Sep 30, 2020
Sep 29, 2020
We Acquitted Ourselves Nobly: High Holidays 5781
We Acquitted Ourselves Nobly: High Holidays 5781
Sep 27, 2020
Sep 25, 2020
ע֭וֹלָם חֶ֣סֶד יִבָּנֶ֑ה Olam Chesed Yibaneh #BuildonLove
- Original Recording (12.12.12) - youtu.be/ZHp-jcPlKIY
- Lab/Shul (10.04.14) - vimeo.com/108112554
- Parliament of the World's Religions (10.25.15) - youtu.be/WV0uJRg24qU
- Isabella Friedman (11.1.15) - facebook.com/725183760/videos/10154319446848761/
- Epic Performance (11.12.17) - youtube.com/watch?v=bfu12qKYwTg
- Adas Israel Tree of Life Shooting Vigil (10.29.18) - youtu.be/zRZbr1cLwzc
- TBZ Brookline (05.19.20) - youtu.be/AGB9tMvNWGo
Sep 24, 2020
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz on Teshuvah
"Broadly defined, teshuvah is more than just repentance from sin; it is a spiritual reawakening, a desire to strengthen the connection between oneself and the sacred. The effectiveness of teshuvah is thus frequently a function of one's sense of distance from the sacred. The greater the distance, the greater the potential movement towards renewed connectedness. As one Jewish sage put it, A rope that is cut and retied is doubly strong at the point where it was severed.... All forms of teshuvah, however diverse and complex, have a common core: the belief that human beings have it in their power to effect inward change."
- Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, z"l
Sep 23, 2020
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Sep 18, 2020
Three Prayers for This Strangest of New Years
Three Prayers for This Strangest of New Years
Rabbi Menachem CreditorThis strangest of years, in which expectations of any kind couldn’t possibly have predicted our reality, we find ourselves – at least I do – craving the sound of the shofar and the sway of fellow daveners. Has there ever been such a year?
Leaders of Jewish communities of every kind are working overtime to meet these every-year needs in a blend of tradition and innovation that would fill our ancestors’ hearts to overflowing. Look at the Jewish passion and spiritual creativity flooding the internet – has there ever been such a year?
Praise: To all those whose intense leadership became even more intense with the launch of the High Holidays at last week’s Selichot services. To you all — rabbis, cantors, educators, executive directors, youth professionals, volunteer leaders, fundraisers — you are giving everything you’ve got to lift the whole world up, screen by screen, community by community. We see you, we honor you, we bless you. Amen.
Request: May we learn/remember how to open up our hearts and minds and souls. May we reclaim the headlines with the shocking good we’ll do. May our children inherit some good decisions we’ll make to offset our countless mistakes. May we take really good care of each other and heal this fragile world. Amen.
Gratitude: For the blessing of one more year, one more day, one more breath, may we be ever thankful. And may we channel all the emotions coursing through our bodies to make this a year worth praying for. Amen.
Sep 17, 2020
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from UJA-Federation NY: Wisdom in the Time of Corona - Reflections for 5781
Wisdom in the Time of Corona
As we prepare to celebrate the High Holidays, UJA-Federation of New York is delighted to share an anthology of teachings given at our virtual UJA Community Pre-Shabbat Gatherings. We're grateful to all of the wonderful leaders who participated in this series from March to July, which brought teachers and listeners of all denominations and backgrounds to learn together.
Sep 14, 2020
A Prayer for the New Year
Rabbi Menachem Creditor
Sep 11, 2020
Erev Shabbat... 9/11.... On this day, I stand tearfully, fiercely, remembering those we lost, and honoring heroes like my holy sister, Rabbi Yonina Creditor, who is a US Navy Chaplain today but was a New York City EMT on 9/11. Today I remember. I weep. And I dug down deep to find the strength to sing the song I wrote for my precious daughter, Ariel, for her Simchat Bat in the months following the attacks. We MUST build a world from Love. For our children. For the world. We must. #BuildOnLove
Sep 10, 2020
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Sep 2, 2020
On Finishing a Year of Torah
In the midst of these strange times, a growing community of friends have joined together every weekday morning at 9am on the UJA-Federation ...

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