Category: Rosh Hashanah
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Rosh Hashanah Day 2 5776: “The Shul and the City”
I. Jews cannot agree about anything. Looking around today, at our shul, at other congregations in this city, and at synagogues of every denomination and every variety in every corner of the world, you might think that there…
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Rosh Hashanah Day 1 5776: “What are We Here For?”
I. Many of my friends and colleagues are wondering about one question on Rosh Hashanah 5776: Is it possible to speak about a politically controversial topic in a way that unifies a community? I know of one…
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Rosh Hashanah Day 2 5775: “To Conquer Time”
This was a difficult sermon to write. I had cleared a few hours one afternoon to write. I thought leaving the office and heading to a nearby coffee shop would present me with fewer distractions. I…
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Rosh Hashanah Day 1 5775: “The Palace is in Flames”
Rabbis share professional advice with each other. There are “tricks of the trade” and received wisdom that we pass to each other from rabbi to rabbi, from year to year. One such professional rule of thumb is…
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Rosh Hashanah Day 2 5774: “The Faith of Avraham”
The hero of Rosh Hashanah is Avraham. Yesterday we read the story of the long-awaited birth of his son Yitzhak, as well as how, at God’s command, Avraham was prepared to lose his beloved son Yishmael…
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Rosh Hashanah Day 1 5774: “Common Ground is a Choice”
There was once a king who was traveling to a village in a far-off corner of his kingdom. When he reached the village, the people came to greet him and called out to him, “give us…
