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Contact Chai
Mishkan Chicago
334 episodes
3 days ago
Some of you may remember Julie Fishbach from Davening Team or recall her spot-on impression of Rabbi Lizzi in Purim spiels over the years. Julie is also one of many, many Mishkanites who have gone on to attend rabbinical school — including Rabbi Steven. At our November 21st service, Julie made her triumphant Mishkan return as a visiting scholar, delivering the evening’s drash. It’s pretty incredible how much this community has grown over the years since Julie and the early generations of Mish...
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Some of you may remember Julie Fishbach from Davening Team or recall her spot-on impression of Rabbi Lizzi in Purim spiels over the years. Julie is also one of many, many Mishkanites who have gone on to attend rabbinical school — including Rabbi Steven. At our November 21st service, Julie made her triumphant Mishkan return as a visiting scholar, delivering the evening’s drash. It’s pretty incredible how much this community has grown over the years since Julie and the early generations of Mish...
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Judaism
Religion & Spirituality,
Society & Culture,
Spirituality
Episodes (20/334)
Contact Chai
Maintaining Humanity in Times of Crisis
Some of you may remember Julie Fishbach from Davening Team or recall her spot-on impression of Rabbi Lizzi in Purim spiels over the years. Julie is also one of many, many Mishkanites who have gone on to attend rabbinical school — including Rabbi Steven. At our November 21st service, Julie made her triumphant Mishkan return as a visiting scholar, delivering the evening’s drash. It’s pretty incredible how much this community has grown over the years since Julie and the early generations of Mish...
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3 days ago
16 minutes

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Emunah: Our Faith, God's Faith
Today's Morning Minyan features "Beautiful People" by Aly Halpert. 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://mishkan.shulcloud.com/form/reg-morning-minyan-evergreen Want to support what we do? Become a Builder or donate today! https://www.mishkanchicago.org/support/be-a-builder/ https://www.mishkanchicago.org/support/makeyourgift/ Produced by Mishka...
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6 days ago
32 minutes

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All You Need Is Love
Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay of our service on November 15th when Rabbi Lizzi delivered a drash all about love. The Torah also calls us to love our fellow Jews. But surely not that Jew, right? The one who won’t stop posting about, y’know? The one you have blocked on Facebook? Unfortunately, Maimonides says we have to love them too. So how do we love our fellow Jews even when it’s hard? One way you can love your Jewish community is sharing this podcast with a friend. Sharing is caring. ...
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1 week ago
22 minutes

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May I Suggest This Is The Best Part Of Your Life?
Today's Morning Minyan features "Shiviti" by Yoel Sykes and the Red Molly cover of "May I Suggest," original song by Susan Werner. 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://mishkan.shulcloud.com/form/reg-morning-minyan-evergreen Want to support what we do? Become a Builder or donate today! https://www.mishkanchicago.org/support/be-a-builder/ https:/...
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1 week ago
32 minutes

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Changing The World Ten Righteous People At A Time
Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay of our service on November 7th, 2025, when Rabbi Steven reflected on an interfaith service and protest outside the ICE Detention Facility in Broadview. Our tradition insists that the world can be transformed by the goodness of even a few people acting together as a mitzvot minyan; if there had been just ten righteous souls in Sodom and Gomorrah, their tale of two cities would have gone down a little differently. And if ten righteous souls wrote ...
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2 weeks ago
14 minutes

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Solomon's Ring and Our Power
Today's Morning Minyan features a short tallis meditation on love followed by a tribute to our very own Rachel Goldberg who is now an ordained rabbi installed in a congregation in Ashland, Oregon. This episode includes a few words on Solomon's Ring, a prayer for healing, Rena Branson's song "Our Power," and Mourner's Kaddish. 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 Con...
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2 weeks ago
34 minutes

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Against the Backdrop of Selfishness and Greed, Be a Blessing
Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay of our service on November 1st. Rabbi Lizzi delivered a sermon on the sin of Sodom. Or, rather, the sins of Sodom! According to the rabbis, these included selfishness, arrogance, apathy — a failure to share their abundance of resources with the needy. In our own time of greed, how can we choose to bless our neighbors instead of, say, covering them in honey and put them on a wall for the hornets? Want to support what we do? Become a Builder or donate today! ...
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3 weeks ago
24 minutes

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From the Tumultuous Waters to a World on Fire (Audio Fixed)
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://mishkan.shulcloud.com/form/reg-morning-minyan-evergreen Want to support what we do? Become a Builder or donate today! https://www.mishkanchicago.org/support/be-a-builder/ https://www.mishkanchicago.org/support/makeyourgift/ Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss.
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3 weeks ago
25 minutes

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The Border of Babel
Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay of our service on October 24th. Chicago has been laid siege by federal forces. The America they are building, one of dehumanizing borders between nations, peoples, and neighbors, has a lot in common with that most infamous building in Jewish lore — the Tower of Babel. How can we build another America, another world? Want to support what we do? Become a Builder or donate today! https://www.mishkanchicago.org/support/be-a-builder/ https://www.mishkanchicago.o...
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4 weeks ago
22 minutes

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Floodwaters and ICE
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://mishkan.shulcloud.com/form/reg-morning-minyan-evergreen Want to support what we do? Become a Builder or donate today! https://www.mishkanchicago.org/support/be-a-builder/ https://www.mishkanchicago.org/support/makeyourgift/ Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss.
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1 month ago
33 minutes

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In The Beginning… There Were No Kings
The night before a contingent of Mishkanites joined the massive October 18th, 2025 No Kings March, Rabbi Lizzi gave us some framing for the longstanding Jewish rejection of the idea that any person or people is greater than another. In the beginning, there were no kings. So, how did we end up in this mess? And what can we do about it? Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. Transcript
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1 month ago
26 minutes

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A Case For Joy — R' Lizzi Yom Kippur 5786
This sermon was delivered at our 5786 Yom Kippur service. Support our work by donating to our High Holiday Pledge Campaign: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/mishkan-chicago/mishkan-high-holidays-2025-5786 Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. Transcript
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1 month ago
28 minutes

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We Have To Care About What Other People Think — R' Steven Kol Nidre 5786
This sermon was delivered at our 5786 Rosh Hashanah service. Support our work by donating to our High Holiday Pledge Campaign: https://secure.givelively.org/donate/mishkan-chicago/mishkan-high-holidays-2025-5786 Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. Transcript
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1 month ago
26 minutes

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This Is A Moral Test — R'Lizzi Rosh Hashanah 5786
This sermon was delivered at our 5786 Rosh Hashanah service. Registration is open for High Holidays at Mishkan! Whether you attend in-person or via our affordable, state-of-the-art livestream, you can count on Mishkan’s High Holiday services to strengthen and inspire you as we face a new year of challenges and opportunities. Tickets go fast, so save your seat today! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/mishkanchicago/1790206 Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and performed ...
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2 months ago
34 minutes

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Sometimes We Stand Alone — R'Steven Erev Rosh Sermon
This sermon was delivered at our 5786 Erev Rosh Hashanah service. Registration is open for High Holidays at Mishkan! Whether you attend in-person or via our affordable, state-of-the-art livestream, you can count on Mishkan’s High Holiday services to strengthen and inspire you as we face a new year of challenges and opportunities. Tickets go fast, so save your seat today! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/mishkanchicago/1790206 Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and perfo...
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2 months ago
25 minutes

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I Am Becoming Who I Am Becoming
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://mishkan.shulcloud.com/form/reg-morning-minyan-evergreen Registration is open for High Holidays at Mishkan! Whether you attend in-person or via our affordable, state-of-the-art livestream, you can count on Mishkan’s High Holiday services to strengthen and inspire you as we face a new year of challenges and op...
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2 months ago
32 minutes

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Observing Our Desires
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://mishkan.shulcloud.com/form/reg-morning-minyan-evergreen Registration is open for High Holidays at Mishkan! Whether you attend in-person or via our affordable, state-of-the-art livestream, you can count on Mishkan’s High Holiday services to strengthen and inspire you as we face a new year of challenges and op...
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2 months ago
36 minutes

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Immigration Justice, Labor Organizing, And Changing Our Perspectives
Hello and welcome to Contact Chai. Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay of our service on August 30th when Rabbi Lizzi drashed on the power of perspective to change our lives and the world. But first, we were joined by Mishkanite Aliza Becker who shared moving words about the fight for immigration justice, and Ethan Aronson of Arise Chicago who spoke about labor organizing for Labor In The Pulpit. Registration is open for High Holidays at Mishkan! Whether you attend in-person or via our afford...
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2 months ago
33 minutes

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May We Rejoice
At our service on August 22nd, we welcomed BluePrint graduates who have chosen conversion into the Jewish people. Terri Shih drashed about her experiences which brought her to Judaism and shared her wishes of rejoicing for us. *** High Holiday registration is open! Save your seat by registering today: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/mishkanchicago/1790206 Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. Transcript
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2 months ago
13 minutes

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Opening The High Holidays
In this special episode recovered from The Mishkan Vault, Rabbi Lizzi speaks with renowned tech entrepreneur Harry Gottlieb about the spiritual technology of teshuvah and the power of the High Holidays in our modern world. *** High Holiday registration is open! Save your seat by registering today: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/mishkanchicago/1790206 Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. Transcript
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3 months ago
1 hour

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Some of you may remember Julie Fishbach from Davening Team or recall her spot-on impression of Rabbi Lizzi in Purim spiels over the years. Julie is also one of many, many Mishkanites who have gone on to attend rabbinical school — including Rabbi Steven. At our November 21st service, Julie made her triumphant Mishkan return as a visiting scholar, delivering the evening’s drash. It’s pretty incredible how much this community has grown over the years since Julie and the early generations of Mish...