Episode 1: What Happens Between Shabbatot?

What makes Shabbat feel like Shabbat? In the first episode of Between Two Shabbatot, Hazzan Noam reflects on the sounds and spaces that shape how a congregation gathers: the story behind a recent packed Friday night in the chapel, what happens in the week between two Shabbatot, and the quiet work of reading what each gathering needs. Plus a conversation with Rabbi Ari Averbach about how he prepares for each week, drawing inspiration from the Talmud, Stephen Sondheim, and the Smashing Pumpkins. Between Two Shabbatot is a weekly podcast from Temple Etz Chaim in Thousand Oaks, California, hosted by Hazzan Noam Fields-Meyer Gould. Questions and thoughts welcome at [email protected].