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Rabbi Lisa Sermon 1/31

Posted on February 3, 2025

Student Rabbi Sara Sermon 1/24

Posted on February 3, 2025

Student Rabbi Sara Sermon 01/24/2025

Posted on February 3, 2025

Remembering and Recounting our Stories

Posted on February 3, 2025

Beginnings & Endings

Posted on January 15, 2025

Family Matters

Posted on January 2, 2025

   

Speaking out like Abraham and Sarah

Posted on November 17, 2024

(This sermon was delivered at the Vilna Shul, Boston, on November 15th, 2024) In the third period of Colin Ryan’s first day in Middle School the teacher wanted to do a “getting to know you exercise”, and so she had the students fill out a questionnaire. Assuming that the answers would be private Colin felt Continue Reading »

Post-Election Prophets – Responding to the election

Posted on November 14, 2024

I was talking to my friend, colleague, and mentor Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz on Wednesday. He shared with me the following: What’s the difference between a Jewish pessimist and a Jewish optimist? The Jewish pessimist says, “Things can’t possibly get any worse.” The Jewish optimist says: “Sure they can!” As we gather together in this community, Continue Reading »

Yizkor: Remembering and Forgetting to Remember, Rabbi Lisa Eiduson, Yizkor 5785-2024

Posted on October 25, 2024

Yom Kippur Yizkor Sermon 2024 Rabbi Lisa Eiduson Temple Shir Tikva   Wayland MA   Writer Jesse Wegman tells this story: “Off Route 6 on Cape Cod, a few miles in from the bay near Yarmouth, Mass., there hides a giant ancient English weeping beech tree. The tree is so big that it has its own parking Continue Reading »