Jewish Guilt: Is That a Thing? | Interview with Rabbi Soskil
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Jewish Guilt: Is That a Thing?
What exactly is “Jewish guilt” — and is guilt supposed to be part of teshuvah at all?
Rabbi Mordechai Soskil joins Shlomo Horwitz for an honest conversation about some of the questions teens — and adults — often carry quietly.
They discuss why teshuvah still matters even when change is slow, whether beating our chests has real meaning, what to do when we don’t understand the words of davening, whether it is ever okay to fall behind the congregation, and why Judaism places such emphasis on reward and punishment.
Rabbi Soskil also explains why small changes can matter enormously over time, and why acknowledging a mistake is very different from defining yourself by it.
A thoughtful, practical conversation about teshuvah, prayer, guilt, growth, and the questions people are sometimes afraid to ask.