About this episode

This episode explores the human impulse to return to past moments and the Jewish concept of 'return' as a forward-looking idea.

There’s a house you used to live in, a version of yourself you used to be, a moment you keep trying to find your way back to. This episode is about the strange, aching human impulse to return — and the ancient Jewish idea that ”return” was never about going backward at all. What if the thing you’re trying to get back to is actually waiting for you ahead?

People in this episode

Host: Heath Hollensbe

Topics covered

• return
• identity
• self-discovery
• Jewish philosophy
• human experience

Keywords

• return
• identity
• Jewish philosophy
• self-discovery
• human experience
• nostalgia
• personal growth

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Jewish

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