Consider subscribing to Rabbi Shefa’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eHYlx6H7hsWN0o89ti4aQ/.
Finding Calm in the Psalms (8/9/24)
Central Synagogue Podcast (22 min.)
Rabbi Shefa Gold describes to Rabbi Andrew Kaplan Mandel of Central Synagogue how her setting of “Ashrei” from Psalm 84 helps her enter the house of the Eternal.
The Betrothal Chant: Seven channels of commitment, IJS Meditation Sit 8/6/24
Devekut Teaching from an IJS Meditation Sit 7/17/24
Wild Women
A film by Cécile Mavet (2022 – 90 minutes)
Guided by the words of four women Cécile had filmed previously and who have all dedicated their lives to various forms of spirituality, Cécile embarks on a mysterious inner adventure on the borders of solitude and nature. Rabbi Shefa was one of the four women. You can view the film’s trailer. As of April 2024, the film (in French, English, Dutch, and Italian) is available on DVD (European format) or to rent worldwide (in French, English, and Arabic) through Dérives.
Nourish Your Soul: Re-dedicate Your Inner Temple (a CCAR webinar; December, 2023)
Revolutionary Optimism Podcast: The Path of Love as the Foundation for Revolutionary Optimism (July, 2023)
Judaism Unbound Podcast #362 (2023)
Listen to Rabbi Shefa talk (~1 hour) about the Song of Songs and Hebrew chanting.
Invitation to SOULIFT (2023)
Solstice Meditation:
Institute for Jewish Spirituality (IJS)
December 21, 2020
Today’s meditation for the winter solstice focused on resting in love by Rabbi Shefa Gold.
Daily Mindfulness Meditation 12.21.2020 with Rabbi Shefa Gold
Song of Songs:
Healing the Spirit, Transforming the Mind, Deepening Love
November 3, 2020
In a conversation author, composer and performer of spiritual music, Rabbi Shefa Gold discusses her enchantment with THE SONG OF SONGS, an “Initiation onto the Path of Love”. She and Debra Sofia explore the story it tells and the power of healing and connection it offers us.
Kabbalah 99 Podcast: Season 1, Episode 3
Honoring Hosen
Bodhi Manda Zen Center
August 29, 2020
Rabbi Shefa sings for Hosen’s Fortieth Year Celebration at the Bodhi Manda Zen Center Fifty Year Vision Virtual Fundraiser
An Introduction to Chanting
A recording of a webinar presented by American Conference of Cantors.
Torah Talk:
Parshat Vayetze with Rabbi Shefa Gold
12/5/19
The Jewish Journal presents Torah Talk with Shmuel Rosner. In this format, a rabbi and Rosner dialogue about the Torah portion for several minutes. These conversations, available online, have an element of spontaneity. To view this discussion with Rabbi Shefa, visit the Jewish Journal website. (From this page you can also access other Torah Talks related to this parshat. To view other Torah Talk discussions, click Podcasts > Rosner Torah Talks.)
An Evolve Conversation:
Foundations of Spiritual Practice
3/26/19 (and also 11/21/19)
Rabbi Shefa participated in online discussions based on her article Cleaving to God – A Jewish Way of Prayer. To read Rabbi Shefa’s article, go to Cleaving to God at this website or at Evolve’s website. You can watch a recording of the March conversation here: https://vimeo.com/326892147/e26167eb22 (approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes).
SOULIFT Video
In this video, Rabbi Shefa shares her inspiration for developing SOULIFT.
You can also view the video on YouTube.
Thanksgiving Pie Blessing Song
This is a song that Shefa and Rachmiel sing at Thankgiving. She states: … “the Thanksgiving song that was inspired by my mother-in-law. Well, I won her over with this blessing.” For the lyrics, see the Thanksgiving Song page.
To listen to the song, use the audio player. To download the audio file, right-click the note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.
Thanksgiving Pie Blessing Song
Podcast about Chanting
11/7/17 Hashivenu Episode 4: Chanting
Rabbi Shefa talks about chanting in this 30-minute podcast:
Chanting podcast
Gratefulness Workshop
11/29/15 at B’nai Zion Congregation in Shreveport, LA
Gratefulness is the foundation of our spiritual practice. Our liturgy teaches us that the very first words uttered each morning are to be words of thanksgiving. Our morning prayer of gratefulness is designed to open our hearts and energize us to step onto the path of Holiness. Yet so often we get caught in the habits of complaint. We lose sight of the miracle of each moment. Our enthusiasm, inspiration, receptivity and generosity are eclipsed by the stresses of Life. When we fall prey to the cynicism and jadedness of the dominant culture, we lose the opened-eyed innocence and radical amazement that is necessary for the Life of Gratefulness. In this workshop we explore this quality in our lives and learn practices that cultivate, nurture and refine our ability to feel and express gratefulness. We use the practices of chant and holy conversation to uncover the obstacles to gratefulness and learn how to deal with our particular challenge(s).
Start Time for the workshop: 5:30 minutes in. The whole workshop lasts about an hour and a half.
Alternatively, to watch at YouTube.com where it starts to play at 5:30 minutes in, click https://youtu.be/n4Y25X4gUnI?t=5m30s.
Generosity Video
“Increasing the flow of loving-kindness within us”
For Generosity Week 2015 sponsored by the Mussar Institute, Rabbi Shefa talks about the story in Exodus where God asks the people to offer gifts from the heart and to create a Mikdash (a sanctuary, a holy place) for God to dwell in their midst. The people responded so enthusiastically that they had to be told to stop giving. Their desire was great and they responded with overwhelming generosity. Visit the Mussar Institute for their programs and resources.
Video from The Wandering Jew
In 2010, the Wandering Jew came to the Albuquerque Sacred Hebrew Chant Group: The EnChanted Circle held at Nahalat Shalom. You can read the blog posting from this visit and watch the interview with Rabbi Shefa and the chant group led by Rabbi Shefa.