18 Questions, 40 Mystics

18Forty

18 Questions, 40 Mystics is a new podcast and video series by 18Forty and Share interviewing the leading rabbis, teachers, kabbalists, and artists immersed in the world of Jewish mysticism.

Join Rabbi Benji Levy as he asks 18 of the most existential questions to 40 mystics from around the world. If you are looking to dive into the world of spirituality, inspiration, and pnimiyut, then this is the podcast for you.

Have questions or comments? Shoot us an email at info@18forty.org.

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18 Questions, 40 Mystics

Episodios

Shoshana Judelman: 'Our greatest challenge is as individuals facing our own demons'

David Aaron: 'I believe that the Divine is existence and infinitely more'

Ora Wiskind: 'The presence of God is everywhere in every molecule'

Moshe Idel: ‘The Jews are supposed to serve something’

Chava Green: 'From God's perspective, men and women are exactly the same'

Shais Taub: ‘God gave us an ego to protect us’

David Bashevkin: ‘We are meant to teach the world how to embrace unchosen identity’

Shani Taragin: 'It's good that Judaism is hard'

Moshe Gersht: ‘The world of mysticism begs for practicality’

Suri Weingot: ‘The fellow Jew is as close to God as you'll get’

Moshe Weinberger: ‘The Jewish People are God's shofar’

Zevi Slavin: ‘To be a mystic is to be human at its most raw’

Sarah Yehudit Schneider: ‘Jewish mysticism is not so different from any mysticism’

Joey Rosenfeld: "All Jews by definition are mystics'

Introducing 18 Questions, 40 Mystics with R' Benji Levy

'There is no hope—but there is faith': 5 Israeli Thinkers on the country's future

'The status quo cannot be maintained': 6 Israeli Thinkers on if Palestinian-Israeli peace is still possible

'The government doesn't make its case': 5 Israeli Thinkers on criticizing Israel

'Our reliance on power': 6 Israeli Thinkers on Israel's Greatest Success and Mistake in the Gaza War

'Still a deeply divided society': 5 Israeli Thinkers on how they feel today

Michael Oren: 'We are living in biblical times'

Micah Goodman: 'I don't want Gaza to become our Vietnam'

Jonathan Rosenblum: 'Would you want to live in a country run by Haredim?'

'The head of the snake': 8 Israeli Thinkers on the threat of Iran

Hanan Schlesinger: 'From the river to the sea is all Israel and all Palestine'

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum: 'I am scared that in 20 years, Israel will be isolated completely'

Malka Simkovich: When Did The Jewish Diaspora Begin? (18Forty Podcast Re-Release)

Elli Fischer: 'The Torah ideal is for Israel to be a religious state'

Yoav Heller: 'Israel will be in existential peril if society continues to fragment'

Mikhael Manekin: 'This is a land of two peoples, and I don't view that as a problem'

Einat Wilf: 'Jews are never allowed to win, and Arabs are never allowed to lose' (Re-Release)

Anshel Pfeffer: 'The idea that you'll obliterate Hamas is as realistic as wanting to obliterate Chabad'

Mosheh Lichtenstein: 'Jewish values don't celebrate might'

Ruby Chen: My Son is Likely a Deceased Hostage. Don't Forget Him in Gaza.

Jonathan Dekel-Chen: My Son was a Hostage in Gaza for 43 Million Seconds. He Felt Every One.

Yossi Klein Halevi: What’s Next: The Future of Liberal Zionism (18Forty Podcast Re-Release)

Yishai Fleisher: ‘Israel is not meant to be equal for all — it’s a nation-state’

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner: 'Before Trump, I believed that Gaza had to be controlled by Israel'

Shani Taragin: 'The ideal is for the Jewish People to live in the Land of Israel'

Chuck Freilich: 'Netanyahu needs to step down or be voted out'

Rula Daood: 'We are closest to peace at times of war'

Natan Sharansky: 'If you don't have faith or Zionism, your grandchildren will not be Jewish'

Shayna Goldberg: Inside Israel’s Religious Zionist Community (18Forty Podcast Re-Release)

Jonathan Gribetz: Teaching the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (18Forty Podcast Re-Release)

Michael Melchior: 'We can make peace with the whole of the Arab and Muslim world'

Daniel Gordis: ‘The great failure of the hostages is enormous’

Khitam Abu Bader: 'Violence is never the answer'

Moshe Koppel: 'We won the war in Gaza'

Einat Wilf: 'Jews are never allowed to win, and Arabs are never allowed to lose'

Sivan Rahav-Meir: 'When it comes to terrorism, you can't compromise' (Re-Run)