As Senior Core Faculty at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality (IJS), Rabbi Sam Feinsmith directs the Clergy Leadership Program and serves on the faculty of Yesod: Foundations for Deepening Jewish Mindfulness Meditation. He is passionate about practicing and teaching Jewishly-grounded mindfulness meditation and teaching Hasidic text through a mindfulness lens, making these texts accessible to spiritual seekers who don't have the knowledge or skill to access them on their own. Before joining the faculty of IJS in 2016, he taught Judaic Studies at Chicagoland Jewish High School, Illinois, and the Heschel School in New York, where he spearheaded initiatives to foster teen spirituality and mindfulness as foundations for lifelong thriving and love of Jewish learning. He is a co-founder of Orot: Center for New Jewish Learning, a hub for contemplative Jewish learning and living. Committed to wedding inner work with the work of tikkun olam, he served as a Kol Tzedek Fellow for American Jewish World Service, volunteering in Cambodia with their Volunteer Corps. In Part Two of this powerful interview, Rabbi Sam talks about the differences between Mindfulness and Meditation ( and where they overlap, he outlines a framework for a powerful blessing practice, and he shares more of the work that the Institute for Jewish Spirituality is doing. In this final part of the Interview, we explore the differences between mindfulness and meditation, a beautiful blessing practice, and learn more about the IJS and the work they are doing. Definitely check them out if you are wanting to deepen your spiritual practice. For more information on the work Rabbi Sam is doing at the IJS go to https://www.jewishspirituality.org/ For more info and other episodes of The Holy Sparks Podcast go to http://holysparks.tv/ To Become a Patron or sponsor an episode of the show go to www.patreon.com/saulkaye please subscribe to the channel and drop a review Thank you for Listening and a huge thank you to our sponsor JLTV go to www.jltv.tv for stories that inspire