Temple Beth Am Podcasts

Passover Learning Series: The 5th Child: Passover and My American Identity – Similarities and Conflicts

March 28th, 2024  |  58 mins 12 secs

Your story and others’ stories of redemption are playing through in our current reality and we need to find a way to add voices to the narrative of questions, of symbolism, and of action.

This episode was moderated by Rabbi Elliot Dorff on Zoom, Thursday, March 28, 2024.

Yizkor Sermon: “Tick Tock—Talk and Tell”

April 13th, 2023  |  19 mins 34 secs

Rabbi Adam Kligfeld's Yizkor/Passover Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, April 13, 2023.

Passover Sermon: “If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On”: Music, Prayer, the Song of the Sea, and Miriam’s Song

April 12th, 2023  |  14 mins 6 secs

Rabbinic Intern Yael Aranoff's Passover Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, April 12, 2023.

Passover Sermon: Rabbi Elliot Dorf

April 7th, 2023  |  14 mins 10 secs

Rabbi Elliot Dorf's Passover Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, April 7, 2023.

Passover Sermon: "K for P Cabinets Empty or Full"

April 6th, 2023  |  9 mins 54 secs

Rabbi Adam Kligfeld and Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Passover Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, April 6, 2023.

Passover Prep Series 2023: Haggadah 101

March 9th, 2023  |  51 mins 52 secs

In this class, Rabbi Joshua Cahan delves into the question: what story is the Haggadah telling? The Haggadah is a liturgy text whose focus is actually praise of God for the Redemption from Egypt rather than the complex human drama. In this class, Rabbi Cahan takes a quick tour through Maggid to see how that lens helps us to track its structure. He ends with a few thoughts about how we might find meaning in the act of 'declaring God's wonders'.

Rabbi Cahan compiled and edited the Yedid Nefesh bencher and is introducing the new Yedid Nefesh Haggadah this Spring. He spent 13 years teaching high school Talmud and Tefilah in New York and 8 summers running the Beit Midrash program at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin. He holds Rabbinic Ordination and a Ph.D. in Talmud from the Jewish Theological Seminary.

This session took place in person at Temple Beth Am and via Zoom on March 8, 2023. Rabbi Cahan is introduced by Rabbi Cantor Hillary Chorny.

Passover Teaching: Freedom Steps to Torah

April 22nd, 2022  |  17 mins 56 secs

Rabbi Rebecca Schatz's Passover Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, on April 22, 2022.

Passover II Sermon: "Concepts of Liberty: American versus Jewish"

April 17th, 2022  |  15 mins 20 secs

Rabbi Elliot Dorff's Passover Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, on April 17, 2022,

Shabbat/Passover Sermon: “Who knows Four?”

April 16th, 2022  |  9 mins 52 secs

Joel Grossman's Shabbat/Passover Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, on April 16, 2022.

Passover Prep: Haggadah Slam

April 10th, 2022  |  1 hr 9 secs

Temple Beth Am clergy lead a deep dive into a piece of our Haggadah and explore a theme from three different angles that you can take back to your seder.

The discussion took place at Temple Beth Am Los Anageles and via Zoom on April 7, 2022