Neshamah Project Podcast Epsiode 103: The Long Way Around

In this episode of The Neshamah Project, we explore a piercing teaching from the Noam Elimelekh on the Exodus that reframes Pharaoh as the inner force of resistance to change. Drawing on Hasidic psychology, the text examines why stopping harmful behavior isn’t the same as true freedom, and why partial transformation often collapses under pressure. This episode speaks directly to anyone who has experienced relapse, burnout, or the unsettling sense that they’ve “left Egypt” but haven’t yet arrived anywhere stable.

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Neshamah Project Podcast Epsiode 103: The Long Way Around is an episode from Zohar Ammud Yomi by Rabbi Ben Newman.

This episode is 00:12:08 long.

This episode was published on Jan 30, 2026.

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