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
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Prayer Is A Home For The Soul
Every weekday at 8:00 am, Mishkan Chicago holds a virtual Morning Minyan. You can join in yourself, or listen to all the prayer, music, and inspiration right here on Contact Chai.
https://www.mishkan…
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg — "This Is The Work: Tshuvah In Our Lives, Systems, and Beyond"
Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay of our September 13th Friday Night Shabbat service. We were honored to be joined by the incomparable joined by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, the force behind “Life Is A …
Psalm 27: Though Enemies Surround Me, I Will Have No Fear
Every weekday at 8:00 am, Mishkan Chicago holds a virtual Morning Minyan. You can join in yourself, or listen to all the prayer, music, and inspiration right here on Contact Chai.
https://www.mishkan…
Labor Rights, Labor Rights You Shall Pursue?
At our September 7th Saturday morning service, we were honored to hear from Mishkanites Frank and Margarita Klein, some of the foremost champions of labor rights in Chicago. They spoke to our traditi…
Rosh Chodesh Elul: Psalms of Wonder, Loss, and Transformation
Every weekday at 8:00 am, Mishkan Chicago holds a virtual Morning Minyan. You can join in yourself, or listen to all the prayer, music, and inspiration right here on Contact Chai.
https://www.mishkan…
Morning Minyan with Rabbi Lizzi — Re'eh, Poverty, and Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Read or listen to the teaching by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks referenced in this episode here:
https://rabbisacks.org/covenant-conversation/reeh/making-poverty-history/
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Josh VanArsdall: An Atheist's Conversion To Judaism
Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay of our August 23rd Friday Night Shabbat service, where we celebrated our BluePrint graduates — those who have undergone Mishkan’s conversion program. We were honor…
Morning Minyan: You Will Eat And Be Satisfied — Parashat Eikev
Every weekday at 8:00 am, Mishkan Chicago holds a virtual Morning Minyan. You can join in yourself, or listen to all the prayer, music, and inspiration right here on Contact Chai.
https://www.mishkan…
We Are Commanded To Love
Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay of our Saturday Morning service on August 17th. The saddest day of the Jewish calendar is followed by one of the most joyous. In this moving sermon, Rabbi Steven e…
Minyan Replay: Tu B'Av — Love is All You Need
Every weekday at 8:00 am, Mishkan Chicago holds a virtual Morning Minyan. You can join in yourself, or listen to all the prayer, music, and inspiration right here on Contact Chai.
https://www.mishkan…
Repetition Compulsion — Tisha B'Av
At our August 9th Friday night service, Rabbi Lizzi spoke on the power of Tisha B’Av to lend us a space to mourn and process all that we have lost, both in ancient times and today. How can this holid…
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Tisha B'Av
Every weekday at 8:00 am, Mishkan Chicago holds a virtual Morning Minyan. You can join in yourself, or listen to all the prayer, music, and inspiration right here on Contact Chai.
https://www.mishkan…
City of Refuge: Balancing Justice and Compassion
At our August 3rd Saturday morning service, Rabbi Steven delivered a drash about the biblical concept of the city of refuge, places where those accused of manslaughter could seek asylum. In a modern …
Minyan Replay w/ Rabbi Lizzi — In Memory of Joshua Abraham Chaidell
July is Builder Renewal season! Buildership powers this community and makes it possible for us to bring you services, education, podcasts, and so much more. If you are a Builder at Mishkan, we can’t …
Live From Jerusalem — Minyan Replay w/ Rabbi Lizzi & Rachel Goldberg!
July is Builder Renewal season! Buildership powers this community and makes it possible for us to bring you services, education, podcasts, and so much more. If you are a Builder at Mishkan, we can’t …
Torah For Donkeys
While the founding and associate rabbis are afar, R'Ari and Eli Newell will d'var — and donkeys will preach, too! What wisdom can we glean from looking at the Torah through a multitude of unlikely le…
Minyan Replay w/ Rabbi Steven: Parshat Chukat
July is Builder Renewal season! Buildership powers this community and makes it possible for us to bring you services, education, podcasts, and so much more. If you are a Builder at Mishkan, we can’t …
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — A Loopy Morning
July is Builder Renewal season! Buildership powers this community and makes it possible for us to bring you services, education, podcasts, and so much more. If you are a Builder at Mishkan, we can’t …
Pride Shabbat: “Call of the Shofar”
Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay from our Pride Shabbat service on Friday, June 21st. We were honored to receive a thoughtful drash from Mishkanite Aidan Gilbert, who reflected on his life, the ga…
Minyan Replay — Juneteenth with Felicia Savage Friedman
Every weekday at 8:00 am, Mishkan Chicago holds a virtual Morning Minyan. You can join in yourself, or listen to all the prayer, music, and inspiration right here on Contact Chai.
https://www.mishkan…