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#59 - Meir Kay
Meir Kay is a filmmaker, public speaker and social media personality. His vlogs on Youtube have surpassed 350 million views.
#58 - Sal Litvak
Sal Litvak is a filmmaker who read the entire Talmud Bavli over seven years. His Facebook page Accidental Talmudist is the most popular Jewish page on social media. We talk about losing loved ones, mystical revelation, and rowing as a spiritual discipline
#57 - Frumma Rosenberg-Gottlieb and Simcha Gottlieb
Frumma Rosenberg-Gottlieb and Simcha Gottlieb are the power couple of Jewish meditation. Their latest book is "Awesome Aging".
#56 - Manis Friedman
Manis Friedman is a rabbi, educator, author and the Chabad shliach to Minnesota for over 50 years. We talk about the role of intimacy in mysticism and in marriage.
#53 - Benzion Klatzko
Benzion Klatzko is a rabbi, author, lecturer, and musical composer. His best known project is shabbat.com, a social network for finding Shabbat meals which has grown into a matchmaking website. We talk about Israel trips, intermarriage, and the ingredient
#52 - Adrian Heathcote
Adrian Heathcote is a philosopher specializing in philosophy of mathematics and physics. He lectured for over two decades at the University of Sydney.
#51 - Phillip Hynek
Phillip Hynek is a veteran wargamer. We talk about Allan B. Calhamer's classic boardgame "Diplomacy".
#50 - Asher Reich
Asher Reich is a rabbi, teacher, and Talmudic scholar. He studied in Ponevezh Yeshiva under Rav Shach and received his rabbinical ordination from Rav Yitzchok Weiss, the Av Beth Din of Jerusalem.