Hanukkah Kavannot 2022/5783

Ask

Are you a synagogue or what? Yes and no and kinda. Words like “synagogue” can feel constraining, and we want to think expansively about what Jewish life can be… so we think of ourselves as a spiritual community, and let the experience define itself.

Pray

“Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods. The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement, seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.” –Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, “On Prayer”

Learn

“To educate means to cultivate the soul.” -Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

Act

“Love your neighbor, and love yourself. That is the whole Torah. All the rest is commentary.” –Hillel

Meet

This community is crawling with good folks — from longtime members to newbies — and there are so many ways to connect.

Join

IKAR is fueled by the love, talent, and creative investment of each of our community members. Our membership is an expression of individual commitments and a way for each person to expand their Jewish horizons through learning and spiritual growth.

Donate

“All beginnings require that you unlock new doors. The key is giving and doing. Give tzedakah and do kindness.” – R’ Nachman of Bratslav

We are all searching for something. What’s your thing?

Hanukkah Kavannot 2022/5783

Click on each link to read and to watch.

Adding Light Displaces The Darkness – Rabbi Morris Panitz – Read / Watch

Look For The Miracles – Rabbinic Intern, Hannah Jensen – Read / Watch

Which Candle Do We Light First? – Rabbi David Kasher – Read / Watch

Shine Your Own Light – Rabbinic Intern, Sammy Kanter – Read / Watch

The Last People in the Shuk – R’ Ronit Tsadok – Read / Watch

Hanukkah Means Home – Hazzan Hillel Tigay – Read / Watch

Pirsumei Nisa – R’ Keliah Lebell – Read / Watch