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Rabbi Jamie Arnold

@rebjamiearnold.bsky.social
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Musar practitioner, psalm translator, songwriter, connection seeker, bridge builder, meaning maker - serving Congregation Beth Evergreen since 2005 and teaching at the Kabbalah Experience since 2011.

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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
rabbijamiearnold.substack.com/p/chaf-anoth... Psalms speaking to October 7. El malei rachamim…
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CHAF: Another Close Call
Psalm 119c (part 2)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Chaf - The Blessings of Emptyhanded-ness
Psalm 119c (part 1)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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YUD: Honest Witnesses Keeping Us Humble and Making Us More Conversant with Our Misdeeds
Psalm 119y (part 2)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Yud: The Point of Yom Kipur
Psalm 119y (part 1)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Tet: Is Good Enough?
Psalm 119t (part 1)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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CHet - What Wakes You at Midnight?
Psalm 119ch (Part 2)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Psalm for Elul and the Days of Awe
Psalm 27 (all four parts abbreviated)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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CHet - When It Hurts, I Wonder, Then...
Psalm 119ch
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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Just Zayin': Pen, Sword, and Song
Psalm 119z (parts 1 and 2)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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VAV: Yes, And Letting Words Gestate
Psalm 119v (parts 1 & 2)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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March towards Mystery, Flight from Uncertainty
Psalm 119h (part 2)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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Souls and Sails - Harnessing Spirit and Wind
Psalm 119h (part one)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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Four Noble Pursuits Knocking on the Dalet
Psalm 119d (part 1, take 2 and part 2, take 1)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Freedom in Service - The Gift of Gimmel
Psalm 119g (part 1)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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Teach Me to Bless! The Leap from Silence to Speech
Psalm 119b (part 2)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
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Being a Blessing Begins with B
Psalm 119b (part one)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
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Unexpected Sources of Joy: Anger and Regret, Psalm 119a (part 2)
A moral path to joy [yosher as kosher osher]
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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Spelling out Your Joy, Your Ashrei
Psalm 119a (part 1)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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May 9, 2026
If you google the history of Mother’s Day, the internet will tell you that Mother’s Day began in 1908 when Anna Jarvis decided to honor her mother.
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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The Valor of Mothers: Sarah's Ashrei
Proverbs 31 [Ayshet Chayil] retranslated for Mother's Day
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Abraham's Ashrei & Sarah's Rebuttal
Psalm 112 and Proverbs 31
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
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Alphabet Soup for the Soul
Introducing the Ashrei Prayer and Psalm 145
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
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Uncircumcised Lips - The Struggle [to Pray] is Real
Why try psalms? With more confessional than most of my posts.
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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Psalm 122 - A Third Song for the Climb
Trying to celebrate Passover during wartime
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
open.substack.com/pub/rabbijam... Chag sameach!
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PSALM 133 - How good it is!
A swig of mountaintop dew - kosher for Passover.
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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Psalm 121 - A Song for the Climb
"I lift mine eyes unto the mountains..."
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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Psalm 41 - Wise Song-Joy for Love's Sake
from every where to every when, the echoes of eternity sing
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
open.substack.com/pub/rabbijam... Shabbat shalom
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Psalm 39 (parts 2 and 3)
empty hands awaiting purpose
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Psalm 22 - reposted during wartime and Purim
Trust in pursuit of purpose
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Mordecai's Moment
A Purim Story for 2026 (5786)
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold (@rabbijamiearnold)
It is my pleasure to invite you, YES YOU!, to join me and Laura Berman in a live, unforgettable experience of Psalms hosted by Father Thomas Keating’s Center for Contemplative Living in Denver (or v...
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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Psalm 38 (part 1)
Anger's journey from desire to delight
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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PSALM 37 (part 9) - fIRE and ChoICE
the fruition of dreams planted and harvested by choice.
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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"Trees" by Howard Nemerov
in honor of Tu Bishvat and Pop z"l
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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Psalm 37 (part 7) - to witness what's missing
speech in service of kind-justice and wise-truth
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Psalm 37 (part 5) - the open palm of possibility
LETTERS: Yud, khaph, and lamed
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Psalm 37 (part 3) - "Yes? Yes! And..."
Holy Letters Unveiled
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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PSALM 37 (part 2) - G dash D
Do you know your ABGDs?
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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Psalm 36 - in your light, we see light
NOTE: There is a Quaker saying I learned from my musar-friend Carole Horger, a simple question that can serve as filter for our speech: “Will my words improve upon the silence?” Herein lies the secret...
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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Redirecting...
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
open.substack.com/pub/rabbijam... Blessings on all warriors for peace as we enter 2026.
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Psalm 35 - Learning From, not for, War
keeping conscience in tact when battling unconscionable acts
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
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Psalm 34 - To see and live with love
A singable English translation, set to a traditional tune
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold (@rabbijamiearnold)
A post-Sydney adaptation of Marc Kohn’s adaptation of the classic Hanukkah hymn - ‘Rock of Ages’ or Maoz Tzur. In this song I am trying to give voice to a very real challenge (especially in the wa...
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
open.substack.com/pub/rabbijam... A Hanukkah practice in light of the tragic news out of Sydney.
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Hanukkah Psalm Resung
a nightly rededication to illuminate winter solstice
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
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Psalm 31b - every ‘yes’ fertilizes the ground and guards love’s garden
when prideful embarrassment and a blinding haste obscure the heart's trusting nature
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
In the Boulder area? This morning at 10 am, I’ll be leading a workshop about how to reclaim the poetic and spiritual beauty of the psalms for the Boulder community hevra Kaddisha - burial society. Crist mortuary.
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Psalm 31a - A Breath of Fresh Trust
trust through honesty, kindness, wonder, and grace
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
open.substack.com/pub/rabbijam... In honor of the new moon of kisleiv!
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Psalm 30 (v2) - "And so we train"
a daily dedication to equanimous speech and boisterous song, for love's sake
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Jeff McDonald @jmcdonaldsa.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
I don't know if this is my favorite Todd Snider song, or the best Todd Snider song but it is undisputably the most Todd Snider song. Rest in chaos to my hero. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaYi...
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Todd Snider, "Too Soon To Tell"
YouTube video by American Songwriter Archives
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Rabbi Jamie Arnold @rebjamiearnold.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
open.substack.com/pub/rabbijam... Hosting? Being hosted? Why not share a poem at the gathering.
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Psalm 30 (V1) - Bless Home
a daily dedication of thanks for house and home
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