Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

 

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (Reb Zalman) is widely recognized as one of the most important Jewish spiritual teachers of the second half of the twentieth century. Rabbi Zalman was ordained by Lubavitch Yeshivah Brooklyn in 1947. He received his M.A. from Boston University in Pastoral Psychology and his D.H.L. from the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Reb Zalman is also the author and co-author of many books. He is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Temple University and at Naropa University in Boulder, where he also held the title of World Wisdom Chair. He serves as the Rabbinic Chair of Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal and is the Founder and President of The Spiritual Eldering Institute. Reb Zalman’s teachings incorporate wide-ranging knowledge of the spiritual technology developed by peoples all over the planet, through prayer and meditation, counseling and mentoring, movement, song, storytelling and philosophical discourses.

Does God Understand English?

Traditonal Jewish prayer is recited in Lashon Kodesh, Hebrew. It is certainly a powerful, ancient language, but does this mean if we don't read or understand Hebrew, we cannot pray? Using some of his own English translations, written to be prayed out loud, as well as other sources, Reb Zalman will lead us through a discussion on praying in the vernacular.

HaBocher B'Shirei Zimra

Delighting in Soulful Song

Eve Ilsen, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Ritual & Prayer

How to sing a niggun. A niggun is a melody, whose repeated singing is a form of meditation and prayer. Together, Reb Zalman and Eve will take us on a harmonic journey through Hassidic niggunim that will soothe the soul and awaken us to the power of this musical, spiritual practice.

A Credo You Can Believe In

Text & Thought

The nature of faith and belief have changed dramatically in every generation and incarnation of Judaism and Jewish thought. Reb Zalman describes this as 'Paradigm Shift,' where what worked in one generation may need to be rethought for the next. Using Maimonides Thirteen Principles of Faith and comparing them to his own contemporary version, Reb Zalman will take us on a journey through the worlds of Jewish Philosophers, Hassidic thinkers and mystics, bringing us to a paradigm for our own age that has been the inspiration for Jewish Renewal and a changing relationship to spirituality and practice.

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