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Jewish Spirituality of
Illness and Healing:
the body, heart, mind & soul of our shared human journey

This offering ended Jan. 20, 2026

​Slides are below.  For confidentiality reasons, recordings are available for series participants only.

Session 6
​January 20, 2026
Healing in Mysticism
Starts on Slide 61
Belief, Disbelief & All the Rest
Nehushtan, King and Doctor
Things: Mezuzot & Amulets
Angels, Light and Name Change

Session 5
​January 6, 2026
The Art of Bikkur Holim
Starts on Slide 49
Derivations of the Mitzvah
Sickness Behaviors: Bio-Spirituality
"By the Book" in Shulh​an Arukh
Pastoral Best Practices

Session 4
​December 23, 2025
Healing Prayers & Liturgies
Starts on Slide 37
Prayer: For What, To Whom?
Cure v. Healing; Third Commandment
Tanakh Liturgies of Healing
Traditional & Modern Mi Shebeirakh

Session 3
​​December 9, 2025
Medicine & Spirituality
Starts on Slide 24
King Asa's Podiatrist
Faith and Physicians: Spirit & Science
Personal Autonomy & Vaccines
Withdrawing & Refusing Care


Session 2
​November 25, 2025
Experience in the Shadow
Starts on Slide 13
Hooks of Illness-Spirituality Experience
The Sickbed and the Sacred
Fractals of Divine Presence
"Healing" Journey of R. Yoh​anan

Session 1
​November 11, 2025
First Encounters
Starts on Slide 1
Ancestral Archetypes
Etymology of Illness and Healing
Theologies & the Black Death
​Hezekiah & Turning to the Wall 

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