Contact Chai
Contact Chai is Mishkan Chicago’s podcast feed, where you can hear our Shabbat sermons, Morning Minyans, interviews with Jewish thought leaders, and more.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 318
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Shabbat Replay: Optimism as Bravery
This week, we hear the live recording of Rabbi Deena's drash from Friday, January 22nd. Tune in for her reflection on the week's parsha in relation to the inauguration, feeling hope for our country a…
Shabbat Replay: It Was A Difficult Week
This week, we hear the live recording of Rabbi Lizzi's drash from Friday, January 8th. Tune in for her reflection on the week's parsha in relation to the insurrection at the Capitol, the historic Geo…
Shabbat Replay: What We Learn from the Narrows
This week, we hear the live recording of Rabbi Lizzi's drash from Friday, December 25th. Tune in for her reflection on the week's parsha in relation to the pandemic, the release of vaccines, and the …
Shabbat Replay: Making Our Hobbies Sacred
Pulled from our Friday night services, Shabbat Replay is an opportunity to experience a Mishkan sermon on your own time. This week, we hear the live recording of Rabbi Deena's drash from Friday, Dece…
Shabbat Replay: Speaking Out Our Dreams
Pulled from our Friday night services, Shabbat Replay is an opportunity to experience a Mishkan sermon on your own time. This week, we hear the live recording of Rabbi Deena's drash from Friday, Dece…
A Love-Hate Relationship to Hanukkah with Shira Stutman
We conclude our Hanukkah podcast series, Lies & Lessons, with Rabbi Shira Stutman from Sixth & I in Washington D.C. In this conversation, Rabbi Lizzi and Rabbi Shira discuss why many Jews have a lov…
Shabbat Replay: Jacob's Wrestling Match & Jewish Racial Justice ft. Shahanna McKinney-Baldon
This week, we hear the live recording of Shahanna McKinney-Baldon's drash from Friday, December 4th. Tune in for her reflection on the week's parsha in relation to Jewish racial justice work in and …
The Nostalgia of Hanukkah Music with Jessica Kate Meyer
We continue our Hanukkah podcast series, Lies & Lessons, with Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer. In this conversation, Rabbi Lizzi and Rabbi Jessica discuss the lesser known Hanukkah songs, as well as the cl…
Shabbat Replay: Recognizing the Land We're On, A Requisite for Teshuvah
Pulled from our Friday night services, Shabbat Replay is an opportunity to experience a Mishkan sermon on your own time. This week, we hear the live recording of Rabbi Lizzi's drash from Friday, Nove…
Shabbat Replay: Encountering the Present through Our Past, An Invitation to Be Brave
Pulled from our Friday night services, Shabbat Replay is an opportunity to experience a Mishkan sermon on your own time. This week, we hear the live recording of Rabbi Lizzi's drash from Friday, Nove…
The Redemptive Possibility of Shining Your Light with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
We begin our Hanukkah podcast series, Lies & Lessons, with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie. In this conversation, Rabbi Lizzi and Rabbi Amichai consider the mythology, the liturgy, the symbolism and the his…
Shabbat Replay: Winning a Game Called America
Pulled from our Friday night services, Shabbat Replay is an opportunity to experience a Mishkan sermon on your own time. This week, we hear the live recording of Rabbi Lizzi's drash from Friday, Nove…
Wandering You: A Self-Guided Meditation
*Special Sukkot Episode*
Whether you're doing dishes, taking a walk, or sitting in a park, this self-guided meditation offers a chance to get grounded during Sukkot. Also known as the Feast of Tabern…
The Crumble Before the Crash with Rabbi Benay Lappe
What does it mean to reimagine and reconsider ancient Jewish traditions? How can a lens of "otherness" uncover new or forgotten meaning in familiar texts?
To close out our three-part series about Tish…
Putting the World Back Together with Pastah J
Join R'Lizzi in conversation with Jonathan Brooks, or "Pastah J" the Senior Pastor at West Englewood's Canaan Community Church, as they discuss falling in love with exile, tikkun olam, and what it ta…
In Reverence to Our Humanity with Lola Wright
When a person, a community, or a nation face rock bottom, how do they rebuild, if at all? The upcoming Jewish holiday of Tisha B'Av offers a spiritual starting place for this timely question. Join Ra…
The Science of Transformation, Part II
Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi is a new podcast from Mishkan Chicago that explores Jewish ideas in unlikely places with fascinating people. In this episode, Rabbi Lizzi and guest continue the conversa…
Passover & the Science of Transformation
Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi is a new podcast from Mishkan Chicago that explores Jewish ideas in unlikely places with fascinating people, many of whom happen to be part of Mishkan's community. In th…