community – Rabbi Micah Streiffer

Toldot: How (Not) To Disagree

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6ykif-f2da89 This week’s Torah portion teaches about how to disagree respectfully. We could learn a thing or two for our own lives and our political system.

Chayei Sarah: Life and Death and Legacy

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-up2ui-f234de Chayei Sarah is a Torah portion about death. So why does its title only mention life??

This is the sermon that I delivered on Rosh Hashanah morning 5781 (2020) in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is about the ways that we can be there for each other, even when we can’t be together. The text is below, or you can watch it here: When I was four years oldContinue reading “Hineini: Here I Am”

10 Awesome Texts for the 10 Days of Awe (Day 3)

NOTE: Each day from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur I will be posting an inspiring Jewish text along with a few questions for reflection. Feel free to answer and discuss here, or to use these questions for your own reflection/journaling. These texts are also being posted on my Facebook page. TEXT 3: Pirke Avot 2:4 (Talmudic compilationContinue reading “10 Awesome Texts for the 10 Days of Awe (Day 3)”