Build your Jewish confidence. Strengthen heart, mind & skill.
Journey with the Jewla
Claim This Podcastby Sabrina Friedman
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Build your Jewish confidence. Strengthen heart, mind & skill.
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January 9, 2026
7. Mind the Gap! From Mechitza to No Mechitza & Finding Your Place in the Middle
<p><strong>Episode 7: Mind the Gap! From Mechitza to No Mechitza (and Everything In Between)</strong></p> <p>What happens when the physical mechitza comes down… but the mental one doesn’t?</p> <p>In this deeply personal episode, Sabrina explores the emotional, spiritual, and embodied experience of moving from Orthodox spaces into egalitarian Jewish life — and everything that comes with it: excitement, grief, imposter syndrome, and eventual belonging.</p> <p>This episode is for anyone who has ever stood in the middle of a Jewish space thinking:<br> Am I allowed to be here? Do I know enough? Is this mine too?</p> <p>Spoiler: yes. And you’re not behind — you’re becoming.</p> <h3>✨ In This Episode, We Explore:</h3> <ul> <li> <p>What it feels like to move from mechitza to no mechitza</p> </li> <li> <p>The grief of what women weren’t taught — and how that grief can become fuel</p> </li> <li> <p>The concept of the <strong>mental mechitza</strong> and how it lingers even when barriers disappear</p> </li> <li> <p>Integration vs. invention in egalitarian Jewish spaces</p> </li> <li> <p>Why belonging isn’t granted — it’s practiced</p> </li> <li> <p>How repetition, awkwardness, and presence soften fear into fluency</p> </li> </ul> <h3>🎧 Featured Moment: Live Workshop Announcement</h3> <p>If this episode stirred something in you — especially around voice, ritual, or wanting to participate more fully — Sabrina is hosting a <strong>live workshop</strong> designed specifically for that moment of curiosity.</p> <p>🕯️ Called to (Chant) the Torah — Yes, You Can</p> <p><strong>Live Info Session + Q&A</strong></p> <p>🗓 <strong>Thursday, January 22, 2026</strong><br> 🕣 <strong>8:30pm Eastern</strong><br> 💻 <strong>Live on Zoom</strong><br> 💰 <strong>$18 CAD</strong></p> <p>This workshop is for women and Jews beyond the binary who:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Want to chant Torah but don’t know where to start</p> </li> <li> <p>Had a negative or limiting earlier experience</p> </li> <li> <p>Are curious, tentative, or just Torah-chanting-adjacent</p> </li> <li> <p>Want clarity without pressure or commitment</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Workshop includes:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p>Light-touch, accessible background on why Jews chant Torah</p> </li> <li> <p>Crystal-clear pathways and learning options Torah chanting</p> </li> <li> <p>A free preview of Sabrina’s digital course & signature methods</p> </li> <li> <p>Live Q&A</p> </li> <li> <p>Full details on upcoming learning opportunities</p> </li> <li> <p>PLUS exclusive live-only discounts, bonuses, and a grand prize giveaway</p> </li> </ul> <p>🎥 Recording available — but the <strong>biggest</strong> <strong>discounts, bonuses, and prizes are for LIVE attendees only</strong>.</p> <p>👉 <strong>Save your spot here: <a href="https://academy.chantingwithsabrina.com/offers/L2ZgKimo/checkout" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>https://academy.chantingwithsabrina.com/offers/L2ZgKimo/checkout</span></a></strong></p> <h3>📚 Recommended Reading</h3> <p><strong>Miriam’s Well: Rituals for Jewish Women Around the Year</strong><br> A beautiful collection of rituals, reflections, and blessings created by and for Jewish women.</p> <p>👉 <a href="https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0930395115/ref=nosim?tag=SABRIINATHEJEWLA-20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0930395115/ref=nosim?tag=SABRIINATHEJEWLA-20</span></a></p> <p>(Using the affiliate link helps support the podcast)</p> <p><strong>Meet Your Match-riarch</strong> - Haven't taken the quiz yet? Check out your archetype biblical matriarch here <span>👉 </span><a href="https://zpr.io/ERnbahpBrtQL" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>https://zpr.io/ERnbahpBrtQL</span></a></p> <h3>🔔 Stay Connected</h3> <ul> <li> <p><strong>Subscribe</strong> to Journey With the Jewla so you never miss an episode</p> </li> <li> <p><strong>Follow Sabrina on Instagram:</strong> @chantingwithsabrina</p> </li> <li> <p>Share this episode with someone navigating their own in-between</p> </li> </ul> <p>Until next time —<br> Keep showing up.<br> Keep softening your mental mechitza.<br> And keep dancing that sacred, awkward, beautiful dance between integration and invention.</p> <p>You’re not just crossing a gap —<br> <strong>you’re expanding the map.</strong></p>
January 2, 2026
6. Meet Your Match-riarchs: Torah’s Original Personality Types
<h2>Meet Your Match-riarchs: Torah’s Original Personality Types</h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What if the matriarchs weren’t just biblical figures — but </span>personality types you’re still channeling today<span style="font-weight: 400;">?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this high-energy, laugh-out-loud episode of </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Journey With the Jewla</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Sabrina (your resident chanting coach, trope hype-woman, and matriarch energy translator) introduces the </span>nine Match-riarchs<span style="font-weight: 400;"> — the original Jewish archetypes whose stories explain </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">why you show up to Judaism the way you do</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode is part Torah, part personality quiz, part spiritual mirror — and fully allergic to beige Judaism.</span></p> <h3>In this episode, you’ll:</h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">✨ Meet all </span>9 Match-riarch archetypes<span style="font-weight: 400;">, from Leah to Deborah (you can find each of their bonus episodes linked below!)</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ✨ Learn how ancient stories map onto modern Jewish identity</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ✨ Laugh more than is strictly necessary for a Torah podcast</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ✨ Say “WAIT… that’s me” at least once</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ✨ Get inspired to take the </span>Meet Your Match-riarch Quiz<span style="font-weight: 400;"> and claim your archetype loud and proud</span></p> <h3>Meet the Match-riarchs:</h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Leah 💫 <span style="font-weight: 400;">The Unseen, Unshakeable Builder - <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2E9tGIOtnv09MRNbwVxWHn?si=NsT2DrqIR3aCix-toYHg3A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Leah's bonus episode HERE</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Ruth<span style="font-weight: 400;"> 🌾 Loyalty, devotion, and finding magic in the margins - <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6d8fDEiFP9h2g6KGDAIz84?si=mMq7uA_rShid90usWdiqtg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ruth's bonus episode HERE</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah 😂 <span style="font-weight: 400;">Hope, laughter, and covenant-level patience - <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3owHRtpcv7w16lI5NuDbUs?si=LCOgjhDHRUGu3x5LajtmgQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sarah's bonus episode HERE</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Maḥlah 💪🏻 (and all of the Daughters of Zelophehad):<span style="font-weight: 400;"> Torah’s first legal reformers - <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1IowQIfBHUntyHyFco4oi7?si=DTswJKiHSEKbfBQEYdlP0w" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>Maḥ</span><span>lah's bonus episode HERE</span></a> </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Bat Sheva<span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 👑 Complexity, resilience, and quiet power - <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0w1CfSxVoVIcuB21QZ9eg4?si=75qxxqv2QfWV1VhhckuuOA">Bat Sheva's bonus episode HERE</a></span></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Rivka<span style="font-weight: 400;"> 🐪 Intuition, boldness, and camel-watering excellence - <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6AmAF8XIoU4DrsBkBRBvQK?si=MzCX39g-QsGxn64pMJCikA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rivka's bonus episode HERE</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Rachel<span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 🦋<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Longing, love, and the slowest burn romance in Tanakh - <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4AUw6PfcTHZXMOOwvSVeBb?si=KRg-ghPVTqe7mRc_ph5rmQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rachel's bonus episode HERE</a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Miriam 💃🏽 Rhythm, resistance, and joy-led leadership - <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Br3bpaKzlJBcHNhxqHi1h?si=XXWinH2oRw2fu6lBrCdedQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Miriam's bonus episode HERE</a><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Deborah ⚖️<span> </span> Judge, prophet, warrior, and certified queen energy -<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0lmdBpGKd8y0kkv3xTDBld?si=moAdJv3rTm-1l7ak0BTiEw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Deborah's bonus episode HERE</a><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These women aren’t side characters.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> They’re blueprints.</span></p> <h3>Ready to go deeper?</h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">🔮 </span>Take the Meet Your Match-riarch Quiz:<br><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 👉 <a href="https://zpr.io/ERnbahpBrtQL" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>https://zpr.io/ERnbahpBrtQL</span></a></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">📲 </span>Follow & hang out with me on social:<br><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 👉 Instagram: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/chantingwithsabrina" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@chantingwithsabrina </a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 👉 TikTok <a href="http://tiktok.com/@chantingwithsabrina" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span>@chantingwithsabrina</span></a><br><span>👉 Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/17e2L11J5i/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/share/17e2L11J5i/</a></span><br></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">💌 </span>DM me your result<span style="font-weight: 400;"> — I </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">love</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> seeing which matriarchs are running the group chat!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thanks for learning, laughing, and reclaiming matriarch energy with me.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Until next time — keep chanting, keep questioning, and keep letting Torah meet you where you actually are.</span></p>
December 26, 2025
5. Mindset Tools for Women in Jewish Spaces
<h2><strong>Mindset Tools for Women Who Want a Bigger Role in Jewish Spaces</strong></h2> <p>Walk into shul, see someone leading confidently, and immediately think, “Oh, I could never do that”?<br> Your brain might be lying to you — and we’re calling it out lovingly but firmly.</p> <p>This episode blends psychology + Jewish ritual to give you <strong>three mindset tools</strong> that shift you from “I can’t” to “I can’t… yet.”</p> <p>Inside we cover:<br> 🧠 <strong>Tool #1: The Power of “Yet”</strong> — or as we say in Hebrew, od lo. Your spiritual reboot phrase.<br> 🔯 <strong>Tool #2: Ritual as Identity Mirror</strong> — stop seeing Jewish ritual as “their thing” and start seeing yourself inside it.<br> ✡️ <strong>Tool #3: From Self-Consciousness to Sacred Consciousness</strong> — transforming “everyone’s looking at me” into “I’m visible because I’m needed.”</p> <p>This is your invitation to rewire the stories you inherited and step into ritual life with curiosity, courage, and a little holy swagger.</p> <p><strong>Mentioned in this episode:</strong><br> 📗 Four Centuries of Jewish Women’s Spirituality: A Sourcebook — <strong><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0807036137/ref=nosim?tag=SABRIINATHEJEWLA-20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find it here</a></strong></p> <p>If this episode sparked that tiny maybe I could inside you, make sure to subscribe — and share it with a friend who’s also ready to shrink her mental mechitza.</p>
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