by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky | Dec 13, 2025 | Sermon, Shabbat
How do we respond when our world falls apart? Earlier this week I and many members of our community had the opportunity to hear Eli Sharabi speak. Eli is a member of Kibbutz Be’eri who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7th, and was released on February 8, 2025,...
by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky | Nov 22, 2025 | Sermon, Shabbat
To say that I was lost would have been an understatement. I wandered through the narrow alleys and winding streets of Jerusalem in search of the Belz Yeshiva, the school of the large Hassidic dynasty from the Ukraine, which was famous for its music. I was told that...
by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky | Nov 8, 2025 | Sermon, Shabbat
Shabbat shalom. So I know we’re getting close to the Mendoza line here, which is what my old Rabbi used to call when it gets close to 12pm but I feel like I can’t make it through our Shabbat morning service if we don’t take a little time to talk...
by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky | Oct 25, 2025 | Sermon, Shabbat
הִנֵּה הֵם בָּאִים יָמִים שֶׁל שֶׁקֶט – אַחֲרֵי הָרַעַשׁ הַגָּדוֹל וְהַנּוֹרָא אֶפְשָׁר לָנוּחַ קְצָת עַל הַמִּרְפֶּסֶת – וְלֶאֱסֹף אֶת שִׁבְרֵי הַסְּעָרָה הִנֵּה הֵם בָּאִים יָמִים שֶׁל שֶׁקֶט – כְּבָר שָׁכַחְתִּי אֵיךְ שֶׁהֵם נִרְאִים אֶפְשָׁר...
by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky | Oct 11, 2025 | High Holidays, Sermon, Shabbat
Sam Glaser Uvnei Yerushalayim Story (טז) שָׁל֣וֹשׁ פְּעָמִ֣ים ׀ בַּשָּׁנָ֡ה יֵרָאֶ֨ה כל־זְכוּרְךָ֜ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י ׀ ה’ אֱלֹקֶ֗יךָ בַּמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִבְחָ֔ר בְּחַ֧ג הַמַּצּ֛וֹת וּבְחַ֥ג הַשָּׁבֻע֖וֹת וּבְחַ֣ג הַסֻּכּ֑וֹת וְלֹ֧א יֵרָאֶ֛ה אֶת־פְּנֵ֥י ה’...
