Rabbi Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks

Tucson, AZ, USA

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Reb Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks is a Jewish spiritual teacher, rabbi and musician. He has been teaching Jewish spirituality to children and adults since 2000, and founded the online Jewish Meditation community, Torah of Awakening, in 2016. He is the author of Kabbalah for Beginners, published by Rockridge Press. Reb Brian Yosef received rabbinic s’miha (ordination) in the Renewal tradition and lineage of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l through Rabbi David Zaslow and a group of rabbis at Havurah Shir Hadash in Ashland, Oregon in 2023. Prior to that, he received ordinations as Minister of Sacred Music from Reb Zalman z”l (2012), Spiritual Teacher from Shaykh Ibrahim Baba Farajaje (may his secret be sanctified) and Rabbi SaraLeya Schley (2012), certification as Teacher of Jewish Meditation from Dr. Rabbi Avram Davis (2004), and holds a Bachelor in Music from the Eastman School of Music (1991).

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Mary

Mar 31, 2026

Chag Pesach Sameach! May we each be the embodiment of freedom and peace. Thank you for this beautiful teaching 🙏💙

Mary

Mar 28, 2026

Thank you,Rabbi. This was the lesson I needed to hear: stop fighting reality, stop believing myself to be broken, and just be with the One. It's taking me a lifetime....🙏

Akiva Elhart

Mar 23, 2026

Yasher koach ♥️ an inspiring talk and beautiful meditation

Mary

Mar 12, 2026

Thank you so much, Rabbi, for this beautiful teaching and meditation. It is exactly what I needed! I love reading this portion of Exodus and am constantly amazed at how many lessons can easily be missed therein. This was the lesson I have been praying for. Thank you 🙏

Mary

Jan 14, 2026

Oh, these precious moments when one can truly let go of ego and be totally with Presence/present! To feel that freedom is everything. Thank you for providing such a portal. 🙏💙

Mary

Dec 23, 2025

Thank you, Rabbi 🙏. Such a profound meditation. I'm left feeling lmore grounded in now, more connected to what is. Thank you 🙏

Mary

Nov 30, 2025

For years, when studying this Parashat, I would be fixated on wondering why Jacob repeats the "I", when he says, " ...the Divine is in this place,but I...I did not know." I don't know why, but that repeated I feels so important. In this meditation, I was able to let that go and discover new insights into the lesson. I want to live in that place, that moment., and not give my mind/ego the illusion of control or truth. Thank you, Rabbi🙏 ...but I do still wonder about that double I!

Mary

Nov 27, 2025

Thank you, Rabbi 🙏 I felt such a strong presence of Holiness during this teaching and meditation. So much Resonance. I will be working with this one for a while. Thank you 🙏

Sue

Mar 19, 2025

I really enjoyed the familiarity of the Hebrew language. I was raised Jewish, and Bat Mitzvahed, but I could use a reminder of some of the translations. I know you said it out loud, but I could use more repetition of the English words and phrases to help recall the meaning. Thank you!

Valerie Brooks

Mar 14, 2025

What a treat this was. I will return to it often. Thank you.

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