Temple Beth Am Podcasts

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

Passover Prep: How To Have A Creative Seder

March 31st, 2022  |  1 hr 15 mins

Rabbi Rebecca Schatz leads a class discussing various ways to make the seder more meaningful.

The discussion took place at Temple Beth Am Los Anageles on March 31, 2022

Passover Prep: How To Shop Kosher For Pesach

March 31st, 2022  |  57 mins 18 secs

Rabbi Rebecca Schatz discusses Passover guidance from the Conservative Movement as well as leniencies due to the covid epidemic.

The discussion took place via Zoom on March 29, 2022

Passover Prep: Social Justice - The Unhoused with OneLA

March 24th, 2022  |  54 mins 22 secs

Homelessness in LA – If Not Now, When? How many times can we walk by a person living on the street and feel hopeless and helpless? Why aren’t we seeing more progress? Are these issues so insurmountable that we just live with them? As we began our spiritual Passover preparations, this Zoom discussion centered around what Temple Beth Am’s One LA-IAF team learned about preserving local affordable housing, the intersection of mental illness and those experiencing homelessness, this crisis and what you can do about it.

The discussion took place March 23, 2022

Passover Prep: How to Kasher your Kitchen with Rabbi Elliot Dorff

March 23rd, 2022  |  51 mins 12 secs

This is one of the classs in the Passover Prep Series from Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles.

The class was conducted on line on March 22, 2022

Eighth Day of Passover: Yiskor

April 4th, 2021  |  16 mins 48 secs

Rabbi Adam Kligfeld's Yiskor Sermon at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles on April 4, 2021.