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Kindness and Righteousness
Noah Drash by Stan Satz
We are told in Genesis that because Noah is a righteous man, he and his family will be spared the devastating flood that will wipe out everyone else, those depraved wretches for whom God has… Continue reading
Fear and Diplomacy
Balak Drash by Beatriz Aguirre Haymer
August 2025
Shabbat shalom:
In last week’s parsha we saw Am Israel’s leadership changing as the people prepare to enter the land promised to our avot Avraham, Yitzhak and Ya’acov. This transition… Continue reading
Sof Drashes 2025
From Mourning to Awakening
The Journey from Tisha B’Av to Elul
by Rabbi Emily Cobert, friend of Sof Congregational President Sandra Z. Armstrong
August 2025
Each year, the Jewish calendar invites us into a rhythm of mindfulness, marked by moments… Continue reading
Sof Drashes 2024
From Folk Tales, History
January 2024
Parasha Miketz Drash by Robert J. Littman
The Torah is a sacred history of the Jewish people from the patriarch Abraham down through the death of Moses. It is a family history of the… 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
Sof Drashes 2021-2022
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 2020 – 2021
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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