Some of Rabbi Betsy’s and Members’ Sermons

Vayera 5785: See Me

Noach 5785: Find Your Tzohar

Yom Kippur (day) 5785: On Israel this Yom Kippur

Kol Nidrei 5785: Release and Joy

Shabbat Shuvah 5785: Creativity - By Madeline Tyner Freimuth

Rosh Hashaah (day) 5785: Real Hope

Erev Rosh Hashanah 5785: Tears and Joy

Seventh Day Pesach 2024: Oppressor, Oppression: We Should Really Talk

First Day Pesach 2024: Heart Smart

Shabbat March 30, 2024: Making Space (Tzav)

Shabbat March 9, 2024: Let’s Spin Some Goats (Vayekhel)

Shabbat February 17, 2024: Cozy in the Mishkan (T’rumah)

Shabbat January 6, 2024: We Don’t Belong in Egypt (Sh’mot)

Shabbat December 23, 2023: Learning To Be Our Siblings’ Keepers (Vayigash)

Shabbat December 9, 2023: In the Field (Vayeishev, deals with Israel)

Solidarity Shabbat October 28, 2023: In This Moment

Shabbat October 14, 2023: One Heart

Shabbat Sh’mini Atzeret (Yizkor) 5784: To Feel What We Need

Yom Kippur (day) 5784: Wondering About

Erev Yom Kippur 5784: On Being Spiritual/Religious

Shabbat Shuvah 5784: Why Do We Jew in the Ways that We Do?

Rosh HaShanah 5784: Israel Wrestling

Erev Rosh HaShanah 5784: Another Take

Shabbat Hol HaMoed Pesach 5783: Aviv in its Season, Greening Our Corner of the World

Shabbat April 1, 2023: Free To Be (Tzav & Shabbat HaGadol)

Shabbat February 25, 2023: You’re My Angel Baby (Terumah)

Shabbat November 26, 2022: Calling Out to God From Maybe (Toldot)

Shabbat October 30, 2022: The Peril of Unity (Noach)

Yom Kippur day 5783: We Are Not Sheep

Erev Yom Kippur 5783: I Believe in You

Erev Rosh Hashanah 5783: Avraham’s Faith and Sarah’s Faith

Shabbat August 6, 2022: Eicha—How Did We Get Here? (D’varim)

Shabbat July 30, 2022: We Don’t Cancel Torah (Mattot-Massei)

Shabbat June 11, 2022: The Space Between Far and Near (Naso)

Shabbat April 2, 2022: Chametz Riddance (Shabbat HaChodesh)

Shabbat Feb. 26, 2022: The Head and the Heart (Vayakhel)

Shabbat Feb. 12, 2022: Dress With Success (Tetzaveh)

Shabbat Feb. 5, 2022: That Good Feeling (Terumah)

Shabbat Jan. 29, 2022: Do, Listen, Repeat. (Mishpatim)

Shabbat Nov. 7, 2021: Filling Wells (Toldot)

Yom Kippur Yizkor 5782: Perceiving in Rubble

Kol Nidrei 5782: How Did I Get Here?

Rosh HaShanah 5782: Hayom Harat Olam

Erev Rosh HaShanah 5782: My Sovereign, My Self: A Nosidam Tale

Shabbat May 10, 2021: In the Wilderness (B’midbar)

Shabbat March 20, 2021: Doing Difficult Things (Vayikra)

Shabbat February 6, 2021: To Be Commanded (Yitro)

Shabbat Shalom Letters 12/11/20, 12/18/20, 01/01/21, 01/08/21

Shabbat Shalom Letters 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4

Shabbat November 21, 2021: On Being Yaacov and Esav (Toldot)

Shabbat October 24, 2021: Better than Right (Noah)

Shabbat Yom Tov Sh’mini Atzeret 10/10/20: Stay.

Shabbat Yom Tov Sukkot September 3: Take a Lulav

Yom Kippur Morning (Yizkor): We Are Here

Rosh Hashanah Morning (Day 1), 2021: The Abyss, the Shard, and the Song

Shabbat Shalom letters 8/14, 8/21, 8/28, 9/4

Still Safer At Home Shabbat Letters 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17

Matt Banks’ Erev Shabbat D’var, June 12: B’ha’alot’cha

Gradually Re-Opening Shabbat Letters 5/22, 6//5, 6/12, 6/19

Shabbat June 13: Time to Step Up (B’ha’alot’cha)

“Safer at Home” Shabbat Letters 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, & 5/15.2020

“Safer at Home” Shabbat Letters 3/20, 3/27, 4/3, & 4/17/2020

Shabbat March 21: How We Gather (Vayakhel/P’kudei)

Shabbatot February 22 through March 14, 2020 (List of what happened on those dates)

Shabbat February 15, 2020: Freedom and Covenant (Yitro)

Shabbat February 8, 2020: The Song and the Truth of Our Lives (B’shallach)

Shabbat February 1, 2020: Darkness (Bo)

Shabbat January 25, 2020: Words and Things (Va’era)

Shabbat January 18, 2020: Names Still Matter (Sh’mot)

Shabbat January 3, 2020: Come Close (Vayigash)

Shabbat December 21, 2019: I Wanna Hear a Heartbeat (Vayeishev)

Shabbat October 26, 2019: Hope on a Raft (B’reishit)

Shmini Atzeret 5780 Yizkor, Oct. 21, 2019: Love and Memory

Shabbat Chol HaMoed Sukkot, Oct. 19, 2019: Where Blessing Begins

Yom Kippur (day) 5780: Divine Connection

Kol Nidrei 5780: Toward Forgiveness

Shabbat Shuvah 5780- Outer Work and Inner Work (Vayeilech)

Rosh HaShanah I 5780: Torah is My Delight

Erev Rosh HaShanah 5780: My Beloved Knocks

Shabbat September 27, 2019- Heaven and Earth (Nitzavim)

Shabbat September 20, 2019- Where is God? (Ki Tavo)

Shabbat September 13, 2019- Slippery Slopes (Ki Teitzei)

Shabbat September 6, 2019- From Despair to Hope (Shoftim)

Shabbat March 30, 2019- Holey Holy Humans (Sh’mini)

Shabbat: March 2, 2019- Top Priority: Not To Do, But to Be (Vayakhel)

Shabbat February 23, 2019- Missing the Signs (Ki Tissa)

Shabbat: January 5, 2019- Make Some Noise (Va’era)

Shabbat: December 22, 2018- Teach Your Children Well (Vayechi)

Shabbat- November 25, 2018- What is Your Name? (Vayishlach)

Shabbat- November 10, 2018- Bob Skloot’s D’var on Kristallnacht and Genocide

Shabbat- October 27, 2018- Testing, Testing (Vayera)

Shabbat- October 12, 2018- On Being Righteous (Noach)

Shabbat- September 1, 2018- Blessings and Curses (Ki Tavo)

Shabbat- August 26, 2018- The Speaking Spirit (Ki Teitzei)

Shabbat - August 4, 2018 - Eikev- Let's Get Physical

Shabbat - July 28, 2018 - Va'Etchanan- Under the Mountain