(Following is the sermon I delivered on Yom Kippur morning 5779/2018.) I had some help writing this sermon…from a spider. I’ll tell you about that in a few minutes, but first, a story. The midrash tells of a group of people traveling together over the water. They were traveling in a boat large enoughContinueContinue reading “Sharing Our Home: Lessons from a Spider”
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Finding Your “Calling”
Two Jews, two Protestants, and two Catholics walk into a hospital. It sounds like a joke, but it’s actually the way I spent the summer of 2005. Like many rabbinical students, I participated in an intensive unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), learning how to be a chaplain. My compatriots in this endeavour did indeedContinueContinue reading “Finding Your “Calling””
Starting the Day Off Right
This morning, when I first opened my eyes, I looked at the time and said “Aw, sh*t….” Those were the actual first words I uttered today. Granted, it had been a particularly rough night. I had gone to bed late, and had been up once with the dog, once with a kid, and once withContinueContinue reading “Starting the Day Off Right”
Hineini: Celebrating Jewish Choices
NOTE: This is the sermon that I delivered on Yom Kippur Morning 5778 (2017). It gives the thinking behind my decision to begin officiating at Jewish weddings that include a non-Jewish partner. In ancient times, long before they were synagogues or rabbis or prayerbooks, there was the shofar. In those days, the shofar was soundedContinueContinue reading “Hineini: Celebrating Jewish Choices”
Rabbi Micah Streiffer 