Orange Socks Podcast Exploring Jewish Art and Creativity with Yitzchok Moully
EP.69 - Yosef Gillers on Torah, Nature, and Growing Creativity
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Yosef Gillers is the founder of GrowTorah [https://www.growtorah.org?utm_source=chatgpt.com], a nonprofit helping Jewish students experience Torah through nature, gardening, and environmental education. Sitting beside the Elizabeth River instead of inside the studio, we explore Yosef’s lifelong connection to the outdoors, the creative roots of GrowTorah, and the deeper Torah ideas hidden inside seeds, soil, farming, and sustainability. From school gardens shaped like menorahs and magen davids to lessons about emunah, leket, shmita, and bal tashchit, Yosef shares how reconnecting with nature can also reconnect us to Torah, responsibility, and wonder. Along the way, we talk about photography, glassblowing, process versus outcome, creativity without technical perfection, and the importance of simply starting — planting the seed before knowing exactly what will grow. This conversation is about slowing down enough to notice the world around us, embracing creativity as an ongoing process of refinement, and learning that growth itself is part of the art. And as always, it’s about finding your orange socks by leaning into who you already are. About Yosef: Yosef is an experiential Jewish educator, team leader, and a Wexner Field Fellow (Class 7). With a degree in Environmental Studies from Washington University in St. Louis and certificate in Experiential Jewish Education from M2, he bridges education with community impact. He is the Founder & Co-Executive Director of GrowTorah, and he serves on the board of I Was Supposed To Have a Baby and as a member of the Teaneck Environmental Commission. He lives in Teaneck, NJ, with his family and spends most of his winter Sundays teaching skiing at Plattekill Mountain. https://www.growtorah.org/yosef [https://www.growtorah.org/yosef] https://www.instagram.com/growtorah/ [https://www.instagram.com/growtorah/] Creatives Yosef thinks you should know: https://www.anseladams.com/ [https://www.anseladams.com/] Casey Neistat https://youtu.be/WxfZkMm3wcg?si=JkIjl2-EHpqZmYer [https://youtu.be/WxfZkMm3wcg?si=JkIjl2-EHpqZmYer]https://www.chihuly.com/works/glass [https://www.chihuly.com/works/glass] http://www.jessicatdeutsch.com/ [http://www.jessicatdeutsch.com/] More about Orange Socks: Contact us at orangesockspodcast@gmail.com Now on Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/orange-socks-podcast/id1749369628 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/orange-socks-podcast/id1749369628] On Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Ec3LbPdujZG531xKLPssh?si=381bf3bb2b624ffd [https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Ec3LbPdujZG531xKLPssh?si=381bf3bb2b624ffd] On Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/@OrangeSocksPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@OrangeSocksPodcast] Connect with Yitzchok Moully https://www.instagram.com/moullyart/ [https://www.instagram.com/moullyart/] https://www.moullyart.com/ [https://www.moullyart.com/]
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