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158 sermons from 16 Jewish years, each running from Rosh Hashanah to Elul. Newest first.

תשפ״ז5787 · 2026–27

4 sermons
  1. 2026 Yom Kippur Morning: Survival Is Not EnoughYom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 578711 min
  2. 2026 Yom Kippur Evening: XeniaYom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 578710 min
  3. 2026 Rosh Hashanah MorningRosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 578717 min
  4. 2026 Rosh Hashanah EveningRosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 578710 min

תשפ״ו5786 · 2025–26

4 sermons
  1. 2025 Yom Kippur Morning: Live Every Day Like It’s Your Last?Yom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 57869 min
  2. 2025 Yom Kippur Evening: Checkers, Chess & New ChoicesYom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 57869 min
  3. 2025 Rosh Hashanah Morning: IsraelRosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 578619 min
  4. 2025 Rosh Hashanah Evening: Gotta Go Through ItRosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 57867 min

תשפ״ה5785 · 2024–25

4 sermons
  1. 2024 Yom Kippur MorningYom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 578512 min
  2. 2024 Yom Kippur EveningYom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 578510 min
  3. 2024 Rosh Hashanah MorningRosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 57859 min
  4. 2024 Rosh Hashanah EveningRosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 578510 min

תשפ״ד5784 · 2023–24

4 sermons
  1. 2023 Yom Kippur Morning: AntisemitismYom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 57849 min
  2. 2023 Yom Kippur Evening: Be BetterYom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 57848 min
  3. 2023 Rosh Hashanah Morning: HabitsRosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 57849 min
  4. 2023 Rosh Hashanah Evening: BrushstrokesRosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 57849 min

תשפ״ג5783 · 2022–23

4 sermons
  1. 2022 Yom Kippur Morning: It’s About TimeYom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 578310 min
  2. 2022 Yom Kippur Evening: Regret is HolyYom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 57839 min
  3. 2022 Rosh Hashanah Morning: Changing How We Think About ChangeRosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 57838 min
  4. 2022 Rosh Hashanah Evening: “It is Good”Rosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 57839 min

תשפ״ב5782 · 2021–22

2 sermons
  1. A New Life During 2 Minutes of SilenceAcharei Mot · 28 Nisan 57824 min
  2. What Whoopi Goldberg can Teach an Athens, GA Elementary SchoolT'rumah · 4 Adar I 57826 min

תשפ״א5781 · 2020–21

1 sermon
  1. Response to Capital Riot: Truth Shall Sprout from the EarthSh'mot · 25 Tevet 57817 min

תש״פ5780 · 2019–20

15 sermons
  1. It Remains a Dream (Ki Teitzi)Ki Teitzei · 8 Elul 57804 min
  2. What Does it Mean to be Free?Chukat · 11 Tamuz 57804 min
  3. Count Each Person. Each Person Counts.6 Sivan 57803 min
  4. In the Summer17 Iyyar 57806 min
  5. After Death Comes LifeAcharei Mot · 7 Iyyar 57804 min
  6. Yom HaShoah 2020Yom HaShoah · 27 Nisan 57803 min
  7. What day is Today?Sh'mini · 23 Nisan 57804 min
  8. Hear One Another's PrayersVayikra · 2 Nisan 57805 min
  9. It Is Time to StopVayakhel · 24 Adar 57804 min
  10. Publicizing the Miracle of JudaismVayigash · 6 Tevet 57806 min
  11. Diverging on the Path of Least Resistance (Lech L’cha)Lech L'cha · 10 Cheshvan 57804 min
  12. Stand with Other Tribes (Yom Kippur 5780/2019)Yom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 578011 min
  13. Ecclesiastes and Job Are True (Kol Nidrei 5780/2019)Yom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 57809 min
  14. We Are All Below the Mountain (Rosh Hashanah Morning 5780/2019)Rosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 578014 min
  15. There Is No Messiah … and You're It (Rosh Hashanah Evening 5780/2019)Rosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 578013 min

תשע״ט5779 · 2018–19

14 sermons
  1. The Broken Tablets Are Holy Too (Eikev)Eikev · 22 Av 57794 min
  2. We Lost More Than the Temple (Tisha B'av)Tisha B'Av · 8 Av 57795 min
  3. The Footsteps of Halachah (B'Chukotai)B'chukotai · 26 Iyyar 57794 min
  4. The (Future) Memory of Israel (Yom HaZikaron)Yom HaZikaron & Yom Ha'atzmaut · 5 Iyyar 57796 min
  5. We Do It Because We Are Jewish (Yom HaShoah)Yom HaShoah · 28 Nisan 57797 min
  6. Strange Fire (Sh'mini)Sh'mini · 22 Adar II 57794 min
  7. A Rabbi Talks About Christianity (from a Unitarian Pulpit)Vayakhel · 24 Adar I 57799 min
  8. Jacob's Ideal Death Teaches Us How to Live (Vayechi)Vayechi · 13 Tevet 57793 min
  9. Drawing Near to God and Ourselves (Vayera)Vayera · 17 Cheshvan 57794 min
  10. Noah's Ark & Climate Change (Noah)Noach · 3 Cheshvan 57794 min
  11. The Roseto Effect (Yom Kippur Evening 2018)Yom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 577910 min
  12. Happiness Is a Choice (Yom Kippur 2018)Yom Kippur · 9 Tishrei 577911 min
  13. Abraham Failed the Test (Rosh Hashanah Morning 2018)Rosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 57799 min
  14. Indictiveness, Thou-Ness, and Matters of Substance (Rosh Hashanah Evening 2018)Rosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 577910 min

תשע״ח5778 · 2017–18

9 sermons
  1. Martin Luther King Shabbat21 Nisan 57784 min
  2. … And There's Work to Be Done (Vayikra)Vayikra · 29 Adar 57784 min
  3. Will God Dwell Amongst Us Again? (T'rumah)T'rumah · 1 Adar 57784 min
  4. A Burden of One (Yitro)Yitro · 17 Sh'vat 57784 min
  5. Martin Luther King: Our World HouseVa'era · 25 Tevet 57787 min
  6. Safe Spaces, Holy Spaces (Yom Kippur 2017)Yom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 577810 min
  7. You Want It Darker (Kol Nidrei 2017)Yom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 57789 min
  8. Let Truth Spring Forth from the Earth (and From Us) (Rosh Hashanah Morning 2017)Rosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 577810 min
  9. Look at Your Steps & Then, Look Up! (Rosh Hashanah Evening 2017)Rosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 577812 min

תשע״ז5777 · 2016–17

17 sermons
  1. Passion Without Compassion (Pinchas)Pinchas · 20 Tamuz 57773 min
  2. A King, a Prophet and the Western Wall (Balak)Balak · 13 Tamuz 57773 min
  3. Fact, Not Truth (B'chukotai)B'chukotai · 23 Iyyar 57774 min
  4. You Shall Be Holy (K'doshim)K'doshim · 9 Iyyar 57774 min
  5. Have We Abandoned God? (Yom HaShoah)Yom HaShoah · 25 Nisan 57779 min
  6. What Has God Done for Me Lately? (Passover)Passover · 18 Nisan 57774 min
  7. The Limitations of Our Sight (Ki Tissa)Ki Tissa · 19 Adar 57774 min
  8. Never Again (International Holocaust Remembrance Day)Yom HaShoah · 29 Tevet 57774 min
  9. Pharaoh Knew Not JosephSh'mot · 22 Tevet 57776 min
  10. To Exist or to Live, That Is the Question (Vayechi)Vayechi · 15 Tevet 57773 min
  11. What Is the Real Miracle of Chanukah?Chanukah · 1 Tevet 57774 min
  12. Jacob's LadderVayetzei · 9 Kislev 57775 min
  13. Should Politics Be On or Off the Bimah?Vayera · 17 Cheshvan 57776 min
  14. Yom Kippur Morning 5777: 1, 2, 3 … Smile!Yom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 57778 min
  15. Yom Kippur Evening 5777: Now Is the TimeYom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 577711 min
  16. Make Good Art (Rosh Hashanah Morning 5777)Rosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 577713 min
  17. Rosh Hashanah Evening 5777: Tevye's Other HandRosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 577714 min

תשע״ו5776 · 2015–16

15 sermons
  1. The Second Telling of Our LivesD'varim · 8 Av 57765 min
  2. The Destruction of the Temple Is Happening Again and AgainChukat · 9 Tamuz 57765 min
  3. Elie Wiesel Taught Me That #BlackLivesMatterKorach · 2 Tamuz 57766 min
  4. A Home That's Gone: Reflection on the Orlando MassacreNasso · 11 Sivan 57764 min
  5. Because I Remember, I Must Reject Despair (Yom HaShoah Sermon)Yom HaShoah · 27 Nisan 57765 min
  6. Please God, Heal Her: Judaism & Healing20 Nisan 57765 min
  7. I Wanna Sing, Sing, Sing, Praise the LordMetzora · 7 Nisan 57766 min
  8. There's More Than One Way (P'kudei)P'kudei · 1 Adar II 57765 min
  9. Enough Prayers, It's Time to March (Yitro)Yitro · 19 Sh'vat 57764 min
  10. Chinese Food, a Movie, Jews & ChristmasVayechi · 13 Tevet 57767 min
  11. In a Place Where There Is No Man, Be One (Noah)Noach · 3 Cheshvan 57764 min
  12. Three Lessons of SukkotSukkot · 19 Tishrei 57764 min
  13. 5776: We Are the Ever-Dying People (Yom Kippur Morning)Yom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 577615 min
  14. Kol Nidrei Is Not About PromisesYom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 57768 min
  15. 5776: Sometimes, Being Perfect Is Not Good Enough (Rosh Hashanah Morning)Rosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 577613 min

תשע״ה5775 · 2014–15

11 sermons
  1. 5776: Rosh Hashanah Is Not a Period at the End of the Year; It's a Semi-ColonRosh Hashanah · 29 Elul 57759 min
  2. Deuteronomy Is Revisionist History, and Here's Why (D'varim)D'varim · 8 Av 57753 min
  3. Rick Santorum, the Pope and the Menorah (B'haalot'cha)B'haalot'cha · 18 Sivan 57754 min
  4. Strange Fire, Tragic Fire (Sh'mini)Sh'mini · 21 Nisan 57756 min
  5. Building a Sanctuary of Identity (Ki Tissa)Ki Tissa · 15 Adar 57754 min
  6. When Will God Appear? (Va'era)Va'era · 25 Tevet 57754 min
  7. What Is the Right Way to Spell Hannukah?Chanukah · 27 Kislev 57754 min
  8. My Homeland of Israel (Yom Kippur Morning)Yom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 577513 min
  9. What's Behind the Curtain? (Yom Kippur Evening)Yom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 577512 min
  10. Judaism & the Dark Side of the Subjunctive (Rosh Hashanah Morning)Rosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 577511 min
  11. Look Up and See Blessing (Rosh Hashanah Evening)Rosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 57759 min

תשע״ד5774 · 2013–14

25 sermons
  1. Thoughts on Israel & PalestineBalak · 6 Tamuz 57744 min
  2. This Is Not a Feel-Good Story (Korach)Korach · 22 Sivan 57745 min
  3. We Cannot Be Jews Without IsraelEmor · 2 Iyyar 57745 min
  4. The Plague of Gossip (Metzora)Metzora · 24 Nisan 57746 min
  5. Still Enslaved, Even During Passover: Reflections on HatePassover · 18 Nisan 57746 min
  6. Who Moved My Matzah? (Shabbat HaGadol)Passover · 11 Nisan 57747 min
  7. Does Everything Happen for a Reason? (Sh'mini)Sh'mini · 19 Adar II 57745 min
  8. Remembering to Forget (Shabbat Zachor)Purim & Shabbat Zachor · 12 Adar II 57745 min
  9. Drawing Close to God (Vayikra)Vayikra · 5 Adar II 57744 min
  10. Is Shabbat Really a Day of Rest? (Vayak'heil)Vayakhel · 21 Adar I 57745 min
  11. Jews Like to Touch Things (Ki Tissah)Ki Tissa · 14 Adar I 57744 min
  12. The Best Gift You Can Give (T'rumah)T'rumah · 30 Sh'vat 57743 min
  13. Trust in God, But Tie Your Camel (B'shalach)B'shalach · 9 Sh'vat 57744 min
  14. The Miracle(s) of the Plagues (Bo)Bo · 2 Sh'vat 57745 min
  15. Dreaming & Living: Joseph & Mandela (Vayigash)Vayigash · 3 Tevet 57745 min
  16. I Will Not Let You Go Until You Bless Me (Vayishlach)Vayishlach · 12 Kislev 57745 min
  17. 75th Commemoration of Kristallnacht (Vayetzei)Vayetzei · 5 Kislev 57748 min
  18. Is Halloween Traif or Treat?Toldot · 28 Cheshvan 57746 min
  19. Drawing Near to God (Vayera)Vayera · 14 Cheshvan 57746 min
  20. Journeys Are Not Only Geographical (Lech L'cha)Lech L'cha · 7 Cheshvan 57745 min
  21. The Comfort of Noah (Noach)Noach · 30 Tishrei 57746 min
  22. Yom Kippur Morning 5774: Superman Spends a Lot of Time Being Clark KentYom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 57749 min
  23. Life is a Pre-Existing Condition (Kol Nidrei 5774)Yom Kippur · 10 Tishrei 57748 min
  24. Rosh Hashanah Morning 5774: The Mandatory Optionals of JudaismRosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 577410 min
  25. Rosh Hashanah Eve 5774: Michelangelo, a German Photographer and an Israeli Poet Walk into Rosh Hashanah ServicesRosh Hashanah · 1 Tishrei 577410 min

תשע״ג5773 · 2012–13

26 sermons
  1. Now Go and Study (Ki Teitzei)Ki Teitzei · 10 Elul 57735 min
  2. Justice and Justice Again (Shoftim)Shoftim · 3 Elul 57735 min
  3. Preparing to Become Ourselves (Elul)R'eh · 26 Av 57736 min
  4. Listening to the Sh'ma (Va'etchanan)Va'etchanan · 12 Av 57735 min
  5. Words About Words (D'varim)D'varim · 5 Av 57738 min
  6. Sometimes We Have to Listen to a Donkey (Balak)Balak · 13 Tamuz 57735 min
  7. Some Things Just Don't Make Sense (Chukat)Chukat · 6 Tamuz 57736 min
  8. Are We Holy? (Korach)Korach · 29 Sivan 57736 min
  9. How Do You Spell Knaidel?Sh'lach · 22 Sivan 57735 min
  10. Oklahoma Tornado, the Pope and the Boy Scouts (Beha'alotcha)B'haalot'cha · 15 Sivan 577312 min
  11. The Little Prince and the Torah (Shavuot)Shavuot · 1 Sivan 57738 min
  12. Choosing a Path, Choosing Life (B'chukotai)B'chukotai · 23 Iyyar 57735 min
  13. Remembering One Life, Remembering 6 Million (Yom HaShoah)Yom HaShoah · 25 Nisan 57737 min
  14. Counting the Omer: Measuring Time, Measuring Ourselves18 Nisan 57735 min
  15. Israelites' Freedom, Israel's Freedom: Reflections on President Obama's Israel TripTzav · 11 Nisan 577310 min
  16. I Call to God, God Calls to Me (Vayikra)Vayikra · 4 Nisan 57735 min
  17. Enough Already! (Vayakhel/P'kudei)Vayakhel · 26 Adar 57737 min
  18. The Holiness of Broken Tablets (Ki Tissa)Ki Tissa · 19 Adar 57736 min
  19. Daniel's Bar Mitzvah Video: Too Much? Not Enough? (Shabbat Zachor)Purim & Shabbat Zachor · 12 Adar 57739 min
  20. You Are Talented (T'rumah)T'rumah · 5 Adar 57736 min
  21. Which Hand Will You Pick? (Mishpatim)Mishpatim · 28 Sh'vat 57738 min
  22. Take a Step Back: Moses, God and Tzimtzum (Yitro)Yitro · 21 Sh'vat 57735 min
  23. Every Tradition Begins with a New Idea (Open House Shabbat)6 Sh'vat 57737 min
  24. Two Jews, Three Opinions … Why Do We Argue? (Vayishlach)Vayishlach · 16 Kislev 57736 min
  25. Put Gratitude in That Attitude (Thanksgiving)7 Kislev 57734 min
  26. Is It Two People or a Cup of Wine? The Answer Is Torah. (Toldot)Toldot · 2 Kislev 57736 min

תשע״ב5772 · 2011–12

3 sermons
  1. They're Just Words? (Matot)Matot · 1 Av 57724 min
  2. Intentions, Decisions, ACTions (Pinchas)Pinchas · 23 Tamuz 57725 min
  3. Be the Blessing (Balak)Balak · 16 Tamuz 57727 min

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