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Yakov Danishefsky: Transmitting the Jewish Story with Emotional Health [Divergence VI 1/4]
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- Mar 10, 2026
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Summary
Our Intergenerational Divergence series is sponsored by our friends Sarala and Danny Turkel. In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast , we talk to Yakov Danishefsky—a licensed clinical social worker and the author of The Attached Haggadah —about the imperfect ways in which we transmit the Jewish story. In this episode we discuss: How do we deal with the lived reality that the Passover Seder isn’t a perfect transmission of our foundational beliefs? Why do some people try to leave Yiddishkeit while others stay in the community? What is the deeper significance of chametz and matza? Tune in for a conversation about the role of broken expectations in the story of our redemption. Interview begins at 12:29. Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist. He is the founder of Mind Body Therapy, a private group practice in Chicago. Yakov has semicha and a Master’s in Jewish Philosophy from Yeshiva University and is a popular speaker, teacher, and author on the intersection of spirituality, philosophy, and psychology. He is the author of Attached: Connecting to Our Creator: A Jewish Psychological Approach . References: Home Is Where We Start From: Essays by a Psychoanalyst by D. W. Winnicott Reb Meilech on the Haggadah by Yisroel Besser The Attached Haggadah by Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky Attached: Connecting to Our Creator: A Jewish Psychological Approach by Rabbi Yakov Danishefsky Berakhot 3a Tzidkat HaTzadik 154 The Baderech Haggadah by Rav Judah Mischel 18Forty Podcast : Yakov Danishefsky: Religion and Mental Health: God and Us For more 18Forty: NEWSLETTER: 18forty.org/join CALL: (212) 582-1840E MAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: 18forty.org IG: @18forty X: @18_forty WhatsApp: join here Become a supporter of this podcast: https://ww…