18Forty

🚨🎧Ricka Razel: ‘You Want to Be Happy? Say Thank You’ Can gratitude change your life? Israeli musician and mystic Ricka Razel explores how thankfulness, joy, and Jewish mysticism can transform the way we see the world. Listen more here: youtube.com/watch?v=3Bma3i…

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Rachel's promise: "your children will return." But what do we mean by redemption? More from Rabbanit Fraenkel on grief, Torah, and geulah 👇 18forty.org/articles/rache…

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The Midrash (Eicha Rabbah) imagines Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov, and Moshe each pleading for the Jewish people after the Churban. None of them succeed.

Tonight, 11 Cheshvan, is the yahrzeit of Rachel Imeinu. She's the only matriarch not buried in Ma'arat Hamachpela. Yaakov buried her by the roadside near Bethlehem, and for millennia Jews have come there to cry. Why the roadside?

📝 The Jewish Answer to American Loneliness Is self-reliance making us lonelier? Rav Soloveitchik offers a Jewish vision of personal growth rooted not in isolation, but in community and connection. Read more here: 18forty.org/articles/the-j…

🚨🎧Judah Mischel: How to Be a Jewish Optimist Can we stay optimistic about Klal Yisrael when we disagree on its future? @JudahMischel joins @DBashIdeas to explore finding the good in every corner of the Jewish people. Listen more here: 18forty.org/podcast/jewish…

🚨🎧Meir Sendor: “God is manifest in plain sight” What if we’re surrounded by God’s presence but too distracted to notice? Rabbi Meir Sendor explores Jewish mysticism and how we can become more aware of the divine in everyday life. Listen more here: 18forty.org/podcast/meir-s…

📝A New, Illustrated Midrash on the Beginning Can a graphic novel change how you see the Torah? A new illustrated midrash brings Bereshit and Noach to life and invites us to rediscover our own mission. Read more here: 18forty.org/articles/a-new…

In this special October 7 episode, @DBashIdeas speaks with Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Member @ElliotKaufman6 about what happened inside Israel’s war room after October 7 and how Israel came to lose the battle over its own story. Listen Here: 18forty.org/podcast/elliot…

📝Barefoot in Uncertainty: Reflections on Sukkot and Psychotherapy What can a sukkah teach us about sitting with uncertainty? Maybe less through questions, and more through presence, vulnerability, and attention. Read more here: 18forty.org/articles/baref…

📝Writing the Unspeakable: October 7 in Jewish Novels How are Jewish novelists beginning to process October 7 and its aftermath through fiction? Explore the emerging stories bringing the human impact of this tragedy to the page. Read more here: 18forty.org/articles/writi…

📝 The Third Graders Who Taught Me How to Read the Isaiah Scroll What can third graders teach us about a 2,000-year-old scroll? Watching them find familiar verses showed me how Tanach connects Israel’s past, present, and future. Read more here: 18forty.org/articles/the-t…

📝The Torah Has No Founder’s Shrine Why does the Torah hide Moshe’s grave and end with Israel? What does that reveal about who the Torah belongs to? Read more here: 18forty.org/articles/the-t…

So proud to have partnered with @rabbi_benji and Share to bring you 18 Qs w/ 40 Jewish Mystics. Thank you to everyone who participated and listened!!!