The Light Lab Podcast

Evening as Encounter: Ma’ariv & Workshop Live from SLBC

Welcome back to our three part pray-along series, live from Songleader Boot Camp. We’re closing it out in the evening with some ma’ariv magic. Join a glorious group of mu

We Hold It All: Shacharit (morning service) Live from SLBC

Jewish educators in supplementary schools- please fill out our short community survey by May 1st!  Shalom my friends! So grateful to bring you part two in our special pr

Softening the Heart: Mincha & Workshop Live from SLBC (with Chava Mirel & Eliana Light)

Shalom my friends! We’re back with a special three part pray-along series, live from Songleader Boot Camp. This episode is the afternoon service, mincha, with the incompa

Episode 66: Shabbat at Home - Hamotzi

This week, in our Shabbat at Home series, Eliana and Ellen consider the Midrashic possibilities of Hamotzi - the blessing over the challah. Topics include how challah hol

Episode 65: Opening the Treasure Box of Tradition (with Casper ter Kuile)

This week, we are elated to bring you our interview with Eliana and Casper ter Kuile. Casper is the author of The Power of Ritual, and the co-founder of Sacred Design Lab

Episode 64: Shabbat at Home - Hand Washing

This week, in our Shabbat at Home series, Eliana and Josh explore the hand washing. Topics include taking ownership over rituals, the act of giving and receiving to and o

Episode 63: Creativity - Codeword for g?d (with Rabbi Adina Allen)

This week, we are elated to bring your our interview with Eliana and Rabbi Adina Allen. Rabbi Adina is co-founder and creative director of the Jewish Studio Project. We e

Episode 62: SPARK - Pesach

Welcome to our spring SPARK! A more free-wheeling, connective conversation between our hosts that we hope sparks something new in you. In this SPARK, Eliana and Ellen exp

Episode 61: Turning Sorrows into Songs (with Rabbi Ilan Glazer)

This week, we are honored to bring your our interview with Eliana and Rabbi Ilan Glazer. Rabbi Ilan is the founder of Our Jewish Recovery, author of the award-winning And

Episode 60: Open-Source Judaism (with Aharon Varady)

This week, we are delighted to bring you our interview with Eliana and Aharon Varady. Aharon  is the founding director and primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project. We

Episode 59: Praying with One Kahal (with Batya Levine)

This week, we are ecstatic to bring you our interview with Eliana and Batya Levine. Batya (they/them) is a communal song leader, musician, shaliach tzibur (Jewish prayer

Episode 58: Shabbat at Home - Kiddush

This week, in our Shabbat at Home series, Eliana and Ellen explore the Kiddush. Topics include the opening the Shabbat space/time portal, toasting time, and how to exerci

Episode 57: Nerding out on T’fillah (with Rabbi Josh Cahan)

This week, we are proud to bring you our interview with Eliana and Rabbi Josh Cahan. A t’fillah (prayer) educator in NYC, Josh compiled and edited the Yedid Nefesh benche

Episode 53: Shabbat at Home - Shalom Aleichem

This week, in our second episode of our Shabbat at Home series, Eliana, Ellen, & Josh explore the liturgy of Shalom Aleichem. Topics include angels of good and evil at th

Episode 56: Shabbat at Home - the Family Blessing

This week, in our third episode of our Shabbat at Home series, Eliana and Ellen explore the family blessings. Topics include the origin of this tradition, the Human-G?d-C

Episode 55: The Origins of Liturgy (with Ruth Langer Ph.D)

This week, we are proud to bring you our interview with Eliana and Rabbi Doctor Professor Ruth Langer. Professor Langer is a liturgy scholar and director of graduate stud

Episode 54: SPARK - Hanukkah Edition

Welcome to our second SPARK! A more free-wheeling, connective conversation between our hosts that we hope sparks something new in you. In this SPARK, Eliana, Ellen & Josh

Episode 52: Shabbat at Home - the Candles

This week, in our first episode of our Shabbat at Home series, Eliana, Ellen, & Josh explore lighting the Shabbat candles. Topics include why we light, different melodies

Episode 51: Under the Torah and Dreaming (with Rabbi Jill Hammer)

This week, we are privileged to bring you our interview with Eliana and Rabbi Kohenet Jill Hammer, PhD. Hammer is an author, teacher, midrashist, mystic, poet, essayist,

Episode 50: ORAH HI - Behind the Music

This week, Eliana, Ellen, & Josh go behind the music with Eliana’s new album: ORAH HI. Topics include how to make an album with friends, making Hebrew songs accessible, a