Rabbi Vivie Mayer
Special guest
Rabbi Vivie Mayer recently retired from her role as a full time faculty member at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College after many years of amazing service. Prior to that, she served as rabbi of Congregation B’nai Israel in Danbury, CT, for 10 years. During that time she also served as a chaplain for Jewish women at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury. For seven years she was an active member of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association board and executive board. She is a graduate of Queens College of the City University of New York. She graduated with a rabbinical degree from RRC in 1996.
Rabbi Vivie Mayer has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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Yom Kippur: A Celebration of Collective Release
September 12th, 2023 | Season 5 | 38 mins 40 secs
deborah waxman, high holidays, ishay ribo, reconstructing judaism, reconstructionism, reconstructionist, rosh hashanah, yom kippur
Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., speaks with Rabbi Vivie Mayer about what the avodah service, which originated in ancient Israel as a series of elaborate rituals performed by the high priest on Yom Kippur, can teach us today.
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Episode 2: Teshuvah and Forgiveness
September 5th, 2017 | Season 1 | 26 mins 25 secs
forgiveness, teshuvah
As the High Holiday season approaches, Jewish people across the world begin to reflect on their behavior of the past year. They wonder: what does it mean to forgive? What does it mean to seek forgiveness? In a conversation with Rabbi Vivie Mayer, we explore the complexities of teshuvah (repentance) and ways to seek it as the Jewish new year approaches and throughout the year.