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Siddur Class #203 - Renewal - Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi - Part 10
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 3 Verse 12
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Kiven Libo: Show up, Look in"
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Reclaiming the עם/Am/People"
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Finding Courage Together"
Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "The Time Is Short. Do The Work"
Elul 2026 - The Four Haftarot - Class 5
Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Siddur Class #202 - Renewal - Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi - Part 9
Selichot Address: Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Shabbat Teaching: "The 13 Attributes, Tachanun, and Selichot - Mercy, Supplication, and Repentance"
Shabbat Sermon: "Lanu u’Levaneinu - For Our Kids"
Elul 2026 - The Four Haftarot - Class 4
Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Study: Shemot/Exodus 13:5
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 3 Verse 7
Shabbat Teaching: Parshat Nitzavim-Vayeilekh 2026 / פרשת נצבים וילך, תשפ״ו # 612 of 613: The mitzvah of הקהל/Hakhel
Shabbat Sermon: "Grateful to Settle Down and Remember to Offer our Ancestor's Fruit"
Elul 2026 - The Four Haftarot - Class 3
Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 3 Verse 8
Shabbat Teaching: "Curses and Secrets"
Shabbat Lunch & Learn: A Rabbinic Sabbatical
Shabbat Sermon: "The Female Captive, The Month of Elul, Waiting on Some Urges…and Acting On Others—A Sabbatical Reflection."
Elul 2026 - The Four Haftarot - Class 2
Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Study: Shemot/Exodus 13:1
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 3 Verse 6
Shabbat Teaching: "Private or Public Punishment?"
Shabbat Teaching: "Growth and Building, More Important than Winning"
Elul 2026 - The Four Haftarot - Class 1
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 3 Verse 4
Shabbat Teaching: "Moshe, Stuttering and Me"
Shabbat Sermon: "Goldilocks, and the Joyful Return"
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 3 Verse 2
Shabbat Teaching: "Esh Kodesh (Sacred Fire)"
Shabbat Sermon
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 3
Shabbat Teaching: "Shamor V'Zakhor: Preserving Endangered Jewish Languages One World at a Time"
Shabbat Sermon: “Covenant Of Voice and Fire.”
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 2 Verse 22
Siddur Class #201 - Renewal - Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi - Part 8
Shabbat Teaching: "Shabbat Afternoon VaEtchanan 5786"
Shabbat Teaching: "Alas! Who and Where are We? - The 9 Days Beginning the 7 weeks"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi-Cantor Hilary Chorny
Siddur Class #200 - Renewal - Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi - Part 7
Shabbat Teaching: "It is about the destination…AND ALSO the journey."
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 2 Verse 20
Siddur Class #199 - Renewal - Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi - Part 6
Shabbat Teaching: "Shabbat July 4, 2026 | 5786 Shabbat Afternoon Learning"
Shabbat Sermon: "Marking 250: Jews & July 4, a Sermon in Song”
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 2 Verse 18
Siddur Class #198 - Renewal - Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi - Part 5
Shabbat Teaching: "Parshat Pinhas - A Parsha of Powerful Women"
Shabbat Teaching: "Rhetorical Questions?"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi-Cantor Hilary Chorny
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 2 Verse 16
Siddur Class #197 - Renewal - Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi - Part 4
Shabbat Teaching: “The Mitzvah of Self-Transformation for the Good.”
Shabbat Teaching: "Agree to Disagree?"
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 2 Verse 14
Shabbat Teaching: "Demagoguery, Dissent, and the Right to Protest"
Shabbat Sermon: "In a Place Where There is No Person - Look in the Mirror"
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 2 Verse 11
Siddur Class #196 - Renewal - Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi - Part 3
Shabbat Teaching: "Sh'lach L'cha - The Things We See, The Stories We Tell"
Shabbat Sermon: “Information Isn’t the Answer—The Power of Pausing"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi-Cantor Hilary Chorny
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 2 Verse 8
Siddur Class #195 - Renewal - Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi - Part 2
Shabbat Teaching: "Beha'alotekha - The Consequences of Ill Speech"
Shabbat Sermon: "On The Matter Of The One Who Speaks"
Siddur Class #194 - Renewal - Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi - Part 1
Shabbat Teaching: Nasso 5786 Shabbat Afternoon
Shabbat/Yizkor Sermon: "Lonely Together"
Shavuot Sermon: "Revelations at Sinai."
Shavuot Tikkun: “The Yom Kippur That Wasn’t”
Shavuot Tikkun: "Seeing Each Other in the Age of Outrage"
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 2
Shabbat Teaching: "Hasidic Astrology and Matan Torah"
Shabbat Sermon: Bemidbar: "The Soul of Our Wilderness."
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Chapter 2
Shabbat Sermon: "Individually Yours"
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi
Shabbat Teaching: "Behukotai"
Shabbat Sermon: "Zman Simchateinu! Have Faith"
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Esther 1:18
Shabbat Teaching: "Emor: Perfection, Perception, Disability, and Ableism"
Shabbat Sermon: "The Mission of Grandparents"
Shabbat Teaching: Commentary on Parashat Kedoshim from Avodat Yisrael (The Maggid of Kozhnitz)
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi
Shabbat Teaching: "Moving from Oy to Joy"
Shabbat Sermon: "Comfort of Silence"
Yizkor Sermon: "Honoring Our Cycle of Forgetting with Memories”
Passover Sermon: "Four Questions for the Last Days of Pesach"
Shabbat Teaching: Shemini 5786 Shabbat Afternoon
Shabbat Sermon: "What Do We Do With Our Freedom"
Passover Sermon: “P’Tach Lo v’Lanu”
Passover Sermon: "Teiku—Three Ways to Enliven Tonight’s Seder"
Siddur Class #193 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Harold Kushner - Part 2
Shabbat Teaching: Shabbat HaGadol Learning
Shabbat Sermon: "How Does It Feel, To Be a Jew, Today."
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi
Siddur Class #192 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Harold Kushner - Part 1
Shabbat Teaching: Parsha Tzav - What The Divine Desires (Sacrifices & Us)
Shabbat Sermon: “I Want You to Want To”
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Class 5
Siddur Class #191 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Harold Schulweis - Part 2
Shabbat Teaching: Vayikra 5786 Shabbat Afternoon Teaching
Shabbat Sermon: "What Are We Building?"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi-Cantor Hilary Chorny
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Class 4
Siddur Class #190 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Harold Schulweis - Part 1
Shabbat Teaching: "Divine Inspiration"
Shabbat Sermon: “A Parsha of Building Partnership"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi-Cantor Hilary Chorny
Shabbat Teaching: Ad d’Lo Yada “Until it is Impossible to Know”
Shabbat Sermon: “Zakhor and Shamor: Remember and Keep our People Dwelling in Holiness"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi-Cantor Hilary Chorny
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Class 2
Siddur Class #189 - The Modern Era - Milton Steinberg - Part 2
Shabbat Teaching: Parsha Tetzaveh - The Stories Are in the Details (of Our Clothing)
Shabbat Sermon: The Joy of Working Together
Rashi Study: Megillat Esther with Rashi - Class 1
Shabbat Teaching: Reflections on TBAfrica Trip to Kenya and Uganda
Shabbat Sermon: Prisoners and Angels, A Sabbatical Send-Off
Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Study: Shemot/Exodus: 12:50
Siddur Class #188 - The Modern Era - Milton Steinberg - Part 1
Israel at a Crossroads
Israel at a Crossroads
Shabbat Teaching: Surviving Sinai: Finding the דרך When the Road is not Paved
Shabbat Sermon: "10 Examples of Good Communication to Live By"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Study: Shemot/Exodus: 12:47
Siddur Class #187 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Joseph Soleveitchik - Part 9
Shabbat Teaching: Shabbat Shira Seudah Shelisheet Teaching - The Sounds of Celebration (and Creation), part 2
Shabbat Sermon: “From Uganda to Minnesota: The Disappointment of Humans and the Glory of God”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Siddur Class #186 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Joseph Soleveitchik - Part 8
Shabbat Teaching: "Song of the Sea - Snacks of the Sea"
Shabbat Sermon: "The New Jew"
Shabbat Teaching: "Let There Be Light"
Shabbat Sermon: "Listen to Leave Slavery"
Siddur Class #185 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Joseph Soleveitchik - Part 7
Shabbat Teaching: "Prayer and the Pray-er"
Shabbat Sermon: "Say Their Name"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Study: Shemot/Exodus 12:43
Siddur Class #184 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Joseph Soleveitchik - Part 6
Shabbat Teaching: Shemot Shabbat PM 5786
Shabbat Sermon: “When The Eyes Are Closed”
Rashi Study: Shemot/Exodus 12:42
Shabbat Teaching: "(Yaakov's) Life, And Perspective"
Shabbat Teaching: "Praying Through Unbearable Truth"
Shabbat Teaching: Vayyigash 5786 Shabbat PM
Shabbat Sermon: “Many Dreams, One Dream”
Shabbat Teaching: Mikketz Shabbat PM 5786
Shabbat Sermon: "Lowering the Light: A Judaism Within Reach"
Siddur Class #183 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Joseph Soleveitchik - Part 5
Shabbat Teaching: V'tein tal u'matar Seudat Shlishit, December 6th
Shabbat Sermon: "Wrestling with Our Selves"
Rashi Study: Shemot/Exodus 12.40
Siddur Class #182 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Joseph Soleveitchik - Part 4
Shabbat Teaching: "Jacob, Esau, Fear and Freud" - in Memory of Dr. Michael Kligfeld z"l
Shabbat Sermon: “Stranger Things: Extraordinary Distractions"
Siddur Class #181 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Joseph Soleveitchik - Part 3
Shabbat Teaching: "Planting Seeds Of the Divine: Torah Commentaries to Cultivate Your Spiritual Practice."
Shabbat Sermon: "How Do We Harmonize Our Physicality With Our Spirituality?"
Rashi Study: Shemot/Exdodus 12.39
Siddur Class #180 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Joseph Soleveitchik - Part 2
Shabbat Teaching: "Toldot - Losing the Birthright of Torah"
Shabbat Sermon: "Camels—A Love Story.”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Study: Shemot/Exdodus 12.37
Scholar In Residence: Etgar Keret
Shabbat Teaching: Burial is a Life Cycle: Hevra Kadisha is a Mitzvah
Shabbat Sermon with Guest Scholar and Author, Etgar Keret
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Shabbat Teaching: Vayera - (Re)Visiting the Akedah
Shabbat Sermon: “Kaddish and Chosen-ness"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot 12:35
Siddur Class #179 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Joseph Soleveitchik - Part 1
Shabbat Teaching: Parshat Lekh L’kha, 2025 / פרשת וזאת הברכה, תשפ״ו God’s Call of Lekh Lekha–Is/Was It About Us? Or God?
Shabbat Sermon: "Multilingual and Asking Questions"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot 12:34
Shabbat Teaching: Mincha Noach 5786
Shabbat Sermon: “What’s Next?”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi-Cantor Hilary Chorny
Yizkor Sermon: “A Time to Seek Counsel; A Time to Tell Stories?”
Shabbat Teaching: "The End and the Beginning"
Shabbat Sermon: "Coming Out of Our 2-year-old Sukkot, Shattered and Heavy with Honor"
Rashi Class: Shemot 12:32
Sukkot Sermon: Sukkat Shalom: A Sukkah of Peace?
Sukkot Sermon: Extending Our Unity
Shabbat Teaching: Shabbat Afternoon Oct. 4, 2025
Shabbat Sermon: Parashat Ha’azinu
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
State of the Congregation: Temple Beth Am President Jacqui Jacobs
Yom Kippur Sermon: "Reclaiming Life and Liberty in the Pursuit of Happiness"
Yom Kippur Sermon: "Nothing Stays, Everything Matters: On the Preciousness of Stuff "
Kol Nidre Sermon: “Is It Worth It? Make It Worth It!”
Shabbat Teaching: Yocheved Enters the Promised Land: Her Legacy or Was She 250 Years Old?
Shabbat Sermon: "Loving Each Other, Across the Cracks"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "It is Better to be Nice Than Right"
Rosh Hashanah Mini-Sermon: "To Search for God or to Share God?"
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Play: That's What It's All About!"
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: “Israel/Gaza/War—Enough Tears"
Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Embrace the Limitations"
Shabbat Teaching: "Maimonides’ Approach to Repentance: Regret, Confession & Commitment"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Siddur Class #178 - The Modern Era - A.J. Heschel - Part 6
Shabbat Teaching: "Preview to Selichot - Awakening to Our Missteps (But Not Drowning in Them)"
Shabbat Sermon: "Sweeten the Lives of Others"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Siddur Class #177 - The Modern Era - A.J. Heschel - Part 5
Shabbat Teaching: "Destiny, Teshuva and Free Will"
Shabbat Sermon: "Walking Away, Walking Toward"
Rashi Class: Shemot 12:30
Siddur Class #176 - The Modern Era - A.J. Heschel - Part 4
Shabbat Teaching: Ki Teitze: Returning Lost Objects
Shabbat Sermon: “Standing in Front of the Mirror of Justice”
Rashi Class: Exodus 12:29
Siddur Class #175 - The Modern Era - A.J. Heschel - Part 3
Shabbat Teaching: "Judges and Policemen: Ancient and Modern Rules, Roles and Wisdom."
Shabbat Sermon: "Finding Rest and Creating Comfort"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Exodus 12:29
Siddur Class #174 - The Modern Era - A.J. Heschel - Part 2
Shabbat Teaching: Seudah Shlishit Re'eh 5785
Shabbat Sermon: "Shema In Our Lives"
Rashi Class: Exodus 12:27
Siddur Class #173 - The Modern Era - A.J. Heschel - Part 1
Shabbat Teaching: Parashat Eikev: Deuteronomy 8
Shabbat Teaching: Shabbat Nahamu 5785
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Exodus 12:24
Siddur Class #172 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Irving Greenberg - Part 3
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Shabbat Teaching: “Shiva B’Oktober—Israeli Poetry in the Wake of Oct. 7”
Shabbat Teaching: “Looking Outward. Looking Inward."
Rashi Class: Exodus 12:22
Siddur Class #171 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Irving Greenberg - Part 2
Shabbat Teaching: "Devarim 1:1 - Why *These* Things?"
Shabbat Teaching: "Naming our Itinerary and Preparing our Destination"
Shabbat Sermon: "Building Holiness All Around You"
Rashi Class: Exodus 12:21
Siddur Class #170 - The Modern Era - Rabbi Irving Greenberg - Part 1
Shabbat Teaching: "The Age and Wisdom of the Daughters of Tzlofhad"
Shabbat Teaching: "The Blessing and Burden of Helping Others Reach Their Potential"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Exodus 12:20
Shabbat Sermon: "Forever Be A Blessing"
Shabbat Sermon: "Turn It Into A Story"
Shabbat Teaching: Parshat Balak 5785
Shabbat Teaching: "You Don't Know What You've Got Til It's Gone - Miriam and the Tears They Didn't Shed"
Shabbat Teaching: "The Torah of Torah"
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 17 - Hamas
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Second Series - Class 8
Shabbat Teaching: "How To Kvetch"
Shabbat Teaching: "Seeing is Believing?"
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 16 - The 20th Century
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Second Series - Class 7
Siddur Class #169 - The Modern Era - Rav Kook - Part 2
Shabbat Teaching: "Standards over Israel: Being a Jew on Flag Day"
Shabbat Teaching: "A Time for Speech and a Time for Action"
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 15 - The Islamic World - Part 2
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Second Series - Class 6
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 14 - The Islamic World
Shabbat Teaching: Seudah Sh'lishit Beha'alotekha 5785
Shabbat Sermon: "God’s Light—In The Next World, And In This One"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 12:19
Shavuot/Yizkor Sermon: Life is Short. Life is Long."
Shavuot Sermon: “ Gleaning With Ruth.”
Shavuot Tikkun Learning Session - Hevruta: "The Will to Build: Cultivating Ratzon/Soul Desire Through Chevrutah."
Shavuot Tikkun Learning Session - Hevruta: "Living, Learning, Becoming Together."
Shavuot Tikkun Learning Session - Hevruta: "Through the Eyes of my Beloved."
Shavuot Tikkun Plenary Session - "Being a Jew Right Now - and How We Got Here"
Shabbat Teaching: Pirkei Avot Chapter 6: The Additional Perek (Beraitot or Kinyan Torah)
Shabbat Sermon: "Wandering In/With Wilderness”
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 12:17
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Second Series - Class 5
Siddur Class #168 - The Modern Era - Rav Kook - Part 1
Shabbat Teaching: Omer "Learning Through Pirkei Avot"
Shabbat Sermon: "The Power of Seven"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi-Cantor Hilary Chorny
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 13 - Martin Luther - Part 2
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Second Series - Class 4
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 12:16
Shabbat Teaching: Behar-Behukkotai Seudah 5785
Shabbat Sermon: "The Past, Present, and Future of Shabbat."
Shabbat Sermon: “Choosing. Including The Choice To Not Have A Choice.”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Second Series - Class 3
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 12:15
Siddur Class #167 - The Modern Era - Mordecai Kaplan And The Reconstructionist Siddur - Part 2
Shabbat Teaching: Pirkei Avot 1
Shabbat Sermon: "A Life of Holy Partnership: Love is Love."
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 12 - Martin Luther
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Second Series - Class 2
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 12:15
Siddur Class #166 - The Modern Era - Mordecai Kaplan And The Reconstructionist Siddur
Shabbat Teaching: Shabbat Afternoon Acharei Mot-Kedoshim 5785
Shabbat Sermon: "Living in our Liminal Spaces”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi-Cantor Hilary Chorny
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 11
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Second Series - Class 1
Shabbat Teaching: "Spiritual Dermatology"
Shabbat Sermon: "Crossing Boundaries—Leaping Toward Ecstasy”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 12:14
Siddur Class #165 - The Modern Era - Mordecai Kaplan
Passover-Yizkor Sermon: "I’ll Carry You In My Bones"
Passover/Shabbat Teaching: "Ashkenazim and Kitniyot"
Shabbat/Passover Teaching: "A Holiday of Nostalgia"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Passover Sermon: “Scheduling Holy Time"
Passover Sermon: "Despite It All, Choose Life"
Shabbat Teaching: Siyyum on Tractate Beitzah / סיום על מסכת ביצה
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 12:13
Siddur Class #164- Hasidism -- The Piaseczner Rebbe
Shabbat Teaching: "Nir Tamid & Aish Tamid"
Shabbat Sermon: "Yaknehaz"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 12:13
Siddur Class #163 - Hasidism --- R' Nachman on Hitbodedut
Shabbat Teaching: "Halachot of Pesach: Spiritual or Practical?"
Shabbat Sermon: “Building Community Together”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Siddur Class #162 - Hasidism - Routine and Distraction in Prayer - Part 4
Shabbat Teaching: "Copper Mirror: Who Is the Most Handsomest of Them All?"
Shabbat Sermon: "Take a Step Back - and Rest!"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi: Shemot/Exodus 12:11
Siddur Class #161 - Hasidism - Routine and Distraction in Prayer - Part 3
Shabbat Teaching: "Crafting Shabbat: Betzalel and the Rabbis."
Shabbat Sermon: "Carving Out Torah for Ourselves"
Rashi: Shemot/Exodus 12:10
Shabbat Teaching: "Purim: Finding a Deeper Meaning"
Shabbat Sermon: "Dress to Impress...Who?"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 12:8
Siddur Class #160 - Hasidism - Routine and Distraction in Prayer - Part 2
Shabbat Teaching: Refugee Shabbat 2025: A Jewish Textual Exploration of Immigration and Refugees
Shabbat Sermon: "Living As Big As You Can Possibly Live"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 12:8
Siddur Class #159 - Hasidism - Routine and Distraction in Prayer
Shabbat Teaching: "This Too is Prayer: An Exploration of the Kaddishes"
Shabbat Sermon: "I'm Still Here"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 12:7
Siddur Class #158 - Hasidism - Katnut and Gadlut
Shabbat Teaching: "Mishpatim 5785 - Shabbat Afternoon Putting the Fear of God in You"
Shabbat Sermon: Parents Are Demi-Gods. Actually, We All Are!"
Shabbat Sermon: Parashat Yitro: A Refresher on Wisdom
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot 12:6
Siddur Class #157 - Hasidism - Words And Letters Of Prayer
Shabbat Teaching: An Unexpected Leader Parashat Yitro - Seudah Shlishit 2025
Shabbat Sermon: "The Nile and the Sea – Two (Conflicting) Views of Redemption"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 10
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Final Class
Rashi Class: Shemot 12:5
Shabbat Teaching: "Rock of Meribah & Miriam’s Well"
Shabbat Sermon: "In the Thicket, Between Sinai and Auschwitz"
Shabbat Sermon: Parashat Bo: "What is the Change that Happens at Twilight?"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 9: The Middle Ages - Part 2
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Class 8
Rashi Class: Shemot 12:4
Siddur Class #156 - Hasidism - God's Omnipresence
Shabbat Teaching: Shabbat Afternoon Parshat Bo 5785
Shabbat Sermon: "Where Are You Standing in the Audience."
Parenting Through the Parsha: Vaera
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Siddur Class #155 - Hasidism - Devekut
Rashi Class: Shemot 12:3
Shabbat Teaching: Parshat Va'Era, 2025 / פרשת וארא, תשפ״ה
Shabbat Sermon: "Earthly Angels and a Little Help!"
Parenting Through the Parsha: Shemot
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 8: The Middle Ages - Part 1
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Class 7
Shabbat Teaching: "Pay Attention"
Shabbat Sermon: "WAKE UP FOR A MOMENT OF ECSTASY"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Parenting Through the Parsha: VeYechi
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 7: The The Early Church Part 5
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 12:2
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Class 6
Siddur Class #154 - Medieval Kabbalah - The Arizal
Shabbat Teaching: "Like Fishes"
Shabbat Sermon: “For What and Whom Do We Cry?—Reflections From My Israel Trip”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Parenting Through the Parsha: Miketz
Shabbat Teaching: "Men with Big Feelings"
Shabbat Sermon: “The Hanukkah Stories: More Than Miracles”
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Class 5
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 6: The The Early Church Part 4
Shabbat Teaching: “Are Ephraim and Menashe Jewish?”
Shabbat Sermon: “What Do You Seek? – Reflections on my Trip to Israel”
Parenting Through the Parsha: VaYeshev
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 5: The The Early Church Part 3
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 12:1
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Class 4
Shabbat Teaching: "Kislev Month of Dreams."
Shabbat Sermon: “Who are We When No One is Looking?”
Parenting Through The Parsha: VaYislach
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 4: The Early Church Part 2
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Class 3
Shabbat Teaching: Kavannah: Preparing for the Ladder of Holiness
Shabbat Sermon: "Navigating Our Own Allyship"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Parenting Through The Parsha: VaYeitzei
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 11:9
Shabbat Teaching: Seudah Sh'lishit Vayeitze 5785
Shabbat Sermon: "'A Simple Man' - Who Sits in Tents vs. 'A Man of the Field.' Who to Emulate?"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 3: The Early Church
Shabbat Teaching: “What Thanksgiving Means to Us: Tracing the Holiday in Jewish and American Life"
Shabbat Sermon: "A Lifetime of Seeking"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Class 2
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 11:8
Siddur Class #153 - Medieval Kabbalah - The Shechinah - Part 2
Shabbat Teaching: Chayyei Sarah 5785 Shabbat Afternoon
Shabbat Sermon: October 7th Survivors of Kibbutz Be’eri
Shabbat Sermon: “What’s Mine is Mine and What’s Yours is Yours: the Way to Nowhere”
Parenting Through The Parsha: YaYera
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 2: The Hellenistic Period
Let Justice Well Up Like Water — the Book of Amos - Class 1
It Takes Two To Torah: An Orthodox Rabbi and Reform Journalist Debate Their Way Through the Torah
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 11:5
Siddur Class #152 - Medieval Kabbalah - The Shechinah - Part 1
Shabbat Teaching: "How Good It Should Be To Dwell Together'
Shabbat Sermon: “The More You Know Yourself, The More You Might Know God.”
Parenting Through The Parsha: Lech Lecha
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Antisemitism — The World's Oldest Conspiracy Theory - Session 1: Introduction
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 11:5
Siddur Class #151 - Medieval Kabbalah - Sefirot - Part 2
Shabbat Teaching: “A Photographic Essay on the Abuyadaya Jews of Uganda”
Shabbat Sermon: ‘Good Enough For Now?’
Parenting Through The Parsha: Noach
Shabbat Sermon: "The Torah of the Raven"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 11:3
Siddur Class #150 - Medieval Kabbalah - Sefirot - Part 1
Shabbat Teaching: Noah Shabbat Minha 5785
Shabbat Sermon: "Time Capsules, Sacred Trash, and Buried Treasure"
Yizkor Sermon: "Existing Permanently In Our Temporary Lives"
Parenting Through The Parsha: Breishit
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 11:2
Shabbat Sermon: “For You. X 3”
Sukkot Sermon: "Every Single Time"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 10:28
Yom Kippur Mini-Sermon: "The Seoul Subway System as A Metaphor For Synagogues"
Yom Kippur Sermon: "Eulogy of the Year"
Kol Nidre Sermon: "Productive Hypocrisy"
President's Address: "Let Temple Beth Am Be Your Light"
Yom Kippur Mini-Sermon: "In Lieu of Avinu Malkeinu"
Shabbat Teaching: “Emerging Liturgy from Wartime in Israel"
Shabbat Sermon: "Monster Spray and Open Hearts: The Tools We Need For 5785!"
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Walking With Fear"
Rosh Hashanah Mini-Sermon: Introduction to Day 1 Torah Reading
Rosh Hashanah Mini-Sermon: "“Isaiah…Ezekiel…Hatikvah…101 Blasts”
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Teshuvah: A New Perspective"
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: “If You Are Going To Do It, Then With A Smile.”
Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Now"
Siddur Class #149 - Medieval Kabbalah - Zohar Part 1
Shabbat Teaching: "People of the Book, Or People of the Song."
Parenting Through The Parsha: NItzavim
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 10:27
Siddur Class #148 - Maimonides on Prayer - Part 4
Shabbat Teaching: "Trying To Be Good."
Shabbat Sermon: "Tzedakah: Not Just A Nice Thing to Do."
Shabbat Sermon: "Choosing Gratitude."
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Siddur Class #147 - Maimonides on Prayer - Part 3
Shabbat Teaching: Seudah Shlishit Ki Tavo 5784
Shabbat Sermon: "Open Your Senses To Mystery"
Parenting Through The Parsha: Ki Teitzei
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 10:22
Shabbat Teaching: "Careful the Things You Say: Understanding Jewish Ideas Around Damaging Language."
Shabbat Teaching: "Holding, Writing, and Repairing our Personal Torah"
Parenting Through The Parsha: Shoftim
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 10:21
Shabbat Sermon: "Come Together"
Parenting Through The Parsha: Re'eh
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Judaism is About Love — Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life - Class 10
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 10:18
Experiencing the Biblical Psalms — from Remorse to Rejoicing, from Hopelessness to Hope, from Doubt to Faith - Class 9
Siddur Class #146 - Maimonides on Prayer - Part 2
Parenting Through The Parsha: Eikev
Judaism is About Love — Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life - Class 9
Experiencing the Biblical Psalms — from Remorse to Rejoicing, from Hopelessness to Hope, from Doubt to Faith - Class 8
Siddur Class #145 - Maimonides on Prayer - Part 1
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 10:15
Parenting Through The Parsha: Vaetchanan
Shabbat Teaching: "Jewish Responses When We Think It's The End Of The World.”
Shabbat Sermon: "I Know Ten"
Judaism is About Love — Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life - Class 8
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 10:14
Shabbat Teaching: V’ethanan: Can We Influence God?
Shabbat Teaching: "Seeing is Comforting"
Parenting Through The Parsha: Devarim
Judaism is About Love — Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life - Class 7
Experiencing the Biblical Psalms — from Remorse to Rejoicing, from Hopelessness to Hope, from Doubt to Faith - Class 7
Siddur Class #144 - Tisha B'Av
Shabbat Teaching: "Deuteronomy and Valediction: Goodbyes from the Other Side of the Jordan to Yankee Stadium"
Shabbat Teaching: "Navigating Our Roadmap"
Siddur Class #143- Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 27 - Maimonides: Adon Olam and Yigdal
Shabbat Teaching: "Taking a Stand in the Hardest Times"
Parenting Through The Parsha: Pinchas
Experiencing the Biblical Psalms — from Remorse to Rejoicing, from Hopelessness to Hope, from Doubt to Faith - Class 6
Judaism is About Love — Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life - Class 6
Siddur Class #142 - The Fast Of The 17th Of Tammuz
Judaism is About Love — Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life - Class 5
Shabbat Teaching: "Enveloped In Blessing: How Simple Mindfulness-Moments Can Change Our Lives"
Shabbat Sermon: "Finding Our Voice"
Parenting Through The Parsha: Balak
Experiencing the Biblical Psalms — from Remorse to Rejoicing, from Hopelessness to Hope, from Doubt to Faith - Class 5
Siddur Class #141- Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 26 - Maimonides Part 2
Shabbat Teaching: "Why Does Rashi Hate Balaam?"
Shabbat Teaching: Hukat. "From The Death Of Miriam."
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Parenting Through The Parsha: Chukat
Judaism is About Love — Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life - Class 4
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 10:11
Experiencing the Biblical Psalms — from Remorse to Rejoicing, from Hopelessness to Hope, from Doubt to Faith - Class 4
Siddur Class #140 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 25 - Maimonides
Shabbat Teaching: Parashat Chukat: "What Really Happened at the Rock."
Shabbat Sermon: "Navigating Tension Within Community’"
Parenting Through The Parsha: Korach
Judaism is About Love — Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life - Class 3
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 10:10
Experiencing the Biblical Psalms — from Remorse to Rejoicing, from Hopelessness to Hope, from Doubt to Faith - Class 3
Shabbat Teaching: "From Prejudice to Pride - LGBTQ Challenges and Advances in Israel "
Shabbat Sermon: "Spying Out the Land"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Judaism is About Love — Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life - Class 2
Experiencing the Biblical Psalms — from Remorse to Rejoicing, from Hopelessness to Hope, from Doubt to Faith - Class 2
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 10:8
Shabbat Teaching: Tractate Gittin
Shabbat Sermon: Tractate Gittin
Parenting Through The Parsha: Beha’alotcha
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Judaism is About Love — Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life - Class 1
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 10:6
Experiencing the Biblical Psalms — from Remorse to Rejoicing, from Hopelessness to Hope, from Doubt to Faith - Class 1
Shabbat Teaching: Sotah Ritual “Understood?”
Shabbat Sermon: The Weinstock Teen Awards
Parenting Through The Parsha: Naso
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Shavuot Yizkor Sermon: "Learning To Forget"
Shavuot Sermon: "נעשה ונשמע - Na'aseh V'nishma: Receiving The Torah"
Siddur Class #139: The Poem Akdamut on Shavuot
Shabbat Teaching: Parshat Naso, 5784--"To Be Or Not To be...Commanded"
Shabbat Sermon: "On Anger. And Passion. And Jerusalem."
Parenting Through The Parsha: Bamidbar
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 10:4
Siddur Class #138 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 24 - Overview and Review
Meaningful Discussions Based on THE THIRTEEN PETALLED ROSE: "Prayer"
Shabbat Teaching: "Honoring our Teachers"
Shabbat Sermon: “Do Not Be Jewish, Or Be Human, By Accident.”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Parenting Through The Parsha: Bechukotai
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 10:1
Siddur Class #138 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 24 - The Afterlife
Shabbat Teaching: "Order of Our Time" – The IDF’s Objective: Restoring “Neighborhood” Deterrence
Shabbat Sermon: "Go On Giving, And Also Go On Living"
Parenting Through The Parsha: Behar
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Siddur Class #137 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 23 - Reward And Punishment
Meaningful Discussions Based on THE THIRTEEN PETALLED ROSE: "Unique Jewish Experiences”
Shabbat Teaching: Plant-Based Sabbatical - Taking Time to Ground Ourselves
Shabbat Sermon: "The Endurance of Endurance”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Parenting Through The Parsha: EMOR
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 10:1
Shabbat Teaching: "How Fixed Are God's Times?
Shabbat Sermon: Parashat Kedoshim: "Be Holy? But How?”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:33
Meaningful Discussions Based on THE THIRTEEN PETALLED ROSE: "Created In The Image of G-d. Really?"
Shabbat Teaching: Parshat Kedoshim / פרשת קדושים - “Your Well-Being Involves Others’ Well-Being”
Shabbat Sermon: "Twisted Rebellions and Missing The Mark"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:31
Yizkor Sermon: "Old Grief. New Grief."
Passover Mini-Service Day 7
Shabbat Teaching: "Or HaHayim On Aharei Mot"
Shabbat Teaching: "4 Days of the Omer Which Is 203 Days"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Passover Mini-Service
Shabbat Teaching: "Marking Our Brokenness"
Shabbat Sermon: "Traveling with Despair and Hope"
Parenting Through The Parsha: Metzora
Passover Learning Series: The 5th Child: Seeing Ourselves as Every Child
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:31
Siddur Class #136 - Hallel
Meaningful Discussions Based on THE THIRTEEN PETALLED ROSE: "Is Bacon Holy? - Class 3
Shabbat Teaching: Parshat Metzora / פרשת מצורע “Sustaining Humility and Contrition”
Shabbat Sermon: "Kashrut Of The Mouth"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:27
Meaningful Discussions Based on THE THIRTEEN PETALLED ROSE: "My Soul Is On Fire" - Class 2
Parenting Through The Parsha: Shmini
Shabbat Teaching: "What Bread Has To Do With Tzara'at"
Shabbat Sermon: “Method Acting & Miracles”
Passover Learning Series: The 5th Question: Welcoming Our Curiousity to the Seder
Siddur Class #135 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 22 - The Chosen People
Passover Learning Series: The 5th Seder Item: Adding Impossible Meat to Our Plate
Shabbat Teaching: "Something's Fishy: Shemini 5784"
Shabbat Teaching: "Great Is Peace"
Passover Learning Series: The 5th Child: Passover and My American Identity – Similarities and Conflicts
Parenting Through The Parsha: TZAV
Bible 101: Reading the Bible Through 21st Century Glasses - Class 11
Siddur Class #137 - Intro To Jewish Theology - God's Complexity: Moses's Torah
Meaningful Discussions Based on THE THIRTEEN PETALLED ROSE: "Is There Life Outside Our Universe" - Class 1
Shabbat Teaching: "Remembering to Forget - Purim 2024 - Really?"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Bible 101: Reading the Bible Through 21st Century Glasses - Class 10
Psalms That Pack a Wallop! - Psalm 49 For A House Of Mourning (Part 2)
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:26
Siddur Class #136 - Intro To Jewish Theology - God's Complexity: Revelataion
Shabbat Sermon: "It Takes Everybody"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Bible 101: Reading the Bible Through 21st Century Glasses - Class 9
Parenting Through The Parsha: Pekudei
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:24
Psalms That Pack a Wallop! - Psalm 49 For A House Of Mourning (Part 1)
Siddur Class #135 - Intro To Jewish Theology - God's Complexity: Multiple Manifestations
Shabbat Teaching: Pekudai 5784 - Shabbat Afternoon
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Parenting Through The Parsha - Vayakhel
Bible 101: Reading the Bible Through 21st Century Glasses - Class 8
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:23
Psalms That Pack a Wallop! - Psalm 34 (Part 3)
Siddur Class #134 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 21 - God's Complxity: Multiple Manifestations
Shabbat Teaching: Brachot of Gratitude and Wonder/ ברכות הנהנין
Shabbat Sermon: "Pah-neem El Pah-neem: Face To Face"
Parenting Through The Parsha
Bible 101: Reading the Bible Through 21st Century Glasses - Class 7
Psalms That Pack a Wallop! - Psalm 34 (Part 2)
Siddur Class #133 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 20
Shabbat Teaching: "V'Shamru, Our Extra Soul, and Havdallah"
Parenting Through The Parsha
Bible 101: Reading the Bible Through 21st Century Glasses - Class 6
Psalms That Pack a Wallop! - Psalm 34 (Part 1)
Siddur Class #132 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 19
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:18
Baruch Link Scholar in Residence Weekend - Sunday, February 18, 2024 - Author Yaniv Iczkovits
Shabbat Teaching: Parshat Tetzaveh / פרשת תצוה “Like Oil”
Shabbat Sermon: "Reflections on TBA's Solidarity Mission to Israel"
Parenting Through The Parsha
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Bible 101: Reading the Bible Through 21st Century Glasses - Class 5
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:16
Psalms That Pack a Wallop! - Psalm 29
Shabbat Teaching: V'haya Ehad: Parshat Terumah 5784 Shabbat Afternoon
Shabbat Sermon: Samson Nderitu, Rabbinical student from Uganda
Bible 101: Reading the Bible Through 21st Century Glasses - Class 4
Psalms That Pack a Wallop! - Psalms 19 and 29
Shabbat Teaching: Refugee Shabbat 2024
Bible 101: Reading the Bible Through 21st Century Glasses - Class 3
Psalms That Pack a Wallop! - Psalm 19
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:14
Siddur Class #131 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 18
Shabbat Teaching: Parshat B’shalah, 2024 / פרשת בשלח, תשפ״ד Honor Your Parents…But How?!
Shabbat Sermon: "Music as a Whole"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Bible 101: Reading the Bible Through 21st Century Glasses - Class 2
Psalms That Pack a Wallop! - Psalms 12 and 13
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:12
Siddur Class #130 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 17
Psalms That Pack a Wallop! - Psalm 8
Shabbat Teaching: Guest Speaker Rabbi Samuel Rosenbaum
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Bible 101: Reading the Bible Through 21st Century Glasses - Class 1
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:9
Shabbat Teaching: "Still Small Voices"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:8
Shabbat Teaching: Parshat Va’era, 2024 / פרשת וארא, תשפ״ד
Shabbat Sermon: "Flying the Jewish Flag at Full Mast!"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:5
Shabbat Teaching: "New or Just Changed?"
Shabbat Teaching: Niggun & Nourishment with Rabbis Kligfeld & Schatz
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 9:2
Shabbat Sermon: "From Hanukkah To Purim"
Siddur Class #129 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 16
Shabbat Teaching: Parshat Vayiggash, 2023 / פרשת ויגש, תשפ״ד
Shabbat Sermon: "Close to Home"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Siddur Class #128 - Maoz Tzur
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 8:25
Shabbat Teaching: "The Hanukkah Storie(s)"
Shabbat Sermon: "Hanukkah is Evergreen"
Siddur Class #127 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 15
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 8:23
Shabbat Sermon: "Reflections On My Recent Trip To Israel"
Siddur Class #126 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 14
Shabbat Teaching: "Shabbat Afternoon Learning Vayishlakh"
Shabbat Sermon: "Opening Our Eyes To Wonder"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Shabbat Teaching: "Hodu LaShem and Turkey Too!"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 8:22
Shabbat Teaching: "How Will It All Turn Out?"
Shabbat Sermon: "The First Of Many"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Siddur Class #125 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 13
Shabbat Teaching: "Wake Up! Wake Up!"
Shabbat Teaching: “Why Have A Hevra Kadisha”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 8:19
Siddur Class #124 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 12
Shabbat Learning: "Divine Permission To Lie?"
Shabbat Sermon: "It's Time To Make A Distinction"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 8:17
Siddur Class #123 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 11
Shabbat Teaching: "Step by Step"
Shabbat Teaching: “A Word of Torah, a Modern Idea, a Poem—Israel, 2 Weeks Later”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 8:15
Shabbat Teaching: "Simple in Our Generation - Noach 2023"
Shabbat Sermon: “HaTikvah Sheli”
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 8:14
ISRAEL AT WAR: Rabbi Adam Kligfeld's Remarks
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 8:12
Sukkot Sermon: "Living With Joy"
Sukkot Teaching: Sukkot I 5784
Sukkot Sermon: "Ach Sameah—Happiness is Complicated"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 8:9
Yom Kippur Yizkor Sermon: "Living Your Legacy, Writing Ours"
Kol Nidre Sermon: "It’s All Holland: Idolizing the Life You Don’t Lead"
Shabbat Teaching: "Shabbat Shuva - Again and Again"
Shabbat Sermon: "Repair As The Antidote To A Dystopian Society"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Siddur Class #122 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 10
Rosh Hashanah Teaching: "The Healing Power of Dreams"
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Hayom Harat Olam: Today the World is Curated"
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Mind the Ritual Gap"
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Lo Tov Heyot Adam L’Vado—Loneliness Is No Good"
Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Live in the Extreme”
Elul Learning "Series: Sustaining Our Skills: A Prayer Refresher"
Siddur Class #121 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 9
Elul Learning Series: "9/11, Covid, and Rosh Hashanah: What to Do When the World Changes"
Unforgiven: When Teshuvah Might Not Be Enough (Remastered)
Sheheheyanu, Vekiyamanu, Vehigiyanu" Elul & The Search for A Sustainable Life
Shabbat Learning: "Consolation Through Success"
(An early) High Holiday Sermon: “Dream Bigger”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Elul Learning Series: "Sustaining Tradition in Modernity"
The Poetry of Prayer - Class 7
Siddur Class #120 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 8
Elul Learning Series: "T'Shuva with Our Bodies (Yoga included)"
Shabbat Teaching: "So now you're part of a covenant..."
Shabbat Teaching: "Gratitude!"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Elul Learning Series: "Sustaining Stories"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 8:5
The Poetry of Prayer - Class 6
Elul Learning Series: "Helping to Support People Who Are Dying"
Shabbat Teaching: "Pedagogies of Plaster"
Shabbat Sermon: "A Special HIAS Report: Empowering Refugees Amidst Global Democratic Backsliding"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Elul Learning Series: "Sustaining Faith Amidst Doubt and Doubt Amidst Faith"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 8:4
The Poetry of Prayer - Class 5
Elul Learning Series: "Onramp to Elul"
Shabbat Sermon: "Elul: Choosing A Surface"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 8:2
The Poetry of Prayer - Class 4
Shabbat Teaching: Seudah Shlishit Shoftim 5783
Shabbat Sermon: “Take A Stand. But Be A Mentsch”
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:28
The Poetry of Prayer - Class 3
Shabbat Teaching: "Parshat Re'eh, 2023 / פרשת ראה תשפ״ג Middle Path? Or Take a Stand?"
Shabbat Teaching: "From Despair to Comfort"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:27
The Poetry of Prayer - Class 2
Shabbat Teaching: Seudah Shlishit Eikev 2023
The Poetry of Prayer - Class 1
Shabbat Learning: "Guard Your Memories"
Shabbat Teaching: "Retelling Our Stories"
Shabbat Teaching: Seudah Shlishit Devarim 5783
Shabbat Sermon: "The Edges of Anger"
Shabbat Learning: "Journeys and Climbs"
Shabbat Sermon: "When You Come To The Fork In The Road, Take It"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:24
Shabbat Teaching: "Named Women of Virtue" - Seudah Shlishit Parashat Pinchas 2023
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Israel at 100: Looking Forward with Hope and Realism
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:19
Shabbat Teaching: Shabbat Afternoon Parsha Study Parshat Hukkat, 2023/תשפ״ג/5783
Shabbat Sermon: “Lenient, But Uncomfortable.”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:19
Shabbat Sermon: “Find Some Comfort In This Pose”
Shabbat Teaching: "Scouting vs. Seeing" Parashat Shlach 5783
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:18
Siddur Class #119 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 7
Shabbat Teaching: פרשת בהלותך / Parshat B'ha'alotekha, 2023/תשפ״ג/5783
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:16
Siddur Class #118 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 6
Shabbat Teaching: Shabbat Afternoon Teaching Nasso 5783
Shavuot Yizkor Sermon: "Mourning the Unexpected"
Shavuot Sermon: "Ro’im et HaKolot"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:14
Siddur Class #117 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 5
Shabbat Teaching: "Soulmates and Succession in Judaism and Islam"
Shabbat Sermon: "Skopje vs. Los Angeles: From Jittery to Confident to Jittery (Part of What I Learned in the Balkans)"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:12
Siddur Class #116 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 4
Shabbat Teaching: "Coming Back as One(s)"
Shabbat Teaching: "Taking A Year To Grow"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:10
Siddur Class #115 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 3
Shabbat Discussion: "Zieglitz’s Blessing"
Shabbat Learning: "Marginal Identity, Blasphemy, and the Power of Words"
Siddur Class #114 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 2
Shabbat Learning: "World Zionist Congress"
Shabbat Teaching: "The Holiness of Holding Back"
Shabbat Sermon: "The Interfaith Mandate of Parshat Kedoshim"
Siddur Class #113 - Intro To Jewish Theology - Part 1
Shabbat Learning: "The Rebuke of Love and The Love of Rebuke"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:9
Shabbat Learning: Tzara’at: Physical and Spiritual Dis-ease in the Torah and in a Talmudic Tale
Yizkor Sermon: “Tick Tock—Talk and Tell”
Passover Sermon: “If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On”: Music, Prayer, the Song of the Sea, and Miriam’s Song
Shabbat Teaching: Hol Hamo'ed Shabbat Pesach 5783
Shabbat Sermon: “Extrapolations” About God: A Drash for Shabbat Chol HaMo’ed Pesach
Passover Sermon: Rabbi Elliot Dorf
Passover Sermon: "K for P Cabinets Empty or Full"
Shabbat Teaching: "A History of Israeli Folk Music & Dance"
Shabbat Sermon: "The Haggadah’s Definition of Wickedness: Separating From Community"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:7
Siddur Class #112 - Yaaleh VeYavo
Shabbat Teaching: Guest Speaker Dr. Ilana Kwartin, Regional Director, Western United States, for the Jewish Agency for Israel
Shabbat Sermon: Guest Speaker Dr. Yizhar Hess of the World Zionist Organization
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:4
Siddur Class #111 - Kaddish - Part 6
Shabbat Learning: "Sins and Sincerity"
Shabbat Learning: Parshat Pekudei: "Can I Get A Witness?”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:3
Shabbat Learning: Parshat Vayakhel: Inner Generosity
Passover Prep Series 2023: Haggadah 101
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:2
Shabbat Learning: Parashat Ki Tisa & Megillat Esther: "Fighting for Survival"
Shabbat Teaching: Parashat Tetzaveh 2023: "How do we Give on Purim?"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 7:1
Siddur Class #110 - Kaddish - Part 5
Shabbat Learning: "People See Me And Save Me"
Shabbat Sermon: "Sacred Safe Space"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:29
Siddur Class #109 - Kaddish - Part 4
Shabbat Teaching: Parshat Terumah, 2023/Holy, Separate, Intimate
Shabbat Sermon: "Just Take The First Step"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:27
Siddur Class #108 - Kaddish - Part 3
Shabbat Learning: "To the Dogs! A Study of Exodus 22:30"
Shabbat Teaching: Parashat Yitro: "Where You Lead, I Will Follow"
Siddur Class #107 - Kaddish - Part 2
Shabbat Teaching: Raphael Marcus, Senior Vice President, Programs, HIAS
Shabbat Sermon: Mitzraim, Midbar and Israel – All Places of Named Struggle
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:26
Siddur Class #106 - Kaddish - Part 1
Shabbat Learning: Parshat Beshalach: The Call of Disbelief
Shabbat Sermon: "The Three Plagues of Darkness"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:23
Siddur Class #105 - Shir Shel Yom - Part 12
Shabbat Learning: "For I Have Hardened His Heart"
Shabbat Sermon: " One God, Many Torahs"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:20
Siddur Class #104 - Shir Shel Yom - Part 11
Shabbat Teaching: Vaera 5783 Shabbat Afternoon Learning
Shabbat Sermon: "This Israeli Moment—Let us Pray"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:16
Siddur Class #103 - Shir Shel Yom - Part 10
Shabbat Teaching: Shemot 1:1
Shabbat Sermon: “Jumping Ahead for Blessings”
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:13
Shabbat Teaching: Hazak, Hazak, V’nithazek - Parashat VaYehi 2022
Shabbat Sermon: "The Ethical Functions of Deuteronomic Laws in Early Second Temple Judaism - Differing Views Among Pharisees, Saducees and Kararites"
Shabbat Learning: "Joseph, Joseph, Is It Really You?!"
Shabbat Teaching: "Mikketz: The Cries That Go Unheard"
Shabbat Learning: "Joseph, Esther, Maccabees: Security in Parshat Miketz"
Shabbat Sermon: "Meeting Those Who Are Anonymous"
Siddur Class #102 - Shir Shel Yom - Part 9
Shabbat Teaching: "Regret, Comfort, Redirect – Lessons from God"
Shabbat Sermon: "The Unhoused and Us: Caring for Ourselves and for Them"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:13
Siddur Class #101 - Shir Shel Yom - Part 8
Shabbat Learning: "Is Gideon a Worthy Leader?"
Shabbat Sermon: "Dreams"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:12
Siddur Class #100 - Shir Shel Yom - Part 7
Shabbat Teaching: Vayeitze 5783 | Shabbat Afternoon
Shabbat Learning: Toldot: Prayers and Responses
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:10
Siddur Class #99 - Shir Shel Yom - Part 6
Shabbat Teaching: Parshat Toldot / פרשת תולדות
Shabbat Learning: "What Makes a Caring Partner?"
Shabbat Sermon: “A Place Among Us.”
Fall 2022 Davening Institute: Shabbat Morning - Class #3
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:9
Siddur Class #98 - Shir Shel Yom - Part 5
Shabbat Learning: "Chayei Sarah: Memory of a Servant Man? Narrative of Eliezer?"
Shabbat Sermon: "God’s Ezer-Kenegdo"
Shabbat Sermon: Guest Speaker - Ron Weinreich
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Fall 2022 Davening Institute: Shabbat Morning - Class #2
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:9
Siddur Class #97 - Shir Shel Yom - Part 4
Shabbat Learning: "Vayera: Sharing and Concealing?"
Shabbat Sermon: "Be A Blessing on Your Journey"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:7
Shabbat Learning: Wives as Sisters: Revelation through Repetition
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:5
Shabbat Teaching: "And It Was Very Good…And Then Very Bad"
Fall 2022 Davening Institute: Shabbat Morning - Class #1
Sh'Mini Atzeret Yizkor Sermon: "Chosen Grief"
Shabbat Teaching: “Face to Face—Intimacy or Authority?”
Shabbat Sermons: "Happiness Is Acceptance"
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:4
Sukkot Teaching Day 2 5783
Sukkot Sermon: "Why Marking Time Matters"
Shabbat Teaching: "The Heart of Our Matter"
Shabbat Teaching: "Siyyum for Tractate Bava Kamma”
Shabbat Sermon: “Forever Letter: The Life You Write.”
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Yom Kippur Sermon: "Fully Present: Living our Past"
Yom Kippur Sermon: "The Holiness and Health of Chosen Suffering"
Shabbat Learning: "I Have Only These Festivals"
Shabbat Sermon: "When You’re Not In Patagonia: Connections, Community and the Power of the Communal Experience"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: " What Is “This” For You"
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Rewind: Be Kind"
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: “Hold Your Ideas—Lightly”
Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Breaking The Binary"
Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon: "Last Breaths and New Commitments"
Shabbat Learning: "How We Might Merit to Live Another Year."
Shabbat Sermon: "Standing Together Against Hunger?"
Elul Learning Series 2022: Spiritual Poetic Expressions of the High Holiday Mahzor - Class 6
Elul Learning Series 2022: Back to Basics of Being a Gabbai Spotter - Class 3
Siddur Class #96 - Shir Shel Yom - Part 3
Elul Learning Series 2022: Back to Basics of Israel
Elul Learning Series 2022: The High Holy Days Themselves - Why and What
Shabbat Teaching: Preparing for Selichot: A Study of Piyyutim
Shabbat Sermon: 13 Reasons to Appreciate Psalm 27
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Elul Learning Series 2022: Spiritual Poetic Expressions of the High Holiday Mahzor - Class 5
Reversing The Past - Hama'alot Teaching
Elul Learning Series 2022: Always Be Humble And Kind
Siddur Class #95 - Shir Shel Yom - Part 2
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Elul Learning Series 2022: Storytelling, Friendship, and Bridge Building - Strengthening Our Diverse Community Within TBA
Elul Learning Series 2022: The Poetry of Grief - Finding Comfort and Healing Through Verse
Elul Learning Series 2022: Spiritual Poetic Expressions of the High Holiday Mahzor - Class 4
Elul Learning Series 2022: Back to Basics of Being a Gabbai Spotter - Class 2
Elul Learning Series 2022: Personal Prep For The High Holy Days
Elul Learning Series 2022: Back to Basics of Prayer
Shabbat Teaching: Shabbat Afternoon Parsha Study Parshat Ki Tetze, 2022
Shabbat Sermon: "The Judge In Those Times"
Meditation and Mindfulness with Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Elul Learning Series 2022: Spiritual Poetic Expressions of the High Holiday Mahzor - Class 3
Elul Learning Series 2022: Back to Basics of Journal Writing
Elul Learning Series 2022: Back to Basics of Being a Gabbai Spotter - Class 1
Rashi Class: Shemot/Exodus 6:3
Siddur Class #94 - Shir Shel Yom - Part 1
Elul Learning Series 2022: Back to Basics - Jewish Views vs. American & Christian Thought
Shabbat Teaching: Shoftim Seudah Shlishit 2022
Shabbat Teaching: "What Does It Mean To Be A Child Of God?"
Elul Learning Series 2022: Spiritual Poetic Expressions of the High Holiday Mahzor - Class 2
Elul Learning Series 2022: Spiritual Poetic Expressions of the High Holiday Mahzor - Class 1
Shabbat Teaching: Parshat Re'eh | Seudah Sh'lishit 5782