A sermon by Rabbi David Ingber on Simchat Torah. For more information please visit romemu.org. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/romemu/AToR474.mp3Podcast: Download
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Shemini Atzeret at Romemu
A sermon by Rabbi David Ingber on Shemini Atzeret. For more information please visit romemu.org. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/romemu/AToR473.mp3Podcast: Download
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Praying for Rain and Reviving the Dead
Most of us don’t believe that rainfall depends on moral behavior or that God literally raises the dead. Yet the liturgy of Shemini Atzeret asserts both of those things simultaneously. In this holiday message, Rabbi Knopf brings these practices into the 21st century. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S157.mp3Podcast: Download
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What Will You Take With You When You Go?
Rabbi Knopf’s sermon for Yizkor on Shemini Atzeret (October 12, 2017), unpacking the meaning of the holiday, how it fits into the scheme of the high holidays, and why it matters. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S127.mp3Podcast: Download
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The Brilliant Cognitive Dissonance of Yizkor and Simhat Torah
In his message for Yizkor on Shemini Atzeret (October 24, 2016), Rabbi Knopf shows the wisdom in the apparent contradiction of Yizkor and Simhat Torah. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S099.mp3Podcast: Download
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Turn it, Turn it.. Don’t Turn From It
As we approach the festival of Simchat Torah and prepare to roll the Torah back my mind wanders to images of circles and spirals. We are indeed circling back to our beginnings – to the first stories of Torah and the first steps on our collective journey. The opportunity before us is to not see […]