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Pause in the midst of your busy day to renew your body, heart, mind and spirit with a Jewishly-framed mindfulness meditation from the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. In each episode, hosted by Rabbi Marc Margolius, an expert Jewish meditation instructor guides you through a brief teaching and meditation for relaxing your body, reconnecting with your authentic self, and connecting you with deep Jewish wisdom. Opening and closing music: “Baby Bird Niggun,” by Aly Halpert, used with permission.

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    • Jun 2, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 25m AVG DURATION
    • 82 EPISODES


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    Be Still and Know: Movement in the Stillness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 23:37


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on May 28, 2025. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Becoming a Vessel for Blessing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 23:51


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on May 21, 2025. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    The Gentle Covering: Atonement as Healing Practice

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 23:55


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on May 07, 2025. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    The Spiritual Power of Waiting

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 27:01


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on April 08, 2025. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    A Passover Meditation for Holding Bitter and Sweet, Tears and Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 25:51


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on April 09, 2025. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Enough is Enough

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 24:33


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on March 17, 2025. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Responding to Hate as a Vessel of Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 25:33


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on March 12, 2025. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Thawing Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 22:18


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on February 27, 2025. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Making Space for the Sacred in Turbulent Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 25:53


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on February 5, 2025. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Permission to Pause: What's in a Name?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 25:57


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on January 15, 2025. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Entering the Precious Circle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 23:35


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on January 03, 2025. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Unlocking the Light: Meeting the Darkness with Mindfulness

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 24:05


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on December 23, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Sunrise, Sunset, Sunrise, Sunset

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 24:30


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during a free IJS Meditation Sit on November 13th, 2024. To join these FREE meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    A Blessing for Entering the Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 28:53


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during a free IJS Meditation Sit on November 6th, 2024. To join these FREE meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Sukkot: Finding Joy in Impermanence

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 25:19


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on October 14, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Holding our Heartbreak on October 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 26:30


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on October 7, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Being a Living Amen: Showing Up for Life, Moment by Moment

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 27:17


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on September 16, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Finding Shelter in the Storm

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 22:53


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on September 9, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Holding Heartbreak in Silence

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 26:30


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on September 3, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Sight and Insight: the 'I' as a Mask and a Window

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 22:59


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on August 29, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Making Space to Respond, Not React

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 28:25


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on August 22, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Full Moon, Full Hearts in Av: Practicing with Shema

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024 26:51


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on August 19, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    When the Walls Fall in

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 28:06


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on July 24, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Deveikut ("Cleaving"): Grounding our Lives in Awareness of the Divine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 25:07


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on July 17, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Sitting into Shabbat

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 22:24


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on July 12, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    No Degrees of Separation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 25:32


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on July 11, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Sitting into Tammuz: Holding our Heartbreak with Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 26:36


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on July 8, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Putting God at the Center, Meeting the Truth of Each Moment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 28:55


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on July 2, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Soothing Ourselves in the Wilderness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 25:16


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on June 17, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    To and Fro: Connecting with Divine, Through High and Low

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 26:10


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on June 7, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Uniting the Letters in Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 27:13


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on Thursday June 6, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Exploring the Wilderness Within

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 25:45


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on June 4, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Being a Living Halleluyah: Practicing Praise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 24:35


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on May 31, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Love, Persevering

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 24:41


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on May 15, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Showing Up, Moment by Moment

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 25:09


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place on May 13, 2024 during Shevet: A Mindfulness Community for Young Adults, a weekly sit offered by IJS specifically for those in their 20s and 30s. To join these FREE weekly meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Entering a Month of Healing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 24:17


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on May 8, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Cultivating Compassion on Yom HaShoah

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 27:56


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on May 6, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Sitting at the Front Lines, with Love and Strength

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 25:52


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on March 18, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    A Case of Mistaken Identity

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 39:18


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on March 18, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Know Thyself

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 36:17


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on April 15, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Breaking Open, Birthing Liberation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 27:08


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on March 12, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Seeing the World Anew

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 26:16


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on April 8, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Holding the Cup of Joy and the Cup of Tears

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 24:46


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on March 12, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    God Is ...This

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 24:54


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on April 1, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Finding our Purpose, Finding Joy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 25:37


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on March 12, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    The Wisdom of Silence: Spring Awakening

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 27:18


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on March 19, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Basking in the Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 27:34


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place on March 18, 2024 during Shevet: A Mindfulness Community for Young Adults, a weekly sit offered by IJS specifically for those in their 20s and 30s. To join these FREE weekly meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Every Moment is a Question Posed to Us by God

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 24:25


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on March 12, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Spiritual Cardiology: Cultivating a Giving Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 25:27


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on March 4, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    What Comes Down Must Go Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 27:58


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on February 26, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.Full meditation series here.Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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    Trusting into Joy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 25:15


    The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on February 13, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here. Visit jewishspirituality.org to learn more about the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.

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