Wrestling with Israel
Delivered on Friday, December 30, 2016 “Turn it, and turn it again, for everything is in it,” our tradition teaches us. There are 70...
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Dec 8, 20164 min read
More Than Enough: A D’var Torah on Parashat Toldot
These past few weeks, both Rabbi Hirsch and I have felt compelled, and obligated to use our time together to acknowledge the realities...
Nov 13, 20166 min read
A Pastoral Response to the 2016 Presidential Election
I have heard many of you say over the course of the past few days that this has felt like a period of mourning. When it comes to...
Oct 30, 20166 min read
The Release Valve on the Pressure Cooker of Transgressions
Delivered on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at the 1st Congregationalist Church in Stockbridge, MA. Over this Shabbat and weekend, Hevreh and...
Oct 23, 20166 min read
Humble Blessings in Losing
Parashat V’zot HaB’racha — Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot 5777 The book of Genesis closes with a touching family scene. Jacob, who has become...
Oct 14, 20169 min read
“What’s next?” Writing Our Legacy
Rabbi Jodie Gordon Yom Kippur Morning 5777 October 13, 2016 My grandpa Lou loved to tell stories. Whether to a captive audience of 1 or...
Oct 14, 20168 min read
“There Are Years That Ask Questions, and There Are Years That Answer” Erev Rosh Hashana
Rabbi Jodie Gordon There Are Years That Ask Questions and Years that Answer Erev Rosh Hashanah 5777 October 2, 2016 Hayom Harat Olam....
Oct 13, 20164 min read
From Memory Comes New Life
Delivered on Yom Kippur, Yizkor, 5777; October 12, 2016 Walt Whitman once wrote, “They are alive and well somewhere, / The smallest...
Oct 13, 20168 min read
Practicing Judaism
Delivered on Yom Kippur 5777, October 11, 2016 “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” the old joke begins. “Practice, practice, practice.”...
Oct 6, 20165 min read
Beauty in Chaos
By Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch Delivered Rosh Hashanah 5777 In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was tohu...
Oct 4, 20168 min read
Destination: Judaism
Delivered on Rosh Hashanah Morning, 5776 In the center of ancient Jerusalem, along the southern edge of the Temple Mount there were a...
Sep 23, 20166 min read
House Hunters: Voting Edition
At the end of a long day, there is no greater joy than sitting down on the living room couch, grabbing the remote control, and clicking...
Jul 23, 20166 min read
Satan made me do it
Parashat Balak 5776https://hevreh.org/wp-content/uploads/podcast-balak-5776.m4a “There was a man in the land of Uz named Job. That man...
Jul 2, 20166 min read
Consequences
Shabbat Shlach L’cha 5776 We logic constantly with If-Then statements. “If you do the dishes, then I’ll take care of the laundry,” we...
Jul 2, 20161 min read
Shabbat Services with Student Cantor Shanna Zell
This summer, Hevreh welcomes talented cantors and student cantors to our bima. If you missed services this week, take a listen! Shanna...
Jun 10, 20165 min read
Being in the Eidah
Parashat Bamidbar 5776 This Shabbat, we begin a new book of Torah, Bamidbar, the Book of Numbers. We call it Numbers out of its Latin...
May 28, 20166 min read
Sacred Places & Their Permanence
Looking at this week’s Torah portion, Parashat B’har, I’d like to focus on one of the last verses that we find in the portion for this...
May 23, 20168 min read
Spiritual Time Management
Parashat Emor 5776 Shalom Chaverim Shabbat To get us into a little bit of word of Torah, I want to start with two brief stories, two...
May 2, 20166 min read
Learning to Praise
Shabbat shel Pesach 5776 I want to explore a topic with you that may be foreign. In fact, the topic is surprisingly foreign for a...
Mar 18, 20166 min read
Amalek in Every Generation
Parashat Vayikra 5776 Father Charles Coughlin was a Roman Catholic priest, whose impact was felt across the 1930’s, gaining national...
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