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...
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...
