Episode 20: Permission to Befriend the Text (with Daphna Rosenberg)
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Permission to Befriend the Text
This week, we are grateful to share this conversation with Daphna Rosenberg, one of the founders, composers, and leaders of the Nava Tehila prayer community in Jerusalem. Daphna’s journey takes us around the world and home again, with so much wisdom along the way, including a master class in creating and holding safe space for vulnerability through prayer. Daphna and Nava Tehila have transformed how liberal Jewish communities pray over the past 17 years; think of this like behind-the-music, but for t’fillah!
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(1:53) Learn more about Daphna Rosenberg here and Nava Tehilla here.
(2:38) Learn more about the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) here.
(2:43) Daven – pray.
(3:23) Learn more about Or Halev Center for Jewish Spirituality here.
(3:28) Learn more about Hadar’s Rising Song Institute here.
(3:24) Hevruta – חברותא – study and connection partners.
(4:46) Making aliyah – moving to Israel.
(5:20) Learn more about Sephardic, Ashkenazic, and Mizrachi Jews here.
(5:43) Shul – בית כנסת – synagogue.
(5:47) Chagim – חגים – holidays.
(5:57) Learn more about Kabbalat Shabbat here.
(6:19) Learn more about Yom Kippur here.
(6:28) Machzor – מחזור – special prayer book for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
(6:50) Birkat Hamazon – ברכת המזון – blessings at the end of the meal. Learn more here.
(7:15) Chazan – חזן – cantor. Learn more here.
(9:16) Listen to Mi Ha’Ish – מי האיש – here.
(12:12) Learn more about Francis of Assisi here.
(13:19) Listen to Yemin Hashem here.
(14:34) Am sgula – עם סגולה – chosen people.
(14:57) Learn more about Rabbi Ruth Gan Kagan here.
(14:59) Learn more about Rav Zalman Shachter-Shalomi here.
(17:07) Adonai hu haelohim – אדוני הוא האלוהים – Adonai is g?d. This line is chanted many times as part of the climatic end of the Yom Kippur service
(18:46) Aseh v’lo ta’aseh – עשה ולא תעשה – “to do” commandments and “not to do” commandments. Learn more here.
(21:46) Ein od milvado – אין עוד מלבדו – There is no one else.
(21:59) Kvodo maleh olam – כבודו מלא עולם – g?d’s holiness is everywhere.
(24:26) Trope – טעמים – the special cantillation for reading Torah. Learn more here.
(24:30) Learn more about Shavuot here.
(24:34) Aseret hadibrot – עשרת הדברות – Ten Commandments.
(25:12) Learn more about Simchat Torah here.
(25:36) Lo bashamayim hi – לא בשמים היא – The law is not in heaven. Learn more here.
(27:14) Learn more about Kabbalah here and Chasidut here.
(27:49) Pasuk – פסוק – verse.
(28:05) Click to listen to Asher Lo Hayam, Sham’ah Va-Tismach, Zamru (Havayah), B’amud Anaan, Y’cholel Ayalot, Lecha Dodi
(28:25) Tehila – תהילה – praise.
(30:24) Kol haneshama tehalel ya – כל הנשמה תהלל יה – All that has breath shall praise G?d.
(32:04) Heimish – Yiddish word for homey.
(33:17) Oneg – עונג – a festive gathering on Friday night after services.
(38:20) Learn more about Neo-Hasidism here.
(41:57) Kavanot – כוונות – giving a personal meaning to the prayer.
(42:10) Pshat – פשט – the literal meaning of a verse
(49:19) Chutzpah – חוצפה – gall / self-confidence.
(57:03) Check out our previous episodes on Modeh/Modah Ani and Shema.
(58:40) Listen to Shiviti here.