Some of Rabbi Betsy’s and Members’ Sermons
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