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Podcast: Jewish Ideas to Change the World
Episode: Ariel Evan Mayse - The Soul in Jewish Mysticism: Opening the Heart to the Inner Life
Description: Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan Mayse, Assistant Professor at Stanford University (religiousstudies.stanford.edu/) presents his Valley Beit Midrash (www.valleybeitmidrash.org) lecture "Neo-Hasidism and the Theology of Halakhah: The Duties of Intimacy and the Law of the Heart" before an audience at Temple Solel (www.templesolel.org/) in Paradise Valley, AZ.
ABOUT THIS LECTURE: Together we will seek a Neo-Hasidic theology of halakhah — an understanding of sacred deeds and the divine command that can redress the challenges of modernity and enliven the heart of the contemporary Jewish seeker. We will begin with a brief turn to the teachings of the ke...