Kabbalah and Ancient Text

Kabbalah and Ancient Text

Author: Shanna Vavra May 26, 2023 Duration: 1:28:23

Today back on Sense of Soul I have Rabbi Matthew Ponak. He is a teacher of Jewish mysticism, a spiritual counselor, and the cofounder of the Mekorah Institute—an online spiritual center for embodied practice. Ordained with honors as a rabbi at the neo-Hasidic Rabbinical School of Hebrew College, he also holds a master’s degree in Contemplative Religions from Naropa University. Matthew lives in Victoria, British Columbia, and is certified as a Focusing Professional to guide others to deeper self-knowledge and healing.

He joined me back in February when he was launching his new book Embodied Kabbalah, Jewish Mysticism for All People. Our conversation was so insightful, I asked him to come back on and share more of his wisdom!

In this episode I “drash” with the rabbi on ancient text and Jewish mysticism. Rabbi Matthew has courses available and is hosting a retreat in the late summer, so check out his website https://matthewponak.com

Also follow his journey on his social media at https://m.facebook.com/groups/embodiedkabbalah

@rabbimatthewponak

Rabbi Matthew is a Sense of Soul affliate, he has created a special link for you to sign up for his course Introduction to Kabbalah.  https://matthewponak.com/senseofsoul/

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