Rabbi Chai Levy's home page   Welcome to my REBlog. Please check in regularly as material will be added frequently. Rabbi Levy's Bio Rabbi Levy's recent drashot BEHAALOTCHA: How Praying for Healing Works 6/14/08 Naso: Carrying a Mishkan in the  Wilderness 6/7/08 Emor: Imperfection 5/10/08 Kedoshim: We're on a Mission from God 5/3/08 Shemini/Shabbat Parah: Faith Purifies 3/29/08 Tzav: The Power of Ritual 3/22/08 VAYIKRAH / SHABBAT ZACHOR: The Spiritual Antidote to Amalek 3/15/08 Vayakhel: Giving and Ceasing 3/1/08 Terumah: Building a Holy Place 2/9/08 Yitro: Meeting God 1/26/08 Beshallach: Singing our prayers 1/19/08 Vaera: The Meaning of God's Name 1/5/08 Shemot: Where was God? 12/29/07 Vayigash: Honor your Father 2/15/07 Vayera: Welcoming the Stranger 10/27/07 Shabbat HaGadol 4/8/06 Rabbi Levy's High Holiday Sermons An Inconvenient Sermon: Rosh Hashana 5767 Days of Fear: Yom Kippur 5767 Celebrating Free Will: Rosh Hashana 5768 Faith and Uncertainty: Yom Kippur 5768 Rabbi Levy's Writings Notes from 2006 Israel Trip   MUSIC & PRAYER RESOURCES This is a new section on the website where we are posting our congregations' prayer melodies. How to Lead the Torah Service and Musaf at Kol Shofar: Click here, for Worship & Spirituality > Prayer Melodies. This is a new section on the website where we are posting our congregations' prayer melodies. Here's our Kol Shofar on the move theme song, for those who've been asking for music and lyrics. Shabbat and liturgical songs: http://www.zemirotdatabase.org Nusach for Shabbat and Holidays: http://www.virtualcantor.com RESOURCES Congregants are invited to sign up to give a drash on Shabbat mornings. Please contact me if you are interested. For some tips on giving a drash, click here: How to give a drash. Classes & Groups WOMEN'S ROSH HODESH GROUP Women are invited to join me each month to celebrate Rosh  Hodesh. GREEN CHAVURAH  Kol Shofar’s Green Chavurah is a dedicated and extremely enthusiastic group of individuals who are committed to transforming the synagogue into a model of eco-sustainability.... click for more information. WEBSITES OF INTEREST For the latest thinking about Jews and food: http://jcarrot.org For resources on creating rituals for Jewish lifecycle events and holidays: http://ritualwell.org For a list of GLBT-friendly Conservative rabbis: http://keshetrabbis.org For resources on Judaism and the environment: http://coejl.org For a commentary on the weekly Torah portion: http://jtsa.edu For resources on Torah, holidays, Jewish thought and history: http://myjewishlearning.com