40 Mystics

Efraim Palvanov is a Torah educator, author and one of the most popular Jewish educators on YouTube. With multiple degrees in Biology and Education and a lifetime of teaching around the world, he brings a uniquely scientific mind to the deepest questions of Jewish wisdom.

Fruma Schapiro teaches in depth Chassidic discourses for an online women’s learning program, Dach Lnashim. Fruma is passionate about empowering women through learning and awareness of their unique role in this era.

Rabbi YY Jacobson is a prominent international speaker on Jewish philosophy and spirituality and the dean of TheYeshiva.net. He started his career transcribing the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe firsthand, served as editor-in-chief of the Algemeiner Journal and is well known for making Chassidic teachings relevant to contemporary life.

Rabbanit Oshra Koren is a Torah educator, community leader and one of Israel's most influential voices in women's Jewish learning. Founder of Matan HaSharon, she has spent decades making Torah aliveand accessible for women of every background.

Dr Jonnie Schnytzer is a Senior Lecturer at the Multidisciplinary Center for Jewish Studies at Bar Ilan University and director of the center’s Cramim program for excellence. His courses include Judaism in an Ecological Context: The Good, the Bad & the Kabbalist, and Kabbalah, Science Fiction and the Metaverse. He is currently publishing Rabbi Joseph ben Shalom Ashkenazi’s Commentary on Sefer...

Dina Etigson teaches Chasidut, spirituality, and Jewish law in Tiferet, Machon Maayan and the Nexus program. She focuses strongly on experiential learning, works with others to lead workshops that create supportive and open environments where women can explore healing and renewal through Torah and a range of creative practices.

Dr. Biti Roi is an Israeli scholar of Kabbala, Chasidut, and Jewish philosophy, and a senior research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. She has taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Ben-Gurion University in the Negev. Her research focuses on the Zohar, kabbalistic myth, and the relationship between Jewish mysticism, emotion, and poetics. She is the author of Love of t...

Rabbi Dr. Zvi Leshem is the former Director of the Gershom Scholem Collection for Research in Kabbala and Hasidism at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem. He has held senior roles in Torah education and served as a community rabbi. His academic work focused on Jewish mysticism, with particular emphasis on the teachings of the Piaseczner Rebbe and Rebbe Nachman of Breslov.

Devori Nussbaum is an integrative psychotherapist trained in a wide range of healing modalities. Alongside her therapeutic work, she is passionate about teaching Chasidut in an accessible and embodied way, helping people experience these teachings not just as ideas but as a living description of reality. . Learn more at 40mystics.com/Devori-Nussbaum.

Rabbi Simon Jacobson the founder of The Meaningful Life Center and author of the best selling book: Toward a Meaningful Life. He worked closely with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, leading the team that transcribed his talks by memory and is the publisher of the Algemeiner Journal. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Simon-Jacobson.

Tamar Elad-Appelbaum is the Director of the Rabbanut Yisraelit Network and Co-Director of the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Ritual Center. Her work focuses on renewing Jewish spiritual and communal life in Israel while promoting human dignity and in 2010, The Forward named her one of the five most influential female religious leaders in Israel. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Tamar-Elad-Appelbaum .

Rabbi Jeremy Tibbetts is the is the co-director of the JLIC Jerusalem Community and Director of Education for Yavneh. He is a Master’s student at Hebrew University in Jewish Thought with a focus on Kabbala. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Jeremy-Tibbetts.

Rebbetzin Yehudis Golshevsky is a renowned Torah educator and the founder of Shiviti, a nonprofit organization offering a wide range of classes and experiences for religious women of all ages and backgrounds. She is also a respected author, teacher, and translator. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Yehudis-Golshevsky .

Rabbi Shlomo Katz is a talented musician, the Rav of Shirat David in Efrat, an author and a teacher, bringing together the worlds of music and Torah. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Shlomo-Katz .

Tonia Chazanow is a writer, artist, and spoken word poet. She is the host and founder of the Human & Holy podcast and a dedicated teacher of chassidut in the Hancock and broader LA community. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Tonia-Chazanow .

Rabbi Dr. Daniel Rowe is the President of AishU and a Senior Lecturer at Aish Global. He responds to misinterpretations of Jewish ideas on youtube and has a PhD in Mathematical Philosophy. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Daniel-Rowe .

Shoshana Judelman is a passionate educator of Torah and Jewish history. Shoshana serves as the Women’s Mashpia for Congregation Shirat David, is a guide at Yad Vashem, and leads inspirational trips for women with JRoots throughout Europe and Israel. Learn more at ⁠40mystics.com/Shoshana-Judelman⁠ .

Rabbi David Aaron is the founding Dean of Orayta. He speaks globally and has published 9 books exploring life’s deepest questions and sharing Torah’s transformative wisdom for more meaningful living. Known as a “Life Optimization Expert,” he addresses fundamental questions about God, human purpose, and the meaning of life with clarity and insight. Learn more at 40mystics.com/David-Aaron .

Dr. Ora Wiskind is associate professor and head of the graduate program in Jewish Studies at Michlalah College, Jerusalem. Her work focuses on Hasidism and Jewish thought, combining academic scholarship with spiritual perspectives. She is the author of Hasidic Commentary on the Torah (2018), a National Jewish Book Award finalist. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠40mystics.com/Ora-Wiskind .

Professor Moshe Idel has published over 100 books, lectured around the world including serving as a professor and researcher at Harvard, Yale and Princeton and is an Israel prize laureate for excellent achievement in the field of Jewish philosophy. He has a doctorate in Kabbala and serves as both Emeritus Max Cooper Professor in Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University, and a Senior Researcher at t...

Dr. Chava Green wrote her PhD on Chasidic Feminism. Her academic and popular work explore the role of gender in Chabad society and its mystical texts. Learn more at ⁠⁠40mystics.com/Chava-Green⁠⁠ .

Rabbi Shais Taub is one of the most influential rabbis on instagram and serves as scholar in residence of Chabad of the Five Towns. He lectures widely about mysticism and is also known for his work in the field of addiction recovery.  Learn more at 40mystics.com/Shais-Taub .

Rabbi Dr. David Bashevkin is the founder and host of 18Forty, director of education for NCSY, and an Assistant Professor of Jewish Values at Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business. He has published four books, including Sin·a·gogue: Sin and Failure in Jewish Thought and lectures widely on a range of topics related to Jewish thought. Learn more at ⁠40mystics.com/D⁠ovid-Bashevkin .

Rabbanit Shani Taragin is the educational director of the Mizrachi world movement and Rosh Beit Midrash in Camp Moshava. She is an expert in Talmud, Bible and a range of other canonical sources and teaches across some of the flagship women's Torah learning institutions. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Shani-Taragin .

Rabbi Moshe Gersht is the author of It’s All The Same To Me and The Three Conditions. He is also a popular speaker with over 1m views on his Ted Talk and has collaborated with other great spiritual teachers like Deepak Chopra. Learn more at 40mystics.com/Moshe-Gersht .