Thursday Night Call-In Show ☎️ July 16, 2026

The July 16, 2026 episode of the *Thursday Night Call-In Show* is another unfiltered conversation with Rabbi Shais Taub. The opening rant covers everything from banning conversations on airplanes to Rabbi Taub’s deliberate habit of undermining his own mystique on social media. Two live callers then lead to deeper discussions: one about moving a sensitive, neurodivergent family to Israel’s intense culture, and another about the exhaustion of constantly seeing and feeling more deeply than others. Rabbi Taub emphasizes spirituality, firm boundaries, and acts of service as healthy ways to carry sensitivity without deadening it. The episode closes with a nostalgic look at the 1982 Sunlight dish-soap debacle and other early-’80s cultural phenomena, including the Satanic Panic, Dungeons & Dragons, and the PMRC. Oh, and there’s a preview of the upcoming five-episode cooking show, *GESHMAK!* If you have a personal question, dilemma, struggle, or situation you’d like to discuss live on the air, this is your opportunity. No topic is too big or too small—relationships, parenting, faith, emotional struggles, life decisions, personal growth, or anything else that’s on your mind. To be considered for a live call, email info at soulwords dot org with a brief summary of your question or topic. 0:00:00 – Welcome 0:01:27 – The Airplane Conversation Ban 0:12:21 – Night owls, early risers & permanent Daylight Saving Time 0:16:02 – Why I deliberately blow up my own mystique 0:27:40 – Leafy-vegetable parasites & the 1982 Sunlight dish soap debacle 0:35:52 – *First Caller: Making Aliyah as a Sensitive Soul* 0:35:52 – The intensity of Israeli culture for a sensitive family 0:59:57 – *Second Caller: The Exhaustion of Seeing and Feeling Deeper* 1:13:05 – Cooking show preview 1:16:55 – Mazes and Monsters, Dungeons & Dragons & the 1980s Satanic Panic --- *For more classes from Rabbi Shais Taub:* 🌐 *Website:* https://www.soulwords.org/ *Follow Rabbi Shais Taub:* 📸 *Instagram:* https://www.instagram.com/rabbi_shais_taub 🎥 *TikTok:* https://www.tiktok.com/@rabbi_shais_taub 🐦 *X (Twitter):* https://www.x.com/ShaisTaub 📘 *Facebook:* https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573478244968 💼 *LinkedIn:* https://www.linkedin.com/in/shais-taub-81a95466/ 🎧 *Listen to the SoulWords Podcast:* 🎵 *Spotify:* https://open.spotify.com/show/51E7XHWFDbZCGJQz7CoAZP 🍏 *Apple Podcasts:* https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soulwords-full-libr… *About SoulWords:* SoulWords is a virtual community hosted by Rabbi Shais Taub, where people come together to explore the spiritual insights of Torah and discover their unique purpose. This platform is here to facilitate your spiritual growth by sharing the mystical teachings of Judaism in contemporary language—making deep wisdom accessible and relevant to your life.