Rabbi Witkovsky discusses a strange phrase that appears three times in B'har. What does security in our land have to do with the way we treat one another? Listen to find out!
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Sermon - Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: Dreams Deferred
How do we respond to the loss of occasions and opportunities during the pandemic? Rabbi Cosgrove advises us how to acknowledge each other’s sorrow and be present for one another as we gather our strength to step into an uncertain future.
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Parashah Study – Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Emor: Holidays and Holiness
Rabbi Witkovsky finds a bit of wisdom from the parsha to help us address the religious needs of our current situation. He also talks with Cantor Rachel Brook, Dr. Matthew Holman, and their daughter Lila about the holidays we love and which ones we are still working on.
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Sermon - Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: Like I Told You, It's an Honor
Rabbi Cosgrove describes serving as clergy during the past two months and how the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the way families experience the death of a loved one and the Jewish rituals of burial and mourning.
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Parashah Study – Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Aharei Mot/K'doshim
Rabbi Witkovsky discusses the meaning of holiness and a story about Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev.
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Sermon - Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: The Life and Legacy of Waldemar M.W. Haffkine
A sermon dedicated in honor of the medical professionals and researchers serving on the front lines of our public health crisis: Rabbi Cosgrove recounts the life and legacy of Dr. Waldemar Haffkine – revolutionary, life-saving epidemiologist, Zionist, and philanthropist.
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Parashah Study – Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky and Rabbi Steven Philp: Tzav Quarantine in the Torah and Today
Rabbi Witkovsky and Rabbi Philp discuss similarities between this week’s parsha and the world in which we live today: illness and isolation. What do we do when themes in the Torah echo modern experience?
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Lecture - Avivah Zornberg: Moses: A Human Life
Torah commentator extraordinaire Avivah Zornberg, author of six books, with a Cambridge PhD and a grand rabbinical heritage, finds the human side of our greatest biblical figure.
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Sermon - Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: Social Solidarity . . . Not Distancing
Accept Rabbi Cosgrove’s challenge from his Shabbat Hol Hamoed Pesach sermon: For each of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, call or email someone to whom you might not otherwise reach out.
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Sermon – Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: The Question of Suffering
On the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of Rabbi Milton Steinberg’s passing, Rabbi Cosgrove draws on his predecessor’s writing to address the question of suffering.
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Parashah Study – Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove and Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Tzav and the Meaning of Rituals
Rabbi Witkovsky has a conversation with Rabbi Cosgrove about the difficulties of the book of Leviticus and the importance of Jewish objects and Jewish ritual.