Episode 362: Love at the Center - Shefa Gold

from Judaism Unbound · host Institute for the Next Jewish Future

Shefa Gold is an educator, composer, and spiritual leader whose music, teachings, and spiritual methodologies have influenced clergy, lay-leaders, and seekers around the world. She joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for the 5th episode in an ongoing series on Jewish spirituality, and together they explore the transformative potential of the Song of Songs (a biblical book whose central theme is love). They also immerse in forms of Jewish sacred-chant -- Gold brings some of those chants to our podcast in real time, and she also outlines why chant plays a key role in her methodology of transmitting Jewish wisdom.Register for Shefa Gold's course in the UnYeshiva, entitled The Call of Love: Reimagining Religion with Love at the Center, by heading to JudaismUnbound.com/love! To access full shownotes for this episode, click here. Also at that link, you can register for an info session (Wednesday, January 25th at 2:30 pm ET/11:30 am PT or Thursday, January 26th at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT) to learn more about our spring courses in the UnYeshiva.

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Shefa Gold is an educator, composer, and spiritual leader whose music, teachings, and spiritual methodologies have influenced clergy, lay-leaders, and seekers around the world. She joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for the 5th episode in an ongoing series on Jewish spirituality, and together they explore the transformative potential of the Song of Songs (a biblical book whose central theme is love). They also immerse in forms of Jewish sacred-chant -- Gold brings some of those chants to our podcast in real time, and she also outlines why chant plays a key role in her methodology of transmitting Jewish wisdom. Register for Shefa Gold's course in the UnYeshiva, entitled "The Call of Love: Reimagining Religion with Love at the Center," by heading to JudaismUnbound.com/love!

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