A reflective Pesach conversation that turns Haggadah study into lived meaning.
This episode moves from post-Purim Pesach prep into Rabbi Yaakov Danishevsky's new Haggadah and a strong case for making the Seder experiential.

Shlomo Buxbaum
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Warm Torah for lived Jewish growth.
Empowered Jewish Living with Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum treats Judaism as something lived, not only studied. Episodes move between holiday preparation, Torah ideas, relationships, creativity, Israel, mysticism, and emotional growth with a conversational, guest-led feel.
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Empowered Jewish Living with Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum is a Jewish learning and conversation show centered on the question of how Torah becomes a lived life. It is not a lecture hall. It feels closer to a warm table conversation where a guest brings a book, a teaching, a personal framework, or a spiritual lens, and the discussion slowly turns that material toward daily practice. Recent episodes are strongly shaped by the Jewish calendar. Purim opens into masks, ego, doubt, desire, and the work of revealing a truer self. Pesach becomes a conversation about the Haggadah, inner childhood, and the experience of Seder night. Adar leads into joy for people who are broken-hearted, bereaved, or burned out. Tu B'Shvat and Shabbat open into astrology, Aquarius, redemption, and Kabbalah. The show also makes room for the pressures of contemporary Jewish life. Conversations about Israel, Iran, prophecy, Moshiach, and the end of days are framed through Torah sources, fear, Jewish pride, and the desire to see meaning inside history. Other episodes turn toward relationships, emotional boundaries, friendship, dating, self-esteem, and the language people use to decide whether a connection is healthy. Creativity is another recurring thread. A discussion of the Omer, music, art, and prayer becomes a broader charge to notice insights, write them down, and treat creative life as spiritually serious. The show assumes comfort with Jewish language, but it does not leave every term sealed off. Hebrew words, texts, and ideas are frequently translated or softened into plain explanation. Its best moments come when an abstract teaching is pulled into a personal example: a holiday meal, a notebook, a difficult relationship, a student with a sharp insight, a person trying to pray with more honesty. The tone is earnest and encouraging. It can be playful, but it is rarely casual about the stakes. This is Jewish spirituality for listeners who want depth, feeling, and practical moral traction in the same conversation.
Made for: For Jewishly engaged listeners who want holiday preparation, Torah ideas, spirituality, and personal growth in a conversational format. It especially suits people comfortable with Hebrew terms and traditional sources, but still looking for plainspoken application.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by treating Jewish wisdom, emotional life, mysticism, creativity, and current Jewish concerns as one connected conversation. It gives guests room to wander, then brings the point back to practical inner work.
Exploring the depth of Jewish wisdom, the beauty of Jewish life, and how to live a more empowered life. Classes and interviews with great Jewish authors, artists, Kabbalists, therapists, and influencers. By Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum turns conversations about Jewish texts, holidays, and belief into practical questions about creativity, relationships, and inner life.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum keeps asking how inherited texts and observances become lived experience. His guest conversations move from Purim and the Haggadah to creativity, relationships, and messianic prophecy, usually connecting a Jewish source or practice to an inward question.
At Purim, "desire" gets a follow-up from Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum, and you might need one too.
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A reflective Pesach conversation that turns Haggadah study into lived meaning.
This episode moves from post-Purim Pesach prep into Rabbi Yaakov Danishevsky's new Haggadah and a strong case for making the Seder experiential.
Warm, direct relationship advice with a Jewish lens and practical dating guidance.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum talks with Coach Daniel Ratner about relationships, self esteem, spirituality, and Ratner's book Emotional Vampires. The most useful stretch is the dating advice: green flags, red flags, first dates, and the question of whether a relationship feels safe,…
A prayerful Torah conversation about redemption, Jewish pride, and the meaning of upheaval.
The piece opens in a tense, prayerful key, balancing Jewish pride, fear for family, and gratitude for miracles in Israel. From there it settles into a broad Torah conversation about whether present upheaval belongs inside the redemption story, using Tanakh, Bilaam, Yaakov, and…
A Purim conversation about the hidden self, practical doubt, and the masks people wear.
This Purim edition keeps coming back to what sits under the holiday surface: doubt, self-image, and the masks people build out of inflated ego, deflated ego, and ego-driven desire.




Daily halacha, case by case.

Parsha questions carried into serious Torah argument.

History with the room still talking.
Rabbi Yaakov Danishevsky connects his Haggadah, The Attached Haggadah, to therapy, Pesach prep, and the idea that the Seder is an experience rather than an analysis.
The rabbi welcomes Coach Daniel Ratner back for a warm conversation about relationships, self-esteem, spirituality, and staying emotionally grounded.
The host opens with a shaken, grateful Jewish moment.
The host opens a special Purim conversation about the holiday's hidden work.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum introduces the month of Adar and the importance of increasing joy, previewing an interview with Rabbi YY Rubenstein about Jewish life and laughter.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum discusses the spiritual significance of the month of Shabbat, including Jewish astrology and the holiday of Tu B'Shvat.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum interviews Rabbi Mark Wilds about his work and new book on Jewish thought and practice.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum and his wife interview Rachel Berenzweig about Jewish wisdom and personal growth, framed by a Torah thought on the month of Teves.
This final episode of a mini-series explores the Book of Bereishis through a Kabbalistic lens, connecting scattered Torah stories to the four inner struggles of man and themes of fire, ego, and royalty.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum discusses the deeper meaning of Hanukkah and how to experience the holiday anew each year, with guest Rabbi Yehoshua Sova.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum interviews Avram Aryeh Trugman about the significance of Tu B'Av, a joyful Jewish holiday rooted in Talmudic tradition.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum interviews Devorah Buxbaum and Mrs.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum interviews Rabbi Yitzchak Pincus about Jewish astrology and its spiritual significance.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum discusses the five customs of Shavuot night, focusing on all-night Torah study and reading the book of Ruth.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum discusses the Kabbalistic significance of Sfirat HaOmer with guest Rabbi Daniel Bortz.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum discusses the spiritual significance of counting the Omer and making every day count towards personal transformation.
This episode explores the spiritual significance of Sefirat HaOmer, focusing on daily character development and the three pillars to achieving authentic Jewish unity between Passover and Shavuot.
This episode features an interview with Rabbi Yonah Sklare discussing themes of freedom, femininity, and family in the Exodus story and his new book, offering insights for Passover.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum introduces the theme of personal Exodus and spiritual growth during the Torah portions about the Exodus, setting up an interview with a guest.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum interviews two legends of Jewish music about their impact on the genre.
This episode features dating coach Rachel Burnham discussing important dating questions and relationship advice, particularly within the Jewish and Orthodox dating contexts.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum introduces a guest and reflects on Abraham's role as a messenger of monotheism and ethics.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum interviews his wife Zvara about her recent trip to Israel, sharing highlights and spiritual insights.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum interviews psychotherapist and wilderness expert Yossi Sirota about Jewish wisdom and personal growth.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum connects the four species of Sukkot to the four elements of an empowered life using Kabbalistic sources.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum interviews Rabbi Yaakov Cohn about his book 'The Jewish Guide to Manifesting' and how to apply Jewish wisdom for a blessed new year.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum discusses preparing for Rosh Hashanah through Jewish wisdom and the spiritual significance of the month of Elul.
This episode features an interview with Rabbi Tzvi Teitelbaum discussing how to spiritually prepare for the High Holidays and live an incredible life through Jewish wisdom and community engagement.
Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum interviews Rabbi Yom Tov Glazer about the Jewish month of Elul and personal transformation.