Weekly Meditation with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl
In these stormy times, take a few minutes each week to find your balance and nourish yourself with wisdom from Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, one of America’s foremost spiritual leaders.
Join IJS for a “Weekly Meditation with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl,” a short, weekly podcast featuring a brief, accessible, and engaging teaching and meditation based on the weekly Torah portion, an upcoming Jewish holiday, or wisdom from Jewish tradition.
In just a few minutes each week, Rabbi Buchdahl, Senior Rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City, will help you pause, breathe, and find balance and clarity to weather today’s storms and meet our personal and collective challenges with Jewish wisdom. Whether you are in your car, on a walk, or at home, join us to learn, nourish your spirit, and deepen your practice.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 31
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Loving our Own Bones
In this episode, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl explores the story of Moses' speech impediment and how it intersects with disability theology, drawing on Rabbi Julia Watts Belzer's book, "Loving Our Own Bones…
00:26:07 |
Thu 23 Jan 2025
“I Will Be What I Will Be" — Calling Upon God's Name
This week, as we begin the Book of Exodus — in Hebrew, the book of Shemot, or "names" — Rabbi Buchdahl explores the power of our own names and the names of the Divine. One of the most powerful names …
00:28:28 |
Thu 16 Jan 2025
The Not So Good Fortune
Join Rabbi Angela Buchdahl for a meditation based on her family's experience of visiting Japan and drawing her family's fortune for 2025 based on the Japanese tradition of Omikuji, or "sacred lots." …
00:26:12 |
Thu 09 Jan 2025
We Were Like Dreamers
In this episode, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl explores the power and significance of dreams, inspired by the story of Joseph from the Torah. The greatest dreamer in the Bible, Joseph's dreams foretell his r…
00:26:27 |
Thu 19 Dec 2024
A Visit From a Red-Tail Hawk
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl offers a teaching and meditation based on a red-tailed hawk's unexpected visit to her balcony, leading to a profound reflection on community and connection. The story evokes mem…
00:27:35 |
Thu 12 Dec 2024
Tefillah Is a Prayer That Can Be Answered
In this episode, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl reflects on the true meaning of prayer, contrasting the Western view of prayer as a petition to God with the Hebrew concept of Tefillah, which encourages deep s…
00:25:27 |
Thu 05 Dec 2024
Giving Thanks for Our Gifts
In this episode for Thanksgiving, Rabbi Buchdahl invites us to immerse in gratitude — especially for everyday blessings, from simple comforts to meaningful gifts received. She explores Jewish traditi…
00:28:12 |
Thu 28 Nov 2024
Choosing Where to Place Your Heart: Mindfulness in a World of Overwhelm
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl reflects on the overwhelming weight of personal and global worries, from family concerns to worldwide crises, and the dangers of living consumed by the news. Drawing on Oliver B…
00:27:52 |
Thu 21 Nov 2024
Gam zeh l'tovah: Finding Peace in Life's Challenges
In this episode, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl offers a moment of stillness and reflection amid the noise of the world. Drawing on the story of Rabbi Nachum Ish Gamzu, a 2nd-century Jewish sage known for his…
00:27:18 |
Fri 15 Nov 2024
Choosing Mindfully, on Election Day and Beyond
Rabbi Angela Buchdahl offers a simple meditation and practice for meeting the stresses of the election season, by settling our nervous system, by discerning the aspects of the situation we cannot con…
00:27:30 |
Thu 07 Nov 2024
To You, Silence is Praise
According to the Psalmist, "lecha dumiyah tehillah — to You, silence is praise" (Psalm 65:2). But is silence really a part of Jewish spiritual practice? Isn't Judaism a practice of words? In this epi…
00:27:22 |
Thu 31 Oct 2024
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