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Yonah Lavery-Yisraeli
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May 15, 2026 ∙ 10 min
Why Do We Torture Ourselves? Ice-baths, Fasting, and the Allure of Discomfort
YONAH LAVERY-YISRAELI | Like the modern skeptic, Rambam Rambam (more widely known as Maimonides) is wary of trends and is alive to the slipperiness of motivation. In his work Shemoneh Peraqim, he raises the spectres of misunderstanding and superficiality, and argues that there are, in fact, right and wrong reasons to engage in discomfort.
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Nov 22, 2025 ∙ 12 min
The Cosmic Mobility of Our Divine Mothers: Binah and the Shekhinah
YONAH LAVERY-YISRAELI | Perhaps the only needed modification is to go in both directions, near and far at once, with gentle caution, a controlled and attentive tumble into the stars. Cosmic mobility: that is exactly what the two-mother idea has to offer, and it is needed.
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Jun 1, 2025 ∙ 10 min
The Ancient, Rabbinic Remedy for Dealing with Trickle-Truthers
YONAH LAVERY-YISRAELI | Trickle-truthing is a term for when someone responds to an allegation with a partial admission, and slowly increases the amount of truth in his or her response over time...
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