Adira Happens — Morning Minyan

Like the mighty Leviathan, Adira rises from the depths to sow adorable chaos. Plus, reflections on the Psalms, media consumption, and Parshat Shoftim.

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

If you value this down-to-earth Jewish wisdom, help us create more inspiration and community by becoming a Builder. Mishkan Chicago relies on Builders, people who have chosen to invest in the longterm sustainability of our community. If you’ve been checking out the community, we invite you to take the next step and become a Builder to help us welcome even more people into a space to bring their whole selves and be part of something larger than themselves.

https://www.mishkanchicago.org/builder-drive-2026/

Produced by Mishkan Chicago.

Transcript

Transcript

00;00;00;02 - 00;00;22;19
Unknown
Hello and welcome to this half hour dose of weekly Jewish spirituality. Jews have a tradition of praying three times a day, and at Mishkan we have a daily virtual minyan at 8 a.m. central to get your day started. Folks join us from across the country and across the world as we begin each day with words and songs of gratitude, inspiration, healing, and Torah.

00;00;22;22 - 00;00;42;29
Unknown
Without further ado, I invite you to breathe a little deeper, connect a little more with yourself, with God, with Torah, with this community, and with the world around you, wherever you are, whatever your time zone. All right. So this is one of the many, one of the many shopping items I picked up while I was in Israel this past time.

00;00;43;02 - 00;01;07;17
Unknown
This I love it, but I was looking for a tallis. I was in the market for Atlas, and I was in the market for a tallis that was colorful but unique. And so I ended up finding this one that every stripe has, like, it's like yellow and orange and magenta and pink, which I just kind of, I don't know, it felt very mishkan.

00;01;07;19 - 00;01;26;26
Unknown
It felt on brand for Mishkan and then the Atara. Okay. If I'm being totally honest, I didn't have this made for me. Specially I picked it up in a store, same store where I got the earrings I was wearing last time. I don't love the pink. I think they must have made this for somebody specially who really wanted pink.

00;01;26;28 - 00;01;47;25
Unknown
This as it feels a little to me. This is a little too feminine. My daughter Idir says she likes it. The fact of the matter is the goes on the back of my neck anyway, so that's that's my compromise. But mostly. And I really it's like a kind of silk fabric that's like, not silky, but but I don't know if you can see it.

00;01;47;26 - 00;02;10;13
Unknown
Anyway, all this stuff, it looks like a morning sunrise. Thank you. For the first time in minyan with this tallit moment for me, feel free to kind of sit up a little bit straighter. Close your eyes and inhale and exhale at a comfortable pace.

00;02;10;15 - 00;02;15;14
Unknown
And prepare to wrap yourself in light.

00;02;15;16 - 00;02;31;27
Unknown
In tradition and God's embrace, in the presence and embrace of community. Baruch a little.

00;02;31;29 - 00;02;55;27
Unknown
Good morning and Merle. Good morning, Matt and Holly. Anybody else who I didn't have the chance to. Hi, Ellen. Say hello to this morning. I this this Psalm was on my mind that somehow I woke up with this psalm in mind. And so, you know, when that happens, then you just got to do it. So I thought, this is this is Safari, the website Safari.

00;02;55;27 - 00;03;29;10
Unknown
I'm inside Tanakh. I'm going over to Psalm 148. You know, the Psalms starting around here become Hallelujah Psalms. Like where every where the first word of every psalm is Hallelujah. 146. Hallelujah. Praise God, my soul. If you've seen Godspell, this feature is in there. Oh, praise the Lord, my soul. Something that I remember there and now. That in me as rejoice I sang to praise his holy name.

00;03;29;12 - 00;03;52;20
Unknown
But Psalm 147 is where we're going. But it's. You know, each one kind of has their own. Hallelujah! God rebuilds Jerusalem, gathering in the exiles, healing up their broken hearts and binding their wounds. God reckon the number of the stars. And gave each one a name. It's like it's. It's beautiful poetry. We don't always spend time with the Hallelujah Psalms in English.

00;03;52;23 - 00;04;14;00
Unknown
Sing to God a song of praise. Chant a hymn with lyre. To our God who covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth and makes mountains put forth grass. Gives their beasts food. The ravens brood what they cry for. God does not prize the strength of horses, nor the warriors fleets, but values those who show reverence and depend on God's faithful care.

00;04;14;07 - 00;04;32;16
Unknown
O Jerusalem, glorify God, praise your God. All right, all right. So now I'm going to go down to 148. And so this one, because I'm going to do it in Hebrew. I want to look at it in English first. So you kind of know familiar sentiment. Praise God from the heavens. Give praise from on high. Give praise all you angels.

00;04;32;16 - 00;04;52;01
Unknown
So like we're we're starting high, we're starting high. All you divine hosts. And then imagining maybe the sun and the moon and the stars being slightly lower geographically than the angels. You know, if this were like a two dimensional painting and there were layers, it's like the angels are up here, and the stars and the sun and the moon are here.

00;04;52;02 - 00;05;09;12
Unknown
Oh, give praise, highest heavens. And the water is above the heavens. Because, of course, ancient people, or at least these people, imagine that there was like a storehouse of water above the heavens. And that's where the rain came from, you know, little did they know about like condensation and clouds. You know, they thought there was like a well up there.

00;05;09;15 - 00;05;33;22
Unknown
All right. And then we're kind of like moving down. Oh, you who are on Earth, sea monsters and ocean depth. So now we're down to the sea monsters. And then kind of like everything in between. Fire and hail, smoke, storm wind, mountains and hills, fruit trees and cedars. Wild and tamed animals. I don't know if you guys watched John Oliver sometimes watched John Oliver.

00;05;33;22 - 00;05;58;11
Unknown
He did a whole piece on feral hogs a couple weeks ago and I was like, never thought about them in my life. Apparently, in the United States of America, feral hogs are like a menace, destroying property, cars, threatening people. You know what this Psalm says? Yeah, but like, they're God's creatures, wild, tamed animals. But the wild animals to just because they're an inconvenience to us?

00;05;58;12 - 00;06;21;13
Unknown
I don't know, maybe we're inconveniencing them with our cars in our suburbs. Who knows? But like, it's taking a moment to really just hold the complexity and the wideness and the diversity of all creatures on earth, young and old, youth and maidens alike, kings and all peoples, princes of the earth and its judges. Let them all praise God's name.

00;06;21;14 - 00;06;31;12
Unknown
All right. What I like about this tune for the Psalm is it just has a refrain, and the refrain is Hallelujah.

00;06;31;14 - 00;06;36;04
Unknown
How?

00;06;36;07 - 00;07;04;13
Unknown
Hallelujah! Hallelujah. Hallelujah. All right, so over on your screen you can try that. Don't unmute. Keep muted but hi in. Oh yeah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.

00;07;04;15 - 00;07;25;11
Unknown
Alleluia. All right. So now this is the chance for you to add whatever Hallelujah. Whatever your gratitude is for this morning. Go ahead and drop in the chat. Whatever is between the sea monsters and the angels.

00;07;25;13 - 00;07;58;16
Unknown
Dera just wanted a reality check for all of us. That sea monsters and angels don't exist. If you're going to talk, sweetheart, then I'm going to have to report out. But what I say is they mean something. What do they mean? All right, here we go. Hallelujah. That I don't I mean Hashemite. Hallelujah. Hallelujah by Moroni. Hallelujah.

00;07;58;18 - 00;09;08;02
Unknown
Hallelujah. Alaska. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Ever. Hallelujah. Oh! New York. Hallelujah. How do you. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Amen. Fire. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Go on. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. May I am, I am Hallelujah. There are my, my share me. I am, I am Hallelujah. Oh do ya. How do you.

00;09;08;05 - 00;10;17;01
Unknown
In your. Hallelujah. I'm gonna move down to the sea monsters. Because I think they're fun. Hallelujah. I don't, I mean, I hallelujah. Tiny nimble hotel. Oh, Hallelujah. Ace of hearts. Electric heater. Hallelujah. There are a rock star. Oh, sagebrush. Hallelujah. All right. Last time. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. How y'all. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. How the. Yeah.

00;10;17;04 - 00;10;44;03
Unknown
Hallelujah. I'm saying hallelujah. This morning. Now that I know that the wertheimer family and Abraham's family is on California time, and it's 615 in the morning there, and they are awake for this minyan. You all are warriors of Judaism and spirituality. You're amazing. And so are all of you. But it's it's very hard core to wake up at 6 a.m. to come to minyan.

00;10;44;04 - 00;11;12;29
Unknown
Y'all so impressed. Just like loving the. Loving the imagery and the milkweed and overgrown sunflowers and the native garden you're sitting in. Rebecca. Oh, new friends being present. Being able to be a loving supporter. Making it to minyan today. You had too many appointments, and yet you are here. God bless and and even yes, a dear as grounding commentary.

00;11;12;29 - 00;11;29;23
Unknown
We are grateful for that to adhere to. You asked me, Lori, why was this Psalm in my head? It's not that the words of the psalm that were in my head. The tune was in my head, and it was just like I woke up with a tune in my head and I was like, well, the only way to deal with a pesky earworm is to play it or listen to it.

00;11;29;23 - 00;11;54;05
Unknown
So. So there we are. If anybody else has any pesky Jewish earworms stuck in your head this morning, drop them in the chat and we'll see if we can get to them. Oh my God, can I tell you something? What is so interesting about children? What? What just happened just now? A dear walked upstairs to Judah's room and said, mommy said she was grateful for me, but didn't say she was grateful for you.

00;11;54;11 - 00;12;16;01
Unknown
This is how the seeds of destruction are sown. What on God's green earth? Now I'm going to have to go do kid therapy later. What is this? If anybody if anybody has any advice for. Yeah. Biblical. That's right. Rebecca. That is right. Let's go into an ashtray.

00;12;16;03 - 00;12;24;27
Unknown
Ashtray? Your space, a stretch, maybe tear.

00;12;24;29 - 00;12;33;01
Unknown
I may be tear. Hallelujah. Say.

00;12;33;04 - 00;12;41;17
Unknown
Ashtray. Your spray, I swear, may return.

00;12;41;19 - 00;13;07;25
Unknown
I may be careful. Or you Hallelujah. Say I, I sing for you. I sing for what is holy and is true. I sing for our creation, for life and liberation. And day I know.

00;13;07;27 - 00;13;16;04
Unknown
Ashtray may your spare I shall see. May take.

00;13;16;07 - 00;13;23;20
Unknown
I shall be better for you. Hallelujah! Say.

00;13;23;22 - 00;13;30;03
Unknown
I.

00;13;30;05 - 00;14;06;17
Unknown
Do you appreciate these doses of Jewish inspiration and wisdom? Then we encourage you to become a builder. Creating down to earth inspired Judaism is a group effort. Mishkan Chicago relies on builders, people who have chosen to invest in the long term sustainability of our community. Learn more. Join or renew at the links in the show notes. Thank you.

00;14;06;19 - 00;14;11;02
Unknown
This is the last line of the.

00;14;11;05 - 00;14;34;17
Unknown
The laundry list of Psalms that come from like 147. 148 149 Psalm 150. This is the very last line of it. And now you've seen, you've seen all of the like. Praise God with lyre. Praise God with flute. Praise God all the angels. Praise God all the sea monsters, praise God the mountains, praise God the grasses. And then finally it just gets to breath.

00;14;34;23 - 00;15;05;16
Unknown
Every breath is a prayer, you know, like maybe don't make it so complicated. Don't go so far away from your body. You know you don't need to like it's right here. So take a moment to sit up a little straighter. Feel breath entering your lungs and infusing like every little vein and capillary and all the little biological parts that I'm not really that familiar with, but filling them with oxygen and giving your body the oxygen it needs.

00;15;05;17 - 00;15;10;00
Unknown
No, honey. No thank you.

00;15;10;03 - 00;15;18;00
Unknown
So that you can breathe so that you can live.

00;15;18;02 - 00;15;30;24
Unknown
How? I'm telling you how. Lay low.

00;15;30;26 - 00;15;43;02
Unknown
Had a shaman tell ya. Hallelujah. I.

00;15;43;04 - 00;15;53;13
Unknown
Had. All. Yeah. Hallelujah.

00;15;53;16 - 00;15;58;10
Unknown
I.

00;15;58;12 - 00;16;10;03
Unknown
Know I Hallelujah. Yeah.

00;16;10;05 - 00;16;21;22
Unknown
We want to think right now about the people who were sending love to. Who were sending healing to kind of want to just use this this morning as our healing prayer.

00;16;21;24 - 00;16;27;27
Unknown
Thanks, sweetie. But.

00;16;28;00 - 00;16;31;03
Unknown
I know.

00;16;31;06 - 00;16;51;29
Unknown
A deer just sent me health and healing because of my cough, my mysterious cough, and my and I have this bite that is reacting in a weird way. I'm she said, don't show them and I won't. But thank you, sweetheart. All right, so we're sending.

00;16;52;02 - 00;17;14;08
Unknown
To everybody on our lists here, and just recognizing that these lists transform over the course of this year, you know, people have moved off these lists and onto the cottage lists, and some people have moved off these lists because they got better, thank God. And we didn't need to keep praying for them because actually they were in remission, you know, or they healed.

00;17;14;10 - 00;17;20;04
Unknown
So may it be so for everybody.

00;17;20;06 - 00;17;35;15
Unknown
May they have breath. May they have a feeling of spaciousness and possibility. May not be scared. May they feel surrounded by love. Refreshed. Lima.

00;17;35;18 - 00;17;49;29
Unknown
And I'm tellin ya. Hallelujah. Yeah.

00;17;50;02 - 00;18;00;24
Unknown
I'm I tell ya how they lose.

00;18;00;26 - 00;18;16;13
Unknown
Hallelujah. Though I, I hallelujah. Yeah I oh how.

00;18;16;15 - 00;18;20;19
Unknown
Lord. Yeah.

00;18;20;21 - 00;18;43;18
Unknown
Hallelujah. Yeah.

00;18;43;21 - 00;19;14;02
Unknown
Oh, to all the folks who are on your hearts this morning. So many people. We love them to every single one of them. And you know, while we're in this mode here, I'm gonna shoot us forward all the way to and to Villa. Have to. And we'll sing the villa to to that tune. That's just a one word, one line repetition of this phrase they have.

00;19;14;05 - 00;19;44;00
Unknown
You know, that you will love with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your everything. I am struck by the timing of, well, today, relative to the High holidays. We are exactly like four weeks and two days from Russia, China, Russia. China is going to be on a Friday, Friday night to Saturday Shabbat. Russia, China this year says Shabbat Shoshana.

00;19;44;01 - 00;19;58;26
Unknown
Every, every week Sylvie asks me, is there anything special about minyan for the podcast? I feel like this week it's just like a dear as contributions as we go into this, you know, just in terms of the time of year that we're in right now. And I'm going to say a little bit more about this in a second.

00;19;58;26 - 00;20;19;11
Unknown
I actually, like, brought a little stack of books I wanted to talk about how can we respond to the events of our lives with more love? That's that's the real question here that have to Adonai. So what is God? You know, you will love the Lord your God with all your mind, with all your soul, with all your spirit.

00;20;19;17 - 00;20;49;02
Unknown
But we spend the entire first part of Davenport and the Shama here, Shammai, Adonai. But there's only one. There's only one ness. Did it mean once upon a time? You know God isn't many gods. God is one God. There is, you know, something above or consuming, you know, a big headline under which everything else falls. You know, or you know, the ocean to which all other rivers lead, like God is oneness.

00;20;49;04 - 00;21;12;07
Unknown
And if God is oneness, then there is no place that God is not including in all the places that make us say, there couldn't possibly be a God if dot, dot, dot. And there is a lot to say that about, right? And yet I don't, I don't I and you will respond with love. So if you leave with nothing else from this minyan this morning, I kind of feel like that's the question of the season.

00;21;12;07 - 00;21;46;04
Unknown
How do we respond with greater love? Love for self, love for other love for God, love for tradition, love for reality. Acceptance of reality. In order to love something, you kind of need to accept what and who it is. How can we respond with more love? Let's take a moment here to just center close eyes. If you have a tallis on here, gather the four corners of it, holding these fringes over my eyes, closing them, putting the name of God in the form of the shape of my hand over my eyes, a shin, a Dalit and a.

00;21;46;04 - 00;22;04;26
Unknown
You'd write that shin dallied. You'd the name Shaddai. Nurturing God, abundance. Taking a breath for every word, relaxing into it. Shimon.

00;22;04;29 - 00;22;09;24
Unknown
Israel.

00;22;09;26 - 00;22;17;03
Unknown
I don't I.

00;22;17;05 - 00;22;24;08
Unknown
Hello? Hey. No.

00;22;24;10 - 00;22;55;15
Unknown
I don't know.

00;22;55;17 - 00;23;08;29
Unknown
I tied at I don't I had I.

00;23;09;01 - 00;23;21;17
Unknown
If I've had a over a home.

00;23;21;20 - 00;23;33;10
Unknown
I have time at I don't I.

00;23;33;12 - 00;23;39;22
Unknown
Their whole lives I.

00;23;39;24 - 00;23;46;16
Unknown
May die.

00;23;46;18 - 00;23;54;07
Unknown
They have done that I don't know I.

00;23;54;09 - 00;24;07;03
Unknown
And you will love the Lord your God with all your might. The whole live I've had will be home.

00;24;07;05 - 00;24;28;08
Unknown
In all your heart and all your soul. And these words which I speak to you today shall be on your heart. And the coach Gharib says, why are they on your heart and not in your heart? And he says, well, they're on your heart because they'll just sit there unless you open your heart. So you know, that's the work.

00;24;28;10 - 00;24;51;26
Unknown
Repeat them to your children when you speak of them, and when you sit in your home, and when you lie down, and when you rise up, and when you walk along the way and bind them as a sign upon your hand, and let them be a symbol before your eyes, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates you will love.

00;24;52;02 - 00;25;04;09
Unknown
They are tough. I don't know, I don't have.

00;25;04;11 - 00;25;09;29
Unknown
Their whole liver.

00;25;10;01 - 00;25;18;29
Unknown
Over home. Oh dear.

00;25;19;01 - 00;25;26;21
Unknown
All right.

00;25;26;24 - 00;25;49;17
Unknown
I'm going to go into Kadisha mourners Kaddish. Here's my last parting thought for you. Kind of transition out of minyan and into post minyan coffee. I have this little stack of books sitting here. I just put it together this morning, but this is one that I've been carrying around with me for the past couple of weeks. Just reading a page or two in, you know, as, as often as I can because it's dense.

00;25;49;17 - 00;26;18;21
Unknown
But what it is is it is the Coran rush and they make a, you know, one for Yom Kippur as well. Corin is a publishing company, I think, based in Israel and Jerusalem, guessing and most of their Jewish liturgical books and things. If it says the corin xyz siddur, Monsieur, it has commentary in it running the whole way through from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

00;26;18;21 - 00;26;46;20
Unknown
There's like a section at the beginning that's sort of like his philosophical religious musings on whatever the subject matter is. So in this case, in the case of Yom Kippur, Yom Kippur. But then, like on every page, you know, there's a below the line kind of a thing. And just like rabbinic commentary that happens to be from one of the most brilliant rabbis of the 20th and 21st century, may his memory be a blessing.

00;26;46;22 - 00;27;08;01
Unknown
Want to recommend? So, as we go into this season of preparing for the High Holidays, let it not smack us in the face. Surprise! You know, like, let us not be surprised by the themes that come up when we go to show on and encounter God the King, the judge. You know, all those metaphors that we don't like, all those metaphors that make us go like, well, we don't really believe this.

00;27;08;01 - 00;27;24;00
Unknown
And it's like, once you're smart, seven year old has pointed out like, well, we don't really believe in that. But then ask, like, what is the psychological and spiritual function of a tradition that places us in relationship with God, at least with that metaphor, you know, at this time of year. That's one of the metaphors that we're working with.

00;27;24;00 - 00;27;45;03
Unknown
Why? What is valuable about the idea that we are cared for by a being powerful, more powerful than us? What's valuable for us about the notion that our actions, our deeds, are visible even if we're alone to someone capital S, you know, who's who's actually paying attention and not to punish us, but because they care and because they care about us.

00;27;45;04 - 00;28;06;11
Unknown
So here's another book return. This is by Erika Brown. Super, super smart. But she mostly writes on like, Judaism and business and Judaism and leadership. So it's called Return Daily inspiration for the days of or but specifically, it's like a workbook for the ten days or a chapter book for the ten days between Russia, China and young people.

00;28;06;13 - 00;28;41;23
Unknown
So Erika Brown, doctor Erika Brown, I would be remiss if I did not, of course, mention this is real and you are completely unprepared. In theory, we're supposed to start reading it at Tisha B'Av, but you can jump on the bandwagon now. I only have two more. This is called for times such as these, and it is a book that's sort of a tour of the Jewish holidays, the Jewish calendar, and it's just a very different approach, sort of a, I don't know, politically radical, progressive, you know, two rabbis who who just felt like this book hadn't been written yet.

00;28;41;23 - 00;29;05;22
Unknown
So they wrote it for times such as these. And then, you know, I showed you the rabbi, Jonathan Sacks Mazor, a couple, I don't know, a couple months ago, somebody from the minyan mentioned that, like she picked up this prayer book by let's see her for Shabbat holidays. It's the siddur for a congregation in Philadelphia called Colts. But the point is, like there are a lot of awesome CD reem around.

00;29;05;23 - 00;29;29;16
Unknown
They have poetry in them. They have different approaches to the prayers. And now is a great time to orient, to like what are what is the media that I am consuming? This week's partial. We're not going to spend time looking at it because it's already 836. Shofar team begins with like you will appoint, you know, judges and magistrates for all your cities.

00;29;29;16 - 00;29;53;09
Unknown
And it's talking about the justice system. But what the Hasidic tradition does with this idea of, for all your gates, you know, the idea of having judges and judgment at all your gates, which is like what kind of talks about, they say, like you should be minding very carefully what is coming in and going out through all of your gates, through all of your portals of awareness, your eyes, your ears in particular.

00;29;53;09 - 00;30;08;29
Unknown
What are you consuming? What media are you consuming? Who are you talking to? Who are the people you're hanging out with? What are the influences that are shaping the way you see the world? Is that healthy? Is that working for you? Are you a happier person or are you a healthier person or you holier person? Or like, is it getting you down?

00;30;09;02 - 00;30;30;03
Unknown
You know, now is the time to ask yourself, you know who and what are coming through those gates, and maybe to make an adjustment, probably to make an adjustment. I mean, I when I think about this, I think how my how my podcast feed has gone from mostly podcasts about things like Torah and spirituality, with a little bit of news to mostly news and news analysis.

00;30;30;03 - 00;30;57;19
Unknown
And then I ask myself, am I more wise? Because now I've heard a bunch of people talk about the news. No, actually, am I a little bit addicted to it? Yeah, I am like, if I'm being honest, I'm seeing a couple of heads nod. So I have spoken, putting it out there and we can talk about it. You know, at any point the name of the first book for the person asking is the Koran, Mazor, the Koran, High Holiday, Mazor or Yom Kippur?

00;30;57;21 - 00;31;14;29
Unknown
They probably come as a set. And sure, you know, just you can order it online or find it in a Jewish bookstore. I bet if you're here in Chicago, this is the kind of thing Rosenblum would have on the shelf. My God, a trip to Rosenblum. So that would be so fun. At this time of year, you know, to think about building your Jewish life.

00;31;15;02 - 00;31;39;14
Unknown
Okay, Dana, let's transition into Kaddish. So, Melanie, very aware that you're here for the first time saying Kaddish for your uncle. If you want to say anything, you know, like, even just say his name. My uncle Mel Greenberg. And who else are we remembering this morning? Your love and wonderful, exceptional. Magical, fabulous. Jolly, jubilant, consistent, reliable husband and father.

00;31;39;14 - 00;32;03;19
Unknown
Miles. Wartime emotion in our homes. Phoebus. Sorrow of my dad, Dick Jacobs, Jake Jacobs, miles. Cindy, Norm singer, her wine Traub. My mom, Estelle Slutsky actually in Shiva right now and should blessing to be able to connect here because I'm not anywhere where I can find a minion. So thank you Judith. That's great to see you. Judy. Yeah.

00;32;03;20 - 00;32;34;22
Unknown
I'm so sorry. Thank you. 97 good run. Are you in Shaker Heights right now? Lyman I'm in Delray Beach, Florida. Oh, okay. Yeah, I'm. I'm the sweep. I'm like, you know, got it, got it. Anybody else? This morning, my best friend Tom John and my cousin, Esther Bloom Stein. My wife, Robin Eisenberg. Oh, yeah, he's a Raja. May their memories all be blessings.

00;32;34;22 - 00;32;49;13
Unknown
Every single one. Is there anybody who would like to lead us in Kaddish this morning? All right. Thank you. You got to all you main.

00;32;49;15 - 00;33;04;10
Unknown
The the whole baseball bat out of this man. Be real. I mean, Rabbi. Alam. Lamia. Maya.

00;33;04;12 - 00;33;12;23
Unknown
Nassar. Peter Vitale with a laugh. She made good job.

00;33;12;26 - 00;33;20;00
Unknown
To to the in.

00;33;20;03 - 00;33;25;05
Unknown
Rabbi means mime the game.

00;33;25;07 - 00;33;29;00
Unknown
Man.

00;33;29;03 - 00;33;53;17
Unknown
Shalom. Alena. I'll call you right now. Table. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Yeah, he's a thank you being. Oh, for anybody who's considering coming in on Yom Kippur, I just want to say, like, we've got a good we've got some good out of town minyan representation happening on Yom Kippur such that I'm going to do an alley for, for the morning minyan.

00;33;53;18 - 00;34;15;00
Unknown
I'm telling you, I'm going to put the word out there. We're going to do an alley for the morning minyan to come up, because it'll just be really special to get all of you in one place, and you can see each other's faces and whole bodies and, you know, give each other hugs and but but also, I really want to, like, celebrate this, this little micro community in front of the whole community and let you be celebrated.

00;34;15;00 - 00;34;32;15
Unknown
So even if you weren't planning on coming in for Yom Kippur, now you have a even more of a reason. In addition to what I think I've spoken about with some of you, which is, you know, happens on Yom Kippur, and so many of you are here to say Kaddish. And we do like a really meaningful little tribute video.

00;34;32;16 - 00;35;15;25
Unknown
You know, you send in a picture, send in a couple words about your loved one. We sing for like half an hour while the tribute video is playing. The team just sings live and it's really it's meaningful. Wait, can I say one more thing next week at this time and place in this? Like after 830, I want to do like a high holiday listening session, like what is on like that same question what's on people's hearts and minds, but specifically like what are your hopes, anxieties, but mostly hopes for what happens at high holidays, like spiritually, you know, musically Torah Lee but you know, like, what are you kind of hoping we get into?

00;35;15;28 - 00;35;35;17
Unknown
So think about that over the course of this week. Great. Sounds great. Thank you. Okay. Bye bye. All right. Lots of love, everybody. You've been listening to contact Kai a production of Mishkan Chicago. If you were inspired or informed by this episode, please leave us a five star rating on Apple Podcasts so that others can encounter our work.

00;35;35;17 - 00;35;46;22
Unknown
And if you appreciate what Mishkan is doing, I invite you to join as a builder or make a donation on our website at Mishkan Chicago Shabbat shalom.

00;35;46;24 - 00;36;02;03
Unknown
Tobacco Night and shaky chamber cannot be kept by name as old as they.