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For the Sake of the World: Toba Spitzer on peoplehood and mission
Originally delivered at Congregation Dorshei Tzedek, Rosh Hashanah 5764
Where do we first hear about Rosh Hashanah? In the Torah, in the book of Leviticus, we read:
Adonai spoke to Moses, saying: Speak to the Israelites, saying: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be for you a day a rest, a memorial proclaimed with the blast of the shofar, a holy assembly. (23:23).
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/sermon/sake-world
Posted on: 2016/11/29 - 1:38pm
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Toba Spitzer on Process Theology
Originally delivered on Yom Kippur 5770 at Congregation Dorshei Tzedek
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/sermon/changing-equation-reflection-god
Posted on: 2016/11/29 - 1:32pm
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What's God Have to Do With It?
A High Holiday Sermon delivered by by Rabbi Sid Schwarz at Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Bethesda, MD
Yom Kippur 2007Some of you will remember the old Art Linkletter show. His signature piece on the show was his interviews with children which he later compiled in a book called Kids Say the Darndest Things. I thought of this when I recently picked up a book entitled, Children’s Letters to God. Here are a few excerpts:
“Dear God:
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/sermon/whats-god-have-do-it
Posted on: 2016/05/06 - 10:32am
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Being Part of the Universe
Let us begin by remembering that the spiritual always points toward the unity of things, not their division. Judaism tries to help us to work from a higher perspective. To celebrate the creation of the world, as we do on Rosh Hashanah, is to see ourselves as an integral part of all that is and not to see ourselves as the measure of all things. The egotistical, self-centered part of our mind, “the evil urge” if you will, always leads us to experience our separateness from the natural world.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/sermon/being-part-universe
Posted on: 2016/05/06 - 12:54pm
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PJI: A Light Gone Dim
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Finding Holiness sermon
This High Holiday sermon won the 2016 George Goldman-Or Hadash D'var Torah competition.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/sermon/finding-holiness-everyday-experience
Posted on: 2017/01/13 - 12:13pm
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Getting Back on the Balance Beam
A recent uncomfortable episode at Camp JRF moved Rabbi Isaac Saposnik, the Reconstructionist camp's executive director, and Rabbi Jacob Lieberman, a member of the rabbinic staff, to recount the experience in a piece for eJewishphilanthropy.com. Read the piece on the publication's website – and check out the interesting comments - or just scroll down.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/getting-back-balance-beam
Posted on: 2016/08/17 - 3:04pm
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Marriage Equality and Religious Freedom
On a recent evening in Scarsdale, N.Y., I was at the Mid-Westchester JCC, speaking on a panel to a packed and spirited room. We’d been invited to discuss marriage equality and Jewish values, and the tone was certainly celebratory. We acknowledged we have farther to go, but in light of the Supreme Court’s decision last year on gay marriage, we’ve certainly come a long way.
https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/marriage-equality-and-religious-freedom
Posted on: 2016/02/17 - 4:24pm
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The First Reconstructionist Birthright Journey
At the very beginning of the first ever Reconstructionist Birthright trip, our tour guide instructed our group to use the word journey when referring to these 10 days in Israel. Though it sounded hokey, I knew that Birthright wanted all of its participants to leave Israel feeling some sort of impact on their personal development. What I didn’t know was that these 10 days truly would become a journey, not only for myself but also for my fellow young Reconstructionist Jews.https://archive.reconstructingjudaism.org/news/first-reconstructionist-birthright-journey
Posted on: 2017/01/31 - 11:11am
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Politics from the Pulpit
This year our synagogue is raising up the value of Tikkun Olam – our responsibility to take action to repair the world. If we take seriously our responsibility to repair the brokenness of the world, we have to look at problems that are too big for us to resolve on our own. For example, no matter how much we recycle or conserve energy as individuals, global warming requires systemic responses including governing bodies and cultural change.
Posted on: 2017/01/26 - 9:49pm
