabbala of the feminine through her writings and teachings from the Old City of Jerusalem. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Sarah-Yehudit-Schneider.

Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld, a therapist with a specialization in addiction and anxiety, teaches the inner depths of Torah through his therapeutic lens as an author and popular speaker. His unique approach comes through with exquisite articulation in this powerful conversation, as the first episode of 40 Mystics. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Joey-Rosenfeld.