<b>Check out our new series in partnership with SHARE, <i><a href="https://www.40mystics.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">18 Questions, 40 Jewish Mystics</a></i>.</b> <br /><br />In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, originally released in 2021, we talk to Rabbi Pini Dunner and Rav Moshe Weinberger about the Yabloner Rebbe and his astounding story of teshuva.<br /><br />The Yabloner Rebbe was a chassidishe rebbe who helped found Kfar Chassidim. He disappeared and went to Los Angeles, where he went off the derech, but he later returned to Judaism and Kfar Chassidim in a remarkable example of teshuva.<br /><ul><li>Who was the Yabloner Rebbe?</li><li>Why did he leave his faith?</li><li>What inspired him to return?</li></ul>Tune in to hear a conversation about the astounding story of the Yabloner Rebbe.<br /><br /><b>References:</b><br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/God-Loneliness-Selected-New-Poems/dp/0547249659" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The God of Loneliness</a> by Philip Schultz<br /><br /><a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/amazing-yabloner-rebbe" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Amazing Return of the Yabloner Rebbe</a> by Rabbi Pini Dunner<br /><br /><a href="https://ttps//rabbidunner.com/the-astonishing-story-of-the-yabloner-rebbe/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Astonishing Story of the Yabloner Rebbe</a> by Rabbi Pini Dunner<br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mavericks-Mystics-False-Messiahs-Episodes/dp/1592645100" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mavericks, Mystics &amp; False Messiahs</a> by Rabbi Pini Dunner<br /><br /><a href="https://rabbidunner.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rabbi Pini Dunner Website</a><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support</a>.