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Latest Episodes

Will You Sweep Away The Innocent With The Guilty?
November 13, 2024

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****For upcom

This Is Not The Time To Give Up
November 11, 2024

Todays episode is a Shabbat Replay of our Friday Night Shabbat service on November 8th. Rabbi Steven connected our post-election despair to the difficulties endured by Abraham and Sarah who, yes, were given a blessing and a mission by God, but that missi

The Way Forward is Showing Up
November 06, 2024

The day after the 2024 presidential election, Rabbi Lizzi led us in a minyan dedicated to processing our anxieties about the future.Every weekday at 8:00 am, Mishkan Chicago holds a virtual Morning Minyan. You can join in yourself, or listen to all the pr

Election 2024: We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For
November 05, 2024

Todays episode is a Shabbat Replay of our November 2nd Saturday Morning Shabbat service. The news has been a nonstop torrent of stories of depravity and demagoguery. Its enough to make ya wonder are people fundamentally evil? Selfish? Beyond saving? R

Parashat Noah: Can Humanity Be Redeemed
October 30, 2024

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****For upcom

Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — The Sukkah
October 23, 2024

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****For upco

Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Sukkot!
October 17, 2024

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.mishkanchicago.org/series/morning-minyan-spring-2024/For High H

High Holiday Guest Drashes — Aidan Gilbert and Stephanie Goldfarb
October 16, 2024

Thank you to community members Stephanie Goldfarb, Aidan Gilbert, and the many volunteers who made Mishkan's High Holiday services a success.Aidan's d'var begins at [00:24]Stephanie's reflections begin at [17:01]****For upcoming Shabbat services and progr

"No Bad Jews" — R'Steven Yom Kippur Sermon
October 13, 2024

This sermon was delivered at our 5785 Yom Kippur service.****For upcoming Shabbat services and programs, check our event calendar, and see our Accessibility & Inclusion page for information about our venues. Follow us on Instagram and like us on Faceb

"Sabbatical and Sustainability" — R'Lizzi Kol Nidre Sermon
October 12, 2024

This sermon was delivered at our 5785 Kol Nidre service.****For upcoming Shabbat services and programs, check our event calendar, and see our Accessibility & Inclusion page for information about our venues. Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebo