Rabbi’s Sermon: Yom Kippur 2024
By Rabbit Gail Fisher I had a sermon all written for today, complete, up until a week ago. It was printed out, tucked into my machzor, read through a few …
Rabbi’s Sermon: Rosh Hashanah 2024
By Rabbit Gail Fisher ו יְהֹוָ֣ה | יְהֹוָ֔ה אֵ֥ל רַח֖וּם וְחַנּ֑וּן אֶ֥רֶךְ אַפַּ֖יִם וְרַב־חֶ֥סֶד וֶֽאֱמֶֽת זנֹצֵ֥ר חֶ֨סֶד֙ לָֽאֲלָפִ֔ים נֹשֵׂ֥א עָוֹ֛ן וָפֶ֖שַׁע וְחַטָּאָ֑ה וְנַקֵּה֙ Adonai, Adonai, benevolent God, Who is compassionate and …
Rabbi’s Sermon: Rosh Hashanah
by Rabbi Gail Fisher I thought about avoiding the Akeda this year. I’ve heard it talked about every year for my entire life and decided a change would be a …
Rabbi’s Sermon: Yom Kippur
by Rabbi Gail Fisher People often state that they don’t believe in God. In response, one could ask, “Describe for me the God that you don’t believe in.” They’ll tell …
A HOLIDAY MESSAGE FROM RABBI ARNOLD SALTZMAN
Dear Congregant, In a time of events which have caused unfathomable suffering, we find that even in this time we are inspired by selflessness and sacrifice as we witness rescuers …
Rabbi’s Sermon: “Rule 19”
by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman How do we explain that a gifted and dedicated woman in the United States Senate, Senator Elizabeth Warren, was silenced this past week by using Rule …
D’var Torah: Parashat Bo
Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 “Being Humble” Every synagogue is a beit tefillah, a beit midrash, and a beit Knesset: a house of prayer, study, and assembly. We are here on …
Rabbi’s Sermon: “Love and marriage — and impulsiveness”
by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman This sermon appeared in Washington Jewish Week on Dec 2, 2016: http://washingtonjewishweek.com/35005/love-and-marriage-and-impulsiveness It is difficult for me to understand, yet my European-born father match-married several of …
What Is In a Musical Note? Or: Therapy for a Rabbi-Cantor
This was Rabbi Saltzman’s sermon during our Dec. 10 Shabbat morning service: You may be surprised by this, but rabbis and cantors can be good candidates for therapy. As a …
Don’t Curse the Darkness, Light a Candle
A Hanukkah Message from Rabbi Rick Jacobs, URJ President In his essay “The Legacy of the Maccabees,” Dr. Shaye Cohen writes: “From the perspective of world history and Jewish history, …