DANIEL C. MATT
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​Zohar and Kabbalah
 
Podcasts

A conversation on the Zohar between me and J.J. Kimche on his Podcast of Jewish Ideas
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7zmLkQOPa6jyiEEYNLjaMz 
Youtube (audio only):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCqj02qfp8g&t=5s 

Another podcast on the Zohar
https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-zohar
 

Videos

A conversation on the Zohar between me and Rabbi Justin Pines on the Jewish Broadcasting Service
https://jbstv.org/archives/31312
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfzUdKmehP8&t=4s

Gems of the Zohar – two series of three talks each
Below is the YouTube link. If you click on View Full Playlist, to the right of the first Gems of the Zohar video, you'll see all 6 sessions listed.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gems+of+the+zohar

Shekhinah (The Feminine Aspect of God) in the Kabbalah (begins with an intro to Zohar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAkCeMZk-Pw
 
Introduction to the Ten Sefirot
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1W2Mffo87nI76MpElh0XzyyqYnqlgk0VT
A shiur (lesson) from my English Zohar course (Series 24, Shiur 3, October 24, 2023).
A 25-minute description of the Ten Sefirot appears in minutes 32-58 in this video recording. Included in this folder is a downloadable diagram of the Sefirot​.

Another brief introduction to the Sefirot is included in the opening shiur (lesson) of the English Zohar course (January 16, 2019). Here I also explore a passage near the beginning of the Zohar, in The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Vol. 1, pp. 5-7.           
https://youtu.be/NNoZsOin5bg
 
Ayin - Mystical Nothingness
January 2021:
https://youtu.be/AvJgVNTiuac
 
The texts taught in the above video are available (along with other files) here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_D9RuKN5eeH7rV2Hu5H3RrELAvoIvsg5?usp=sharing

Meditating on a Candle
From the English Zohar course
Zohar 1:50b-51a; The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Vol. 1, pp. 282-284
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11wzmKflpGlMXSDVMdn0y3ec43iDMP4Si?usp=sharing
 
Inviting the Ushpizin (Guests) into the Sukkah
From the English Zohar course
Zohar 3:103b-104a; The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Vol. 8, pp. 163-168.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aOUpcX29QwiG1Y3JKVdUyBg2FrS_e4l9/view?usp=sharing
 
Aramaic Zohar Course  (two samples
Series 2, Shiur 4, February 24, 2022)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1E_q9O2FYwFyV094EFVnEgkxtltqLB6D2?usp=sharing
 
Series 3, Shiur 5, June 16, 2022)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UzD5VB50EapS54onD-Wr0ORA8JVxpL-o?usp=sharing

 
God and the Big Bang
 
Videos
Romemu, NYC, November 6, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6nSKKLN0t8
(To avoid chatter and such, start at 1:20)
 
Temple Beth El, Houston, January 12, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA6Oe4Md0ks
 


Finding God in the Material World

Video (partial)
For Chabad at Oxford University,  November 3, 2022
https://vimeo.com/841639915 


 
Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation
 
Podcasts

Judaism Demystified
​Released: March 27, 2024
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1x0WI6D0lXtIQSgKSOuyJm?si=reDgtooTQsGi_R3fWo4r3A
Video: https://youtu.be/zFiyq6zUQTs?si=nMv-2SmuBt8YLoQy

Jewish Studies channel of the New Books Network podcast:
https://newbooksnetwork.com/becoming-elijah

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Book Prize podcast (a conversation between Daniel Matt and Dr. Shira Weiss), released on November 30, 2022:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2091103/11782294-becoming-elijah


Elijah is Coming to the Passover Seder... But Who is He?
Judaism Unbound, March 30, 2023
https://www.judaismunbound.com/podcast/episode-372-daniel-matt-elijah
​

Videos
A conversation about Becoming Elijah between Daniel Matt and Barry Holtz at an event sponsored by the Center for Jewish History, in Manhattan, March 3, 2022:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBY8KVyGAGc
 
A conversation between Daniel Matt and Estelle Frankel, sponsored by Chochmat HaLev, in Berkeley, March 31, 2022.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOlR1IPIH70
 
A talk by Daniel Matt on Becoming Elijah, sponsored by New Lehrhaus, in Berkeley, Sunday, April 3, 2022.
https://youtu.be/HFQMDIooBh8
 
The texts taught in the above video are available here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZbOuTjng_Quhek9znc_WK_1dmhRjFeEv?usp=sharing
 
A conversation between Daniel Matt and Rabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein, founder and director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute, centered in Jersualem, September 1, 2022
https://www.facebook.com/Elijah.Interfaith.Institute/videos/590641399422277
 
Three sessions on Elijah         August 2022
Orange County Jewish Community Scholar Program (CSP)
Part 1, Elijah in the Bible - LINK
Part 2, Elijah in the Rabbinic Imagination - LINK
Part 3, Elijah in the Kabbalah, the Seder, and more – LINK
 
Three shiurim on Becoming Elijah (Hebrew and English Texts)
Drisha Institute for Jewish Education, September 2022
Videos of all three shiurim (under the events tab or the videos tab):
https://www.facebook.com/drishainstitute
 
and on their YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/DrishaInstitute/featured

The Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Book Prize event, March 26, 2023, at Kehilath Jeshurun, NYC. This is a conversation between Daniel Matt and Dr. Shira Weiss on Becoming Elijah.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3I4Z6NJHqA
 
The Sacks Book Prize was established by Yeshiva University in honor of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. Rabbi Sacks was a British Orthodox rabbi, philosopher and theologian who served as the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain from 1991-2013.

A conversation between Daniel Matt and Abby Pogrebin on the Jewish Broadcasting Service, April 3, 2023
https://youtu.be/hHUnj0j0H0U
 
 A lecture on Elijah (in Bible, Talmud, Midrash, New Testament, Kabbalah and Hasidism) at the Calvary  Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, November 13, 2023. The talk was co-sponsored by Congregation Emanu-El as a prelude to a concert featuring Mendelssohn’s Oratorio “Elijah."
 https://www.youtube.com/@CalvarypresbyterianOrg/streams
 The texts taught in this video are available here:
drive.google.com/file/d/1tqttYbFN2xZlh4ndTRuLbvbMVpBdYpCe/view?usp=sharing


Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation
Daniel Matt in conversation with Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove
Tuesday, April 9, 7 - 8 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Video available afterward: Park Avenue Synagogue - YouTube

Judaism Demystified
Released: March 27, 2024

https://youtu.be/zFiyq6zUQTs?si=nMv-2SmuBt8YLoQy


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