Shefa Gold: Judaism Unbound Episode 362 - Love at the Center
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. Together they explore the transformative potential of the Song of Songs (a biblical book whose central theme is love), and they 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.
[1] Did you listen to this episode and think “YES! This is exactly the teacher I’ve been looking for!?” Register for Shefa Gold’s UnYeshiva course, beginning in early February 2023, by heading to JudaismUnbound.com/love.
[2] Learn more about our other UnYeshiva courses being offered this spring (all beginning in early February), by heading to JudaismUnbound.com/classes. Register for an info session (January 25th or 26th), to learn more about all of our UnYeshiva courses, by clicking here.
[3] Immerse in Shefa Gold’s teachings and chants by heading to RabbiShefaGold.com. Download her Flavors of Gratefulness app here, explore her Eight Functions of Consciousness in a Spiritual Group via this link, and sign up to join her KZoom gatherings of sacred-chant (online) by clicking here.
[4] Gold refers to an initiative from the Institute for Jewish Spirituality that looks at prayer as practice. Entitled the “Prayer Project,” you can learn more about it here.
[5] For a past Judaism Unbound conversation that dives into the Song of Songs, see Bonus Episode: Elul #3 - What’s Love Got to Do With It? (The Song of Songs).
[6] Gold recommends a translation and commentary of The Song of Songs, written by Michael Fishbane, which explores this text on all four levels of traditional Jewish interpretation. You can purchase it via this link.
