This is the sermon I delivered on Kol Nidrei 5784/2023 at Kol Ami Congregation in Thornhill, Ontario. How to be a prophet.Part 1: Nobody wants to be a prophet. Picture this: It’s festival time in ancient Jerusalem. You’re walking down the street, dressed in your finest. Leading your goat to the Temple for your sacrifice.ContinueContinue reading “How To Be a Prophet: A Sermon for Yom Kippur 2023”
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Vayera: Let every voice be heard; let every vote be counted
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tuu25-f1844d In this week’s #Torah portion, the strange and challenging story of Sodom and Gomorrah teaches us that a just society is one that hears the voices of its citizens. #socialjustice #counteveryvote
Noach: Righteous in Our Generation
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nnzkb-f03070 Noah is not a children’s story at all! In this week’s “Seven Minute Torah” podcast, we discuss how this Torah portion teaches about responsibility, dignity, and the origins of civilization.
Break the Bonds of Injustice: A Sermon about Race
This is the sermon that I delivered on Yom Kippur morning 5781/2000. It is about racism, privilege, bias, and justice – and about our responsibility to confront this issue and to ensure a just society. The text is below, or you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS-X1HiwPSs Twenty seven centuries ago, a man stood up inContinueContinue reading “Break the Bonds of Injustice: A Sermon about Race”
Rabbi Micah Streiffer 