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Jan 2023
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Rabbi Rami Shapiro on Living the Golden ...

Jacob Kyle
About this episode
Rabbi Rami Shapiro PH.D. is an award–winning author of over thirty-six books on religion and spirituality. Rami co-directs the One River Foundation (www.oneriverfoundation.org), is a Contributing Editor at Spirituality and Health magazine, and hosts the magazine’s podcast: Spirituality & Health with Rabbi Rami (spiritualityhealth.com).

In this episode, we discuss:
  1. Interpreting the words of Jesus from the Jewish Mystical perspective. 
  2. What does Judaism without tribalism mean?
  3. Rethinking traditions in the context of ethics.
  4. Living the Golden Rule.
  5. Who's a Jew in the context of Judaism without tribalism, or “one foot Judaism”.
  6. The purpose of religion and comparing mysticism with religion.
  7. Awakening to the divine within as all reality.
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