In this first Torah of Awakening Jewish Meditation Podcast episode, we explore the paradoxical practice of "acceptance" as a means toward "empowerment," rather than resignation and dispair – a crucial teaching for our time, based on the Torah reading, Parshat Tetzaveh. Includes guided meditation and Hebrew chanting.

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Aleph א Chant: "Ayn Sof"

אֶחָד וְאֵין יָחִיד כְּיִחוּדוֹ, נֶעְלָם וְגַם אֵין סוֹף לְאַחְדּוּתוֹ

Ekhad v’ayn yakhid k’yikhudo, Nelam v’gam ayn sof l’akhduto

One – and there is no oneness like the Divine Oneness, Incomprehensible and Infinite is Its Oneness!

-From "Yigdal" by Daniel ben Yehudah, 14th Century (Scale: b3, #4, b6, b7)

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0:00 Intro, Empowerment vs. Acceptance

2:00 Teaching on Parshat Tetzaveh

9:45 Aleph א - description, pose, affirmation/kavanah

11:06 Aleph א Chant: " "Ayn Sof" (see words above)

15:33 Guided Integral Kabbalah Meditation - Three Portals

22:00 Quiet meditation with piano

27:37 Chant, Closing