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Satisfaction and Temptation

Sermon: Beresheet 5776 / 10 October 2015

This morning’s parshah stands as one of the great literary tragedies: in just over five chapters, we go from a world that is טוב מאד,“very good,”[1]  to one so evil, so… Read More

Posted: October 15, 2015 by

The Sermon I Am Not Going to Give

Hol HaMoed Sukkot / 3 October 2015

The sermon I am not going to give today is about the ancient ritual of hoshanot, and the significance of our reciting the hoshanot prayers on Shabbat without a procession or… Read More

Posted: October 15, 2015 by

Holy Anger

Yom Kippur 5776

Most of us have been there at some point — a nasty email from a co-worker, a fight with our partner, some exasperating thing our kid does that’s just the… Read More

Posted: September 25, 2015 by

Remembering Those in Search of Refuge

Rosh Hashanah 5776

In honor of Sheri Rosenberg, of blessed memory. Shana tovah. I feel so blessed to stand here with you today to welcome in the New Year with the BZBI community… Read More

Posted: September 16, 2015 by

Believing is Seeing

Rosh HaShanah 5776 / 14-15 September 2015

Last summer, Chicago’s Art Institute exhibited a major retrospective of work by the Belgian Surrealist painter René Magritte. Magritte, who also worked as an illustrator for advertising agencies, employed a… Read More

Posted: September 16, 2015 by
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