Political Sermons

Political Sermons

Political Sermons Can Destroy the Spirituality of the High Holy Days   “Everybody’s got something to say about politics – at the office, school, in the dry clean and at the grocery store. You can’t get away from it.  Except on Shabbat, which I now make at home....
Spiritual Bucket List

Spiritual Bucket List

The Spiritual Bucket List Well I made it another New Year,” Saul said.  “But will we make it to the next one?” mused Ellie. Saul and Ellie sat at a table sipping coffee (decaf, of course!) thinking about the year that was and the year ahead. “Rosh HaShanah’s come and...
Rosh HaShanah

Rosh HaShanah

Rosh HaShanah includes “Tashlich” Throwing Sins Away   Back in the day, on one of the first two days of Rosh HaShanah, Jews traditionally walked together to a stream, pond, lake, river, or even an ocean. The idea was to find a body of flowing water, preferably...
Kol Nidre

Kol Nidre

Yom Kippur Begins with Kol Nidre (in English and Italian) “Kol Nidre,” These are  Aramaic words that begin a Jewish ritual that we Jews have done for 1,000 (one thousand) years.   Kol Nidre sono  le parole aramaiche con le quali comincia un ritulale ebraico che noi...