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On December 1 and 2, 2018, Rabbi Michal Knopf participated in an interfaith “pulpit swap” with colleague, Rev. Hollie Woodruff, of Seventh Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Richmond. She preached on Saturday, and he spoke to her congregation on Sunday. The topic was “Spiritual Revolutionaries: Making Religion Relevant in the 21st Century”. This episode is […]
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On December 1 and 2, 2018, Rabbi Michal Knopf participated in an interfaith “pulpit swap” with colleague, Rev. Hollie Woodruff, of Seventh Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Richmond. She preached on Saturday, and he spoke to her congregation on Sunday. The topic was “Spiritual Revolutionaries: Making Religion Relevant in the 21st Century”. This episode […]
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In his Shabbat message for Parashat Vayetze (November 17, 2018), Rabbi Knopf discusses the meaning of a strange story about the matriarch Rachel stealing her father’s idols, explaining that it is a story about needing to let go of the past to become who you were meant to be. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S162.mp3Podcast: Download
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In his Friday message for Parashat Toldot (November 9, 2018), Rabbi Knopf explains that our identity is formed by how we show up and what we do in the world. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S161.mp3Podcast: Download
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In his Shabbat message for Parashat Hayyei Sarah (November 3, 2018), Rabbi Knopf offers a message of healing and hope following the attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S160.mp3Podcast: Download
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In his Shabbat message for Parashat Vayera (October 27, 2018), Rabbi Knopf shares that the story of the Binding of Isaac has a crucial lesson to teach for our incredibly politically charged moment. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S159.mp3Podcast: Download
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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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The biblical book of Ecclesiastes, which is read on Shabbat during the Sukkot holiday, is one of the most misunderstood books of the Bible. In this brief talk, Rabbi Knopf offers a unique way of understanding Ecclesiastes that is relevant for our times, and morally and spiritually challenging. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S156.mp3Podcast: Download
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Waving the Lulav and Etrog on Sukkot is how we take the secular act of repeating a harvest and turn it into the spiritual act of gratitude, which elevates and directs our joy in an already joyous season. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S155.mp3Podcast: Download
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Introducing the confessional prayer on Yom Kippur morning, Rabbi Knopf points out that its plural language means we share responsibility for the sins of our community. In a democracy, that means we must participate in the processes — like voting — that make our society better. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/shtender/S154.mp3Podcast: Download
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