Meditation
MINDFULNESS PROGRAMS & RESOURCES
Mindful Mornings
Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 8:30am-9:10am
via Zoom
During the Covid-19 pandemic, we are offering twice-weekly virtual gatherings combining guided and silent meditation to develop our capacity for mindful awareness and to cultivate qualities of patience, gratitude, and compassion. Rabbi Toba and experienced CDT members will be leading each session. Please click on the relevant day in the menu to the right to get the Zoom information for each session.
All are welcome, whether experienced in meditation or not. For more information, please email mindful-mornings@dorsheitzedek.org
Check the current calendar for session dates.
Mourner's Kaddish (pdf) for those mourning during Mindful Mornings
Mincha Moment
All are welcome to join Rabbi Toba for a moment of calm each week. The content will vary - a brief teaching, a meditative moment, some music, or another contemplative practice. We will start promptly at 5:30pm each Wednesday, but feel free to drop in at any time. Each session will end with an opportunity for those in mourning or observing a yahrzeit to recite Mourners Kaddish.
Check the current calendar for session dates.
Meditation Resources related to Covid-19
Daily self-compassion meditations from the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion are available via this signup page.
A daily live meditation is being offered on the Insight Meditation Society's Facebook page.
A daily live meditation (3 pm M-F), and other resources, are available at tenpercent.com.
A daily live mediation (10:30-11:15am) from the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies.
Gil Fronsdal and other teachers are giving regular dharma talks and meditations geared to help people during this time.
Many other dharma teachers are giving related talks and meditations at the Dharma Seed website.
The Be Here Now podcast network is offering resources to help with fear and anxiety.
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center is offering on-line drop-in programs, including a beginners program and a group for those 35 and under.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center has various online offerings, including daily mediations and multi-day online retreats.
East Bay Meditation Center has online offerings.
Free resources from Sounds True.
Nishmat Hayyim is having live virtual meditations on Friday mornings. They can be reached at: nishmathayyim@tbzbrookline.org. They are sending out emails with the Zoom info.
Move from Stressed to Calm Exercise
InsightLA Meditation has online classes.
RECORDED MEDITATIONS by Rabbi Toba Spitzer:
Sitting with Fear : A Meditation
audio (15 minutes)
Quieting Practice
A Practice to Quiet the Mind & Bolster the Spirit - with audio and directions
Other Resources
Jewish Meditation
http://awakenedheartproject.org
http://jewishspirituality.org
http://www.tbzbrookline.org/shabbat-and-holidays/nishmat-hayyim/
General Meditation
http://self-compassion.org/guided-self-compassion-meditations-mp3-2/
http://www.mindfulselfcompassion.org/meditations_downloads.php
http://www.headspace.com
http://www.onbeing.org/blog/encountering-grief-guided-meditation/4983
Meditation resources related to the November 2016 election
http://www.sharonsalzberg.com/election-season-resources/
http://www.10percenthappier.com/elections/
http://www.audiodharma.org/teacher/1/ — Gil Fronsdal talk “Response to Election” on this page
http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/305/talk/37993/ — Talk and guided meditation by Kate Munding; songs by Betsy Rose
http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/85/talk/38043/ — Talk by Jack Kornfield
http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/543/talk/38027/ — “Understanding the Dance Between Seclusion and Engagement,” Mark Nunberg
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Sat, April 17 2021
5 Iyyar 5781
Upcoming Events
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Saturday ,
AprApril 17 , 2021Earth Day Shabbat
Shabbat, Apr 17th 10:00a to 12:00p
Our Shabbat morning service will celebrate our connections to the Earth, and at 11am, CDT member Ezra Hausman will lead a Torah discussion addressing obstacles to successfully addressing the climate crisis. Ezra has a Ph.D. in climate science and 20+ years experience in the electric energy industry, including support for efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants at the state, regional, and national level. -
Saturday ,
AprApril 17 , 2021Shabbat Afternoon Outdoors
Shabbat, Apr 17th 3:30p to 4:30p
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Sunday ,
AprApril 18 , 2021Memorial for Bill Gamson
Sunday, Apr 18th 1:00p to 2:30p
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Sunday ,
AprApril 18 , 2021Talmud for the 99%
Sunday, Apr 18th 4:30p to 6:30p
Join Earnest for a four session Talmud class between Passover and Shavuot. In this class we will prepare for Shavuot, which commemorates the Jewish people entering into a covenantal relationship with God, by decoding a wild Talmudic story that completely reimagines the covenantal moment. We will explore the rabbis’ motivation for their subversive reimagining, and their vision for a more liberatory relationship with the Divine. This is a SVARA-Method class, each session will begin with chevruta (study partner) learning. You and your chevruta will work with the text in the original Hebrew and Aramaic, using dictionaries to decipher each word. All you need to begin learning is your alef-bet (the ability to sound out the Hebrew alphabet) and you’re ready to go! Still working on your alef-bet? Check out these resources and contact Earnest, e.vener@dorsheitzedek.org, for support. Please register by April 1st, so that we can get everyone all the supplies they need! Questions? Come to the Talmud for the 99% Info Session immediately following Shabbat morning services on March 13th at 12pm. Not sure if it is right for you? Come to the Hebrew Roots & Dictionary Skills Crash Course on Wednesday, March 17th from 7-8pm. This session is open to the whole congregation. We will learn how to identify root letters and look them up in dictionaries. We will decode a text from the Passover Haggadah together and you will get a taste of SVARA method’s joyful and rigorous pedagogy. Read below for a description of SVARA-Method learning. -
Wednesday ,
AprApril 21 , 2021Torah Study
Wednesday, Apr 21st 8:00a to 9:00a
Start your Wednesday mornings with Torah Study! Join Director of Congregational Learning Earnest Vener for a weekly hour-long study of the weekly Torah portion on Wednesdays at 8am. You are welcome to drop in or come weekly. All are welcome and no prior knowledge is required. Please email Earnest at e.vener@dorsheitzedek.org with any questions. -
Wednesday ,
AprApril 21 , 2021Mincha Moment
Wednesday, Apr 21st 5:30p to 5:45p
All are welcome to join Rabbi Toba for a moment of calm each week. The content will vary - a brief teaching, a meditative moment, some music, or another contemplative practice. We will start promptly at 5:30pm each Wednesday, but feel free to drop in at any time. Each session will end with an opportunity for those in mourning or observing a yahrzeit to recite Mourners Kaddish. Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/97091443951?pwd=dVk4bFZIVitMcDViYllNQnRIdmhmZz09 -
Thursday ,
AprApril 22 , 2021Purity Politics and the Problem of Jewish Solidarity
Thursday, Apr 22nd 1:30p to 2:30p
This talk explores the relationship between the rise in purity politics among American Jews and the problems it raises for building solidarities in the context of such things as the Women’s March and BLM. This is part of a Reconstructing Judaism free online lecture series on Jews, Race, & Religion. -
Thursday ,
AprApril 22 , 2021The Disordered Cosmos with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Thursday, Apr 22nd 7:30p to 9:00p
CDT member Chanda Prescod-Weinstein will read from and talk about her newly published book, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred. To purchase the book ahead of the talk, go to https://www.boldtypebooks.com/titles/chanda-prescod-weinstein/the-disordered-cosmos/9781541724709/ -
Saturday ,
AprApril 24 , 2021Shabbat Morning Service & B'nai Mitzvah of Nuriel Gutman
Shabbat, Apr 24th 10:00a to 12:00p
All are welcome to join us for Shabbat morning services as we call Nuriel Gutman to the Torah as a B Mitzvah. -
Sunday ,
AprApril 25 , 2021Talmud for the 99%
Sunday, Apr 25th 4:30p to 6:30p
Join Earnest for a four session Talmud class between Passover and Shavuot. In this class we will prepare for Shavuot, which commemorates the Jewish people entering into a covenantal relationship with God, by decoding a wild Talmudic story that completely reimagines the covenantal moment. We will explore the rabbis’ motivation for their subversive reimagining, and their vision for a more liberatory relationship with the Divine. This is a SVARA-Method class, each session will begin with chevruta (study partner) learning. You and your chevruta will work with the text in the original Hebrew and Aramaic, using dictionaries to decipher each word. All you need to begin learning is your alef-bet (the ability to sound out the Hebrew alphabet) and you’re ready to go! Still working on your alef-bet? Check out these resources and contact Earnest, e.vener@dorsheitzedek.org, for support. Please register by April 1st, so that we can get everyone all the supplies they need! Questions? Come to the Talmud for the 99% Info Session immediately following Shabbat morning services on March 13th at 12pm. Not sure if it is right for you? Come to the Hebrew Roots & Dictionary Skills Crash Course on Wednesday, March 17th from 7-8pm. This session is open to the whole congregation. We will learn how to identify root letters and look them up in dictionaries. We will decode a text from the Passover Haggadah together and you will get a taste of SVARA method’s joyful and rigorous pedagogy. Read below for a description of SVARA-Method learning.
Zmanim
| Alot Hashachar | 4:31a |
| Earliest Tallit | 5:07a |
| Netz (Sunrise) | 6:01a |
| Latest Shema | 9:23a |
| Zman Tefillah | 10:30a |
| Chatzot (Midday) | 12:45p |
| Mincha Gedola | 1:19p |
| Mincha Ketana | 4:40p |
| Plag HaMincha | 6:04p |
| Shkiah (Sunset) | 7:29p |
| Havdalah | 8:19p |
| Tzeit Hakochavim | 8:12p |
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