Sermons and Seminars

One of the most important things we learn in this week’s parasha, B’reishit, is that every single human being is made in the image of God. In the very first chapter of the very first book of the Bible, we read in verse 27:   וַיִּבְרָ א אֱֹלהִּים אֶת-הָָאדָם בְצַלְמֹו, בְצֶלֶם אֱֹלהִ

Rabbi Nathan talks about building a Mishkan, a replica of heaven, a place for the Holy Presence of the Lord to dwell in our own hearts. We are going to use the actual Temple to learn how we can more fully live out G-d’s call on our lives, to be a Holy and set apart for His Presence. Building A

Rabbi Nathan talk’s about Yom Hashoah  (click this link to open in a new browser window)

We’re well into the month of Elul, the month preceding the High holydays. The month of Elul is treated in our tradition as a time for self reflection and t’shuvah-repentance. The height of this work is often found in the ten days between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, but really the work