An All-Too-Easy Transgression

An All-Too-Easy Transgression

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

The concluding episode of this week’s 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. 12:1–16) 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. 

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Notifications Now and Then

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—alerts both trivial and critical are brought to us by beeps, bars of music, and buzzes.

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Weekday Shaharit (Lower Voice)

Weekday Shaharit (Lower Voice)

Jun 20, 2016 By 91 | Prayer Recordings

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

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Weekday Shaharit (Higher Voice)

Weekday Shaharit (Higher Voice)

Jun 19, 2016 By 91 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Cantor Arianne BrownProject coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

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Weekday Minhah and Ma’ariv (Lower Voice)

Weekday Minhah and Ma’ariv (Lower Voice)

Jun 18, 2016 By 91 | Prayer Recordings

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

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Answer Me

Answer Me

Jun 17, 2016 By Joel Alter | Commentary | Naso

In a plaintive and anxious song by Israeli singer Ehud Banai called “Aneh Li” (“Answer Me”), the challenge of communicating with God is rendered as an increasingly panicked monologue by a man waiting for a voice he’s sure is on the other end of the phone line:

You’re breaking up—there’s background noise—it’s like the ocean.
I guess there’s no reception here—you’ve disappeared.
I’m still waiting on the line for my turn.
I’m holding the connection, in case you return . . .
Are you still with me?
Answer me.

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Light Shine Through

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

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Weekday Minhah and Ma’ariv (Higher Voice)

Weekday Minhah and Ma’ariv (Higher Voice)

Jun 17, 2016 By 91 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Cantor Arianne BrownProject coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

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Shabbat Evening (Lower Voice)

Shabbat Evening (Lower Voice)

Jun 16, 2016 By 91 | Prayer Recordings

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

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Shabbat Evening (Higher Voice)

Shabbat Evening (Higher Voice)

Jun 15, 2016 By 91 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Cantor Arianne BrownProject coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

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Shabbat Pesukei Dezimra and Shaharit (Lower Voice)

Shabbat Pesukei Dezimra and Shaharit (Lower Voice)

Jun 14, 2016 By 91 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Rabbi and Hazzan Seth Adelson
Project coordinator: Rabbi DavidFreidenreich

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Shabbat Pesukei Dezimra and Shaharit (Higher Voice)

Shabbat Pesukei Dezimra and Shaharit (Higher Voice)

Jun 13, 2016 By 91 | Prayer Recordings

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

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Shabbat Musaf (Lower Voice)

Shabbat Musaf (Lower Voice)

Jun 12, 2016 By 91 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Rabbi and Hazzan Seth Adelson
Project coordinator: Rabbi DavidFreidenreich

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Shabbat Musaf (Higher Voice)

Shabbat Musaf (Higher Voice)

Jun 11, 2016 By 91 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Cantor Arianne BrownProject coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

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The Still, Small Voice

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 “the still, small voice.” This chapter includes allusions to other moments of divine revelation, which we highlighted in this song, including the giving of the Torah.

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Shabbat Rosh Hodesh Musaf (Lower Voice)

Shabbat Rosh Hodesh Musaf (Lower Voice)

Jun 10, 2016 By 91 | Prayer Recordings

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

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Shabbat Rosh Hodesh Musaf (Higher Voice)

Shabbat Rosh Hodesh Musaf (Higher Voice)

Jun 9, 2016 By 91 | Prayer Recordings

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

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Shabbat Minhah (Lower Voice)

Shabbat Minhah (Lower Voice)

Jun 8, 2016

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

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Shabbat Minhah (Higher Voice)

Shabbat Minhah (Higher Voice)

Jun 7, 2016 By 91 | Prayer Recordings

Recordings by Cantor Arianne BrownProject coordinator: Rabbi David Freidenreich

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Taste: Sweet in our Mouths

Taste: Sweet in our Mouths

Jun 6, 2016 By Eliezer B. Diamond z”l | Short Video | Shavuot

From the 5776 Receiving Torah with All Our Senses series.

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