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What if the version of Judaism you grew up with — the one built on fear, conditions, and checking boxes — was just the first draft?
In this episode, Rabbi Rosenthal and Rebecca Shore get honest about the relationships with Hashem they were taught versus the ones they actually live. They dig into the metaphors we use for G-d — Father, King, Master — and ask which ones actually open us up rather than shut us down. The conversation moves from unconditional love (and the parenting moment that cracked one of them open) to the hard question nobody wants to answer: if Hashem loves us no matter what, what do reward and punishment even mean?
From there, things get real. They explore why so many people do mitzvot on autopilot, why the Jewish tradition of "it's all in the head" might be leaving us spiritually starving, and how getting into your body might be the missing piece of your avodah. Plus: a theory on why the Jewish people as a whole have collectively dissociated — and what it might mean to finally come home.
Thought-provoking, warm, and refreshingly unfiltered. This is the conversation you didn't know you needed.
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