Awake with Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt
How do we stop and notice that incredible, holy things happen to us every day.
My name is Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt and this is Awake - finding the holy in the every day. On this show, I bring the teachings from Jewish mystical texts into everyday life in less than 10 minutes. When you listen, I hope you will take a few minutes to pause and to open yourself to the possibility that holiness, connection and presence are around us all of the time.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 32
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
"A Little Light In A Very Dark Time"
The past few months have been brutal. As I was at the cemetery burying a beloved congregant who passed from COVID-19, I was reminded of a passage in the Zohar, about homecomings.
00:08:55 |
Tue 28 Apr 2020
“The Things That Give Us Structure”
As I’ve been recording this podcast in my house, I’ve been thinking about the things that give us structure during times of chaos. This week, I found it in a Torah portion in the book of Leviticus.
00:07:40 |
Tue 21 Apr 2020
"Guilt Is The Seed Of Change"
My daughter recently got into an argument with some of her friends. We had a long conversation, and we got to talking about the difference between shame and guilt.
00:05:50 |
Tue 14 Apr 2020
"The World Upside Down"
Over the last few weeks in quarantine I have been working on my headstand. I've noticed that this is a perfect parallel to where we are in the world right now.
00:06:59 |
Tue 07 Apr 2020
"Taking Time To Discover The Self"
In the time we live, taking time to discover the self and develop a spiritual practice is more difficult than ever. In the midst of our daily chaos, we must take the time to ask ourselves: Who am I?
00:06:31 |
Tue 31 Mar 2020
"We All Need Moments Of Redemption"
This week I've been thinking a lot about redemption. This reminds me of the story of Moses parting the Red Sea and the formula that the Torah gives us for noticing redemption in our lives.
00:10:19 |
Tue 24 Mar 2020
"Being A Witness To The Other"
One of the holiest parts of my partnership with my co-Rabbi Aaron Alexander is watching the other in moments of tremendous joy or pain with a congregant. This is a story of how I recently witnessed t…
00:07:49 |
Tue 17 Mar 2020
"I'm Ready To Walk Out Of Here"
As I spoke with the teens at Adas about some of the big issues they are facing regarding gun violence and climate change, I was reminded of the story of Exodus, the final plague and what it means to …
00:06:05 |
Tue 10 Mar 2020
“Two Different Sides Of Ourselves”
Last night after dinner, I was craving a sweet. After enjoying a chocolate chip cookie, and then immediately wanting more, I thought about the yetzer hatov and yetzer hara, and the need to find balan…
00:08:29 |
Tue 03 Mar 2020
“I’m Drowning in Spaghetti”
As I spent time with a congregant who was recovering from an illness, she told me that she was drowning in spaghetti.
00:05:59 |
Mon 17 Feb 2020
“How Will I Ever Learn Everything I Need To Know?”
As we were walking home one crisp evening, my son asked me, “Mom - How will I ever learn everything I need to know?”
00:04:22 |
Mon 17 Feb 2020
“God Was In This Place And I Didn’t Know It”
In the story of Jacob’s Ladder, we can learn how to zoom out from that focus, look at the big picture, and find God in the every day.
00:06:55 |
Mon 17 Feb 2020
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