In this episode, I sit down with Rabbi Yaakov Klein to explore one of the most misunderstood ideas in Torah: our destiny to become a nation of priests for all humanity. We dig into what it actually means for the Jewish people to serve the nations—not through power or superiority, but through spiritual responsibility, clarity, and guidance. We speak honestly about antisemitism, the global hunger for meaning, and the uncomfortable gap between who we are today and who we’re meant to be. This conversation reframes the Jewish mission, the place of the non-Jewish world, and the future the Torah promises—one built on hope, consciousness, and the ultimate reunification of humanity under Hashem’s presence.

Learn more from Rabbi Klein through his books:

· Order the Story of Our Lives: An Epic Quest for the Soul of our Tradition.

· Order The Lost Princess Prayer: A Wide-Ranging Tefillah Companion to The Story of Our Lives.

· Order Sparks from Berditchov: An Inspirational Guide to Avodas Hashem Based On the Teachings of Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchov.

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