Episode 97: Rabbi Greg Marcus, PhD, teaches religiously centered self-improvement

A hundred years ago, Judaism’s path of moral self-improvement was stuck mostly in the Orthodox world where the classic books of the field were in their original language. When the wider Jewish world began taking notice of Mussar, study and books in translation blossomed in availability.

That’s the beautiful world that Rabbi Greg Marcus and I inhabit today, where the rabbi walks us through his own Mussar origin story, why he became a teacher of it, and where it’s all going from here.

So, self-help with a Jewish flavor: Judaism has had it for hundreds of years! Let’s gooooooo …

 

Further resources:

• Peruse Rabbi Greg Marcus’ website and his American Mussar website

• Read The Spiritual Practice of Good Actions: Finding Balance Through the Soul Traits of Mussar book

• Take the Soul Trait quiz