On the first day of Sukkot (Thursday, October 5, 2017), Rabbi Knopf explains that the essence of a Sukkah is the people inside. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S125.mp3Podcast: Download
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On the first day of Sukkot (Thursday, October 5, 2017), Rabbi Knopf explains that the essence of a Sukkah is the people inside. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S125.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf’s Yom Kippur 2017 sermon, identifying how we as Jews are called to live in our disorienting “post-truth” era. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S124.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf’s Kol Nidrei eve sermon, identifying three critical spiritual lessons from, of all people, Thomas Jefferson and Lewis and Clark. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S123.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf’s text study from the second day of Rosh Hashanah 2017, examining insights from Torah, hasidic literature, and contemporary psychology about why change is so hard, and how to do it better. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S122.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf’s sermon from the first day of Rosh Hashanah 2017, reflections on what we can do to confront the challenge of our time, the resurgence of a newly emboldened white supremacy. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S121.mp3Podcast: Download
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On the Shabbat immediately following the death of one of Rabbi Knopf’s rebbes, Rabbi Sholom Brodt, founder and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo in Jerusalem, Rabbi Knopf shares some singing and learning in his honor. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S120.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat Ekev (August 11, 2017), discussing the preciousness of our attention, the importance of mindfulness, and the gift of Shabbat that enables us to let go of all that clamors for our attention. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S118.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf offers a special Shabbat-evening meditation at a “Hope and Healing” service, providing solace and guidance for those grappling with the tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia the previous Shabbat. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S119.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf’s message at an interfaith prayer vigil in Richmond, held at Third Street Bethel AME Church in the wake of the Charlottesville tragedy, reminding us why we should not despair. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S117.mp3Podcast: Download
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In his Friday evening message for Shabbat Nahamu (August, 2017), Rabbi Knopf discusses how we might alleviate some of our suffering by recognizing that almost all pain is temporary. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S116.mp3Podcast: Download
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