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You are invited to join international thought leader, spiritual activist and agent of change, Yiscah Smith, to learn how we can become more authentic and effective as leaders. Together, we will explore the episode in the Torah when Moses hit the rock rather than having spoken to it as the Eternal commanded him. Both classical 19th-century Hasidic Rebbes and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks share their understandings of a missed spiritual opportunity when leadership does not change with the times. We will also reflect together on the implications this has for today, where adopting a new kind of leadership is becoming increasingly urgent.

Yiscah Smith has reignited a spiritual practice of encountering the Divine spark within and beyond. She relies on Jewish spiritual teachings to inspire her students, acting as a compass, gently guiding them to their unique inner selves. She encourages, empowers and ennobles others to remain faithful to their individual spiritual paths. 

Yiscah teaches at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Applied Jewish Spirituality (AJS) and the Institute for Jewish Spirituality (IJS). She founded Conscious Community Nachlaot, an organization in Jerusalem that hosts Shabbat spiritual gatherings. Her forthcoming book Planting Seeds of the Divine: Torah Commentaries to Cultivate Your Spiritual Practice, jointly published by the University of Nebraska Press (UNP) and the Jewish Publication Society (JPS), will be released in 2025.