High Holy Day Sermons
Watch or read our rabbis’ High Holy Day Sermons for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur from this year and previous years.
At Temple Beth El we hope to inspire our local community in Boca Raton, Florida, as well as our non-local community members with our rabbis’ words.
Rabbi Dan Levin
2025 | 5786
- Rosh HaShanah: “Kol Dodi Dofek – Listen, my Beloved knocks…”
- Yom Kippur: “Generosity – The Antidote for the Plague of Selfishness”
2024 | 5785
- Rosh HaShanah: “Lenses”
- Yom Kippur: “Tell The Truth”
2023 | 5784
- Erev Rosh HaShanah: “We Just Might Be Wrong…”
- Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon)
- Yom Kippur Kol Nidre: “Be More Human”
- Yom Kippur – Introduction to Yizkor
2022 | 5783
- Erev Rosh HaShanah: “Choosing Hope”
- Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon):
- Yom Kippur Kol Nidre: “A Call for Decency”
- Introduction to Yizkor
2021 | 5782
- Rosh HaShanah Morning: “The Divine Duty of Forbearance”
- Yom Kippur Kol Nidre: “Cultivating Curiosity”
- Yom Kippur: Intro to Yizkor
2020 | 5781
- Rosh HaShanah Morning: “Champion Truth”
- Yom Kippur Kol Nidre
2019 | 5780
- Erev Rosh HaShanah
- Rosh HaShanah Morning
- Yom Kippur
Rabbi Greg Weisman
2025 | 5786
- Yom Kippur Kol Nidre “Do Something That Scares You”
2024 | 5785
- Rosh HaShanah: “Standing Alone For What We Believe In”
- Yom Kippur: “Empowered Vulnerability”
2023 | 5784
- Rosh HaShanah: “It’s OK To Not Be OK”
- Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon)
2022 | 5783
- Rosh HaShanah: “Radical Love”
- Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon):
2021 | 5782
- Erev Rosh HaShanah: “Renew Us and Improve Us”
- Rosh HaShanah Second Day: “Teshuvah with a Growth Mindset”
2020 | 5781
- Erev Rosh HaShanah: “On the Other Hand”
- Rosh HaShanah Second Day: “The Image of Humanity”
2019 | 5780
- Rosh HaShanah Morning: “Pursuing Racial Justice”
- Rosh HaShanah Second Day: “Confronting Antisemitism”
Rabbi Laila Haas
2025 | 5786
- Erev Rosh HaShanah: “Create the World You Want to Live In”:
Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Mates
2023 | 5784
- Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon)
- Yom Kippur Morning
2022 | 5783
- Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon):
- Yom Kippur Morning: “Uncommon Knowledge”
2021 | 5782
- Yom Kippur Morning: “Four Things I Learn From John Glenn”
2020 | 5781
- Yom Kippur Morning
2019 | 5780
- Yom Kippur Morning
Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Mates
2023 | 5784
- Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon)
- Yom Kippur Morning
2022 | 5783
- Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon):
- Yom Kippur Morning: “Uncommon Knowledge”
2021 | 5782
- Yom Kippur Morning: “Four Things I Learn From John Glenn”
2020 | 5781
- Yom Kippur Morning
2019 | 5780
- Yom Kippur Morning
Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Mates
2023 | 5784
- Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon)
- Yom Kippur Morning
2022 | 5783
- Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon):
- Yom Kippur Morning: “Uncommon Knowledge”
2021 | 5782
- Yom Kippur Morning: “Four Things I Learn From John Glenn”
2020 | 5781
- Yom Kippur Morning
2019 | 5780
- Yom Kippur Morning
Sermons from
High Holy Days 2025/5786
High Holy Days 2025/5786
1
"Generosity–The Antidote for the Plague of Selfishness" | Yom Kippur Sermon by Rabbi Dan Levin 2025
17:53
2
"Do Something That Scares You” | Yom Kippur Kol Nidre Sermon by Rabbi Greg Weisman 2025/5786
18:20
3
"Fear: We Are the Author" | Rosh HaShanah Sermon by Rabbi Ashira Boxman | High Holy days 2025/5786
18:47
4
"Kol Dodi Dofek - Listen, my Beloved knocks..." | Rosh HaShanah Sermon by Rabbi Dan Levin 2025/5786
18:31
5
"Create the World You Want to Live In" | Rosh HaShanah Sermon by Rabbi Laila Haas 2025/5786
23:03
Rabbi Dan Levin
Click on a year to read or watch Rabbi Dan Levin’s
High Holy Day sermons.
2025 | 5786
Rosh HaShanah: “Kol Dodi Dofek – Listen, my Beloved knocks…”
Yom Kippur: “Generosity – The Antidote for the Plague of Selfishness”
2024 | 5785
2023 | 5784
Erev Rosh HaShanah: “We Just Might Be Wrong…”
Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon)
Yom Kippur Kol Nidre: “Be More Human”
Yom Kippur – Introduction to Yizkor
2022 | 5783
Erev Rosh HaShanah: “Choosing Hope”
Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon):
Yom Kippur Kol Nidre: “A Call for Decency”
Introduction to Yizkor
2022 | 5783
Erev Rosh HaShanah: “Choosing Hope”
Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon):
Yom Kippur Kol Nidre: “A Call for Decency”
Introduction to Yizkor
Rabbi Dan Levin
Click on a year to read or watch Rabbi Dan Levin’s
High Holy Day sermons.
2025 | 5786
Rosh HaShanah: “Kol Dodi Dofek – Listen, my Beloved knocks…”
Yom Kippur: “Generosity – The Antidote for the Plague of Selfishness”
2024 | 5785
2023 | 5784
Erev Rosh HaShanah: “We Just Might Be Wrong…”
Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon)
Yom Kippur Kol Nidre: “Be More Human”
Yom Kippur – Introduction to Yizkor
2022 | 5783
Erev Rosh HaShanah: “Choosing Hope”
Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon):
Yom Kippur Kol Nidre: “A Call for Decency”
Introduction to Yizkor
2022 | 5783
Erev Rosh HaShanah: “Choosing Hope”
Rosh HaShanah Second Day (Combined Sermon):
Yom Kippur Kol Nidre: “A Call for Decency”
Introduction to Yizkor
Rabbi Greg Weisman
Click on a year to read or watch Rabbi Greg Weisman’s
High Holy Day sermons.
2025 | 5786
Yom Kippur Kol Nidre “Do Something That Scares You”
2024 | 5785
Rosh HaShanah: “Standing Alone For What We Believe In”
Yom Kippur: “Empowered Vulnerability”
2023 | 5784
2022 | 5783
Rabbi Greg Weisman
Click on a year to read or watch Rabbi Greg Weisman’s
High Holy Day sermons.
2025 | 5786
Yom Kippur Kol Nidre “Do Something That Scares You”
2024 | 5785
Rosh HaShanah: “Standing Alone For What We Believe In”
Yom Kippur: “Empowered Vulnerability”
2023 | 5784
2022 | 5783
Rabbi Laila Haas
Click on a year to read or watch Rabbi Laila Haas’
High Holy Day sermons.
2025 | 5786
Erev Rosh HaShanah: “Create the World You Want to Live In”:
Rabbi Laila Haas
Click on a year to read or watch Rabbi Laila Haas’
High Holy Day sermons.
2025 | 5786
Erev Rosh HaShanah: “Create the World You Want to Live In”:
Rabbi Ashira Boxman
Click on a year to read or watch Rabbi Ashira Boxman’s
High Holy Day sermons.
2025 | 5786
Rosh HaShanah: “Fear: We Are the Author”:
Rabbi Ashira Boxman
Click on a year to read or watch Rabbi Ashira Boxman’s
High Holy Day sermons.
2025 | 5786
Rosh HaShanah: “Fear: We Are the Author”: