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Debbie Friedman & Abraham
Lech Lecha Drash by Mat Sgan
Go Forth! Genesis 12:1-17:27 Debbie Friedman
Lech L’cha (LL) to a land that I will show you
LL to a place you do not know-
LL On your journey I will bless you and… Continue reading
Reʻeh Drash
by Fran Margulies
Seeing is believing! SEE!, not the usual
Shmah, “Listen! Hear! ”“Shmah Yisrael!” is our
more familiar imperative because God in our
tradition is often described as only a voice,
heard, FELT, but never seen.
Moses too wanted… Continue reading
Sof Drashes 2024
Naso Drash
by Daniel Koster
July 2024
When I was growing up in the shtetl of Anatevka, Florida, the Rabbi used to go everywhere by bike. One day he came to me and cried, “Daniel, my bike has been stolen!”… Continue reading
Rosh Chodesh Av Drash
by Megan Moore
I would like to preface by honoring two people today. First, let me thank Alice Lachman, who went to great lengths to give me resources for the themes of the month of Av. Second, I would like… Continue reading
Parshah Hukkat Drash
Drash given by David Haymer on July 13, 2024
Parshah Hukkat
The name for this Parshah is often translated as “laws” or “decrees”. According to
Richard Friedman’s commentary on the Torah, this Parshah can be viewed as an elaboration of… Continue reading
Sof Drashes 2023
The Rest is Commentary
January 2023
Vayera Drash by Alexander Fellman
וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק יְהוָה֙ אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה
But Hashem hardened pharaoh’s heart.
There is a concept among Christians called the unforgivable sin, the sin that God will never allow repentance for.… Continue reading
Sof Drashes 2022
Ki Tissa—Drash by Sid Goldstein
February 2022
Shabbat Shalom
Exodus 4 :10
Moses said to the lord. “I have never been a man of words, either in times past or now. I am slow of speech and slow of… Continue reading
Foul Mixtures and Fools
Sotah Drash by Stan Satz
Naso: Numbers 4:21-7:89
Numbers 5:11-31 contains the distasteful sotah ritual instigated by a husband who is convinced, even though there are no witnesses, that his wife has been unfaithful to him. Sotah means… Continue reading
Recent Sof Drashes
Shabbat HaGadol & Story
May 4, 2022
Drash by Reb Daniel Lev
According to the great scholar of the Jewish Time-Cycle, Reb Eliyahu KiTov,
For as long as the days of the Tanna’im and Amora’im, it has been customary in… Continue reading
Sof Drashes
Gut Yontif – Yom Kippur Drash
October 1, 2021
By Alex Golub
The High Holy Days are a time of teshuvah. Between the beginning of Rosh Hashanah and the end of Yom Kippur we hope to have improved. And yet,… Continue reading
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