Worlds of Wisdom with Rabbi Nir Menussi

The 12 Senses of the Soul According to Kabbalah

According to Kabbalah, the soul has 12 different spiritual senses, corresponding to the 12 Hebrew months. The first sense, belonging to Nisan, is "speech".

The Jewish Hero's Journey: Jungian Psychology Meets Kabbalah

What does Jung and Campbell's "Hero's Journey" model look like through a Kabbalistic lens?

The Secret of the Wise-Hearted Women

Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water: The Art of Compassion

What is compassion and should we be compassionate towards ourselves? A class I gave on 22 Shvat in LA.

Post Traumatic Growth — A Jewish Perspective

The words "trauma" and "healing" have become commonplace, but what do they tell us about our generation?

Royalty Becomes Her: Queen Esther and the Rise of the Feminine

Vashti and Esther represent two modes of Feminism, one working against masculine tradition and one working with it.

How to choose your spiritual path?

There are so many paths to the Torah -- how can one choose? Must one choose? Are these two options contradictory?

Trauma and Faith

The transitional period between the Exodus and receiving the Torah is a time for healing and restoring faith. The released hostages have to go through it, and so do we.

If you want to be spiritual, DON'T do these 3 things

Shortcuts are tempting, but can lead is to very superficial results. On three spiritual shortcuts we all need to avoid.

Moses & Masculinity: Why Jews Are Conflicted About Wielding Power

Pharoah, the tyrannical male, tried to kill all Jewish males. But Moses was able to rise and confront him with a rectified form of masculinity.