Soulful Jewish Living: Mindful Practices For Every Day

A Gentle Knock on the Heart for Yom Kippur

On Yom Kippur, we’re invited to slow down, turn inward, and open our hearts. Rabbi Josh Feigelson explores an ancient teaching about directing our hearts toward the Holy

A Home Run Is a State of Mind (finale)

In the final episode of Soulful Jewish Living's ten-part series on feeling at home, Rabbi Josh Feigelson turns to an end of summer teacher: baseball. Using Kirby Puckett'

You Are Already Home: A Mindfulness Practice for Rosh Hashanah (Part 9)

Home isn't a place with walls, it's the whole earth, and teshuva means returning to that sense of belonging. In the latest episode of his series on home, Rabbi Josh Feige

What to Do When the Bottom Falls Out (Part 8)

When the bottom falls out, a diagnosis, a loss, the end of a relationship, the home we counted on can crumble. Rabbi Josh Feigelson turns to the Jewish experience of galu

Carrying Home With You (Part 7)

What does it mean to feel at home when you’re far from home? Rabbi Josh Feigelson reflects on his childhood motorhome and the idea of a portable home. Drawing on Jewish t

At Home as a Stranger (Part 6)

Can feeling like a stranger actually help you find home? Rabbi Josh Feigelson reflects on the aftermath of 9/11, biblical journeys, and Jewish wisdom to explore how unfam

How Language Can Help You Feel at Home (Part 5)

What makes us feel at home, even when we're far away? Rabbi Josh Feigelson shares the story of saying Kaddish in a small synagogue in Croatia and explores how language ca

Home Is the One Place You Don't Have to Pretend (Part 4)

Please fill out this short survey. Go to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠unpacked.bio/podsurvey⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We want to hear from you! What does it mean to feel home with our families? Rabbi Josh Feig

At Home in the Mind (Part 3)

Please fill out this short survey. Go to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠unpacked.bio/podsurvey⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We want to hear from you! How many times a day do you check your phone? For the average Ameri

Home in Your Body: A Jewish Practice (Part 2)

Please fill out this short survey. Go to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠unpacked.bio/podsurvey⁠⁠⁠⁠. We want to hear from you! What does it mean to be at home in your own body? Rabbi Josh Feigelso

Baseball, the Bible, and the Jewish Meaning of Home

Please fill out this short survey. Go to: ⁠⁠⁠unpacked.bio/podsurvey⁠⁠⁠. We want to hear from you! What does it mean to feel at home — in a place, in your body, in your l

We're All in the Same Boat: Jewish Wisdom for Independence Day | Finale

Please fill out this short survey. Go to: unpacked.bio/podsurvey. We want to hear from you! Rabbi Josh wraps up the Independence miniseries by zooming out to the Jewish

A Jewish Case for Democracy (Part 5)

Please fill out this short survey. Go to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠unpacked.bio/podsurvey⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We want to hear from you! What's the difference between winning an argument and winning a war

The Myth of the Self-Made American (Part 4)

Please fill out this short survey. Go to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠unpacked.bio/podsurvey⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We want to hear from you! Rabbi Josh Feigelson takes on one of America's most cherished myths

Rights, Responsibilities, and the Mitzvah Mindset (Part 3)

What does citizenship really mean—and what does Judaism have to say about it? In this third episode of the Independence miniseries, Rabbi Josh Feigelson reflects on the d

The Interstitium: Finding Freedom in Interdependence (Part 2)

Please fill out this short survey. Go to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠unpacked.bio/podsurvey⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We want to hear from you! What do cutting-edge biology and a 2,000-year-old Talmudic teaching

Not Independence. Interdependence: A Jewish meditation for Memorial Day (Part 1)

Please fill out this short survey. Go to: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠unpacked.bio/podsurvey⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. We want to hear from you! This Memorial Day, Rabbi Josh Feigelson reflects on mindfulness, de

The Unfinished Symphony of Life (Part 5)

To close out the five-part series on uncertainty and anxiety, Rabbi Josh turns to an unlikely teacher: the 19th-century composer Franz Schubert. Drawing on Rabbi Tarfon's

The Evil Eye: Escaping the Anxiety Trap (Part 4)

What if the silence isn't judgment? Rabbi Josh shares a powerful moment from a silent retreat that reveals how anxiety turns strangers into threats. Using the Jewish conc

Waiting Well: A Jewish Mindfulness Practice for Uncertain Times (Part 3)

Rabbi Josh Feigelson reframes the experience of waiting by drawing on the Jewish wisdom of the mezuzah. Using a personal story about meeting President Clinton at the Oval