Yom Kippur address delivered by RS President Michael Hauptman on October 9, 2019. In 1810, four men, who for 15 years had been part of an informal minyan, met in a house on Race Street to draft the bylaws and articles of worship for the nation’s first Ashkenazic congregation. Included...
Yom Kippur Address delivered by RS President Michael Hauptman on September 19, 2018. There’s a story in the Talmud about an old man planting a fruit tree by the side of the road. A traveler walking by asks him how long it will be before that tree produces fruit. The...
Or zarua latzadik / Light is sown for the righteous**, words we just sang as the introduction to Kol Nidrei. This Yom Kippur, we search for the light of righteousness that it may illumine our path, and the path for generations to come. Since our last Yom Kippur together, our...
Yom Kippur Address delivered by RS President Michael Hauptman on September 30, 2017. Language has always been an interest of mine; how language evolves, where words come from and how language provides a window into a society or culture. So, a book I read recently, Aphrodite and the Rabbis by...
It sounds like a classic nightmare. I wake up late and rush to class, only to find that we have an exam for which I had totally forgotten to study. With sweat running down my neck, in a state of sheer panic, I look down at the sheet of paper...
In all of my years preaching from our bimah, I think the sermon about which I have received the most response is the one that described my character revealing challenges in the Whole Foods parking lot. Speaking of which: What do you think of the new Whole Foods? I know...
delivered by Rabbi Jill Maderer, Yom Kippur, Congregation Rodeph Shalom A story I love, from Rabbi Nachman of Brazslav. A young woman visits her family and shares that she has become a master in the art of menorah making. She asks her parents to invite all of the...
Rodeph Shalom’s High Holy Days Services Designed for Families with Young Children Contemporary Multi-generational Morning Services Requires a “pass”; please contact Catherine Fischer cfischer@rodephshalom.org. Rosh Hashanah: Monday, October 3, 8:30 am Yom Kippur: Wednesday, October 12, 8:30 am A full service for adults; yet a family-friendly atmosphere with children of all ages. Clergy,...
delivered by Rabbi Jill Maderer Yom Kippur afternoon A man backs his car out of the driveway, and stops short to avoid running into a young boy, riding his skateboard on the sidewalk. Annoyed, the man drives to the local cafe to pick up his morning coffee, and...
delivered by Rabbi Jill Maderer Yom Kippur morning So… Who lives in the Pope traffic box? Me, too. Although logistically complicated, I appreciate that this is a momentous occasion, for our Catholic friends and for our city, and I am intrigued about how we in the...