Yoni Rosensweig: How Does Mental Health Affect Halacha? [Mental Health 4/6]

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18Forty

Religion & Spirituality, Judaism

4.6 • 638 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Our mental health series is sponsored by Terri and Andrew Herenstein.

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In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Yoni Rosensweig, rabbi of the Netzah Menashe community in Beit Shemesh, about the intersection between mental health and halacha.

It is tempting to sometimes see halacha and mental health as being at odds. But what if, with the right guidance, we could instead understand halacha to be a system that sees the fullness of our unideal circumstances and draws us closer to God in spite of it all? In this episode we discuss:

How might we enable people who are suffering mentally to live fully halachic lives?
How can a rabbi apply modern knowledge of mental health to centuries-old rabbinic texts?
How can we benefit from halacha even—especially—amid our difficulties?

Tune in to hear a conversation about how halacha has more to offer us than we might expect.

Interview begins at 12:25.

Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig is rabbi of the Netzah Menashe community in Beit Shemesh, Israel. Previously, he served as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Shevut Yisrael in Efrat. Rabbi Rosensweig is the author of several books including the recent Nafshi Beshe’elati on Jewish law and mental health.

References:

נפשי בשאלתי - הלכות בריאות הנפש by Yoni Rosensweig

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

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0:00.0	Hi friends, a few months ago we advertised the birth of a new community in Israel.
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0:49.6	their stewardship, their leadership is you know this is going to be a welcoming, joyous, incredible
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1:20.2	to find out more. Hi, friends. Before we get into today's episode, I just wanted to record a
1:26.7	quick note from our sponsor of today's episode, I just wanted to record a quick note from our sponsor of
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1:36.6	customers only. And of course, that discount code is 1840. I actually have a checklist of things
1:42.8	when I am feeling a little down. My mental health isn't doing great.
1:46.1	It's a five point checklist. I first check, am I sleeping okay? Number one. Number two, am I eating okay?
1:51.9	Number three, am I exercising? Number four and five are a little weird, but here they are.
1:55.8	Have I gotten a haircut? Sometimes getting a haircut for me like really, really helps.
1:59.9	And number five, as I really check, are my clothes falling apart?
2:03.7	Are they fraying?
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