EPISODE · Jun 10, 2026 · 17 MIN
Episode 2: Be the Minyan
from Between Two Shabbatot · host Hazzan Noam
What happens to prayer when it leaves the building? In this episode, Hazzan Noam explores the world of weekday minyan — from Sunday mornings in a congregant's living room to Monday and Wednesday evenings on Zoom — and what it means to show up for practice, not performance. He talks with longtime regulars about why they keep coming back, and reflects on the difference between hol and Shabbat: the bound and the expansive, the petitionary and the praise. Plus a conversation with Chaplain Benny Sommerfeld — engineer, pluralist, basso profundo, and Swedish lox enthusiast — about chaplaincy, showing up for mourners, and what it means to be a minyan for someone else.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].
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What happens to prayer when it leaves the building? In this episode, Hazzan Noam explores the world of weekday minyan — from Sunday mornings in a congregant's living room to Monday and Wednesday evenings on Zoom — and what it means to show up for practice, not performance. He talks with longtime regulars about why they keep coming back, and reflects on the difference between hol and Shabbat: the bound and the expansive, the petitionary and the praise. Plus a conversation with Chaplain Benny Sommerfeld — engineer, pluralist, basso profundo, and Swedish lox enthusiast — about chaplaincy, showing up for mourners, and what it means to be a minyan for someone else.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].
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