Sermons and Seminars

 What Does Your Chanukah Menorah Mean to You? Rabbi Nathan brings us a reflection on the Hanukkah candles, days past and generations forward. Direct Link to Youtube video of message. Delivered on Shabbat at Ruach Israel’s Sanctuary on December 4, 2021

 A Thanksgiving Drash – In our Shabbat Besorah (New Testament) passage read on Shabbat Vayashev, Rabbi Rich explores how John 4:43-54 reveals the complex, personally powerful and deeply caring character of our Messiah Yeshua. “There is just no one like him,” notes our Ruach Israel Rabbi

 Ephesians 7: A Community of Thanksgiving Walk through Ephesians 5:1-20 with Rabbi Nathan. We see Paul’s plan for greed and selfishness – a community renewed in Messiah’s life. This is the seventh message in a series on the Book of Ephesians. The complete message series can be found

 Rabbi Rich’s drash (sermon) concerns a subject which has proved important to both the Jewish and Christian communities throughout the centuries: “Will God again stoke the flames of tishuvah and commitment among his people?”” Rabbi Rich thinks the answer is a resounding “yes” – not for