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The Hope of Injustice
Rabbi Rami Avraham Efal gave the following talk before the Zen buddhist sangha of Beacon Zen Temple in Beacon, New York, in Adar I 5784 / March 2024. It was centered on the teachings in “Outline of Practice” from The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma, translated by Red Pine. The talk touches on meditation and awareness practice in light of the Hamas massacre in Israel in 10/7/2023 and the destruction in Gaza by the Israeli army that followed. It opens and closes with niggunim, hassidic melodic practice.
Days of Awe 5784
Prayer, music, meditation for the deep portal that is the Days of Awe, High Holidays 5784 in Waltham, MA USA
Ma’a’gal Ki’nah / Grief Ritual for Tisha b'Av 5783
9 (Tisha) b’Av, an online grief ritual event, open to all. 7/26/2023 7:30-9:30pm ET.
Peacemaker Prayer of Rabbi Nachman
The Peacemaker Prayer by Rabbi Nahman is an incantation for planetary peace and affirmation of non-dual reality. Here in Hebrew and English.
Passage Practices: Casting Away of Remnants, Blessing of the Dwelling Place & Prayer of the Road
How awareness practices during times of passage bring insight into impermanence, empathy to those experiencing displacement & homelessness, and face ancestral trauma that has been trapped in physical spaces & bodies for generations.
Rain Falls Equally: Summary of Shemini Atzeret Meditation & Prayer Mini-Retreat (5783)
Report from a mini-retreat of silent meditation, dveykus music and council practice for the Hebrew holiday, integrating personal, collective, ancestral and ecological significance, closing this season of the Hebrew holidays.