"Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi: Renewalist or Heretic?" (March 14, 2006 - Unedited Footage)

Unedited footage of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1924-2014) interviewed for "360 Vision" with Sadieh Zaman on "The Heretics" at Congregation Bonai Shalom on March 14th, 2006 for Canadian television. Video by Michael Kosacoff.
From the year 2000 to 2014, Boulder psychotherapist, Michael Kosacoff (1939-2020), filmed hundreds of private sessions, public talks, and events with Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (mostly in Boulder, Colorado). In 2018, Kosacoff offered to collaborate with the Yesod Foundation in making his private collection of video recordings of Schachter-Shalomi and others available to the public on KZbin. Described by Netanel Miles-Yépez.
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[@SingingPupRecords]

Listening to this interview reveals what a truly enlightened person Reb Zalman was. Why this interviewer was on a mission to put him down, I don't know. But he answered all of her negatively oriented questions in a way that brought insight, expansion and positivity back into the space. Bless you, Reb Zalman, your legacy is great.

[@JewishKeto]

Reb Zalman was amazing. May he rest in peace.

[@appidydafoo]

Thank you

[@twoforone_]

Praise The Lord!!!!✨️🙌🏼✨️🙌🏼 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@kristine8338]

❤

[@davidwolf1613]

Yahsha Koach in Olam Habah, Reb Zalman.

[@MrAschiff]

When the Rabbi says that as a teenager, he was frustrated during Passover that no one explained things like why are we not allowed to eat bread is essentially the essence of the Pesach RASH who questions the meaning of the chag. I don't know who his teachers were, but something is off here.

[@pinchasreich7773]

he also said he had a "crush" on his male chemistry teacher. He's a crank

[@SingingPupRecords]

@@pinchasreich7773 You are missing his point. He was taught by the best teachers of the day. His path was to accept the human aspect of a person and without rejecting or suppressing that, still return to God and live in God-centered consciousness. He expressed his human experience honestly, but many people can't handle that, mostly if they are repressing theirs.

[@pinchasreich7773]

@@SingingPupRecords Thats all fine and good. but the Rabbi's termonology implies it's ok to have a crush on your male teacher. If you respect the Torah, you can't legitimize homosexuality. The Torah is unequivocal about it. It's just as immoral as sleeping with a married person.