Shais Taub: A Vulnerable Conversation About Shame, Selfhood, and Authenticity [Mysticism III 3/3]

Update: 2025-12-23

Description

In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we speak with Shais Taub, the rabbi behind the organization SoulWords, about shame, selfhood, and authenticity.

In this episode we discuss:

How are we to deal with the pain of embodiment and individuation?
How does one uncover their mission in the world and align their life with the transcendent?
How can we work to reorient our desires toward the right things?

Tune in to hear a conversation about the interior experience of fragmentation from Ultimate Being.

Interview begins at 10:28 .

Rabbi Shais Taub is a well-known figure in Jewish teachings and personal development and delivers Torah lectures and classes worldwide. He is renowned for his ability to make complex ideas accessible. He heads SoulWords.org and serves as scholar-in-residence at Chabad of the Five Towns in Long Island, New York.

References:

God of Our Understanding by Shais Taub

Sin•a•gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought by David Bashevkin

Top 5 by David Bashevkin

Seinfeld: “The Soul Mate”

"Eric Adams on Dyslexia, Trauma, and Fixing What's Broken in Politics”

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

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