Rabbi Perkins' Sermons
Rabbi Perkins' most recent Shabbat sermons will be posted here. Other sermons can be found in High Holiday Sermons or Sermon Archives (1998-2010).
In addition, sermons by guest speakers can be found here.
2018 |
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| December 8, 2018 | Parashat Miketz | "Do You Believe in Magic?" | |
| December 1, 2018 | Parashat Vayeshev | Even a Little Something Can Go a Long Way | |
| November 17, 2018 | Parashat Vayetzei | "Is Life Fair?" | |
| November 10, 2018 | Parashat Toldot | "Two nations struggling in the womb" | |
| November 3, 2018 | Parashat Hayyei Sarah | After Pittsburgh, What's Changed? | |
| October 27, 2018 | Parashat Vayera | Holy Chutzpah | |
| October 6, 2018 | Parashat Bereshit | Are Judaism and Evolution Compatible? | |
| October 1, 2018 | Shemini Atzeret | Just One More Day! | |
| September 22, 2018 | Parashat Ha'Azinu | Why Do We Sit in the Sukkah? | |
| June 16, 2018 | Parashat Korach | Korach the Populist | |
| June 9, 2018 | Parashat Shelach Lecha | "Forgive us, pardon us, grant us atonement" | |
| June 2, 2018 | Parashat B'Ha'alotcha | A Life-Changing Experience | |
| May 12, 2018 | Parashat Behar-Behukkotai | Three Approaches to Economic Inequality | |
| May 5, 2018 | Parashat Emor | What's in a name? | |
| April 28, 2018 | Parashat Achrei Mot-Kedoshim | "Don't Stand Idly By!" | |
| April 21, 2018 | Parashat Tazria-Metzora | Another Kind of Malignant Speech | |
| March 17, 2018 | Parashat Vayikra | Let My People Come | |
| March 10, 2018 | Parashat Vayekhel-Pekudei | Completing Creation | |
| February 17, 2018 | Parashat Terumah | "When Adar Enters, We Increase Our Rejoicing" | |
2017 |
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| November 18, 2017 | Parashat Toldot | Study Sheet - A Gendered Look at Looking Through a Window | |
| October 28, 2017 | Parashat Lech Lecha | Who Was Abraham? | |
| July 1, 2017 | Parashat Hukkat | The Politics of Anger | |
| June 24, 2017 | Parashat Korach | Korach the Demagogue - Source Sheet | |
| June 10, 2017 | Parashat Beha'alotcha | "Things Fall Apart" |  |
| June 3, 2017 | Parashat Naso | Heroes Then and Now | |
| May 20, 2017 | Parashat Behar Behukkotai | "Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land, Unto All Its Inhabitants Thereof" | |
| May 13, 2017 | Parashat Emor | Expressing True Love Toward the Living and the Dead | |
| January 28, 2017 | Parashat Va'era | "Liar, Liar" | |
| January 21, 2017 | Parashat Shemot | "Is There a Blessing for the Czar?" | |
2016 |
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| December 24, 2016 | Parashat Vayeshev | What Does the Joseph Story Have to Teach Us About Chanukah and Christmas? | |
| November 26, 2016 | Parashat Hayei Sarah | The Importance of Gratitude | |
| November 12, 2016 | Parashat Lech Lecha | Lessons for Our New President Elect from Abraham | |
| May 14, 2016 | Parashat Kedoshim | Refraining from Being a "Scoundrel Within the Bounds of the Torah" | |
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| March 12, 2016 | Parashat Pekudei | Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohein Kook | |
| March 5, 2016 | Parashat Vayakhel | Vayakhel: "And he Assembled." For Constructive or Destructive Ends? | |
2015 |
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November 28, 2015
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Parashat Vayishlach
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| November 21, 2015 | Parashat Vayetze | Jacob the Refugee | |
| November 14, 2015 | Parashat Toldot | Sibling Rivalry and Religious Violence | |
| November 7, 2015 | Parashat Hayei Sarah | How and How Not to Read the Bible | |
| October 24, 2015 | Parashat Lech Lecha | It Isn't Easy | |
| October 17, 2015 | Parashat Noach | |
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| May 29, 2015 | Parashat Naso | When Paying Attention is Hard To Do | |
| May 9, 2015 | Parashat Emor | |
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| February 28, 2015 | Parashat Tetzaveh | Part 1 | |
| Parashat Tetzaveh | Part 2 | |
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| February 7, 2015 | Parashat Yitro | Part 1 | |
| Parashat Yitro | Part 2 | |
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| January 24, 2015 | Parashat Bo | |
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| January 3, 2015 | Parashat Vayechi | Study sheet for Parashat Vayechi- Jacob's Blessings | |
2014 |
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| December 6 | Parashat Vayishlach | Part 1 | |
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| November 29 | Parashat Vayetze | Lessons from Ferguson, For Us and For Israel | |
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November 22
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Parashat Toldot
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October 25
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Parashat Noach
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October 18
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Parashat Bereshit
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September 6
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Parashat Ki Tetzei
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June 21
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Parashat Korach
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June 14
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Parashat Shelach Lecha
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May 16
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Parashat Behukkotai
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April 12
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Shabbat HaGadol
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April 5
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Parashat Mitzorah
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March 29
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Parashat Tazria
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March 8
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Parashat Vayikra
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March 1
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Parashat Pekudei
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February 15
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Parashat Ki Tissa
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February 8
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Parashat Titsaveh
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January 18
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Parashat Yitro
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January 4
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Parshat Bo
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2013 |
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December 14
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Parashat Vayechi
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December 6
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Parashat Vayiggash
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November 2
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World Series Reflections
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October 12
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Parashat Lech L'cha
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