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 memo...
12 Dec 202427min
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 se...
5 Dec 202425min
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 traditio...
28 Nov 202428min
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 Bu...
21 Nov 202427min
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 ...
15 Nov 202427min
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 cont...
7 Nov 202427min
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 epis...
31 Okt 202427min
