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Miketz 5781 - Learn from those who have done hard work

Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh, son of the Baal Shem Tov, on how to pick your mentor in spiritual growth; R' Shmuel Eliyahu of Zvolin on balancing inner pain with outer tranquility; the Mei HaShiloach on how enduring suffering leads to empathy.
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Vayetze 5781 - God and Torah are for everybody

The Baal Shem Tov on how to spend your money. Shnuer Zalman of Liadi on what we send to God, and what God sends back to us. And, probably my favorite, Rabbi Shimon Shalom of Amshinov - how God became accessible by everybody.
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Toldot 5781 - The Universe in Equilibrium
Deep dive into issues of balance as portrayed in the Jacob and Esau story. Rabeinu Bachya notes that Esau wanted to buy and Jacob wanted to sell - a circle - like the lentil itself. Nechama Leibowitz explores parallels in the Biblical language regarding Esau and Mordechai.
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Chayei Sarah 5781 - Recognizing our own bias
Tzvi Hirsh of Rimanov about knowing God; Menachem Mendel of Kotzk about recognizing our own bias; Rebbe Nachman and Simcha Bunim about prayer amidst the fields.
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Vayera 5781 - Justice, Punishment, Lovingkindness, and Repentance
Admo"r Rabbi Tzvi of Rimanov, the Alter of Slabodka, and the Zohar on Abraham's act of justice at Sodom - is it true and boundless justice and lovingkindness, or does it fall short?
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Lech Lecha 5781 - Truth
What is the difference between truth and belief; between the miraculous and the plausible? The Chiddushei HaRim, R' Meir Shapiro of Lublin, and Rabbi Chaim of Tanz
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Noach 5781 - Balancing Intensity
The Baal Shem Tov, R' Moshe of Kobrin, and the Seer of Lublin on practicing intensity, and also finding the limits to it.
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Bereshit 5781 - Seeing the Good in the World, even when things are not so good
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Yom Kippur 5781
The Baal Shem Tov on the Yom Kippur Viddui
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Rosh Hashanah 5781 
Three Rabbinic Readings on the stories of Hagar and Akeidat Yitzhak to help us grow for the coming year

Simcha Bunim, Rabbi Natan Adler of Frankfurt, Rabbi Meir Leibush (the Malbim)
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Shoftim 5780 - Protect yourself from negative influences
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Hassidut of Social Unrest, Pt. 2
Change is possible - but is the fire of change mean to enlighten or destroy? And from where does change take place - after one emerges from a place of difficulty, or from the difficult place itself? The Sefat Emet, The Slonimer Rebbe, and the Baal Shem Tov all weigh in on verses from Jeremiah 12 and Psalm 118.
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Hassidut of Social Unrest, Pt. 1 
We look at texts on the issues that are on everybody's mind - social unrest and protest that has wracked America in response to the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. While the Hassidic tradition is primarily concerned with the inward spiritual dimension over matters of the external world, their words often touched on matters of justice and societal change.
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Shavuot Teaching - Hassidut for the Quarantined Soul
A look at some of the most essential and uplifting texts from the Hassidic masters - from the Alter of Slobodka, Rabbi Avraham Bornsztain, and the Baal Shem Tov. 
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Naso 5780 - Without Peace, there is no value to Blessing; Baal Shem Tov & Rav Avraham of Slonim, R' Meir Simcha of Divinsk
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BaMidbar 5780 - Fire, Water, Emptiness, Wilderness: meaning in the metaphors of Torah 
Zera Kodesh, Shem MiShmuel, and Rabbi Hanoch Tzvi of Bendzhin
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Behar 5780 - What is the 'holy' part of 'holidays'? - Me'or Eynayim, Simcha Bunim, R' Eliezer of Metz
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Achrei Mot-Kedoshim 5780 - M.M. of Kotzk, Chiddushei Ha Rim, Rav Aharon Zoldener, R' Salanter
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Love and Fear in the time of Coronavirus - Dvar Torah Shemini
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​Shemini 5780 - Silence, or Singing, through suffering
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Passover teaching 5780 - Netivot Shalom and Kedushat Levi
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Tzav 5780 - Unifying fear and Love
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Vayikra 5780 - Calling one to another, and finding God, with mutual responsibility 
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Learn the tunes from Jewish prayer

Below are postings of portions of the songs and prayers from our services. Listen along to master the traditional prayers and tunes we use at synagogue.

Kabbalat Shabbat - Friday Night Service

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lai_lai_lai_barchu.mp3
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shema_veahavta.mp3
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michamocha1.mp3
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amidah_sefatai_tiftach_avot_imahot.mp3
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gvurot.mp3
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aleinu.mp3
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Shabbat Morning

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blessing_s_before_and_after_torah.mp3
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Shabbat Afternoon and Havdalah

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