Ask Not What God Can Do For You: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Dan Levin
We just completed the celebration of the High Holy Days – and on both Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, we talk a lot about God as a monarch. Our prayers […]
Haazinu: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
There was a time, probably when I was in middle school, where I thought that in every important story, someone had to die. I came to that conclusion after reading […]
The Shofar Breaks Your Heart: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Mates
Last Sunday in religious school, the students and I studied the poem, The Shofar Breaks Your Heart by Dane Kuttler. The poem is about a little girl who is given […]
Where Is God?: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Amy Grossblatt Pessah
As someone who has spent decades reading, researching, pondering and probing into spirituality and mysticism with a deep desire to know who (or what) God is and how God appears […]
Ki Tavo: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
“If you don’t know where you‘ve come from, you don’t know where you‘re going.” – Maya Angelou At this time of the year, many of us are thinking a lot about where we have been and imagine […]
Who Are You?: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Dan Levin
Last year, at a workshop I attended on Jewish Spirituality and Mindfulness, we broke into small groups and were asked a profound question: “What are you most afraid of?” I’m […]
A Whole-Hearted Elul: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Mates & Rabbi Elana Rabishaw
Justice (tzedek), justice shall you pursue, that you may thrive and occupy the land that G-d is giving you (Deuteronomy 16:20) You must be wholehearted with Adonai your G-d. (Deuteronomy […]
Parashat Re’eh: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
How can we be forced to have an emotional reaction? As a rabbi and as a parent I often find myself talking with folks about their emotions, reminding them (and […]
Not By Bread Alone: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Dan Levin
This past July, we were blessed to spend time in some of the most beautiful parts of our country. We traveled through the towering majesty of the Grand Tetons, saw […]
Nachamu: Shabbat Message by Rabbi Greg Weisman
Nachamu, nachamu ami! “Comfort, comfort My people” God said to Isaiah. “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem.” This Shabbat, the Shabbat after Tisha B’Av, we read those verses from the Book of […]
