Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder is Boulder's Unorthodox Orthodox Rabbi. He is committed to deep davening, deep learning, and deep bowling, when opportunity arises. His teachings emanate from immersion in Rebbe Nachman, Rav Kook, and a wide range of other influences both inside and outside of the Torah world. Rabbi Gavriel believes, more than anything, that we have to be real with ourselves, each other, and Hashem. He lives with his wife and three adorable kids in Boulder.
Prayer Services - Kabbalat Shabbat
Traditional Mechitza
Marc Gitler,
Gavriel Goldfeder
Energetic traditional davening with songs and depth that also happens to have a mechitzah, be in Hebrew, and include all parts of a traditional service.
Prayer Services - Shabbat Morning
Traditional Mechitza
Marc Gitler,
Gavriel Goldfeder
Energetic traditional davening with songs and depth that also happens to have a mechitzah, be in Hebrew, and include all parts of a traditional service.
Torah and Relationships: Part I
One of the great difficulties in relationship is what is called enmeshment. That's when our needs, wants, shortcomings, weaknesses and power get so tangled up in each other that it leaves us almost powerless to be real, alive, happy, and truly intimate. This enmeshment is called mitzrayim - Egypt - and the story of the Exodus is the story of leaving enmeshment and moving toward true freedom - freedom to love and be loved.
Prayer Services - Saturday Afternoon
Traditional Mechitza
Marc Gitler,
Gavriel Goldfeder
Energetic traditional davening with songs and depth that also happens to have a mechitzah, be in Hebrew, and includes all parts of a traditional service.
Prayer Services - Sunday Morning
Traditional Mechitza
Marc Gitler,
Gavriel Goldfeder
Energetic traditional davening with songs and depth that also happens to have a mechitzah, be in Hebrew, and includes all parts of a traditional service.
Torah and Relationships: Part II
There are two kinds of structure - structure that limits us, and structure that helps us grow. Whereas Egypt is the structure that limits, the Mishkan is a structure that helps us grow. The mishkan - the traveling Temple that the Jews built and maintained in the wilderness after leaving Egypt - represents a structure of relationship that taps into our deepest talents and combines them with beauty and grace. Each of the vessels in the Mishkan represents an essential aspect of how we coexist, and a bit of digging will reveal essential lessons and guidance in those areas.
Keva and Kavanah
Tensions between the Structured and the Spontaneous
Gavriel Goldfeder,
Marc Soloway
Oy, there are so many words to say in traditional Jewish prayer! Do we really need them all? Isn't our intention and feeling more important than saying everything in the right order? The delicate dance between structure and spontaneity has been at the core of understanding what it means to pray for over 2000 years. Using rabbinic, contemporary and Hassidic texts, Gavriel and Marc, an Orthodox rabbi and a Conservative rabbi from Boulder, will explore this dynamic tension and perhaps even help our love life with the Divine.
Prayer Services - Sunday Mincha and Maariv
Traditional Mechitza
Marc Gitler,
Gavriel Goldfeder
Energetic traditional davening with songs and depth that also happens to have a mechitzah, be in Hebrew, and include all parts of a traditional service.
Prayer Services - Monday Shacharit
Traditional Mechitza
Marc Gitler,
Gavriel Goldfeder
Energetic traditional davening with songs and depth that also happens to have a mechitzah, be in Hebrew, and include all parts of a traditional service.
