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New Jewish Mindfulness Classes May 2015 Los Angeles

April 30, 2015 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Leave a Comment

Meditation & Mindfulness Through a Jewish Lens Three Monday evenings 7 pm - 8:30 pm West Los Angeles CA (location at sign-up) May 4 • May 11 • May 18 Specific Jewish meditation practices will be taught and time to sit. We will incorporate Jewish teachings as well as poetry and music. $72 (limit: 15 people) For info: Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Continue Reading

Walking the Jewish Spiritual Path: Sacred Texts, Poetry and Mindfulness Practices

April 17, 2015 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Leave a Comment

starts Sunday April 19 3 Session Jewish Spiritual Journey Class with Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Sundays April 19, 26; May 3 9:45 am - 11:15 am Valley Village, CA (Temple Beth Hillel) We will focus on “journey.” This three session course is an opportunity to explore in more depth some of the central themes of journey: deciding to leave what is known, the Continue Reading

“May You Be Blessed On Your Journey” Day 7

April 10, 2015 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Leave a Comment

(Journey of the Soul: Making the Omer Count is a project of Rabbi Cindy Enger and Rabbi Jill Zimmerman. As Pesach moves to its close, so does the first week of the Omer. Beginnings and endings are powerful times. On this day, we arrive at the ending of this first part of our pilgrimage together and prepare to cross over into the next stage of our Continue Reading

Waking Up: Am I Present? Am I “enough?”

April 6, 2015 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Leave a Comment

Welcome to the third day of Journey of the Soul. We* continue with this week’s kavannah (intention) Waking Up Journey of the Soul: Making the Omer Count On day one, we wrote of God’s call of Ayeka (Where are you?) to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:9) In response to this question of existential condition, the Torah tells us that Adam and Continue Reading

That Kind of Day

March 9, 2015 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Leave a Comment

There’s one line that always has me gasp in recognition. In the excerpt from "Snake Talk" from the Traveling Jewish Theater the author details the many difficulties of one day: "The ground opens up, the wind blows, a branch hits you in the head, you trip on stones, you twist your ankle, your heart breaks, you've got to fold the laundry and they have closed Continue Reading