Join us for a rich and engaging discussion with Rabbi Baruch Epstein, the Director of Community Development of Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois, the Rabbi of Bais Menachem shul in Chicago, and a renowned teacher and writer. With humor and warmth, Rabbi Epstein shares his perspective on what makes baalei teshuva such an important part of Chabad communities, and how successful integration takes time, investment, humility, and willingness to contribute. For questions, comments, and sponsorship ...
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Join us for a rich and engaging discussion with Rabbi Baruch Epstein, the Director of Community Development of Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois, the Rabbi of Bais Menachem shul in Chicago, and a renowned teacher and writer. With humor and warmth, Rabbi Epstein shares his perspective on what makes baalei teshuva such an important part of Chabad communities, and how successful integration takes time, investment, humility, and willingness to contribute. For questions, comments, and sponsorship ...
Yehudah Forster - Learning from Mentors and Ultimately Finding Ourselves
Shuva Full Circle: Baal Teshuva Integration
46 minutes
2 years ago
Yehudah Forster - Learning from Mentors and Ultimately Finding Ourselves
In our sixth episode, we sit down with Yehudah Forster, a baal teshuva with an amazing background of personal transformation and first-hand experience of mentorship from Dr. Dovid Sholom Pape and Rabbi Abba Paltiel, among others. Yehudah shares the remarkable story of how he found his way from a yoga ashram to 770 for Shavuos, then returned to the ashram on a mission, left to learn in yeshiva, and finished law school before getting married and starting a family in Crown Heights. We hear from ...
Shuva Full Circle: Baal Teshuva Integration
Join us for a rich and engaging discussion with Rabbi Baruch Epstein, the Director of Community Development of Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois, the Rabbi of Bais Menachem shul in Chicago, and a renowned teacher and writer. With humor and warmth, Rabbi Epstein shares his perspective on what makes baalei teshuva such an important part of Chabad communities, and how successful integration takes time, investment, humility, and willingness to contribute. For questions, comments, and sponsorship ...