Season 1, Episode 3 | 36 min

Author, composer and performer of spiritual music, Rabbi Shefa Gold teaches workshops and retreats on the theory and art of Chanting, Meditation, Devotional Healing and Spiritual Community-Building. Currently, she is the director of C-DEEP, The Center for Devotional, Energy and Ecstatic Practice in Jemez Springs, New Mexico.

A leader in ALEPH: The Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Rabbi Shefa received her ordination both from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and from Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. By combining her grounding in Judaism with a background in Buddhist, Christian, Islamic and Native American spiritual traditions, Rabbi Shefa serves as a spiritual bridge in celebrating the shared path of love and devotion.

Today we discuss her enchantment with The Song of Songs, which she experiences as an “Initiation onto the Path of Love”. We explore the story the Song of Songs tells and the power of healing and connection it offers.

Publications:

• Torah Journeys: The Inner Path to the Promised Land
• In the Fever of Love: An Illumination of The Song of Songs
• The Magic of Hebrew Chant: Healing the Spirit, Transforming the Mind, Deepening Love
• Ten albums with Hebrew Chanting
• Liturgies for several new prayerbooks