The Sages teach that the salvation of Purim has something to do with Moshe being born and dying in the month of Adar. They also teach that Purim is the day of true acceptance of Torah, when the event of Mount Sinai was ultimately fulfilled. In this very personal rendering, R' Ami explores the themes of birth and death, of traumatic separation and loss of self, and the possibility of a Torah that emerges when a self is expressed on the other side of that trauma. 

Purim: Silence, Trauma and the Birth of Torah

Jacob's character is one of paradox and pulling polarities. He is the youngest and the oldest, he is a man of truth and is embroiled in deceit, he is Yaakov and is Yisrael. Here we explore the competing energies that pull us in different directions, and the aspects of ourselves that hold polarized identities, and the possibility of touching a wholeness that encompasses both ends of the spectrum.
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Music is by Rabbi Daniel Kohn. To purchase, go to his cdbaby page.
Audio is by David Kwan.

"Angels Ascending and Descending" - Living With Polarities

"Yitzchak went out to be a bush in the field" - Immersing Ourselves in the Field of Experience
A brief teaching and body scan to invite us into attentive presence.
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Music is by Rabbi Daniel Kohn. To purchase, go to his cdbaby page.
Audio is by David Kwan.

"Yitzchak went out to be a Bush in the Field" - Immersing Ourselves in the Field of Experience

We leave Yom Kippur with a strong awareness of our mortality, and we enter Sukkot to rejoice within our temporary home, under the passing shadows, within this temporal life.
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Music is by Rabbi Daniel Kohn. To purchase, go to his cdbaby page.
Audio is by David Kwan.

Sukkot: Rejoicing in the Shadow of Life

Our liturgy speaks a lot about God as King or Melech, and even more intensively during the High Holidays. What is a Melech? How might we relate to this encounter with God when we have never stood before a King? Based on a Kabbalistic teaching on the meaning of the word Melech, this is an exploration of a way to come into contact with the visceral sense of a Melech within our own experience of being alive.

Meditation: Encountering the Melech

Shofar: Broken Whole
How do we bring our parts together to stand before our Creator?
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RW7XP05U6O5L_IuLaVrGe3Qc_LP1pdeE6epsoowk1ZE/edit
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This podcast is supported in part from a grant from the Hadar Institute.
Music is by Rabbi Daniel Kohn. To purchase, go to his cdbaby page.
Audio is by David Kwan.

Shofar: Broken Whole

Tisha b'Av - a day for questions with no answers.
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Shefa's logo is the "Returning Light Meditation" by Avraham Loewenthal. 
Audio is by David Kwan.

Tisha b'Av: Asking Unanswerable Questions

Thoughts and teachings on the Three Weeks, and the spiritual stance of learning to be with all that is not right.
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gIYF4BJ1_e-idp-qyTEUlU1hX_i3fKT3QBnMmuFUQ9Y/edit?usp=sharing
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This podcast is supported in part from a grant from the Hadar Institute.
Music is by Rabbi Daniel Kohn. To purchase, go to his cdbaby page.
Shefa's logo is the "Returning Light Meditation" by Avraham Loewenthal.
Audio is by David Kwan.

I Saw an Upside Down World: From 17 Tammuz to Tisha B'Av

"Moshe didn't know who was speaking to him..." -- Bamidbar Rabba 14:20
"'And nobody knows Moshe's burial place'... Even Moshe doesn't know where he was buried" -- Sotah 14a
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14j2Q09ByioGFJJZiDy2jhP4ePuW7Xn8tuOYMar1yEI4/edit
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Music is by Rabbi Daniel Kohn. To purchase, go to his cdbaby page.
Shefa's logo is the "Returning Light Meditation" by Avraham Loewenthal.
Audio is by David Kwan.

Into the Unknown: The Death of Moshe and the Mystery of the Torah

Dipping into the Torah that can carry us through. This piece from the Piaseczner Rebbe speaks of accessing a Self that exists beyond and within, a point of contact with the Divine in our root, that paves the way for a radical new framework of what it looks like to live with faith.
Sources: Derech Hamelech, Parshat Nasso תר״ץ
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Shefa's logo is the "Returning Light Meditation" by Avraham Loewenthal.
Audio is by David Kwan.

Self Beyond Self - Derech Hamelech, Parshat Nasso

In honor of Lag Ba'omer, thoughts on making space for beauty to emerge, for secrets to be noticed and heard, and for love to be sought after.
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d66bYRaVxAy2lnWPS_zYiyOIpooL17RkHjPEdFGr9Lc/edit
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Audio is by David Kwan.

Lag Ba'omer - The Heart of Acceptance

With Lag Be'omer approaching, Rabbi Ami guides us through the story of Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai, exploring its connections to sefirat ha'omer, the tragedy of Rebbe Akiva's students, the hidden dimensions of Torah - and ultimately, the potential for healing that this story contains.
Technical difficulties affected the sound quality of this class. However, we decided to share it for its timely content. The audio evens out after the first 7 or so minutes.
Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yzrf4mniECN8H_hlOkJ4VF7882T2AeX_QB6gv44QJsc/edit?usp=sharing
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Get Out of Your Cave! Hiding and Healing in the Story of Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai

Pesach Seder Prep
Hallel-Nirtzah: The Night That Shines Like Day
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Hallel-Nirtzah: The Night That Shines Like Day

Pesach Seder Prep
Barech: Embodying That Which We Hope For
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Barech: Embodying That Which We Hope For

Pesach Seder Prep
Tzafun: Tasting the Hidden Light
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Tzafun: Tasting the Hidden Light

Pesach Seder Prep
Shulchan Orech: Being Okay

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Shulchan Orech: Being Okay

Pesach Seder prep 
Maror-Korech: The Other Side of Bitterness
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Maror-Korech: The Other Side of Bitterness

An overarching kavannah/intention for the Pesach seder - being free, making space for our pain, leaning into our weakness and redeeming it.
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A Pesach Kavannah: Leaning Into Vulnerability

Pesach Seder Prep, Steps 7 and 8
Motzi-Matza: Receiving Life Through and Beyond Constraints
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Motzi-Matza: Receiving Life Through and Beyond Constraints

Pesach Seder Prep #6
Rachta - Cleansing Ourselves from Limiting Beliefs
We've told our story. Now we have a chance to bathe in the faith that our redemption is real.
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