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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Thu, January 20 2022
18 Shevat 5782
Upcoming Events
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Saturday ,
JanJanuary 22 , 2022Shabbat Morning Service & Bat Mitzvah of Ava Levine-Fried
Shabbat, Jan 22nd 10:00a to 12:00p
All are welcome to join us for Shabbat morning services as we call Ava Levine-Fried to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah. -
Saturday ,
JanJanuary 22 , 2022CDT Virtual Havdallah and Coffeehouse
Motzei Shabbat, Jan 22nd 6:30p to 8:30p
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Sunday ,
JanJanuary 23 , 2022Sunday Religious School
Sunday, Jan 23rd 9:30a to 12:00p
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Sunday ,
JanJanuary 23 , 2022Beginning a Conversation about Israel/Palestine with CDT Parents: Facilitated by Rabbi Toba
Sunday, Jan 23rd 10:00a to 11:00a
In Rabbi Toba’s Rosh Hashanah talk, she raised the possibility of a new orientation to conversations about Israel/Palestine, one that encourages radical curiosity about positions that are not our own and fostering an embrace of all those who live in the Holy Land. Rabbi Toba acknowledges the challenges of discussing Israel/Palestine in Jewish community, ‘‘I think it is fair to say that the topic of Israel is one of the most divisive forces in American Jewish life. It is a division that is experienced not just communally but personally…[with] deep heartache on all sides.” In an effort to move beyond divisions and silence, we are inviting parents into a beginning conversation about Israel/Palestine at our Religious School. At this parent learning session, facilitated by Rabbi Toba and VP for Education (and master educator) David Rhodes, we want to create a space for Dorshei Tzedek parents to share their experiences with Israel/Palestine in your lives. This conversation is for everyone: for those with deep personal connections to the place and topic, for those deeply struggling, for those who don’t currently know how to feel or don’t have strong opinions, and for everyone in between. In this first conversation we will simply answer the first question God asks humankind in the Torah, “ayecha?” (where are you?). Parents will have a chance to share in small groups and have the opportunity to simply listen to one another. It is our hope that we will get to see the complexity, beauty,and diversity of relationships to Israel/Palestine in our community. In future conversations we will engage parents in a process of values clarification as we build our curriculum. We want to involve as many parents in this process as possible, to get the broadest range of voices and experiences in the room. -
Sunday ,
JanJanuary 23 , 2022VIM: Advocacy
Sunday, Jan 23rd 1:00p to 2:00p
Ellie Goldberg will share experience and strategic guidelines on writing testimony and meeting with legislators and policy makers to initiate or support legislative initiatives. DB, as a former legislator staffer, will discuss the perspective of the legislator meeting with constituents. -
Sunday ,
JanJanuary 23 , 2022Trans/GNC/NB Meet Up: 5th Grade & Up
Sunday, Jan 23rd 4:00p to 5:00p
Trans/GNC/NB Meet Up: 5th Grade & Up Sunday, January 23rd, 4-5pm on Zoom! If you are in 5th grade or older (adults welcome!) and identify within the Tran/Nonbinary/Gender-nonconforming umbrella, or are wondering if you do, you're invited to join us! We will play games, discuss, and get to know one another. Those younger than 5th grade stay tuned for more upcoming programming! Please be in touch with any questions! Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/95794469801 -
Sunday ,
JanJanuary 23 , 2022Adult B'nei Mitzvah Class with Rabbinic Intern Emmanuel Cantor
Sunday, Jan 23rd 7:00p to 8:30p
Wondering what exactly all those 13 year-olds have been learning as they become Jewish adults? Hungry to explore foundations of Jewish living, key concepts in Judaism, and what Judaism has to say on the “big questions,” like the afterlife, sex, spirituality, and social justice? Looking to learn from a wide variety of Jewish texts while building relationships with other CDT members? Then this class is for you! Our class will meet weekly on Sunday evenings for approximately 20 sessions, with breaks for holidays. Outside sessions, participants will have the opportunity to learn how to leyn from Torah, lead parts of a Shabbat service, and/or give a d’var Torah. Members may choose to honor their learning through an “Adult B’nei Mitzvah Shabbat” in June, but the nature of our celebration will be up to our group. Please visit the CDT website under “Learning→Adult Education” to register, and feel free to email Emmanuel at e.cantor@dorsheitzedek.org with any questions. -
Monday ,
JanJanuary 24 , 2022Torah Study with Rabbinic Intern Emmanuel Cantor
Monday, Jan 24th 8:00a to 9:00a
Start your week with Torah Study! Join Emmanuel to explore a weekly Torah portion, discovering its connections to our lives and to the social, emotional, and spiritual questions of our day. -
Tuesday ,
JanJanuary 25 , 2022Mindful Mornings
Tuesday, Jan 25th 8:30a to 9:15a
This twice-weekly gathering combines guided and silent meditation to develop our capacity for mindful awareness and to cultivate qualities of patience, gratitude, and compassion. -
Tuesday ,
JanJanuary 25 , 2022Tuesday Religious School
Tuesday, Jan 25th 3:00p to 6:00p
Zmanim
| Alot Hashachar | 5:41am |
| Earliest Tallit | 6:14am |
| Netz (Sunrise) | 7:09am |
| Latest Shema | 9:32am |
| Zman Tefillah | 10:20am |
| Chatzot (Midday) | 11:56am |
| Mincha Gedola | 12:20pm |
| Mincha Ketana | 2:44pm |
| Plag HaMincha | 3:44pm |
| Shkiah (Sunset) | 4:44pm |
| Tzeit Hakochavim | 5:29pm |
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