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In his message for the first day of Passover (March 31, 2018), Rabbi Knopf argues that the holiday’s name has been misunderstood, and its real meaning bears an important message for us all today. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S135.mp3Podcast: Download
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In his message for Parashat Tzav (March 24, 2018), Rabbi Knopf discusses the importance of peace in the Jewish tradition, and how those marching for gun control do so in the spirit of the Jewish quest for peace. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S134.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf’s Shabbat message for Parashat Vayak’hel-P’kudei (March 10, 2018), discussing the Torah’s teaching that the copper washing basin in the Tabernacle was made of womens’ melted mirrors. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S133.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf offers a fresh take on a story you thought you knew in his Shabbat message for Parashat KI Tisa. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S132.mp3Podcast: Download
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In his Saturday message for Parashat Terumah (February 17, 2018), Rabbi Knopf offers a rabbinic perspective on the recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida and the need for stronger gun laws in the US. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S131.mp3Podcast: Download
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In his message for Parashat Yitro (February 3, 2018), Rabbi Knopf explains how the 1st Commandment requires us to resist normalizing abnormal behavior in our leaders. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S130.mp3Podcast: Download
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From the Exodus to the founding of the State of Israel, Jews have been animated by the Torah’s teaching that we must make our own miracles. But have Israeli as well as Diaspora Jews lost our ability to dictate our own destiny? And what can we do about it? Rabbi Knopf’s message for Parashat Beshallah […]
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Rabbi Knopf’s message for parashat Mikketz (December 16, 2017) explores the biblical Joseph story, and discusses how it’s actually Judah’s story. And Judah’s heroic story arc has a great deal to teach us. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S128.mp3Podcast: Download
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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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On the 2nd day of Sukkot (Friday, October 6, 2017), Rabbi Knopf explains how a famous midrash about the Lulav and Etrog teaches that we need diversity to flourish. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S126.mp3Podcast: Download
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