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  • Bemidbar Mini Drashes - by Donald Armstrong Because we have a speaker after my drash who will give us a fifteen-minute refresher presentation on what to do and not do in the event of an […]
  • Sof Picture Album - Sof Does Shavuot Images and text by Anie Warshawsky Dovening at the home of Gale and Arnie’s home for Shavuot was an inside/outside experience for Sof Maʻarav congregants. Services were […]
  • Sof Drashes 2026 - Commandments & Literacy Drash by Robert Littman April 2026 Most of us have seen at some time the Cecil B DeMille movie The Ten Commandments, with Charlton Heston as Moses. […]
  • Jewish History and Archaeology - by Robert J Littman, M.Litt., Ph.D. A Look at the Man Moses February 2026 The figure of Moses represents two main traditions; one is the Prince of Egypt, and the […]
  • Tzav and the Infinite - A Shabbat HaGadol Drash Rabbi Daniel Lev (3/28/2026 Sof Drash)   I almost never do this but I just have to share with you a joke I heard about Moses […]
  • Jacob, Trauma, and Kvetching - Vayigash Drash by Stan Satz March 2026  Gen 44:18-47:27 Jacob and Pharaoh In our reading from Genesis, Pharaoh, when he meets Jacob, curiously asks the last of our Patriarchs to […]
  • Sof Drashes 2025 - Avraham as Leader Drash on Parashah Vayeira by David Haymer December 2025 Until very recently, my wife and I participated with a very diverse Torah study group made of both […]
  • Sof Community Events - Sof Book Group with Carolann Biederman Group members have submitted potential books for the book group to read in 2026. Carolann will put the list together and it will be […]
  • Sof Community Events - Upcoming Israeli Dance Honolulu via Fran Margulies Aloha Dancers, Our schedule for the rest of the year is shown below and on our website. Donations are accepted ($10 is suggested) but […]
  • Who Was Asenath Barazani? - Used with permission from My Jewish Learning, by Renee Melamaad Aenath Barazani (also known as Osnat or Asnat Barazani) was a highly educated Torah scholar in late 16th and early […]
  • High Holy Day Services - 5786 (2025) High Holy Days Services at Congregation Sof Maʻarav   Rosh Hashanah Services Monday, Sept. 22 7:30pm – 8:30pm Dessert Potluck after services/bring apple slices and honey, too!   […]
  • Sof Maʻarav Annual Membership Dues Invoice (2025-2026) - 5786 Congregation Sof Maʻarav c/o Robert Littman, P.O. Box 10850, Honolulu, HI 96816  checks payable to CONGREGATION SOF MA’ARAV or on PAYPAL at WWW.SOFMAARAV.ORG PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS-WE ARE […]
  • Congregation Sof Ma’arav Slate of Officers, Board Members, Committee Chairpersons - Congregation Sof Maʻarav Slate of Officers, Board Members, Committee Chairpersons Annual Membership Meeting on 6/1/2025 Officers: President: Sandra Armstrong Vice President: Morris Rabinko Treasurer: Robert Littman Recording Secretary: Kate Lingley […]
  • Sof History from Mat Sgan - Sof Honors Mat Sgan On Saturday, June 16, Sof celebrated the books produced by longtime member Mat Sgan. An oneg was held in Mat’s honor and his authorial accomplishments celebrated. […]
  • Presidential Remarks from the Annual Membership Meeting - June 1, 2025 by Sandra Z. Armstrong Summing up the last year, Sof Ma’arav has a common theme of respect combined with gratitude and “full on ruach” each and every […]

Sof Drashes

  • Bemidbar Mini Drashes - by Donald Armstrong Because we have a speaker after my drash who will give us a fifteen-minute refresher presentation on what to do and not do in the event of an […]
  • Sof Drashes 2026 - Commandments & Literacy Drash by Robert Littman April 2026 Most of us have seen at some time the Cecil B DeMille movie The Ten Commandments, with Charlton Heston as Moses. […]
  • Tzav and the Infinite - A Shabbat HaGadol Drash Rabbi Daniel Lev (3/28/2026 Sof Drash)   I almost never do this but I just have to share with you a joke I heard about Moses […]
  • Jacob, Trauma, and Kvetching - Vayigash Drash by Stan Satz March 2026  Gen 44:18-47:27 Jacob and Pharaoh In our reading from Genesis, Pharaoh, when he meets Jacob, curiously asks the last of our Patriarchs to […]
  • Sof Drashes 2025 - Avraham as Leader Drash on Parashah Vayeira by David Haymer December 2025 Until very recently, my wife and I participated with a very diverse Torah study group made of both […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]