Kerith Spencer Shapiro
@kerithsings.bsky.social
Cantor
Meditation teacher
Ritual
Coach / spiritual direction
www.cantorkss.com
www.cantorkss.com/retreats
Meditation teacher
Ritual
Coach / spiritual direction
www.cantorkss.com
www.cantorkss.com/retreats
✨ Coming 9/17 on Patreon ✨
I’ll be sharing a Teshuvah Meditation — weaving teaching, niggun, and guided practice into a journey of acknowledgement, acceptance, accountability, and transformation.
🌿 Join me there to support this work and deepen your practice:
👉
www.patreon.com/cantorkerith
I’ll be sharing a Teshuvah Meditation — weaving teaching, niggun, and guided practice into a journey of acknowledgement, acceptance, accountability, and transformation.
🌿 Join me there to support this work and deepen your practice:
👉
www.patreon.com/cantorkerith
September 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
✨ Coming 9/17 on Patreon ✨
I’ll be sharing a Teshuvah Meditation — weaving teaching, niggun, and guided practice into a journey of acknowledgement, acceptance, accountability, and transformation.
🌿 Join me there to support this work and deepen your practice:
👉
www.patreon.com/cantorkerith
I’ll be sharing a Teshuvah Meditation — weaving teaching, niggun, and guided practice into a journey of acknowledgement, acceptance, accountability, and transformation.
🌿 Join me there to support this work and deepen your practice:
👉
www.patreon.com/cantorkerith
Join me over at #insighttimer for a 14-day Mindfully Jewish New Year’s challenge. 14 days. 90 seconds of mindfulness per day.
#jewsky
#jewishspirituality
#neohasidic
#happychanukah
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December 28, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Join me over at #insighttimer for a 14-day Mindfully Jewish New Year’s challenge. 14 days. 90 seconds of mindfulness per day.
#jewsky
#jewishspirituality
#neohasidic
#happychanukah
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#jewsky
#jewishspirituality
#neohasidic
#happychanukah
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What is Joseph’s core attribute? Forgiveness…
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#jewishspirituality #shabbatshalom
#forgiveness
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#forgiveness
The Essence of Joseph - Cantor Kerith Spencer-Shapiro - December 19, 2024 - Wilshire POV
This week we begin the Joseph saga in our Torah. Chanukah may seem like an unlikely time to think about forgiveness. The author, Stephen Mitchell, associates Joseph’s journey and character with the qu...
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December 21, 2024 at 1:11 AM
What is Joseph’s core attribute? Forgiveness…
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#jewishspirituality #shabbatshalom
#forgiveness
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#jewishspirituality #shabbatshalom
#forgiveness
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"When my cares multiply within me, Your comfort soothes my soul." (Psalm 94:19)
Midweek can feel overwhelming, but Wednesday's Psalm 94 reminds us that even in the chaos, comfort is near. Pause today to breathe, reflect, and find moments that soothe your soul.
Midweek can feel overwhelming, but Wednesday's Psalm 94 reminds us that even in the chaos, comfort is near. Pause today to breathe, reflect, and find moments that soothe your soul.
December 18, 2024 at 2:05 PM
"When my cares multiply within me, Your comfort soothes my soul." (Psalm 94:19)
Midweek can feel overwhelming, but Wednesday's Psalm 94 reminds us that even in the chaos, comfort is near. Pause today to breathe, reflect, and find moments that soothe your soul.
Midweek can feel overwhelming, but Wednesday's Psalm 94 reminds us that even in the chaos, comfort is near. Pause today to breathe, reflect, and find moments that soothe your soul.
Reposted by Kerith Spencer Shapiro
A drash/vort I shared at Beit Kohenet Kabbalat Shabbat services on 12/5/2025
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I dreamt of dung beetles
Jacob got dreams of angels going up and down a ladder. But I get dung beetles.
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December 16, 2024 at 2:49 PM
A drash/vort I shared at Beit Kohenet Kabbalat Shabbat services on 12/5/2025
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🎥✨ Facing Uncertainty with Mindfulness ✨🎥
This short video offers a mindful moment inspired by a teaching from Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg, a pioneer in Jewish spirituality and mindfulness practices.
#jewsky #JewishSpirituality
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This short video offers a mindful moment inspired by a teaching from Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg, a pioneer in Jewish spirituality and mindfulness practices.
#jewsky #JewishSpirituality
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A Mindful Jewish Moment for Facing Uncertainty
YouTube video by Kerith Spencer-Shapiro
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December 13, 2024 at 10:15 PM
🎥✨ Facing Uncertainty with Mindfulness ✨🎥
This short video offers a mindful moment inspired by a teaching from Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg, a pioneer in Jewish spirituality and mindfulness practices.
#jewsky #JewishSpirituality
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This short video offers a mindful moment inspired by a teaching from Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg, a pioneer in Jewish spirituality and mindfulness practices.
#jewsky #JewishSpirituality
youtu.be/vSzXpq11G90?...
Reposted by Kerith Spencer Shapiro
“Our responsibility to our forefathers is only to consult them, not to obey them. Our responsibility to our descendants is only to impart our most cherished experiences to them, but not to command them.”
-Mordecai Kaplan
-Mordecai Kaplan
December 12, 2024 at 10:44 PM
“Our responsibility to our forefathers is only to consult them, not to obey them. Our responsibility to our descendants is only to impart our most cherished experiences to them, but not to command them.”
-Mordecai Kaplan
-Mordecai Kaplan
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Today's #JewishBookMonth pick: WOMEN'S TORAH COMMENTARY (which has been a real Shekhinah-send for many of us and now available via Sefaria!)
December 11, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Today's #JewishBookMonth pick: WOMEN'S TORAH COMMENTARY (which has been a real Shekhinah-send for many of us and now available via Sefaria!)
Reposted by Kerith Spencer Shapiro
הֲרֵינִי מְקַבֵּל עָלַי | A kavvanah to love your fellow as yourself, before prayer (ca. 1572) opensiddur.org?p=18441
הֲרֵינִי מְקַבֵּל עָלַי | A kavvanah to love your fellow as yourself, before prayer (ca. 1572) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
A crucial intention to align one's davvenen practice with the command to love one's fellow as oneself per Leviticus 19:18, as recorded in Minhagei ha-Arizal–Petura d’Abba, p.3b by Ḥayyim Vital. . . .
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December 8, 2024 at 7:07 AM
הֲרֵינִי מְקַבֵּל עָלַי | A kavvanah to love your fellow as yourself, before prayer (ca. 1572) opensiddur.org?p=18441
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Resources shared for 🌐 Human Rights Day (December 10th) opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...
🌐 Human Rights Day (December 10th)
This is an archive of prayers composed for, or relevant to, the International Human Rights Day, honoring the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Un...
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December 11, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Resources shared for 🌐 Human Rights Day (December 10th) opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...
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This really speaks to a journey I've been on over the last year. Beautiful teachings, and the magic of Jewish learning, touching something so relevant to today from our past. Sorry I missed it. I hope I make it to Rabbi Leah teaching next week
The Piaseczno Rebbe, who served the Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto before being murdered in the Holocaust, left behind a legacy of teachings about compassion, kindness, and hope. In this class, Rabbi Rachael Bregman explains three key takeaways from his writings.
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Hope in the Warsaw Ghetto: Learning from the Piaseczno Rebbe | With Rabbi Rachael Bregman
YouTube video by LAASOK
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December 7, 2024 at 3:13 PM
This really speaks to a journey I've been on over the last year. Beautiful teachings, and the magic of Jewish learning, touching something so relevant to today from our past. Sorry I missed it. I hope I make it to Rabbi Leah teaching next week
Reposted by Kerith Spencer Shapiro
“Just Walk Beside Me” (לֵךְ פָּשׁוּט לְצִדִּי | امشي بجانبي | נאָר גיין לעבן מיר), lines from an unknown author circulating in 1970; Jewish adaptation with translations in Aramaic, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Arabic opensiddur.org?p=53418
"Just Walk Beside Me" (לֵךְ פָּשׁוּט לְצִדִּי | امشي بجانبي | נאָר גיין לעבן מיר), lines from an unknown author circulating in 1970; Jewish adaptation with translations in Aramaic, Hebrew, Yiddish, an...
Variations of the original three lines culminating with "...walk beside me..." first appear in high school yearbooks beginning in 1970. The earliest recorded mention we could find was in The Northern ...
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December 8, 2024 at 6:48 AM
“Just Walk Beside Me” (לֵךְ פָּשׁוּט לְצִדִּי | امشي بجانبي | נאָר גיין לעבן מיר), lines from an unknown author circulating in 1970; Jewish adaptation with translations in Aramaic, Hebrew, Yiddish, and Arabic opensiddur.org?p=53418
Join me and the Institute for Jewish Spirituality for online meditation on 12/18 9:30am Pacific. Register for free here: www.jewishspirituality.org/get-started/...
#jewsky #jewishspirituality #neohasidicwisdom
#jewsky #jewishspirituality #neohasidicwisdom
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December 10, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Join me and the Institute for Jewish Spirituality for online meditation on 12/18 9:30am Pacific. Register for free here: www.jewishspirituality.org/get-started/...
#jewsky #jewishspirituality #neohasidicwisdom
#jewsky #jewishspirituality #neohasidicwisdom
Thanks to #JewishwomenofLA for the shout out! And Shabbat shalom, friends. ✡️🧿🪬
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December 7, 2024 at 5:14 AM
Thanks to #JewishwomenofLA for the shout out! And Shabbat shalom, friends. ✡️🧿🪬
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"I feel most sure of my gender identity and presentation when it melds with my Jewish cultural identity."
How My Kippah Affirms My Trans Identity | Jewish Women's Archive
I feel most sure of my gender identity and presentation when it melds with my Jewish cultural identity.
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December 6, 2024 at 3:24 PM
"I feel most sure of my gender identity and presentation when it melds with my Jewish cultural identity."
Reposted by Kerith Spencer Shapiro
Reposted by Kerith Spencer Shapiro
תְּפִלָּה לִפְנֵי מַסַּע רִפּוּי | A Prayer Before Seeking Healing in a Psychedelic Journey, by Rabbi Zac Kamenetz opensiddur.org?p=59015
תְּפִלָּה לִפְנֵי מַסַּע רִפּוּי | A Prayer Before Seeking Healing in a Psychedelic Journey, by Rabbi Zac Kamenetz • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ
This "Prayer Before Seeking Healing in a Psychedelic Journey" by Zac Kamenetz was first published by the author to the Jewish Entheogenic Society group on Facebook, 1 December 2024. . . .
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December 5, 2024 at 9:26 PM
תְּפִלָּה לִפְנֵי מַסַּע רִפּוּי | A Prayer Before Seeking Healing in a Psychedelic Journey, by Rabbi Zac Kamenetz opensiddur.org?p=59015
🌿 Take a brief moment in your busy day to breathe, reflect, and reconnect.
👉 let us know how you cultivate cohesion in your life.
#JewishMindfulness #NeoHasidicWisdom #Cohesion #JewishSpirituality
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👉 let us know how you cultivate cohesion in your life.
#JewishMindfulness #NeoHasidicWisdom #Cohesion #JewishSpirituality
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A Mindful Jewish Moment for Cohesion
YouTube video by Kerith Spencer-Shapiro
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December 4, 2024 at 4:27 PM
🌿 Take a brief moment in your busy day to breathe, reflect, and reconnect.
👉 let us know how you cultivate cohesion in your life.
#JewishMindfulness #NeoHasidicWisdom #Cohesion #JewishSpirituality
youtu.be/ZNMt3VJNfsc?...
👉 let us know how you cultivate cohesion in your life.
#JewishMindfulness #NeoHasidicWisdom #Cohesion #JewishSpirituality
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Reposted by Kerith Spencer Shapiro
Prayer resources shared for Sigd Festival opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...
Sigd Festival
This is an archive of prayers, prayer-poems, and songs for the Sigd festival. Sigd (ሰግድ, ‘Prostration’, Hebrew: סיגד, also romanized Sig’d), or Mehlella (Ge’ez: ምህልላ, lit. ‘Supplication’), also Amata...
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November 29, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Prayer resources shared for Sigd Festival opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...
🌟 Take a 90-second mindful pause with me. This meditation, inspired by neo-Hasidic teachings, explores cohesion—finding harmony in life’s complexity. Reconnect, reflect, and embrace wholeness. 👉 Discover how mindfulness can bring balance to your day! #JewishMindfulness
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A Mindful Jewish Moment for Cohesion
YouTube video by Kerith Spencer-Shapiro
youtu.be
November 29, 2024 at 5:54 PM
🌟 Take a 90-second mindful pause with me. This meditation, inspired by neo-Hasidic teachings, explores cohesion—finding harmony in life’s complexity. Reconnect, reflect, and embrace wholeness. 👉 Discover how mindfulness can bring balance to your day! #JewishMindfulness
youtu.be/ZNMt3VJNfsc
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Reposted by Kerith Spencer Shapiro
A Thanksgiving Prayer for
those Missing Loved Ones
By Rabbi Paul Kipnes @rabbikip.bsky.social
—please share
those Missing Loved Ones
By Rabbi Paul Kipnes @rabbikip.bsky.social
—please share
November 28, 2024 at 8:35 PM
A Thanksgiving Prayer for
those Missing Loved Ones
By Rabbi Paul Kipnes @rabbikip.bsky.social
—please share
those Missing Loved Ones
By Rabbi Paul Kipnes @rabbikip.bsky.social
—please share
youtu.be/Vnms9KGPi1M?... 🌳 A Mindful Jewish Moment with Cantor Kerith Spencer-Shapiro 🌳
Rootedness. 90-second BRIEF meditation!🌱💫
#JewishMindfulness #NeoHasidicWisdom #Rootedness #JewishSpirituality #CantorKerith #MindfulnessJourney #JewishRoots #SpiritualGrowth #MindfulJewishMoment
Rootedness. 90-second BRIEF meditation!🌱💫
#JewishMindfulness #NeoHasidicWisdom #Rootedness #JewishSpirituality #CantorKerith #MindfulnessJourney #JewishRoots #SpiritualGrowth #MindfulJewishMoment
A Mindful Jewish Minute for Rootedness
YouTube video by Kerith Spencer-Shapiro
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November 25, 2024 at 7:07 PM
youtu.be/Vnms9KGPi1M?... 🌳 A Mindful Jewish Moment with Cantor Kerith Spencer-Shapiro 🌳
Rootedness. 90-second BRIEF meditation!🌱💫
#JewishMindfulness #NeoHasidicWisdom #Rootedness #JewishSpirituality #CantorKerith #MindfulnessJourney #JewishRoots #SpiritualGrowth #MindfulJewishMoment
Rootedness. 90-second BRIEF meditation!🌱💫
#JewishMindfulness #NeoHasidicWisdom #Rootedness #JewishSpirituality #CantorKerith #MindfulnessJourney #JewishRoots #SpiritualGrowth #MindfulJewishMoment
