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“Maybe it’s not just a nice thing to do to include everyone, but necessary for building something that qualifies as sacred.”
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“How do we stand in the midst of this moment with integrity?”
“This Shabbat offers us a chance to turn away from familiar mirrors, at least for a moment.”
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Rabbi Timoner calls us to draw near to one another across our differences.
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Rabbi Timoner discusses the recent antisemitism on college campuses.
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On the second day of Hanukkah, Rabbi Timoner considers the story of the Maccabees and the topic of powerlessness in relation to the Israel-Hamas war.
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How do we reconcile God’s presence with the horrors of the world?
Six weeks after the war, Rabbi Timoner challenges us to see the complexity and to break away from the binary of the current moment.
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What can Abraham’s response to Sarah’s death teach us about our own collective grief?
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Four weeks after the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas, Rabbi Kolin reflects on where things stand and finds wisdom in Abraham’s response to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
In his senior sermon, Rabbinic Intern Evan Traylor talks about God testing Abraham to speak out on behalf of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah and invites us to pass a similar test.
Rabbi Rachel Timoner speaks about the war between Israel and Hamas and the antisemitism we are feeling here in New York City.
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On Shabbat B’reishit, Rabbi Timoner offers her response to the tragedy in Israel.
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On Simchat Torah, Rabbi Timoner offers wisdom for the end of our Jewish holidays.
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On Sukkot, Rabbi Timoner discusses the harms of striving for perfection.
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After a dramatic storm, Rabbi Green explores rain on Sukkot.
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How can we respond to AI and emerging technology? Rabbi Timoner advocates for returning to the body.
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On Rosh Hashanah Day 1, Rabbi Timoner examines the state of the Jewish people.
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How do we celebrate the new year in a world that feels like it’s ending?
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How long is a New Year new?
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Rabbi Timoner tackles the difficult character of Pinchas.
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On Pride Shabbat, Rabbi Kolin discusses what the story of Korach and Pride might have in common.
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What can we learn from Korach and Moses today?
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Does God ever behave badly?
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Why is it important to ask for help?
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Rabbi Timoner explores the relationship between victim blaming and the belief that progress is linear.
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The Book of Leviticus opens with a silent aleph. Rabbi Timoner contemplates what this means.
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Rabbi Green tackles an age old question: Why do we pray?
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What is the most important thing for us to remember in the Torah? Rabbi Timoner discusses.
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Rabbi Kolin reflects on the Mishkan.
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Not Some Gift, Just You
Vayakhel-Pekudei
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Imagine that our ancestors are sitting in their tents near Mount Sinai. It still smells a little like burnt up Golden Calf, but life has moved on and they learn that it’s finally time to build this thing they’ve been hearing about. It’s called a Mishkan, and they’ve been told that everyone will help build it, everyone will contribute. So they look around their tent and in their pockets and wagons and baskets for what they can give. And the text tells us:
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Rabbi Kolin finds a connection between the red heifer and current events.
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This week’s parashah tells us about dedicating a day of each week to rest. But for many of us today, rest can feel out of reach.
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After returning from the high school Yachad trip to Germany and Poland, Rabbi Timoner connects the figure of Amalek to Polish Holocaust erasure and recent Israeli pogroms in the West Bank.
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Ian and Rainen, thank you for your meaningful divrei Torah. I noticed that each of you were concerned with all of the rules and strictness of the parasha, but you also each focused on something pleasing or delightful to the senses: the sight of eternal light for the eyes and the smell of incense.
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After returning from the high school Yachad trip to Germany and Poland, Rabbi Timoner connects the figure of Amalek to Polish Holocaust erasure and recent Israeli pogroms in the West Bank.
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Earlier this week, I needed to go into Manhattan, so I walked over to Atlantic to get the 4/5. As I made my way up to the platform, I noticed that there were four or five people standing on the stairs – one person every two or three steps.
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In Shabbat Yitro, God shows us that we need each other as one collective community, an idea that comes at odds with America’s focus on rugged individualism. Rabbi Timoner shares how we, in Park Slope, can do better—and the blindnesses we are all guilty of.
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Millie, I’m so glad you spoke about how important it is to ask for help and give help. Your message is actually really counter-cultural in American society, and it is a message that we desperately need right now. I want to say more about that in a minute, but first I need to point out the ways that your message resonates throughout the rest of your parasha and really throughout all of Jewish tradition.
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Rabbi Green discusses the struggles of envy.
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How do we fight the state of malaise that many of us are struggling with? Rabbi Timoner finds wisdom in the Midrash.
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Emma and Leo, I need to tell you how impressed I am with both of you. Your divrei Torah – both of them – gave me chills. You spoke with such beauty and power and truth. And it just so happens that your messages connect to something I feel a strong need to speak about today.
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