Listen in as Rabbi Knopf is formally installed as the Rabbi of Temple Beth-El in Richmond, Virginia. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S014.mp3Podcast: Download
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Will There Ever Be a Rainbow?
In honor of Rabbi Knopf’s installation as Rabbi of Temple Beth-El, his father-in-law, Rabbi Neal Rose, Ph.D., offers some words of Torah, connecting the Noah story with the meaning of installing a new rabbi. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S013.mp3Podcast: Download
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From Ferguson to West Africa, Who is My Brother?
Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat B’reishit (October 18, 2014): Why being our brothers’ and sisters’ keeper is more important now than ever. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S012.mp3Podcast: Download
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Light It Up
Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat B’reishit (October 17, 2014): The opening chapter of Genesis, teach the rabbis, is an extended metaphor about the nature of the world and the Jewish mission in it. Rabbi Knopf unpacks the metaphor, and charges us with the mission. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S011.mp3Podcast: Download
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Why Sukkot?
In his Saturday message for the Shabbat of the Sukkot festival (October 11, 2014), Rabbi Knopf offers a fresh take on why the Torah instructs us to celebrate Sukkot. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S010.mp3Podcast: Download
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An Edifice or an Act of Love?
“In his Friday message for the Shabbat of the Sukkot festival (October 10, 2014), Rabbi Knopf compares synagogues to sukkot, the Ise Shrine, and Wikipedia. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S009.mp3Podcast: Download
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The Quantified Life
In his Yom Kippur message for 5775, Rabbi Knopf explains why we should focus on living a life that counts, rather than on living a life that can be counted. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/008.mp3Podcast: Download
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Recipe for a Renaissance
What two renaissances – separated by centuries and thousands of miles – can teach the American Jewish community about sparking our own. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S007.mp3Podcast: Download
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Higher and Higher
In his message for Shabbat Shuvah (September 27, 2014), Rabbi Knopf explains the deeper meaning of a High Holy Day season liturgical change. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S006.mp3Podcast: Download
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The Internal Israel War
In his sermon for the 2nd Day of Rosh Hashanah 5775, Rabbi Knopf argues that, for the sake of the welfare of the American Jewish community and Israel, our communal conversation about Israel should be guided by our legacy as a people of the Talmud. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S005.mp3Podcast: Download
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