Friday Night ZOOM! with Special Guest, Sam Tygiel

In honor of Shabbat Shira, join musician and myth-weaver Sam Tygiel for a special Friday night service exploring the great power that so often lies dormant in Jewish liturgy and song.

“Reish Lakish teaches: The gates of the garden of Eden are opened for anyone who answers “amen” with all of their strength.” (BT Shabbat 119b) What would it look like to approach our prayer, believing that this was possible? What are the musical tools that we can use to attempt to sing with all of our strength? How might singing in this way help us connect more deeply to our true selves and uncover our innate connection to the Divine?

Sam Tygiel is a musician, prayer leader, myth-weaver and aspiring rabbi who draws on the rich narrative and musical traditions of Judaism to create emotional openings for people to discover connection, curiosity and healing. Jewish myth becomes real through communal prayer and Sam uses nigunim, nusach and mythological teachings to animate the rich music drama that underlies Jewish liturgy. His teaching and storytelling employs unusual and forgotten Jewish narratives to illuminate the treasure trove of Jewish mythology and expand notions of what is normative, permissible, and possible within contemporary Judaism.

Service be streamed on ZOOM