HINENI #1: Selichot - The Wake Up Call | Rabbi Mishael Zion and Rabbi Ebn Leader about the chasm between guilt and longing

"HINENI", a podcast brought to you by Beit Avi Chai for the Jewish High Holidays with Rabbi Mishael Zion.

How can we celebrate the High Holidays in a time of social distancing? What does the coronavirus pandemic teach us about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot?

In “HINENI”, the new podcast of Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem, Rabbi Mishael Zion invites innovative spiritual leaders from across America to discover together how to enter this Jewish New Year. Through story and song, text and discussion, we will seek to build a gate to a sweeter new year.

Rabbi Ebn Leader is a world renowned teacher of prayer. From Jerusalem to Boston, he has founded path breaking communities of prayer, and has been training rabbis in an avant grade but ancient tradition of spiritual leadership.

“A COVID-19 High Holidays means we cannot depend on our Rabbis, cantors and synagogues to lift us up in the same way,” says Ebn Leader. “It’s going to depend on us. It’s going to depend on proper preparation.” Together Mishael and Ebn explore the unique custom of reciting Selichot at 5 in the morning. They discuss the chasm between guilt and longing. The episode ends with a discussion of Leonard Cohen’s song, “If it be Your Will”, a prayer of brokenness fitting for these Coronavirus times.

Artistic Director: Amichai Chasson
Producer: Eyal Levit and Shir Sharoni
Research: Avishai Huri
Audio editing: Nir Leist
Sound Design: Mor Sivan