Wrestling With Ourselves
In this week’s reading we have the tumultuous reunion between the two estranged brothers, Yaakov and Esav. Yaakov is returning to the...
The Cure to Cancel Culture
I had planned a totally different sermon for today. But there was an incident this week that I thought worth sharing with you all. A...
Arguing with Hashem
Christians are often shocked and a bit unsettled when they learn that there is a long Jewish tradition of arguing with God. It somehow...
Go To Yourselves
In the Torah Portion of Lech Lecha, Hashem tells Avraham “Lech Lecha. Go out, from your land, from your birthplace, and from your...
Parshat Noach: Tale of Four Cities
On Yom Kippur I spoke about the Tale of Three Cities. Today I would like to talk about four cities. The Torah looks askance at cities....
Bereshit: Cure Before the Wound
In the Talmud, Tractate Megillah, which primarily discusses the story of Purim, Rabbi Chiyya bar Abba quotes Rabbi Yochanan as saying...
Yom Kippur: Tale of Three Cities
Charles Dickens wrote the Tale of Two Cities, but I would like to talk this morning about the Tale of Three Cities. His was a story of a...
Shabbat Shuvah: Jonah the Elder Brother
On Yom Kippur afternoon we read the story of Jonah, whom God commands to call Nineveh to repentance. After a few digressions, Jonah...
Rosh Hashanah: Chana's Prayer
Traditionally, the readings for the first day of Rosh Hashanah are about the birth of Isaac and then those for the second day are about...
5781 Shabbat Shuvah & Ha'azinu
You are extremely blessed. No. Seriously. I wrote two sermons for this morning so go get some coffee. Seriously I really did. I wrote the...
