Recording from Shabbat Services, October 12-13, 2018 - Rabbi David Kosak and Rabbi Eve Posen
Survivor guilt (sometimes called survivor syndrome) is a term that describes feelings of guilt that result from a person believing they have done something wrong by surviving a tragic event which other people did not survive.
In a country that is already deeply polarized, we all witnessed those divisions writ ever larger. The level of rancor, certainty, self-righteousness and outright name-calling that has appeared in the press, online media and television news has been stunning. It has come from all sides and all camps. Much of our national discourse has been reduced to a mobbish low and reasoned considerations have been lacking.
Do you ever have those moments when you feel like you’re going nonstop and still not getting it all done? That definitely happens to me – those days when I wonder if I’m giving enough of myself to my job, to my family, to my husband, to me. And even if I’m able to check things off the to-do list, I feel defeated, thinking nothing is quite as great as I wanted it to be.
Recording from Shabbat Services, October 5-6, 2018 D’var from Friday, October 5, 2018 – Rabbi David Kosak D’var from Saturday, October 6, 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
Recording from Shabbat Services, September 28, 2018 D’var from Friday, September 28, 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
Last year I opened my Yom Kippur sermon by quoting the movie Moana. I mentioned that the music was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who created Hamilton, but that I had not yet been fortunate enough to see Hamilton. Well, a lot can happen in a year. I’m going to say upfront this sermon is about Hamilton.
