
Episode 317: Food is Spiritual Practice - Sara Eifler
Judaism Unbound
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Judaism, the Divide Between Mind and Body
In judaism, the word nishama, for the soul, is also the word for breath. So that we are in our bodies, we a soul m and that guarding the body, shmera taguf, guarding the body and guarding the soul was an essential part of how you practise judaism. The physicality of the self, the physicaly of the soul,. is a major concept in judaist thought. It's not about what goes into your mouth, about what comes out of it.
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