Congregation Beth Mordecai
Congregation Beth Mordecai
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
October 2, 2016 By bethmordecai no comments.
Dear Hevreh,
Whenever the High Holidays come around, it always seems that there is pressure to make these days count more than others. From the perspective of the “Jew in the pew,” this is when we have the strongest sense of obligation, need, or guilt to show up to shul; from the perspective of synagogue leadership, this is when we can engage the most number of people and make sure our financial house is in order (our very own version of “Black Friday”); and from the perspective of clergy, this is when we have the chance to make the biggest difference in people’s lives, when our hearts and our minds are open to the idea of change and we’re all hoping[...]
Category : Ari-archive High Holidays
April 21, 2016 By bethmordecai no comments.
Dear Hevreh,
I never held a pistol before, let alone carried one in a gun holster snug tightly against my hip. Yet there I was, a rabbi and a police chaplain, armed in a training simulator at the Middlesex County Police training center to get a taste of what police officers experience on a daily basis. The wall length screen in front of me projected scenarios that police face, from traffic stops of armed bikers and arrest warrant fugitives to domestic violence calls. It was sobering, surreal even, to encounter these individuals on the screen who, through the wonders of technology, seemed so real. As our Captain said, even though you know it's not real your heart rate will increase as[...]
Category : Ari-archive Tag : God Guns high holidays passover Perth Amboy Police Chaplain Corps Police power rabbi rabbi's journal training
September 27, 2015 By bethmordecai no comments.
(9/25/15),
Depending on your take, we are either at the end of the holidays (no more Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur) or we are in the middle of them (Sukkot, Sh'mini Atzeret, & Simhat Torah, here we come!). There are good reasons for both opinions. For those who see us at the end of the holidays, nothing can beat the majesty, the aura, and solemnity of the High Holiday experience (especially after hearing our organ at work on Kol Nidre!). Though it may be a short time, it is an intense time and, especially after Norman's moving Yizkor Address, reminds us why we're Jews.
Listen to parts of the Yom Kippur Service including...
Organ playing Kol Nidre
Cantor Bronwen Mullin's version[...]
Category : Ari-archive Tag : high holidays rabbi rabbi's journal Yom Kippur
By bethmordecai no comments.
YOM KIPPUR SERVICE -- Listen to many of the teachings and prayers from our Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur service this year!
Kol Nidre
Organ playing Kol Nidre
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Kol Nidre (Cantor/Rav Bronwen Mullin)
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Sermon: The Value of Saying "I'm Sorry" (Rabbi Ari Saks)
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Yom Kippur Day
Yizkor Appeal (Norman Silverstein)
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Yizkor (Cantor/Rav Bronwen Mullin)
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Sermon: When Expectations Don't Jive with Reality (Rabbi Ari Saks)
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Category : Ari-archive videos-archive Tag : high holidays services Yom Kippur
By bethmordecai no comments.
YOM KIPPUR DAY SERMON -- Listen to Rabbi Saks' sermon on standing at the crossroads of contradiction when you're dealing with the dilemma of how expectations don't always jive with the reality of our lives...
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Category : Ari-archive videos-archive
By bethmordecai no comments.
YIZKOR -- Didn't get a chance to hear Yizkor during Yom Kippur services? Here's your chance! Listen to our Yizkor service this year and insert the names of your loved ones at the appropriate time using the pictures the pictured text below.
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Please join us for our next LIVE Yizkor on Monday October 5th, 8am-10:30 am during our Sh'mini Atzeret/Simhat Torah service!
CLICK on the pictures. They will open up in a new window in the correct direction
Category : Ari-archive videos-archive Tag : yizkor Yom Kippur
September 18, 2015 By bethmordecai no comments.
ROSH HASHANAH SERVICE - You can listen to all of the wonderful prayers, teachings, and speeches from our Rosh Hashanah experience. We won't judge if you dance or clap along at home ;-)...-
ROSH HASHANAH EVENING
Welcome and Barchu (Rabbi Ari Saks & Cantor Bronwen Mullin)
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Blessings before the Shema (Cantor Mullin)
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Shema (Cantor Mullin)
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Kavannah -- Intention on Confidence (Rabbi Saks)
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Mi Khamokhah -- "Who Is Like You, O God!" (Cantor Mullin)
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Hashkivenu -- "Help us lie down" (Cantor Mullin)
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Tiku Vachodesh Shofar -- "Blow the Horn" (Cantor Mullin)
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Hatzi Kaddish (Cantor Mullin)
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Achat Shealti -- "Only One Thing I Ask -- (soft tune while finishing the Amidah by Cantor Mullin)
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Teaching -- Last Tune Up of the Preseason (Rabbi Saks)
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Kaddish Shalem[...]
Category : Ari-archive videos-archive Tag : high holidays Jewish Podcasts prayers rosh hashana Rosh Hashanah services
September 17, 2015 By bethmordecai no comments.
Experience the majesty of God's presence in our lives with this beautiful congregational tune! [audio m4a="http://bethmordecai.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Rosh-Hashanah-Day-1-Shacharit-Repetition-of-Amidah-Adonai-Melekh-Kingship.m4a"][/audio] CLICK HERE TO Listen to ALL of the great teachings, prayers, sermons, and speeches from Rosh Hashanah 2015/5776
Category : Ari-archive videos-archive Tag : Cantor Oren Pollak God hashem melekh kingship presence rabbi ari saks Rosh Hashanah
By bethmordecai no comments.
Hear Cantor Bronwen Mullin's beautiful description of the Jewish love for repetition and an example of that kind of repetition in prayer with Ki L'olam Hasdo (God's Love Endures Forever).
Teaching on Shabbat: Repetition
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Ki L'Olam Hasdo
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CLICK HERE TO Listen to ALL of the great teachings, prayers, sermons, and speeches from Rosh Hashanah 2015/5776
Category : Ari-archive videos-archive Tag : Cantor Bronwen Mullin high holidays Ki l'olam hasdo Repetition Rosh Hashanah shabbat כי לעולם חסדו
September 16, 2015 By bethmordecai no comments.
ROSH HASHANAH SERMON -- Listen to Rabbi Saks’ Rosh Hashanah Sermon for 5776 on opening ourselves to the natural, gravitational pull of belonging we feel to one another, to tradition, to God, and to all of creation.
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CLICK HERE TO Listen to Rabbi Saks' other great teachings from Rosh Hashanah 2015/5776
Category : Ari-archive videos-archive Tag : 2015 5776 Belonging connection Day 1 Encouraging Faith opening ourselves planets rabbi ari saks Rosh Hashanah Sermon shabbat sun thinking tradition Un'taneh Tokef Unetaneh Tokef ובשופר גדול יתקע ונתנה תקף וקול דממה דקה ישמע
