Rabbi Steinhardt’s Sermons

Parsha Vayechi 5780 - January 10, 2020 Parshat Vayechi concludes the Book of Breishit. Vayechi means “and he lived.” It is about the conclusion of the life of Jacob/Israel. It contains the famous Birkat Yaakov, Jacob’s...

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Hanukah (Mikketz) 5780 December 28, 2019   Shabbat Shalom – Hanukah Sameach.   Oh Hanukah – Oh Hanukah! Have you noticed that more people are hooked into this Hanukah story and celebration then we have seen in the past?...

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Parsha Shemot 5780 - January 18, 2020  The timelessness of the narratives of the Torah is remarkable. The Book of Shemot which we read this morning has influenced and continues to influence not only our people...

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Dostoyevsky once famously wrote that happy people all seem happy in the same way, but people who suffer all suffer in their own unique way. As a rabbi, I have seen some truth in this....

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Shanah Tovah! A good new year to all of you.  What does it mean that it is a new year in a religious tradition such as ours? I don’t know of any other culture that has such solemnity...

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How quickly time passes!  It is hard to believe, already a new year. Time – what a gift!  Yet there is a frequent companion to time.  I think with Judaism time is one of...

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