Porous. Granular.
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.
Nondual Readings in the Talmud March 5784 Series
Over three evenings Rabbi Rami Avraham Efal met with practitioners to meditate, practice absorption using niggunim hassidic melodies, and dive into the wisdom of the Talmud, the 1500 year old tome of Jewish wisdom, through fresh nondual eyes. Reflecting on the story of Khuma Drops her Sleeve (Ketubot 65a:9) Gamliel and the Moons (Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 2:8,) and Reb Yossei Praying in a Ruin (Berakhot 3a:12.)
Nothing Depends on You.
Consciousness, Grief, Praise, and Awakening the Peacemaker. Appeared first in a shorter form as “The Gate of kina,” Rami’s talk at his rabbinic transmission & ordination ceremony from Aleph seminary on 26 Tevet 5784,1/7/2024 in Denver, Colorado, Turtle Island, USA.
Refuse to Clarify
Leonard Cohen speaks in 1964 about consciousness and the call of Judaism
The Jewish Monastic Project, A Concept Paper
Home-leaving, Beyond Nazir, Queering Normativity, and the Jewish Monastery
Tzohar: A Survey of Illumination
Meditation aid consisting of Talmudic, Kabbalistic and modern teachings on the single window of Noah’s Ark as a portal into mystery.
Days of Awe 5784
Prayer, music, meditation for the deep portal that is the Days of Awe, High Holidays 5784 in Waltham, MA USA
Song Circle for Tu b'Av 5783 Evening of Love & Awareness, 8/1/2023 8pm ET (online)
Tuesday 8/1/2023 8pm-9:30pm ET. An evening dedicated to the song of love of lovers, and love of awareness itself.
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.
Shiviti: Eheye Asher Eheye
Jewish meditation aid sourced in a mathematic fractal, plant medicine meditation, and the Torah.
Nine Consciousnesses of Smoke & Radiance
Refracting motifs in Sefer Yetzirah with the Zohar as meditation objects.
Being Pentecost
Sermon recorded on Pentecost & Shavuot, on bearing witness, weaving Christian and Jewish prayer, sources and communities, at Allen Temple AME Church, Mt. Vernon, NY USA 5/28/2023
Tending to the Ashkenazi Jewish Ancestral Pain-Body on Yom Hashoah 5783
Community Chanting, Prayer, and Listening-Sharing on Holocaust Memorial Day 5783, Tuesday 4/18/2023 7pm ET, Online