The Spectrum of Jewish Enlightenment with Rabbi Matthew Ponak

The Spectrum of Jewish Enlightenment with Rabbi Matthew Ponak

A 6-Week Series, Tuesdays at 12 Noon January 11 – February 15

Does Judaism have an end goal for spiritual growth? What are the stages of that journey? How does the role of Jewish practice change as we awaken? Join Rabbi Matthew Ponak as he shares mystical sources from his upcoming book on embodied Kabbalah.

Topics will include: 

• Becoming God in ecstatic Kabbalah

• Fulfilling mitzvot through expanded consciousness 
• Avoiding burns from the spiritual fire
• The never-ending mystical journey of Hasidism
• Sacred Nothingness
• The duties of the awakened

Rabbi Matthew Ponak is a teacher of embodied transformation and a spiritual counselor. He received ordination from Hebrew College where he specialized in the study of Ḥasidut and Kabbalah. Rabbi Matthew has learned with many of this generation’s leading teachers of Jewish mysticism including R. Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, R. Arthur Green, R. Zvi Ish-Shalom, R. Tirzah Firestone, and R. Rami Shapiro. Also holding an MA in Contemplative Religions from the Buddhist-inspired Naropa University, Rabbi Matthew weaves world wisdom with ancient Jewish insights. His most recent projects are his upcoming book on embodied Kabbalah that will be published by Albion-Andalus and co-founding the Mekorah Institute, an online spiritual innovation and education center, with his wife, Melina Ponak. You can hear his bluegrass nigun album Bridges of Song for free at https://mekorah.com/product/matt-ponak-album-bridges-of-song/