Temple Beth Am Podcasts

Shabbat Learning: "Consolation Through Success"

September 9th, 2023  |  18 mins 37 secs

Rabbinic Intern Ben Sigal's Shabbat Learning at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, September 9, 2023.

Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld

September 8th, 2023  |  15 mins 17 secs

Rabbi Adam Kligfeld offers up short bursts of meditation infused with imagery, wisdom, and the rhythms of our Jewish calendar, including selected verses from the Torah. Many of these meditations are performed in sitting positions; some standing. Simply find yourself a comfortable space and let Rabbi Kligfeld's voice and direction guide you into a world of serenity and tranquility.

Elul Learning Series: "Sustaining Tradition in Modernity"

September 7th, 2023  |  1 hr 6 mins

Rabbi Rebecca Schatz examines different elements of the High Holidays as well as Elul and how we have shifted those rituals into modern-day life, or how we might do so. From Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, September 7, 2023.

The Poetry of Prayer - Class 7

September 6th, 2023  |  56 mins 41 secs

This is the last in a series of 7 classes on The Poetry of Prayer conducted by Rabbi Joel Rembaum and presented by the Rembaum Institute for Adult Education and Family Programming:in preparation for this year's High Holy Days.

The prayers and psalms that fill our Mahzor (High Holiday prayerbook) and Siddur (regular prayerbook) have been gathered together to form a vehicle for finding our own meaningful relationship with God and to teach us the basic principles of our faith in God. They are written either as poems or suffused with poetry. As such, they constitute a spiritual art form that calls upon each of us to find our own meaning in their words, structures, metaphors, and symbols — much as we would find our own meaning in a Shakespearian sonnet or a Chagall painting — recognizing, of course, that there is Kedushah (holiness) in the prayers that makes them unique.

It is hoped that our study of key elements of the High Holiday Shaharit (morning) prayer service will aid us in making our Holy Day worship an enriching spiritual experience with which to begin the new year of 5784.

This class was conducted via Zoom on September 5, 2023.

Siddur Class #120 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 8

September 5th, 2023  |  44 mins 9 secs

Rabbi Avi Havivi's siddur class at Temple Beth Am Los Angeles and via Zoom - September 5, 2023

Elul Learning Series: "T'Shuva with Our Bodies (Yoga included)"

September 4th, 2023  |  57 mins 2 secs

With Jewish text and movement inspired by yoga, Rabbi Kerry Chaplin explores T'shuvah, soulful return, to and with our bodies.

Shabbat Teaching: "So now you're part of a covenant..."

September 2nd, 2023  |  31 mins 8 secs

Shabbat Teaching with Rabbinic Intern Nico Losorelli at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, September 2, 2023.

Shabbat Teaching: "Gratitude!"

September 2nd, 2023  |  14 mins 18 secs

Rabbi Elliot Dorff's Shabbat Teaching at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, September 2, 2023.

Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld

September 1st, 2023  |  16 mins 37 secs

Rabbi Adam Kligfeld offers up short bursts of meditation infused with imagery, wisdom, and the rhythms of our Jewish calendar, including selected verses from the Torah. Many of these meditations are performed in sitting positions; some standing. Simply find yourself a comfortable space and let Rabbi Kligfeld's voice and direction guide you into a world of serenity and tranquility.

Elul Learning Series: "Sustaining Stories"

August 31st, 2023  |  25 mins 45 secs

‘We sustain ourselves through stories and our stories sustain us. Rabbi Matt Shapiro examines traditional and contemporary frameworks for exploring this important and nuanced topic and how it is central to our tradition, and offers a practical framework for how we can share our own stories in a way that both provides sustenance to others and helps to sustain each of us."