“Religion is a kink” with Rabbi Iggy

Rabbi Iggy is tattooed, gay, obsessed with Talmud, and the rabbinic voice behind Sinners Shabbat in NYC and Beit T'shuvah in LA (an addiction treatment center and spiritual community). He's a rabbi to a million celebrities, and most importantly, he was Raye's wedding rabbi! So he's a real Yenta VIP. This is an amazing Jewish conversaion about tension, pleasure, discipline, and belonging. I know, gross.

We Yenta about:

- Religion as kink

- Coldplay on Yom Kippur

- Spiritual discipline

- Cringe as a spiritual warning sign

- Gay life in yeshiva

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Rabbi Iggy: https://www.rabbiiggy.com/

Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller

Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar

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Timestamps:

0:00 – Cold open: pain, PT, and discipline

4:04 – Rabbi Iggy intro

6:25 – Yeshiva gossip

11:01 – Sinners Shabbat

16:16 – Tension and pleasure

20:23 – Cringe and belonging

28:39 – Teshuva explained

42:34 – Gossip!!