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!
September 27, 2015 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
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
November 20, 2014 By bethmordecai no comments.
(11/20/14), Most, if not all of us, are aware of the terrible crime committed the other day in a synagogue in Jerusalem. Terrorists murdered a group of Jewish worshippers while the worshippers were standing in the opposite direction -- to the east -- to davven the Amidah, a prayer recited by all Jews everywhere around the world. The symbolism of this horrible moment in an increasingly devastating conflict couldn't be more acute. The davveners were facing towards the center of Jewish worship -- the Temple Mount -- while their murderers attacked in response to purported fears that Jews wanted to take over the Temple Mount for Jewish worship. Despite occasional flare-ups, the fact that Jews pray towards the Temple Mount and Muslims pray[...]
Category : Adult Education Israeli News Jewish Current Events Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Services Shabbat Tag : adult education Amidah david kraemer israeli news jewish current events learning memory outrage rabbi rabbi's journal remember services shabbat
November 10, 2014 By bethmordecai no comments.
Dear Hevreh,
If I were to tell you that this past weekend I went to New York for "Music! Singing! Dancing!," you might have thought that I was going to the latest Broadway show or some other musical performance. But in fact, along with nearly 15 other members of our congregation, we weren't at a show...we were at shul.
To be exact, we were at Congregation B'nai Jeshrun, one of the largest and most thriving Conservative synagogues in the country. It's a synagogue that started in the late 19th century yet rapidly declined after a heyday around the middle of the 20th century. Then in the early 1980s it hired a charismatic rabbi Marshall Meyer, who was an aide to
Category : home Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Tag : B'nai Jeshrun BJ community dancing inspirational music prayer rabbi rabbi's journal services
November 6, 2014 By bethmordecai no comments.
Dear Hevreh,
For better or worse, much of the history of Jewish life in America has revolved around synagogues, whether it's small shtibles in which Jews traditionally prayed three times a day, or larger community centers envisioned by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, or the current incarnation of homes for Jewish people to gather and share important moments in the calendar year and in their life cycle. And even though there have been attempts to expand the kinds of programming offered at synagogues, the foundational element for synagogues are the religious services provided to the community.
So does this mean that, for better or worses, Jewish identity, so intertwined with synagogue life, is built around services? Is Jewish identity primarily related to our religious[...]
Category : Adult Education Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Tag : adult education jewish identity rabbi rabbi's journal services synagogue