# The Jewish Idea of Beauty - The Rabbi and the Student Ep. 4 (With Daniel Wallach)

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Podcast: [The Jewish Experience](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jewish-experience-1225666)
Published: 2025-06-13T04:00:00+00:00
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Judaism doesn’t dismiss beauty—but it doesn’t worship it either. This episode begins with our human hunger for beauty, journeys through the tension between Greek and Jewish ideals, and arrives at a distinctly Jewish idea of beauty: one that’s rooted in holiness, shaped by restraint, and never far from the divine. We explore beauty’s power, its purpose, and its place on the path toward the divine. Website: jewishexperience.org Facebook: facebook.com/ManhattanJewishExperience/ Instagram: instagram.com/M_J_experience/

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