HeyJaredFrom the Bimah: Jewish Lessons for Life
Bringing weekly Jewish insights into your life. Join Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz, Rabbi Michelle Robinson and Rav-Hazzan Aliza Berger of Temple Emanuel in Newton, MA as they share modern ancient wisdom.
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Shabbat Sermon: Where Do We Find God? with Guest Speaker Rabbi Israel de la Piedra (opens the original)
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Such an important question, “where is God?” It seems so basic, yet do we ever stop to ask ourselves this question? Probably only rarely, if at all. It must be at the same time the most basic of questions yet the one question we never really ask ourselves. We think we know the answer to the question. But do we ever think about it? Is God everywhere? Is God’s presence something that is unrelated to what we do or not do? Can we help bring God’s Presence to dwell among us? If so, what can we do? Abo
Shabbat Sermon with Rabbi Aliza Berger (opens the original)
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August 15, 2026
Shabbat Sermon: Food for Thought: Why Does Judaism Care So Much About Food? with Guest Speaker Rabbi Sonia Saltzman (opens the original)
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This week’s Torah portion offers us a list of forbidden and permissible foods, but Jewish tradition challenges us to look beyond what we eat and ask deeper questions about desire and limits, physical and spiritual hunger, gratitude and abundance, joy and responsibility. Join Rabbi Saltzman as we explore three powerful Torah stories: the forbidden fruit in Eden, manna in the wilderness, and the milk and honey of the Promised Land. What can these stories teach us about what it means to eat—and to
Shabbat Sermon: What Is Your Life For? with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz (opens the original)
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When we are inthe midst of our Bar and Bat Mitzvah season, our clergy team meets with the teen whose big day is coming up that Shabbat. We often ask some version of this question: As you are about to begin your Jewish adulthood, tell us some of your dreams. What do you want to do when you grow older? Who do you want to become? Appropriately enough, most often the answer is: huh? What? What did you say? They look attheir parents, who always say the same thing. "Don't look at us. Look at the rabbi
Shabbat Sermon: The Spirituality of Welcoming with Head Usher Rick Thau (opens the original)
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Welcoming is an essential part of the Jewish tradition and a key to spirituality. I’ll discuss my take on how I and so many others at Temple Emanuel work to create a welcoming – a hamish – community for our congregants and all who enter the shul. I’ll look at Genesis 18 – what I’ve always considered the “ushers’ parsha – and Abraham’s response to seeing three angels outside his tent. A central theme will be one espoused by Rabbi Gardenswartz and others – that God lives in the space between us an
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