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The Gift of Hallah

Jul 1, 2016 By Reuven Greenvald | Commentary | Shelah Lekha

If you鈥檙e a hallah baker, like I am, you know that all your measuring, kneading, and hours of checking on rising dough are totally worth it when, after the hamotzi at the Shabbat table, your family and friends let out a collective 鈥渁aah.鈥� When that fluffy, sweet piece of bread melts in their mouths, they know it鈥檚 really shabbes.

At the Threshold

Jul 1, 2016 By 麻豆原创 | Commentary | Shelah Lekha

In this week鈥檚 parashah, the Israelites stand at the boundary of the Land of Israel鈥攚ith all its potential for religious and national destiny and for physical danger鈥攃onsidering whether or not to enter. During the spring 2016 semester, JTS鈥檚 own entrance was the location of an art installation by , who uses moving images, still projections, light, and sound to engage the history and symbolism of specific venues.

An All-Too-Easy Transgression

Jun 24, 2016 By Leonard A. Sharzer | Commentary | Beha'alotekha

The concluding episode of this week鈥檚 parashah is one of the most well-known and intriguing stories in the Torah, that of Miriam and Aaron publicly maligning Moses and the consequences thereof. The basic elements of the narrative (Num. 12:1鈥�16) are these: Miriam and Aaron speak out against Moses regarding the Cushite woman he has married, and complain that he is not the only prophet in the family. God has spoken through the two of them, as well. God hears all of this. 

Notifications Now and Then

Jun 24, 2016 By Tim Daniel Bernard | Commentary | Beha'alotekha

How often do we hear this sound, or feel the vibrations of a mobile device demanding our attention? Breaking news, emails, traffic, and game updates鈥攁lerts both trivial and critical are brought to us by beeps, bars of music, and buzzes.

Weekday Shaharit (Lower Voice)

Jun 20, 2016 By 麻豆原创 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Rabbi and Hazzan Seth Adelson
Project coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

Weekday Shaharit (Higher Voice)

Jun 19, 2016 By 麻豆原创 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Cantor Arianne BrownProject coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

Weekday Minhah and Ma’ariv (Lower Voice)

Jun 18, 2016 By 麻豆原创 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Rabbi and Hazzan Seth Adelson.
Project coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

Answer Me

Jun 17, 2016 By Joel Alter | Commentary | Naso

In a plaintive and anxious song by Israeli singer Ehud Banai called 鈥淎neh Li鈥� (鈥淎nswer Me鈥�), the challenge of communicating with God is rendered as an increasingly panicked monologue by a man waiting for a voice he鈥檚 sure is on the other end of the phone line:

You鈥檙e breaking up鈥攖here鈥檚 background noise鈥攊t鈥檚 like the ocean.
I guess there鈥檚 no reception here鈥攜ou鈥檝e disappeared.
I鈥檓 still waiting on the line for my turn.
I鈥檓 holding the connection, in case you return . . .
Are you still with me?
Answer me.

Light Shine Through

Jun 17, 2016 By Danielle Upbin | Commentary | Naso

We are Hollow Bamboo
Open up your heart and let the light shine through
Light shine, light shine through!
Light shine, light shine through

Weekday Minhah and Ma’ariv (Higher Voice)

Jun 17, 2016 By 麻豆原创 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Cantor Arianne BrownProject coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

Shabbat Evening (Lower Voice)

Jun 16, 2016 By 麻豆原创 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Rabbi and Hazzan Seth Adelson
Project coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

Shabbat Evening (Higher Voice)

Jun 15, 2016 By 麻豆原创 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Cantor Arianne BrownProject coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

Shabbat Pesukei Dezimra and Shaharit (Lower Voice)

Jun 14, 2016 By 麻豆原创 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Rabbi and Hazzan Seth Adelson
Project coordinator: Rabbi David聽Freidenreich

Shabbat Pesukei Dezimra and Shaharit (Higher Voice)

Jun 13, 2016 By 麻豆原创 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Cantor Arianne Brown and Cantor Jennifer Kanarek CahnProject coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

Shabbat Musaf (Lower Voice)

Jun 12, 2016 By 麻豆原创 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Rabbi and Hazzan Seth Adelson
Project coordinator: Rabbi David聽Freidenreich

Shabbat Musaf (Higher Voice)

Jun 11, 2016 By 麻豆原创 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Cantor Arianne BrownProject coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

The Still, Small Voice

Jun 10, 2016 By Sam Blustin | Commentary | Shavuot

In 1 Kings 19, Elijah experiences a divine intervention: an angel brings him food, and then, on Mount Sinai, God passes by him. But God was not in the wind, nor the earthquake, nor the fire, but 鈥渢he still, small voice.鈥� This chapter includes allusions to other moments of divine revelation, which we highlighted in this song, including the giving of the Torah.

Shabbat Rosh Hodesh Musaf (Lower Voice)

Jun 10, 2016 By 麻豆原创 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Rabbi and Hazzan Seth Adelson
Project coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

Shabbat Rosh Hodesh Musaf (Higher Voice)

Jun 9, 2016 By 麻豆原创 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Cantor Arianne Brown and Cantor Jennifer Kanarek CahnProject coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

Shabbat Minhah (Lower Voice)

Jun 8, 2016

Recordings by Rabbi and Hazzan Seth Adelson
Project coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich