Is Breathwork Avodah Zara? Rabbi Kaganoff Speaks to COLlive
COLlive interview: Rabbi Yehoshua Kaganoff, an expert on "alternative medicine," discusses potential halachic issues and psychological dangers of Breathwork.
by COLlive Editor · COLliveRabbi Yehoshua Kaganoff is a rav and baal horaah for 45 years. A close talmid for many years of the Novominsker Rebbe, he received semicha him and also from Rav Yosef Breuer, Rav Shimon Schwab.
Besides shimush from the dayanim of Washington Heights, he also received shimush from Rav Yisroel Belsky, and yibadel l’chaim, Rav Dovid Cohen. He received training in practical rabbinics from Rav Shlomo Rottenberg, Rav Avraham Twerski, MD, and Rav Berel Wein.
He is the author of Is Alternative Healing Kosher, published in March 2025 by Mosaica Press. It provides an in-depth analysis of the halachic sources and explains how they apply to medical practices available today.
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