Click HERE (video) for the sermon, How We Perceive Others Makes a Holy Difference. To create meaningful ritual experiences that help us express joy, gratitude, or make atonement we must become attuned to the sacred and the holy sparks in… Read More »
Click HERE (video) for the Shabbat drash “Do Not Stand Idly By the Blood of Your Fellow; Stop Murder and Violent Crime.” In one verse the Torah teaches us a core Jewish value and calls us to action. Our tradition… Read More »
Click HERE (video) for the sermon The Most Consequential Sentences and Sentiments About Israel at 73. This past week we commemorated Yom HaZikaron and celebrated Yom HaAtzmaut. We remember, with love, all those who paid the highest price for the… Read More »
Click HERE (video) for Torah study with Rashi Consciously Choosing Kosher Elevates the Soul. The Torah uses unique verbs to describe the process of mitzvah engagement and the reasons behind them. Rashi emphasizes the one use of the verb “ma’aleh”… Read More »
Click HERE (pdf) for Who Wrote the Song of Songs? We read the love poetry of Solomon on the Shabbat of Passover. Or, was it written by someone else? Explore the traditions, language and messages of the scroll that begins… Read More »
Click HERE (pdf) for “Who Knows 13? Questions for the Seder Table.” Print this so you will have thirteen more questions (bonus included!) for your seders. After the yom tovs I would love to hear your answers, call or write!… Read More »
Click HERE (video – 12 minutes) for the Shabbat Sermon Sacrifices Inspire – The First One for Every Jew was in Egypt, at Home, with a Lamb. While Maimonides took the position that investigating the meaning of the sacrifices was… Read More »
Click HERE (video) for the Shabbat Sermon It All Starts in the Book of Exodus: The Prominent Place of The Arts and The Artist in Jewish Tradition. The complementary Torah study with Rashi highlights the importance of artisan-leadership and attention… Read More »
Click HERE (video) for the Shabbat Sermon Spiritual Angst, Material World Problems, and Recalibrating Redemption: Learning From the Story of the Golden Calf. The Ten Commandments the Mishkan (portable tabernacle) stand in contrast to the object and story of the… Read More »
Click HERE (video) for the Shabbat Sermon: Fashion Statements – From Criminal to Kadosh, Holy. The Hebrew word for garment, beged, shares a root with the word for rebellion and cheating. Yet, there are clothes that draw us towards all… Read More »