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Contact Chai is Mishkan Chicago’s podcast feed, where you can hear our Shabbat sermons, Morning Minyans, interviews with Jewish thought leaders, and more.


Episode Date
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Emor: Make Your Life A Work Of Art
May 15, 2024
A More Honest Story: Yom Ha’Zikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut
May 14, 2024
Sharing Grief, Sharing Hope — Israelis and Palestinians in Conversation
May 08, 2024
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Rosh Chodesh Iyar: Omer 15
May 08, 2024
Building A Heart of Many Rooms: Toward A More Complete Pursuit Of Liberation
May 06, 2024
Mental Health Shabbat — Confronting Addictive Behaviors
May 03, 2024
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Acharei Mot and Counting the Omer
May 01, 2024
Don't Settle for the Simple Story... or Seder
Apr 22, 2024
Morning Minyan with Rabbi Lizzi — Dayenu! Transcending the Sanitized Story
Apr 17, 2024
The Impossible Becomes Possible
Apr 16, 2024
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Entering the Month of Nissan! Parshat Tazria! Preparing for Passover!
Apr 10, 2024
The Four Children
Apr 09, 2024
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Shmini
Apr 03, 2024
How to Avoid Retelling the Same Old Story
Apr 02, 2024
Israeli and Palestinian Political Reflections on the Moment and on the Future
Mar 29, 2024
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Tzav
Mar 27, 2024
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Purim Prep Special
Mar 21, 2024
(Jewish) Power: Fantasy, Reality, and Responsibility
Mar 19, 2024
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Pekudei
Mar 13, 2024
After Catastrophe, Come Together (of Golden Calves and Making Mishkan)
Mar 11, 2024
(Not) Your Place in This — One Teen’s Story
Mar 07, 2024
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Vayakhel
Mar 06, 2024
Making Idols of our Own Opinions
Mar 05, 2024
What is on the minds of Jewish thought leaders?
Mar 01, 2024
Rabbi Lizzi's Reflections On Four Days In Israel
Feb 28, 2024
Building A Mishkan For All Of Us — Susana Darwin
Feb 22, 2024
Interview: Sarah Garza Resnick On The Fight For Abortion Access
Feb 21, 2024
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Terumah
Feb 14, 2024
Rabbi Lizzi's First Sermon Post-Sabbatical
Feb 12, 2024
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Steven — Parashat Yitro
Feb 01, 2024
To Remember To Forget
Jan 29, 2024
The Mitzvah of Hope
Jan 24, 2024
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Steven — Parashat Bo
Jan 18, 2024
Stories That Make Me Cry
Jan 17, 2024
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Steven — Parashat Va'era
Jan 11, 2024
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Steven — Parashat Shemot
Jan 05, 2024
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Steven — Parashat Vayigash
Dec 22, 2023
Astrology, Mysticism, and the Jewish Calendar
Dec 20, 2023
To Be a Light in the Darkness
Dec 14, 2023
Shedding Expectations of Who You Should Be — A Trans Reading of Esau
Nov 20, 2023
Empathy Is Not Endorsement
Nov 15, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — From the Place Where We Are Right
Nov 03, 2023
Be More Like Abraham. Be More Human.
Oct 30, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Smashing Idols And Glass Ceilings
Oct 27, 2023
Joel Braunold: Why Israel & Palestine Has Always Been A Playground for Global Powers
Oct 24, 2023
Tap Into The Angel You Could Be
Oct 21, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — How Lovely The Ruins
Oct 19, 2023
Updates From Israel with Rachel Goldberg
Oct 19, 2023
This Is Our Power
Oct 17, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Praying & Processing Together
Oct 12, 2023
Prayers For Peace In Israel with Rabbi Lizzi and Rachel Goldberg
Oct 09, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Sukkot Edition
Oct 05, 2023
"Joy Doesn't Just Happen" — R'Steven Kol Nidre Sermon
Oct 02, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — V'Zot HaBrakha
Sep 29, 2023
On Teshuvah and Bring Chicago Home — Tim Graves and Jackie Rassner
Sep 28, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — The Yom Kippur Seder
Sep 21, 2023
"Supporting True Democracy in Israel" — R'Lizzi Rosh Hashanah 5784
Sep 19, 2023
"Today We Decide What Worlds May One Day Be Born" — R'Steven Erev Rosh 5784
Sep 18, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Erev Erev Rosh
Sep 14, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Selichot Edition
Sep 07, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Ki Tavo
Aug 31, 2023
Making Judaism My Home — Linda Kinning
Aug 30, 2023
Elul Week 1: Letting Go of Perfectionism
Aug 24, 2023
Will The Next Generation Make It Into The Promised Land?
Aug 22, 2023
It's Time To Begin Again
Aug 22, 2023
Morning Minyan Meditation with Rabbi Shefa Gold
Aug 17, 2023
Rabbi Steven: Building A More Just World In Our Own Backyard
Aug 14, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Re'eh
Aug 10, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Eikev
Aug 09, 2023
Tree of Life: What does Jewish tradition say about capital punishment?
Aug 08, 2023
Tisha B'Av and Israel's Judicial Coup
Jul 27, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Devarim
Jul 21, 2023
"We Are Not Broken." — HiHo Replay
Jul 09, 2023
Tools For Living In A World That Breaks Your Heart — HiHo Replay
Jul 01, 2023
Yaaas Shabbos Queen! — Pride Shabbat 2023
Jun 24, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Korach
Jun 22, 2023
"Our best days are ahead." — Rabbi Lizzi On Facing Uncertainty
Jun 17, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Shelach Lecha
Jun 15, 2023
We Are Reflections Of The Divine
Jun 13, 2023
Erasing A Legacy of Hate  — Friday Night Shabbat on June 9th, 2023
Jun 10, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Behaalotecha
Jun 09, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Naso
Jun 01, 2023
Shavuot & Rabbi Deena Send-Off
May 27, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Shavuot
May 25, 2023
"Are your eyes closed to revelation?" — Shavuot Sermon by Rabbi Steven Philp
May 22, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Bamidbar
May 18, 2023
Be A Neighbor, Not A Tourist
May 15, 2023
Minyan Replay with Rabbi Lizzi — Behar-Bechukotai
May 11, 2023
"...The verses in this parsha let me down." — Parashat Emor and Disability Justice
May 08, 2023
Weekly Dose of Minyan w/ Rabbi Lizzi — Parashat Emor
May 04, 2023
Love, Loss, and Collective Liberation
May 03, 2023
Keeping Kosher: Ancient Mindful Eating?
Apr 18, 2023
What's Holding You Back In Mitzrayim? — R'Steven Passover Sermon
Apr 04, 2023
Let’s Talk About It: A Drash on Suicide by Rabbi Steven
Mar 27, 2023
Sephardic Passover Traditions with Rabbi Deena
Mar 22, 2023
Imagining A New Future: The Seder As A Tool Of Transformation
Mar 21, 2023
"Getting God's People Together" — Pastah J
Mar 01, 2023
Repro Shabbat Panel ft. Sarah Garza Resnick & Elizabeth Posner
Feb 20, 2023
Luminous Beings: On Disability And Radical Love
Feb 14, 2023
Dive In — The Water's Parted
Feb 06, 2023
This Tu B'Shevat, Decarbonize Your Life! An Interview With Hans Detweiler
Feb 01, 2023
What If We Are The Egyptians In The Exodus Story?
Jan 30, 2023
Jenny Schaffer: Police Accountability and the Jewish Tradition of Justice
Jan 24, 2023
On Angels And Plagues
Jan 23, 2023
Rachel Goldberg: Israel & Palestine in the Light of the Exodus
Jan 16, 2023
Patriarchs, Purpose, and Puss In Boots
Jan 10, 2023
Erev Erev Xmas
Dec 24, 2022
Not By Might!
Dec 24, 2022
Shine Your True Light
Dec 21, 2022
"This Well Will Not Run Dry!" — Rabbi Micah Shapiro
Dec 13, 2022
MRI: Most Respectful Interpretation
Dec 06, 2022
Lighting Candles By Starlight
Nov 20, 2022
Only You Can Take Your Journey
Nov 09, 2022
"A Flood of Joy!" — Friday Night Shabbat with R'Micah Shapiro
Oct 31, 2022
"I Descend from Brown Mestizes and White Jews" — Jonathan Mendoza
Oct 26, 2022
"Where It Began..." — Rabbi Deena's 5783 Yom Kippur Sermon
Oct 19, 2022
Slow Down, Look Up — R'Lizzi Kol Nidre Sermon
Oct 14, 2022
"We Are Not Broken." — R'Steven Rosh Hashanah Sermon
Oct 05, 2022
Tools For Living In A World That Breaks Your Heart
Oct 04, 2022
Elul: A Month of Blessing
Sep 21, 2022
Turn The Page And Rewrite Your Story
Sep 14, 2022
Freeganism, Bal Tashchit, and Wasting Not
Sep 07, 2022
How Do I Console Someone Who Is Suffering?
Aug 24, 2022
Same Goals, Same God, Different Ways of Getting There
Aug 17, 2022
"Moses knew how to manage his boss..."
Aug 02, 2022
Plantsitting For The Planet
Jul 27, 2022
Rabbi Lizzi: All About Our Trip To Israel
Jul 20, 2022
June 24th, 2022: We Will Not Go Back
Jun 26, 2022
Traditional Trans Allyship: Orthodox Rabbi Mike Moskowitz
Jun 22, 2022
Was Judaism Always This Gay?
Jun 15, 2022
No More "Thoughts And Prayers" — We Need A Revelation
Jun 08, 2022
So Maybe God Is Cursing Us — Now What?
Jun 01, 2022
Arya Marvazy: The Jews of Color Initiative
May 21, 2022
Loving Your Neighbor Even When It's Hard
May 11, 2022
Why Do We Pray For The Sake Of The Unification Of God?
May 04, 2022
From The Narrow Place To Liberation with Martin Friedman and Felicia Savage Friedman
Apr 26, 2022
Second Night Seder: Toward A New Promised Land
Apr 19, 2022
Passover: What Does Freedom Even Mean?
Apr 13, 2022
The Great Pesach Bake Off
Apr 05, 2022
"Don't Say Gay" And The Hate That Hides Our Sacred Inheritance
Mar 29, 2022
Hazon: The Jewish Lab for Sustainability, with Jakir Manela
Mar 23, 2022
Purim: How To Erase The Past (While Also Remembering It)
Mar 16, 2022
Shabbat Replay: Ukraine, Mirrors, and Plowshares
Mar 01, 2022
Jews in ALL Hues: An Interview With Jared Jackson
Feb 24, 2022
Shabbat Replay: Race, the Holocaust, and Teshuvah
Feb 17, 2022
Shabbat Replay: Love Languages
Feb 08, 2022
Shabbat Replay: Reproductive Rights Are A Jewish Value
Feb 01, 2022
Interview with Sephardic Mizrahi Q Network founder Ruben Shimonov
Jan 24, 2022
Shabbat Replay: The Long Way To Freedom
Jan 19, 2022
Shabbat Replay: Could You Forgive Pharaoh?
Jan 14, 2022
Can We Talk About Israel? Interview with Daniel Sokatch
Jan 03, 2022
Shabbat Replay: As In Life, So In Death
Dec 21, 2021
Shabbat Replay: When Dreams (Kinda) Come True
Dec 14, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Rabbi Steven Ruins Hanukkah
Dec 08, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Jewish Views On Self-Defense (Re: Rittenhouse Verdict)
Nov 22, 2021
Shabbat Replay: When It’s Dark, Look Up
Nov 17, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Eating Disorders and a Call for Community Support
Nov 03, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Finding Meaning in the Unexplained
Oct 25, 2021
The High Holidays: Envisioning A Year of Justice with R'Stephanie Ruskay
Sep 06, 2021
The High Holidays: Practicing Community with Casper ter Kuile
Aug 23, 2021
The High Holidays: Mining the Wreck with Jay Michaelson
Aug 13, 2021
Transforming Despair into Determination with Joe Grant & Anna Gaebler
Jul 14, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Finding the Words for Pride ft. Joshua Schwartz
Jul 01, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Opal Lee & Miriam, Champions for Justice
Jun 21, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Imagination Over Validation
Jun 14, 2021
Shabbat Replay: A Prayer for Healing, An Act of Hope
Jun 14, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Joel Braunold on Israel & Palestine
May 19, 2021
An Unbound Jewish Digital Kingdom with Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg
May 13, 2021
Shabbat Replay: The Torah’s Prescription for A Radical Reset ft. Rabbi Lizzi
May 10, 2021
Cultivating a Foundation of Gratitude & Accountability with Rabbi Sandra Lawson
May 05, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Lag B'Omer & Devotion to Our Highest Ideals ft. Rabbi Lizzi
May 03, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Holiness in Changing the System
Apr 30, 2021
Humility and Our Shared Liberation with Alexandra Corwin & Tani Prell
Apr 30, 2021
The Enduring Gift of Being Heard with Ilana Gleicher-Bloom
Apr 23, 2021
Shabbat Replay: The Rod & the Whip, Police Brutality, Accountability & Public Safety
Apr 20, 2021
The Balance of Feminist Parenting with Jo-Ann Finkelstein
Apr 15, 2021
Shabbat Replay: How Can We Imbue Our Days with Upkeep Magic? ft. Marni Loffman
Apr 12, 2021
Strength in Honesty with Mark Achler & Harry Gottlieb
Apr 07, 2021
Shabbat Replay: It's Not the End That Matters ft. R'Megan
Apr 05, 2021
Shabbat Replay: We Were on the Side of the Plagues
Apr 01, 2021
Practicing Kindness with Rena Rosen
Mar 31, 2021
Shabbat Replay: A New Way of Being in the World
Mar 22, 2021
How to Make Meaning from Passover Cleaning
Mar 19, 2021
Shabbat Replay: You Are Enough to Build Sacred Space
Mar 17, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Hard Won Lessons from the Wilderness
Mar 08, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Torah & the Costumes We Wear
Mar 05, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Kindness, Humor, Violence & the Story of Purim
Feb 24, 2021
Shabbat Replay: A Tradition of Protecting Reproductive Rights
Feb 19, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Anti-Racism & Tochacha: A Loving Invitation
Feb 10, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Confronting Climate Change & Suffering
Feb 03, 2021
Can Religions End Climate Change? ft. R'Yonatan Neril
Jan 27, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Optimism as Bravery
Jan 26, 2021
Shabbat Replay: It Was A Difficult Week
Jan 11, 2021
Shabbat Replay: What We Learn from the Narrows
Jan 05, 2021
Shabbat Replay: Making Our Hobbies Sacred
Dec 21, 2020
Shabbat Replay: Speaking Out Our Dreams
Dec 14, 2020
A Love-Hate Relationship to Hanukkah with Shira Stutman
Dec 11, 2020
Shabbat Replay: Jacob's Wrestling Match & Jewish Racial Justice ft. Shahanna McKinney-Baldon
Dec 09, 2020
The Nostalgia of Hanukkah Music with Jessica Kate Meyer
Dec 04, 2020
Shabbat Replay: Recognizing the Land We're On, A Requisite for Teshuvah
Nov 30, 2020
Shabbat Replay: Encountering the Present through Our Past, An Invitation to Be Brave
Nov 16, 2020
The Redemptive Possibility of Shining Your Light with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
Nov 13, 2020
Shabbat Replay: Winning a Game Called America
Nov 10, 2020
Wandering You: A Self-Guided Meditation
Oct 01, 2020
The Crumble Before the Crash with Rabbi Benay Lappe
Jul 29, 2020
Putting the World Back Together with Pastah J
Jul 23, 2020
In Reverence to Our Humanity with Lola Wright
Jun 24, 2020
The Science of Transformation, Part II
May 12, 2020
Passover & the Science of Transformation
Mar 30, 2020