by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky | Jan 17, 2026 | Sermon, Shabbat
Before we recite the prayer for our country I wanted to just take a moment to share one more insight from our parsha this morning. Moses, one of the greatest speakers and leaders of our generation, calls himself an arel sefatayim, which we usually translate as a...
by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky | Jan 10, 2026 | Sermon, Shabbat
We have concluded the book of Genesis, and with it the stories of our original ancestors, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. A group of people, strangers, immigrants, becomes too numerous in their new country of residence, and so the ruling power seeks to enslave...
by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky | Dec 20, 2025 | Sermon, Shabbat
Order from chaos. The world is filled with chaos. It has been from the very beginning. We read in the very beginning of the Torah, v’ha’aretz haita tohu vavohu v’chosech al pnei tehom – the land was filled with chaos and there was darkness on the face of the...
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...
