COLLECTION NAME:
Leah Novick Collection
Record
Collection Name:
Leah Novick Collection
Title:
Reb Leah's talk on Tshuvah
Name:
Novick, Léah
Resource Type:
Audio
Genre:
Sermons
Place Created:
[California]
Date Created:
2004-09-20
Language Term:
English
Language Term:
Hebrew
Extent:
1 audiocassette (01:34:50)
Form:
Instructional and educational works
Abstract:
Rabbi Leah Novick talks about t'shuvah. The congregation spends time at the end asking questions and singing song.
Note:
00:00 [Cataloger’s note: audio difficult to decipher at times throughout recording]; Rabbi Leah Novick talks about working on something centered around the daily prayers; 01:45 Leah talks about teshuva and repentance. She talks about praying during the day; 04:18 Someone plays a song on the piano; 09:03 Leah begins to sing and the congregation follows along; 10:24 Leah defines teshuva as a restorative practice; 11:20 Leah leads the congregation through a prayer of the Zohar; 14:27 Leah leads the congregation in another song; 15:20 Leah states that first mentions of teshuva can be found in the Torah. She continues to talk about this idea of the renewal of the soul, individual repentance, and reconciliation. Leah also talks through the history of teshuva; 22:45 Leah talks about the Zohar and continues to talk about the teshuva as the divine marriage, “the mother being reunited in joy with her children,” and penance that reestablishes the flow. Leah also briefly brings up the Shekinah; 27:45 Leah mentions that this idea of the return to God is a joyous process. She also talks about the idea of repairing the damage to all the world caused by arson and how this can be done by one person. She continues to say our repentance as an individual process has a “holographic quality”; 32:00 Leah talks about praying and repentance through our [tears?]; 34:20 Leah also talks about the idea of the people who have strayed and returned stand higher than others; 35:53 Leah turns to reading some passages with the congregation. Members of the congregation read passages out loud and ask Leah questions; 01:05:00 Leah quotes from some of the passages regarding evil inclination. She continues to take questions from the congregation [cataloger’s note: questions from the congregation and answers from Leah are difficult to hear]; 01:27:20 The congregation starts to sing together; 01:29:40 The congregation sings another song; 01:31:30 The congregation sings another song; 01:32:43 Congregation sings another song; 01:33:40 Congregations hums the tune of another song and recording ends.
Note Type:
timestamp
Subject Topic:
Repentance
Subject Topic:
Religion
Subject Topic:
Jewish renewal
Identifier:
narv_novickLeah_box5_rebLeah2004_a.mp3
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Date Captured:
2021-12
Internet Media Type:
audio/mp3
Digital Origin:
reformatted digital
Access Condition:
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