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Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue is an inclusive spiritual community practicing an evolving Judaism as a path to awakening. We foster a Jewish spirituality for all ages that support each individual, is realized in community, and manifests itself in our world as peaceful acts of greater compassion and love.

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This is a very difficult Passover, as we pray for the return of the hostages and we endure antisemitism from all sides of the political spectrum. What can we do during this time? We show up for each other, open up conversations, stand with our kids, and challenge the binary narrative in our country. As Rabbi Hillel said, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?"

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Learnings From The Trail

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 26:13

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Moses & Herzl, Lives of Prophets

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 24:48

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The Ten Commandments

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 32:14

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After October 7th

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 18:51

Chanukah Shabbat Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 4:22

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Chant Shabbat Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 11:05

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Souls in Kabbalah

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 14:02

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Conscientious Objectors

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 28:01

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Music and Spirituality

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 15:54

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To Lovingly Rebuke

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2023 22:09

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Joshua Chosen to Replace Moses, and Different Types of Leadership

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 13:58

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Scouting Our Inner Landscape

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023 13:49

scouting inner landscape

An Expanding Priestly Blessing

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 27:00

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BaMidbar - In the Desert

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 19:48

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The Three Pillars of Jewish Meditation

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 13:46

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What We Leave Behind

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 18:35

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The Truth About Hamantaschen

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2023 22:25

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Be a Holy People to Me

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 28:38

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Parashat B'shalach (The Song of the Sea)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 13:32

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In the Silent Wilderness

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 24:35

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Biladai - Joseph's No-Self Awakening

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 17:25

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Origins, Traditions and Mystical Nature of Chanukah

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 18:58

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Chanukah Reflections

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 7:43

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The Rabbi's Divorce Announcement

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 20:48

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The Normalization of antisemitism

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 39:44

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You Shall Be A Blessing

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 24:02

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One Word, Layers of Meaning

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 27:18

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God 2.0, an evolution

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 14:37

Rabbi Olivier deconstructs for us old notions about God that no longer serve us.

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The Miracle of Now

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2022 22:18

Kate Elias' D'var on Deuteronomy

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 13:58

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A Kabbalistic Take on Balak and Balaam

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 28:03

We are beings of light dressed up in the garment of skins that we inhabit...

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At the Edge of a Precipice...

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 22:00

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The Day the Rabbi Became a Rabbi

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 19:47

The radical present reality of our holiness...

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Rabbi Olivier as Guest Speaker for CSL

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2022 23:18

Rabbi Olivier speaks on Psalm 100: A song for a thanksgiving offering.

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Parashat BaMidbar: The Jewish Home is a Divided Home

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 18:34

Every tribe has something to contribute in the wilderness...

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The Shemitah and the Jubilee

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 11:36

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Our new Torah and Israel's Independence

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 9:56

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Parshat Ki Teitzei

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2016 17:57

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Parashat Va'Etchanan: The Ten Pronouncements

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2016 31:39

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Silent retreats & Transformational moments

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2016 7:16

silent transformational retreats

Yod Hey Vav Hey, breath of God, and climate change

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2016 15:20

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