On Beauty And Repair with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

About this episode

Stephen Roach and Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg discuss the concepts of beauty and repair in the context of repentance and accountability.

What does it mean to repair what has been broken, and can there be beauty in that work? In this episode of Makers & Mystics, Stephen Roach is joined by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg for a thoughtful conversation on repentance, accountability, and the demanding work of repair. As part of our ongoing series on beauty, this episode explores repentance not as performance or apology, but as a process of truth-telling, learning, and transformation. Drawing from ancient Jewish wisdom and contemporary j...

People in this episode

Host: Stephen Roach

Guest: Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

Topics covered

• beauty
• repair
• repentance
• accountability
• transformation
• Jewish wisdom

Keywords

• beauty
• repair
• repentance
• accountability
• transformation
• Jewish wisdom
• truth-telling

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