Gedale Fenster - Podcast Redeeming The Imagination With Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld
Mar 25, 2026
Rabbi Joey Rosenfeld, a Kabbalah teacher and student of Rabbi Nachman, offers spiritual guidance on imagination, faith, and Torah-based psychology. He explores imagination as both a source of craving and a path to prophecy. They discuss emotional ups and downs, processing failed relationships as progress, overcoming anger at Pesach, and how technology reshapes imaginative life.
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Reframe Suffering By Changing Your Story
- Do reframe painful narratives: treat suffering as optional by changing the stories you tell about events.
- Rabbi Joey recommends recognizing every desire and effort as recorded positivity to preserve self-esteem and hope.
Mood Swings Are Built In
- Mood swings are constant and part of being human; Rabbi Joey says perception always offers at least two ways to view any moment.
- He recommends noticing fluctuation points and choosing how to meet each moment anew.
Tzaddik's Calm Amid Household Crisis
- Rabbi Joey recounts speaking with a large tzaddik who had household crises while consoling children after his wife's death.
- Despite floods and sewage, the tzaddik taught that thinking good thoughts and fighting for simcha is paramount.
