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Podcast: Jewish Ideas to Change the World
Episode: Breaking Out of Personal and Family Patterns of Behavior: Esther as a Model of Growth and Courage
Description: A virtual event presentation by Rabbi David JaffeThe event was co-sponsored by Temple Emanuel About The Event: According to 20th Century Mussar master, Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler, much of our behavior is determined by past choices, habits, education, and family culture. Patterns of behavior can be passed down from generation to generation, for better or for worse. The Purim and Pesach season offers us Jewish spiritual technologies for seeing and breaking out of these patterns. This session will explore Esther as a model of facing and overcoming limiting behaviors that offer us...