by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky | Oct 4, 2025 | Sermon, Shabbat
פִּתְאוֹם קָם אָדָם בַּבֹּקֶר וּמַרְגִּישׁ כִּי הוּא עַם וּמַתְחִיל לָלֶכֶת, וּלְכָל הַנִּפְגָּשׁ בְּדַרְכּוֹ קוֹרֵא הוּא שָׁלוֹם. Suddenly a man wakes up in the morning He feels he is a nation and begins to walk And to all he meets on his way he calls out...
by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky | Oct 2, 2025 | High Holidays, Sermon
Avi: Hey, who died? [Shira] Uh… Still Mom. I’m trying to remember that sort of good casserole Mom made. I have to bring an entree to a potluck. Avi: Maybe it was a mushroom casserole? [Shira] No, she made mushroom knishes. I don’t wanna deal with the...
by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky | Oct 1, 2025 | High Holidays, Sermon
Long ago in a faraway village, a water carrier had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole he carried across his shoulders. One of the pots was perfect, but the other had a crack in it. Each day, the man walked to the stream, filled both pots with water, and...
by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky | Sep 24, 2025 | High Holidays, Sermon
“Paradoxically, Israel, which unites Jews from the four corners of the world, is the most vivid demonstration of how divided and estranged from one another we are. We prayed to be reunited with our scattered brethren – without realizing how different we had...
by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky | Sep 23, 2025 | High Holidays, Sermon
In the beginning, there was nothing. Nothing but the silence of an infinite darkness. But the breath of the creator fluttered against the face of the void, whispering, let there be light. And light was. And it was good. The first day. And then the formless light began...
