My name is Ariel Root Wolpe.

I am a rabbi, musician, and mother who finds divinity in nature.

I create welcoming, transformative gatherings at the intersection of music, nature and Jewish wisdom.

I facilitate these experiences nationwide and as the spiritual leader of Ma’alot.

Ruach Neshama is a collection of 9 original tracks recorded through Rising Song Records.

These songs employ traditional texts, lyrical midrash and the meditative practice of the niggun — the wordless melody — to open our hearts to the ever-present guidance within us and around us. They paint the wisdom and words of our ancestors on a canvas of body and nature, and ask our innermost questions:

What teachings do Earth and Song, Tradition and Spirit offer me?

What is my soul calling for? And how do I transform to realize that truth?