Neshamah Project Podcast Episode 101: The Power That Heals or Harms

This week we explore two Hasidic teachings on Parashat Va’era that ask how spiritual power becomes healing rather than harmful. Drawing on the Degel Machaneh Ephraim and the Maor VaShemesh, the episode examines the Torah’s pairing of firmness and compassion, judgment and mercy, showing how the same force can destroy or heal depending on how it is held. Together, these texts offer a bracing vision of spiritual maturity rooted in integration rather than extremes.