Famed broadcaster Zoe Hieronimous has written an extraordinary book about the seven holy women of Israel, Sarah, Miriam, Devorah, Chanah, Avigail, Chuldah, and Esther. Their lives reflect a kabbalistic path to spiritual evolution that is of incredible value to us today.

Listen as William Henry explores this crucially important and badly neglected material. What is a human soul? Where do we stand? How do we find the markers along the road?

Zoe offers a very new–and very old–approach to enriching our inner life.

Learn more about her book at SevenHolyWomen.com.

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Even reptiles reflect this – War zones are everywhere these days: There are many problems along the border between Israel and Jordan, one of the places the Palestinians came from. Even the reptiles are different (they’re more cautious in Jordan).

There are more reptile species in Jordan than in Israel. Biologist Uri Shanas says, “The boundary is indeed a virtual marking that appears on the political map and is not capable of keeping these species from crossing the border between Israel and Jordan; but the line does stop humans from crossing it and thereby contains their different impact on nature.” On the Jordanian side, for instance, the red fox is far less common, so that Jordanian gerbils can allow themselves to be more carefree.
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