Does anybody else here remember the book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day? It’s about a kid named Alexander, about 4 or 5 years old, who is not having a good day. He gets gum in his hair, and drops his sweater in the sink, and gets criticized by his teacher,ContinueContinue reading “Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: A Sermon For Rosh Hashanah 5778”
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“Not Very Religious” – A Sermon for Kol Nidrei 5777
It is told that once, just before the start of Yom Kippur, the Baal Shem Tov went up to a Jew in the back of the synagogue and asked him to lead the Kol Nidre service. The man looked up at the Baal Shem and did what any of us might do in the situation:ContinueContinue reading ““Not Very Religious” – A Sermon for Kol Nidrei 5777″
“Think For Yourself” – A Sermon for Rosh Hashanah 5777
“Think for yourself.” It’s what every teacher and every professor ever said to us. “Think for yourself.” It’s what we hope for our children as they go out into the world. “Think for yourself.” Socrates said that, “to find yourself, you must think for yourself” And, Christopher Hitchens wrote that, “[If you} take the riskContinueContinue reading ““Think For Yourself” – A Sermon for Rosh Hashanah 5777″
Al Tira – Do Not Be Afraid: A Sermon for Kol Nidre 5776
What are we all so afraid of? About 40 years ago, in the mid 1970s, a psychologist named Roger Hart did a study on the playing behaviours of children in a small town in Vermont. He documented their activities; he interviewed all 86 children in the town about the places where they played. And heContinueContinue reading “Al Tira – Do Not Be Afraid: A Sermon for Kol Nidre 5776”
Rabbi Micah Streiffer 