Here are my four favorite storytelling recordings for adults, each featuring guitar, flute, and other instruments along with the stories. 1. Can You Hear the Silence? Hasidic Stories for the Twenty-First Century Original Hasidic stories and songs that speak to the joy, humor, mystery, and wisdom we've come to love in Jewish mystical stories - presented in a form that's accessible to listeners of any background. Download: $10.47. 2.The Soul of Hope An Epic Tale of the Baal Shem Tov "A fascinating story of Jewish spirit and myth...a Hasidic tale about combating despair, finding hope, and transforming the world. It's a spiritual adventure and a Jewish mystical epic." - Bruce McCabe, Boston Globe Download: $15.90. 3. Storytelling Companions: The Farewell Concert A public celebration of an artistic friendship Jay O'Callahan and I performed my farewell concert at the legendary Passim Coffeehouse in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA on November 12, 2004, just before I moved to Oklahoma. (I have since moved back to Massachusetts.) Download: $19.98. 4. Birds, Bread, and Blessings Dangerous Hasidic Stories A dozen stories that have not only lodged in my heart, they have grown strong enough to change my heart’s landscape. Don’t listen to these stories unless you’re willing to risk being changed by them, yourself! Download: $10.97.

"These resources contain much of what I've learned in 4 decades of storytelling. "I promise you'll find them useful!" —Doug Lipman

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