Numbness as a Barrier — and invitation — to holiness

Kol Nidre Sermon 5778 Let’s play a game.  I’m not promising you it’s going to be a very fun game. It is Yom Kippur, after all –the moment we’re implored to afflict ourselves, to make atonement for a year’s, a lifetime’s worth of regrets, those moments in our lives that pushed us to be better. […]

Teshuvah and Nostalgia: The Journey Through Time

Teshuvah and Nostalgia: The Journey Through Time Kol Nidre Sermon 5779 Here we are at Kol Nidre. Perhaps the most sacred time of the Jewish year. A time when our worldly cares are set aside; when we are supposed to be locked in to this moment; when the primary concept on our mind should be […]