2021
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January 16 |
Va-era |
Resisting the Influence |
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January 9 |
Shemot |
Responding to Desecration: Cultivating Reverence |
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January 2 |
Vayechi |
Moving Beyond "Hello, Louis!" |
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Excerpt from So That Your Values Live On -- Ethical Wills and How to Prepare Them, by Jack Riemer and Nathaniel Stampfer |
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2020
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December 26 |
Vayigash |
The Beginning of the End |
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December 19 |
Miketz |
What are the lessons of the Joseph story for our own day and age? |
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November 21 |
Toledot |
Guarding Ourselves - And Others - From Evil Speech |
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November 7 |
Vayera |
"Truth from the earth will sprout" |
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June 20 |
Shelach Lecha |
Juneteenth: What Really Happened - And Does It Matter? |
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May 23 |
B'midbar |
"Get Back To Where You Once Belonged" |
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May 9 |
Emor |
Keeping Time and Maintaining Holy Time |
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March 14 |
Ki Tissa |
How to Respond to Uncertainty |
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March 7 |
Tetzaveh |
Shabbat Zachor |
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February 1 |
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Remarks before the Prayer for Our Country and the Prayer for Israel |
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January 18 |
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Reflections on My Rabbinate |
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2019
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Vayishhlach |
A Difficult Week |
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2018
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December 8 |
Miketz |
"Do You Believe in Magic?" |
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December 1 |
Vayeshev |
Even a Little Something Can Go a Long Way |
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November 17 |
Vayetzei |
"Is Life Fair?" |
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November 10 |
Toldot |
"Two nations struggling in the womb" |
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November 3 |
Hayyei Sarah |
After Pittsburgh, What's Changed? |
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October 27 |
Vayera |
Holy Chutzpah |
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October 6 |
Bereshit |
Are Judaism and Evolution Compatible? |
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October 1 |
Shemini Atzeret |
Just One More Day! |
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September 22 |
Ha'Azinu |
Why Do We Sit in the Sukkah? |
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June 16 |
Korach |
Korach the Populist |
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June 9 |
Shelach Lecha |
"Forgive us, pardon us, grant us atonement" |
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June 2 |
B'Ha'alotcha |
A Life-Changing Experience |
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May 12 |
Behar-Behukkotai |
Three Approaches to Economic Inequality |
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May 5 |
Emor |
What's in a name? |
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April 28 |
Achrei Mot-Kedoshim |
"Don't Stand Idly By!" |
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April 21 |
Tazria-Metzora |
Another Kind of Malignant Speech |
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March 17 |
Vayikra |
Let My People Come |
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March 10 |
Vayekhel-Pekudei |
Completing Creation |
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February 17 |
Terumah |
"When Adar Enters, We Increase Our Rejoicing" |
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2017
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November 18 |
Toldot |
Study Sheet - A Gendered Look at Looking Through a Window |
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October 28 |
Lech Lecha |
Who Was Abraham? |
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July 1 |
Hukkat |
The Politics of Anger |
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June 24 |
Korach |
Korach the Demagogue - Source Sheet |
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June 10 |
Beha'alotcha |
"Things Fall Apart" |
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June 3 |
Naso |
Heroes Then and Now |
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May 20 |
Behar Behukkotai |
"Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land, Unto All Its Inhabitants Thereof" |
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May 13 |
Emor |
Expressing True Love Toward the Living and the Dead |
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January 28 |
Va'era |
"Liar, Liar" |
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January 21 |
Shemot |
"Is There a Blessing for the Czar?" |
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Study Sheet: The Duty, Opportunity and Challenge of Praying for the Government |
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2016
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December 24 |
Vayeshev |
What Does the Joseph Story Have to Teach Us About Chanukah and Christmas? |
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November 26 |
Hayei Sarah |
The Importance of Gratitude |
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November 12 |
Lech Lecha |
Lessons for Our New President Elect from Abraham |
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May 14 |
Kedoshim |
Refraining from Being a "Scoundrel Within the Bounds of the Torah" |
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April 9 |
Shabbat HaHodesh |
Who Owns the Exodus? Who Owns the Seder? Who Owns the Haggadah? Who Owns the Hebrew language? |
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March 12 |
Pekudei |
Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohein Kook |
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March 5 |
Vayakhel |
Vayakhel: "And he Assembled." For Constructive or Destructive Ends? |
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2015
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November 28 |
Vayishlach |
Being Grateful Before, During and After Thanksgiving |

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November 21 |
Vayetze |
Jacob the Refugee |
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November 14 |
Toldot |
Sibling Rivalry and Religious Violence |
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November 7 |
Hayei Sarah |
How and How Not to Read the Bible |
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October 24 |
Lech Lecha |
It Isn't Easy |
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October 17 |
Noach |
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May 29 |
Naso |
When Paying Attention is Hard To Do |
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May 9 |
Emor |
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February 28 |
Tetzaveh |
Part 1 |
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Tetzaveh |
Part 2 |
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February 7 |
Yitro |
Part 1 |
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Yitro |
Part 2 |
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January 24 |
Bo |
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January 3 |
Vayechi |
Study sheet for Vayechi- Jacob's Blessings |
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2014
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December 6 |
Vayishlach |
Part 1 |
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Vayishlach |
Part 2 |
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November 29 |
Vayetze |
Lessons from Ferguson, For Us and For Israel |
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November 22 |
Toldot |
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October 25 |
Noach |
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October 18 |
Bereshit |
Are Curiosity and Religiosity Compatible? |
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September 6 |
Ki Tetzei |
Labor Day and the Jews |
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June 21 |
Korach |
Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reasons |
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June 14 |
Shelach Lecha |
Are We Part of the "Evil Congregation"? |
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May 16 |
Behukkotai |
"Que Sera, Sera!" v. "Do the Right Thing!" |
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April 12 |
Shabbat HaGadol |
"Notes for Shabbat HaGadol drashah" |
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April 5 |
Mitzorah |
"Maintaining Pure Homes" |
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March 29 |
Tazria |
"Why Do We Eat Matzah?" |
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March 8 |
Vayikra |
"Let's Celebrate" |
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March 1 |
Pekudei |
"Looking Back and Looking Forward" |
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February 15 |
Ki Tissa |
"The Importance of Character" |
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February 8 |
Titsaveh |
"The Importance of Doing It All the Time, Every Day" |
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January 18 |
Yitro |
"What Would Yitro Say?" |
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January 4 |
Parshat Bo |
"Taking the Initiative: Reflections on Ariel Sharon" |
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2013
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December 14 |
Vayechi |
"What's So Special About the Number 17?" |
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December 6 |
Vayiggash |
"A Tribute to Nelson Mandela" |
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November 2 |
World Series Reflections |
"What They Said -- And What They Didn't Say" |
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October 12 |
Lech L'cha |
"What Do Janet Yellen and Scarlett Johansson Have in Common?" |
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