The Morning Scroll

This week's "Fun Size" parshah provides a fascinating insight into Bronze Age cardiology."If you seek eternal bliss / come to this aortic bris."-MosheProduced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

“If much of Deuteronomy is a prophetic vision or dream, the tochachah is the nightmare.”-Metallica"Exit light! Enter night! Take my hand — we're off to Never Never Land."-Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks[note: check to see if quote attribution is correct before publishing]Please email rabbideena@mishkanchicago.org with any corrections to this week's episode description.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

What's the deal with stoning your sons? Anybody ever stone their son in front of a live audience? Nobody? Gee, tough crowd.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

"Justice, justice, you shall pursue."What could those cryptic words mean? To find out, Rabbi Deena goes straight to the source: the most boring man no longer alive.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

"...Anyone who says they are a prophet with further instructions from God is to be treated as a liar and put to death, no matter how many tricks they perform." Magicians — you're on notice. Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Life is like a box of chocolates — you know exactly what you're going to get, because the packaging is well labeled and each chocolate looks slightly distinct, so you can tell the tasty ones from the ones filled with, like, raisin nougat. What I'm trying to say is that you've been a good little kid, and as a reward, you're going to get the very best chocolates in this box, because G_d says that life should be fairBut is it?Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Listen up, G_d-Wrestlers! The Lord Our G_d is one, and the Lord Our G_d is having none of Moshe's nonsense today.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

"...Numerous as the stars in the sky"Before reciting the Torah, Moshe echoes G_d's promise to Abraham. But wait, isn't this moment in the Torah, too? Did he recite his own recitation? Or is Moshe only repeating something he wrote down the other day? Or is someone else years later who wrote about Abraham repeating the same line for Moshe? Does it matter? Does anything matter?! Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

This week's parsha was hard to read. And judging by some telling word choice in the Hebrew text, it was hard to write, too.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Say what you will about his methods, but Pinchas makes a mean kebab. Also, Moshe takes a peek from a peak, and the people demand yet another census.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Sometimes, the words just come out wrong. And sometimes, they come out of your donkey. This episode, we read one of the top three most buck-wild, sexual, violent, and miracle-stuffed portions in the whole Torah, and ask: "Hey! What is Mah Tovu doing here?"Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Wondering if a snake is poisonous? Follow this simple rhyme: "Snake on a pole? You will be whole.Serpent of brass? The sickness will pass.But if the snake that you have foundIs made of meat and on the groundAnd no brass serpent is around —You are going to die."—Ancient Hebrew ProverbProduced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Tuesday, June 28th, 2022 is the primary election here in Chicago (go vote!). You may still be undecided on certain races, so here is our voter guide — when the earth swallows some candidates whole and the heavens rain down fire to consume the rest, support whomever is left alive. Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.

Could you take a moment to fill out this brief survey to let us know what you think of the show? It would help us out so much!Do not be alarmed by the size of these grapes. Yes, the giants we stole them from are climbing down the beanstalk after us as we speak,  but Moses has a plan! The plan is: we die. Then, years later our kids can fight the giants! Great plan, right? Wait, where are you all going?!Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.

Could you take a moment to fill out this brief survey to let us know what you think of the show? It would help us out so much!Going up? No? Good, because tzaraat has been going around and theres no more room on this lift. This week's parsha is all about lifting each other up — let's get woo.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Could you take a moment to fill out this brief survey to let us know what you think of the show? It would help us out so much!Speaking of surveys, a brief survey of this week's parsha reveals a rather disturbing law. When women are suspected of adultery, you're supposed to make them drink a potion and publicly humiliate them. Who would do such a thing?! As usual, generations of commentators have been asking the same question.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Could you take a moment to fill out this brief survey to let us know what you think of the show? It would help us out so much!Speaking of surveys, you know who took a survey? The Israelites in this week's parsha. They took a census of everybody in the tribes. Well, not the Levites. Or women. Or children. What's up with that?Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Stop me if you've heard this one before: "halakhah" technically doesn't mean "the law," it's closer to "the path." Because that's what this tradition is! A path that you can always return to no matter how far you veer off course. Except it's more like a huge multi-lane highway, so what happens if you veer across lanes and into the median, causing a high speed pursuit across state lines? Asking for a friend (Aaron the High Priest).Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

This week's parsha has confusingly little to do with beloved television personality Joy Behar, but it does invite us to ask ourselves what constitutes a joyful life. Rabbi Deena thinks it might involve getting to know your neighbors. Today's episode is sponsored by Broadway In Chicago. Tickets are available now to Fiddler on the Roof at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, from May 17th - 22nd. Use Mishkan's special offer code ROOF45 for $45 Middle Balcony tickets.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Folks, this is a rough one. It's hard not to read some of this parsha as ableist, so we're not going to pretend otherwise. But we will follow the lead of the 16th century rabbi Kli Yakar by flipping this teaching on its head, updating tradition for our own times. How's your soul looking? Today's episode is sponsored by Broadway In Chicago. Tickets are available now to Fiddler on the Roof at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, from May 17th - 22nd. Use Mishkan's special offer code ROOF45 for $45 Middle Balcony tickets.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

This week's parsha is all about holiness, and features some of the most beautiful, wise, and enduring lines in the Torah. It also contains the most infamous line in Leviticus — yes, that one. Special guest Rabbi Steven shares his perspective on how he wrestles with this challenging piece of our tradition. Today's episode is sponsored by Broadway In Chicago. Tickets are available now to Fiddler on the Roof at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, from May 17th - 22nd. Use Mishkan's special offer code ROOF45 for $45 Middle Balcony tickets.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

"If thy goal / is afflicting thy soul /  thou shalt not be picking no leather insole."So goes the ancient saying. At least, it must be ancient — everything in our tradition is ancient, right? Wrong.Today's episode is sponsored by Broadway In Chicago. Tickets are available now to Fiddler on the Roof at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, from May 17th - 22nd. Use Mishkan's special offer code ROOF45 for $45 Middle Balcony tickets.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Today's episode is sponsored by Broadway In Chicago. Tickets to The Prom are available now! Use Mishkan's special offer code PARTY49 for $49 tickets, valid for April 19 and 20 (evening only), and April 21, in the Orchestra, Dress Circle and Loge seating area.Whose "mighty hand and outstretched arm" delivered us — Moses or God? With no Torah portion to recap over Passover, Rabbi Deena tells the Exodus story and explains why it kinda sorta doesn't gel with the story in the Haggadah but also super does.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

This week's parsha was lost in translation. How did the Torah's anti-gossip message of looking out for the signs of tzaraat become the cruel Medieval practice of quarantining people with skin diseases like leprosy? It's all Greek to us.Today's episode is sponsored by Broadway In Chicago. Tickets to The Prom are available now! Use Mishkan's special offer code PARTY49 for $49 tickets, valid for April 19 and 20 (evening only), and April 21, in the Orchestra, Dress Circle and Loge seating area.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Tazria means "She Who Gives Birth," but this portion should really be titled "The Ick Factor." What is the real story behind the mysterious skin disease "tzaraat"? Mishkan's 16th Italian correspondent Sforno has the scoop. Today's episode is sponsored by Broadway In Chicago. Tickets to The Prom are available now! Use Mishkan's special offer code PARTY49 for $49 tickets, valid for April 19 and 20 (evening only), and April 21, in the Orchestra, Dress Circle and Loge seating area.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

This week's parsha contains a powerful message about grief. At least, we think it does? If you can figure out what it is, let us know, because the commentators aren't sure, either.Today's episode is sponsored by Broadway In Chicago. Tickets to The Prom are available now! Use Mishkan's special offer code PARTY49 for $49 tickets, valid for April 19 and 20 (evening only), and April 21, in the Orchestra, Dress Circle and Loge seating area.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Being a priest was a pretty sweet gig on paper: sweep the ashes, collect a tip, eat a little sacrifice as a treat, repeat. But here's the thing — you didn't ask for this life! Your dad is a Levite, but at heart, you're a total Benjamite with a rising Ephraim. Rabbi Deena wonders if there aren't times we're all called to difficult things that, deep down, we don't want any part in.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

What was it like to live all the new laws in this week's parsha? Rabbi Deena takes us inside the mind of an ancient Israelite to find out.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

"I'll be honest, this last few parshiyot have been kind of a slog."Sometimes, life feels dull and repetitive. Our weekly tasks, like taking out the trash or writing this very podcast, can start to feel unimportant. But what if I told you that everything you do matters to G-d so much that your every move is mirrored in heaven? That as we speak, there is, like, an angel you reading a celestial version of this very episode description?  Let's get mystical.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

In this week's parsha, G-d gives instructions on building the Mishkan. Then, Moshe tells the people...Wait. Haven't we read all this before? Rabbi Deena explains the mindful message behind this apparent déjà vu.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Has anyone ever touched you so deeply that they leave an imprint? Like, on your heart? Lucky. G-d left His imprint on Moshe's face, and it's freaking people out. R'Deena explores why Moshe donned a veil for the latter years of his life.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

G-d wants a breastplate with twelve precious stones to remind Him of our ancestors' merits. But we just read about the twelve sons of Jacob, and the only thing those boys merited was a collective time out! How do we honor those who came before us and the identities they handed down without repeating their mistakes?Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Okay, so this is weird. G_d told us to do something and, get this, He explained why He wants us to do it? This Mishkan thing must really matter to G_d! Let's get building. Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Moshe has had it up to here with you people boiling kids in their mother's milk — give it a rest! And give the goat a rest, while you're at it.Some laws in the Torah seem to come out of nowhere. Why are mitzvot about welcoming strangers lumped in with agricultural policies? According to Rabbi Deena, it's all about rest. Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

"I don't feel G-d's presence in my life." It's a common refrain these days. But in this parsha, the Israelites cannot relate — they could do with significantly less G-d right about now.  Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

"I get chai with a little help from my friends!" Moshe's arms get tired, Rashi tells us to look to heaven, and Rabbi Deena reminds us to let our friends lend a helping hand. Look up! You've got friends in chai places.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

We've almost made it to the tenth plague. We're ready for the big finale! Then, all of a sudden, rules. What are a bunch of laws — including the commandment for tefillin — doing at the very climax of Exodus?Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Violence is never the answer. That is, unless violence comes in the form of a kaiju-sized frog leveling half of Egypt. Rabbi Deena illuminates this week's parsha with the unique, comical wisdom of Rabbi Akiva.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai for more from Rabbi Deena.Transcript

Ever get that feeling that you're doing the wrong thing? Even when G-d tells you it's the right thing? But, like, your enslaved cousins are angry with you for getting them in trouble with Pharaoh, so you're having second thoughts? We've all been there.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss. See our upcoming Shabbat services and programs here, and follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. Want to hear more from Rabbi Deena? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai.Transcript

On his deathbed, Jacob dishes out "blessings" to his wayward sons that feel a lot more like stern lectures. And while Joseph's two sons get the standout real blessings, they're given to the wrong birth order. What gives? Check out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here.  Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss.

Last week's parsha ended on a cliffhanger for the ages, and this week we pick right up with Joseph's bizarre ploy to ask for his brother Benjamin as a slave hostage. It ends in tears — the good kind. Sometimes you just have to let it all out!Check out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here.  Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and recorded by Kalman Strauss.

Every musical lover knows that Joseph's superpower is dreaming. Or is it? In this week's episode, Rabbi Deena shows us that everyone's favorite viceroy of agricultural development is worth emulating even if you haven't yet shown a knack for dream interpretation or central planning.Check out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here.  Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and recorded by Kalman Strauss.

The Morning Scroll is your weekly, bite-sized parsha study with Rabbi Deena Cowans.  We're on Season 2 of The Morning Scroll, cycling back through the Torah with new insights and a blessing at the end of each episode!This week, we read Parashat Vayeshev with a focus on the parallel tragedies endured by Joseph and Tamar. What can their perseverance teach about living through our own difficult times?Check out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here.  Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and recorded by Kalman Strauss.

The Morning Scroll is your weekly, bite-sized parsha study with Rabbi Deena Cowans.  We're on Season 2 of The Morning Scroll - cycling back through the Torah but this time with new insight and a blessing to end the episode!This week, we read Parashat Vayetzei.Check out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here.  Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and recorded by Kalman Strauss.

The Morning Scroll is your weekly, bite-sized parsha study with Rabbi Deena Cowans.  We're on Season 2 of The Morning Scroll - cycling back through the Torah but this time with new insight and a blessing to end the episode!This week, we read Parashat Vayishlach.Check out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here.  Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and recorded by Kalman Strauss.

The Morning Scroll is your weekly, bite-sized parsha study with Rabbi Deena Cowans.  We're on Season 2 of The Morning Scroll - cycling back through the Torah but this time with new insight and a blessing to end the episode!This week, we read Parashat Toldot.Check out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here.  Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and recorded by Kalman Strauss.

The Morning Scroll is your weekly, bite-sized parsha study with Rabbi Deena Cowans.  We're on Season 2 of The Morning Scroll - cycling back through the Torah but this time with new insight and a blessing to end the episode!This week, we read Chayei SarahCheck out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here.  Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and recorded by Kalman Strauss.

The Morning Scroll is your weekly, bite-sized parsha study with Rabbi Deena Cowans.  We're on Season 2 of The Morning Scroll - cycling back through the Torah but this time with new insight and a blessing to end the episode!This week, we read Parashat Vayera.Check out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here.  Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and recorded by Kalman Strauss.

The Morning Scroll is your weekly, bite-sized parsha study with Rabbi Deena Cowans.  We're on Season 2 of The Morning Scroll - cycling back through the Torah but this time with new insight and a blessing to end the episode!This week, we read Parashat Lech Lecha. Check out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here.  Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and recorded by Kalman Strauss.

The Morning Scroll is your weekly, bite-sized parsha study with Rabbi Deena Cowans.  We're on Season 2 of The Morning Scroll - cycling back through the Torah but this time with new insight and a blessing to end the episode!This week, we read Parashat Noah. Check out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here.  Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and recorded by Kalman Strauss.

The Morning Scroll is your weekly, bite-sized parsha study with Rabbi Deena Cowans.  We're on Season 2 of The Morning Scroll - cycling back through the Torah but this time with new insight and a blessing to end the episode! This week, we read Parashat Bereshit. Check out upcoming Shabbat services and programs here.  Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook. And be sure to like and subscribe to our podcast for updates on new episodes!Want more torah? Check out Shabbat Replay on Contact Chai with Rabbi Lizzi.Produced by Mishkan Chicago.  Music composed, produced, and recorded by Kalman Strauss.