Guest: Rabbi Jeremy Tibbetts, JLIC Director in Jerusalem and Director of Student Leadership for Yavneh
- Main Discussion Topics:
- Building intentional Jewish community in Jerusalem for English-speaking young adults
- Response to October 7th - Community shifted from internal focus to extensive outward aid efforts, including:
- Processing ~70,000 shekels in donations
- Packing 2,000+ meals
- Running a 2-month camp for 100 displaced children
Featured Torah Teaching:
- Before prayer, one must accept the mitzvah to "love your neighbor as yourself"
- Prayer becomes more powerful when combined with genuine care and connection to community
- Importance of bringing others' struggles and pain into one's prayers
- Discussion of mystical understanding of prayer as affecting both internal spiritual state and external world
Guest's Background:
- Came to Orthodox Judaism from non-Orthodox background
- Studied Chassidut for several years before diving deeper into Kabbalah
- Currently pursuing Master's in Jewish Thought at Hebrew University
- Teaches mystical texts while emphasizing their connection to practical religious life and community building
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