Congregation Ahavat Olam Podcast

*** 04-25-25 Shabbat Service: We hope you'll join us tonight for a moving Holocaust Day commemoration service, filled with music and featuring a special appearance by the Ahavat Olam band. Six memorial candles will be lit in honor of our brethren who perished. Rabbi Idan's sermon for this Shabbat, Parashat Shmini, is: “Remembering the Past, Confronting the Present”. ***

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS:

00:30:50 Sermon

00:50:54 Weekly ...

** 04-18-25 Shabbat Service: We hope you'll join us tonight for our weekly Shabbat and Yizkor services. Rabbi Idan's sermon  for this Shabbat Pesach is: “We Count to Make Each Day Count.” **

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS: 00:32:48 Sermon 00:40:43 Yizkor message and Prayer 00:50:26 Weekly Announcements _________________________  To learn more about Congregation Ahavat Olam, please visit our website: AhavatOlam4all.org (https://ahavatol...

** 04-11-25 Shabbat Service: We are excited to welcome Tutti and Ron for another musically uplifting Shabbat service. Rabbi Idan's sermon for this Shabbat HaGadol, Parashat Tzav, is: “Tzav, Freedom, and the Power of Now”. **

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS: 00:23:43 ‘Miriam’s Song’ – by Debbie Friedman, sung by Rabbi Idan, and Tutti Druyan  00:40:11 Sermon 00:45:34 ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’, Sung by Tutti Druyan, accompanied on piano...

** 04-04-25 Shabbat Service: Our musically uplifting weekly Shabbat service. We welcomed our 4th-grade students to participate in tonight’s service. Rabbi Idan's sermon for this Shabbat, Parashat Vayikra, is: “Answering the Call to Holiness: Lessons from Vayikra” **

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS: 00:01:42 4th-graders are introduced 00:13:00 4th-graders recite readings/prayers 00:17:34 4th-graders sing 00:31:39 Prayer Reading by Ivy R....

** 03-28-25 Shabbat Service: Our musically uplifting weekly Shabbat service. Tonight’s service will include a special Simchat Bat ceremony! Mazal Tov to Emma and John Wahoski on the baby naming for their beautiful son, Jacob Harrison Wahoski! Rabbi Idan's sermon for this Shabbat HaChodesh, Parashat Pekudei, is: "Sacred Spaces, Sacred Names: Recognizing the Power of Details." **

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS: 00:27:13 ‘Prayer of Joy’ ...

** 03-21-25 Welcome to our musically uplifting weekly  Shabbat service. Rabbi Idan Irelander’s sermon for this Shabbat Parah, Parashat Vayakhel, is: "Shabbat: A Sanctuary in Time and Community." We are excited to welcome our congregant and harmonica player, Yoav Schorr.**

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS:

00:40:31 Sermon 01:05:53 Weekly Announcements _________________________ 

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** 03-14-25 Shabbat Service: Shushan Purim Shabbat! We had a fun, spiced-up Purim Spiel, featuring Rabbi Idan’s twisted take on Esther’s Megillah. Rabbi and congregants sported costumes, made noise with groggers, and sang along to the “masked-up” prayers, set to melodies by The Beatles, Pink, The Rolling Stones, and more, performed by the Ahavat Olam Ensemble! **

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS: 00:37:07 Sermon 00:45:39 Purim Song 00:5...

** 03-07-25 Shabbat Service: This week’s uplifting weekly Shabbat service, features ‘Tutti and Ron’. Rabbi Idan's sermon for this Shabbat Zachor, Parashat Tetzave, is: “Masks and Identity, Individuals the Collective: The Duality of Purim and Tetzaveh.”

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS: 00:35:32 Sermon 00:54:50 Weekly Announcements 01:00:28 World premiere of ‘Lullaby’, written and performed by Tutti Druyan, the creator of ‘Tiny Tutti’. T...

** 02-28-25 Shabbat Service: This week’s uplifting weekly Shabbat service, features the Ahavat Olam Ensemble. Rabbi Idan's sermon for this Shabbat Shekalim, Parashat Terumah, is: V’shachanti B’tocham: "A Journey of the Soul and a Gift of Community". **

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS: 00:37:56 Sermon 00:54:54 Weekly Announcements _________________________  To learn more about Congregation Ahavat Olam, please visit our website: AhavatOl...

** 02-21-25 Shabbat Service. Rabbi David J. Meyer will lead us in tonight's Shabbat Service."  **

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS: 00:36:59 Sermon 00:55:28 Weekly Announcements _________________________  To learn more about Congregation Ahavat Olam, please visit our website: AhavatOlam4all.org (https://ahavatolam4all.org/home-/ )    _________________________  Receive weekly updates from Congregation Ahavat Olam.  Follow this link to si...

** 02-07-25 Shabbat Service. The sermon for this Shabbat Shira, Parashat Beshalach, is: “Shirat Hayam: Songs Provide a Way of Remembering and a Way of Healing.” ** TUTTI & RON JOIN US **

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SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS: 00:41:11 Sermon 00:57:26 Weekly Announcements _________________________  To learn more about Congregation Ahavat Olam, please visit our website: AhavatOlam4all.org (https://ahavatolam4all.org/home-/ )    ...

** 1/31/25 Shabbat Service: "The Divine Spark and the Flame of Faith" ** Rabbi Idan's sermon for this Shabbat, Parashat Bo, is: "Remembering Our Roots to Guide Our Future."

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS: 00:33:53 Sermon 00:49:00 Weekly Announcements _________________________  To learn more about Congregation Ahavat Olam, please visit our website: AhavatOlam4all.org (https://ahavatolam4all.org/home-/ )    _________________________  Re...

** 1/24/25 Shabbat Service: 'Remembering Our Roots to Guide Our Future' **

Rabbi Idan's sermon for this Shabbat, Parashat Vaera, is: "Remembering Our Roots to Guide Our Future."

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS:

00:37:05 Sermon

00:50:43 Weekly Announcements

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** 1/17/25 Shabbat Service: "The Power of a Name: Lessons from Shemot and Visionaries Who Changed the World"

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS

00:36:22 Sermon

00:51:03 Weekly announcements

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** 1/10/25 Shabbat Service: 'Forgiveness in the Face of Uncertainty' **

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS

00:36:01 Sermon

00:52:27  Weekly announcements

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** 1/03/35 Shabbat Service: Maggie's Bat Mitzvah Torah Portion, Tutti Performs 'Feeling Good' **

Maggie joins Rabbi Idan in this evening’s Shabbat service to share her thoughts about her Torah portion, Vayigash, with the community.

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS

00:38:22  Maggie's Bat Mitzvah Torah Portion

00:42:05  A few words from Rabbi Idan, immediately followed by Tutti Druyan's gorgeous rendition of 'Feeling Good', written by Anth...

** 12/27/24 Musically uplifting Shabbat Service **

Rabbi Idan's sermon for Shabbat Chanukah is: "The Shamash Within: Igniting Hope and Light in Challenging Times"

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS

00:44:18 Sermon

00:55:52 Weekly Announcements

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** 12/29/24 Musically uplifting Shabbat Service **

Rabbi Idan's sermon  for this Shabbat, Parashat Vayeshev, is: "The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Resilience, Hope, and Redemption" _________________________ 

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS:

00:36:00 Sermon

00:55:52 Weekly Announcements

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** 12/13/24 Musically uplifting Shabbat Service.  Tutti and Ron Druyan join us. **

Rabbi Idan's sermon for this Shabbat, Parashat Vayishlach, is: “Blessings, Burdens, and the Music of Contentment: Lessons from Jacob and Esau” **

SHABBAT SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS

00:37:39 Sermon

00:45:50 Tutti and Ron perform 'SMILE', written by Charlie Chaplin

00:53:30 Weekly Announcements

01:02:03 Tutti performs a NEW Chanukah song, "It's Time' written b...