Congregation Zera Avraham

This is a talk that I gave about Mark 7 and how it does not have anything to do with abrogating kosher laws, as is usually assumed....

Imagine your neighbors on the left as thieves, stealing whatever they want whenever they want it. Imagine your neighbors on the right as...

Yom Kippur 5775 (2014) "The God Who Pursues Us" Rabbi Isaac Roussel / Congregation Zera Avraham This afternoon we will read the story of...

Yom Kippur 5775 (2014) "Shabbat Shabbaton La-nu" Rabbi Mark Kinzer / Congregation Zera Avraham In our normal Shabbat Kiddush we say, Ki...

Rosh Hashanah 5775 (2014) "God’s Generals" Rabbi Isaac Roussel / Congregation Zera Avraham There is a midrash that focuses on one word of...

Rosh Hashanah 5775 (2014) “There is only one Sadness…” Rabbi Mark Kinzer / Congregation Zera Avraham Jacques was raised in a secular...

Some of you may remember how the Tigers were virtually untouchable the summer of 1984. Others may remember Gremlins in the theaters or...

Parashah Eikev: Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25 Haftorah: Isaiah 49:14-51:3 Besorah: Luke 24:13-24:32 It’s easy to get caught up in the rat race...

This week we begin the third book of the Torah, Vayikra or Leviticus. Much of this book concerns material that seems foreign to our...

So my friends, I began this sermon endeavor a little over a week ago expecting to focus entirely on some of the deeper messages of Purim....