Rabbi Neil Zuckerman: The Holiday About "Nothing" – October 15, 2022
Enjoy this most recent sermon from Rabbi Zuckerman, which he shared live before PAS this past Shabbat.
The Soviet author Vasily Grossman imagined a final letter from his mother before her death in the Berdichev Ghetto; he also continued writing to her after her death. Rabbi Cosgrove invites us to imagine the letters our loved ones might have written to us and what we would write ourselves.
Enjoy this most recent sermon from Rabbi Zuckerman, which he shared live before PAS this past Shabbat.
Drawing parallels between Moses and successful modern leaders, Rabbi Cosgrove finds that Moses exemplifies all the qualities of a great leader, especially the ultimate measure of success: that one’s values endure far beyond one’s own lifetime.
The moment of Yizkor makes us aware of the finite and indefinite length of our lives. Rabbi Cosgrove encourages us not only to remember our debts to those who have gone before but also to recognize our responsibility to those who will follow us and will, in time, remember us.