Recording from Shabbat Services, August 4, 2018 – Celebration of Cantor Linda Shivers D’var from Saturday, August 4, 2018 – Rabbi Joshua Stampfer, Rabbi Daniel Isaak, Rabbi David Kosak and Cantor Linda Shivers If you would like to download the recording and listen later, right click on the link then click “Save as” and it will save onto your computer for later listening. Recorded and edited by Ed Kraus. Click here for an archive of ... Read More
“Love is a four-letter word.” It’s a humorous nod to the frustrations and difficulties we encounter in even our closest relationships. Perhaps the real frustration is that love has so many sides to it. Think of all the ways we both praise and denounce this emotion in popular music. “Love stinks” and “love hurts” and “love bites.” Yet, “all you need is love” and “I will always love you.”
On Wednesday, I acquired the Chanukah menorah featured in the attached photograph. As everyone in my family lights a chanukiyah, we have quite the collection—especially since we always like to have some extra ones lying around for any guests. Yet this one already is one of my favorites. There are two main reasons for this. First, I like its simple organic tree-like shape. It possesses both a sense of whimsy and of elegance.
D’var from Friday, July 27, 2018 – Rabbi David Kosak *If you would like to download the recording and listen later, right click on the link then click “Save as” and it will save onto your computer for later listening. Recorded and edited by Ed Kraus. Click here for an archive of past recordings
There are countless conversations I’ve had with people in generations before me about how lucky I am to live in the world today, and I feel similarly about my kids’ lives. It seems that every new generation has certain things easier and faster.
Recording from Shabbat Services, July 21, 2018 D’var from Saturday, July 21, 2018 – Rabbi David Kosak *If you would like to download the recording and listen later, right click on the link then click “Save as” and it will save onto your computer for later listening. Recorded and edited by Ed Kraus. Click here for an archive of past recordings
Emotion matters. It’s elemental really. If stars use fusion for their energy, humans use emotion. It activates us. It helps us overcome inertia, and that is essential whenever what you have now is not what you want in the future. Emotion energizes change.
