More to the Story with Lea Rubashkin
Join host Lea Rubashkin as she seeks the sacred in the everyday and dares to ask the questions we often leave unspoken. Rooted in Jewish thought and spiritual curiosity, More to the Story is a space for bold conversation, tender reflection, and personal excavation.
Each episode invites listeners into deep inquiry through solo teachings, intimate roundtable sessions, and conversations with guests navigating life’s complexities with authenticity and faith. Whether exploring themes of identity, pain, belief, or healing, Lea offers a lens that’s both deeply personal and universally resonant.
This is a podcast for those who crave depth, who live between questions, and who know there’s always more to the story.
Episodes
14 episodes
Shemos: When Darkness Scrambles Masculine and Feminine
0:00 Part 1 – Overview of the Parsha1:09:28 Part 2 – Deep Dive + CommentaryIn this episode, I explore why this Parsha is called “Names,” and what it means to hold onto your identity in a place that wants to reshape you. I talk about...
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1:58:24
Vayechi: The Vision That Survives Exile
In this episode, I explore Parshat Vayechi, the final Parsha of Sefer Bereishit, the moment where exile quietly begins. As Yaakov and Yosef prepare to leave this world, the Torah shifts us into a new phase: one where G-d is no longer revealed f...
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Vayeishev: Releasing the Vows Written in Fear
In this week’s episode, I explore the Torah’s first deep conversation about jealousy, fragmentation, and what happens when the challenge is no longer outside us but within our own family. The jealousy between brothers, the wounds inherited from...
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Vayishlach: Facing Danger and Holding What Hurts
In this episode, I walk with Yakov as he leaves Charan after twenty years of inner work in Lavan’s home. Everything he lived through becomes the preparation he needs to face Esav, not only the brother he once fled, but the part of himself he ha...
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1:56:46
Vayetzei: The Power to Rewrite Destiny
In this week’s episode, we follow Yaakov as he leaves the holiness of his parents’ home and enters the world of Lavan, a place of concealment, deception, and spiritual challenge. I explore Yaakov’s preparation, his years of learning, the dream ...
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Toldot: The Strength to Stay Present
In this week’s parsha, I explore the story not only as the birth of two brothers, but as the unveiling of two forces inside each of us, the godly soul and the animal soul. I speak about Rivka’s clarity, her courage, and the way her prophecy bec...
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Chayei Sarah: The Body as a Home for G-d
In this episode of More to the Story, I talk about how the energy of Vayeira flows into Chayei Sarah. These parshiyos are not separate stories but one current of guidance that keeps unfolding.I speak about Avraham’s open heart, his hosp...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:36:37
What My Name is Teaching Me About My Mission
In this episode, I share a story about a book my husband handed me that cracked something open, and how discovering the legacy of Rebbetzin Devora Leah gave me language for a mission I’ve been living without knowing.The name I carry has...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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Lecha Lecha: An Annual Journey Inward
In this episode of More to the Story, I talk about what it really means that Avraham believed. Not only that he believed in Hashem, but that he believed in his own ability to hear truth. He trusted what he received. He didn’t make himself small...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:23:09
Noach: Swimming Through the Flood
In this episode of More to the Story, I look back at last week’s Parsha and ahead to the one that’s coming, and I find myself standing right in between them. I talk about what it means to live with the Parsha, to feel that each week carries its...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:15:12
Bereshit: The Battle for Our Inner Israel
In this episode of More to the Story, I talk about the very first Rashi in the Torah and how it is also Rashi’s own introduction to himself. Rashi asks why the Torah begins with the creation of the world instead of with the first commandment. T...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:15:53
Return to a Truer Version of Teshuvah
This episode was recorded just before Yom Kippur. It is about Teshuvah, but not in the way I once understood it. Like much of my life, its meaning keeps evolving. I reflect on how the language of repentance has often felt like a weapon, and how...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:13:20
Sometimes the Questions Come After the Telling (Bonus Episode)
In this Q&A, I speak from the place I’m still in, where clarity and doubt live together. I talk about nearly walking away from my marriage and what helped me stay. I share what it means to carry something too heavy alone and what becomes po...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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22:18
You Don’t Have to Figure It All Out on Your Own
In this first episode of More to the Story, I return to where it all began. Not just the beginning of healing, but the beginning of me. I talk about growing up in Crown Heights in a large Chabad family, shaped by strong voices and quiet expecta...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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