Rabbi Jill’s Latest Blog Posts
Mindfulness, Poetry, Prayer and Song to Open Hearts
At our beautiful all-day retreat last Shabbat, “A Mindful Journey Through Shabbat” we did a morning of chant/kavannah/music/silence. As leaders, we chose several key prayers (only a few) from the morning Shabbat service and went deeper into each one. For example, we started with Modah/Modeh Ani, which means “Grateful/Thankful am I” and offered a brief …
Take A Snow Day (or even a Snow Moment)
There’s something about really bad weather (like blizzards) that are so freeing. No matter what your plans are, your meetings and appointments, if you can’t get out of the driveway, you have to stay put. You are forced to “stay.” You can’t will yourself forward when the Big Snow says, “I don’t think so.” (I …
This Doesn’t Feel Like Holy Ground
I don’t know how you are doing lately – but an awful lot of people I know are feeling overwhelmed, too busy, burdened by the energy of the season and many are struggling to walk through family illnesses and loss and economic difficulties. The end of the year often tends to be like this. Perhaps we …
A Mindful Journey Through Shabbat: One-day retreat
Saturday January 18, 2014 9:30 am – 6:30 pm at Leo Baeck Temple, West Los Angeles $125/person including lunch (special price for Leo Baeck Temple members – see registration link) Please join us for an all-day retreat that will open your heart and feed your soul. Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg and Rabbi Myriam Klotz are inspiring teachers …
Mindfulness Shabbat All-Day Retreat with Rabbi Sheila Weinberg, Rabbi Myriam Klotz and Rabbi Jill Zimmerman
Jewish Meditation, Yoga and Music with Rabbis Sheila Peltz Weinberg, Myriam Klotz and Jill Zimmerman (and others) Saturday January 18, 2014 9:30 am – 6:30 pm at Leo Baeck Temple, West Los Angeles $125/person including lunch We are beyond excited to offer a day that will surely be an unforgettable experience. Rabbis Weinberg and Klotz, …
Celebration of Light: Shabbat morning meditation and music
Shabbat morning of celebrating the light: heart-opening music, meditation, and learning. with Cantor Ken Cohen and Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Saturday November 30 9:30 – 11:00 at private home in West Los Angeles Space is limited. Please write for more information: rabbijillz@gmail.com
Hanukkah Candles Meditation
Here is a wonderful Hanukkah Candles Meditation I learned from my teacher Rabbi Jordan Bendat-Appel. This is my interpretation and some additions. (To hear Jordan’s original video teaching, see the link below.) Meditation 1. Before you light the candles, arrange everything: menorah, candles and matches, blessing. 2. Sit for a few moments in the darkness, …
Fire in the Living Room! What I Know For Sure.
You may have heard about the recently released “disastrous” Pew study* of Jewish life. I’ve been on several conference calls where you could hear the wringing of hands. Why is the professional liberal Jewish world panicking? It’s a wide-ranging study covering many topics but here are a few of the numbers that are causing the …
