Sermons: Rabbi Feinstein
Breshit
Breshit
Genesis 1:1 - 6:8
by Rabbi Edward Feinstein
Va'yishlach
Va'yishlach Decency:
Yitro
Yitro
EXODUS 18:1 - 20:23
by Rabbi Edward Feinstein
Once a stranger approached Hillel and Shammai, the great sages of the first century, with a request: "Teach me the Torah while I stand on one foot."
Lech Lecha
Lech Lecha
Genesis 12:1 - 17:27
by Rabbi Edward Feinstein
Vayigash
Vayigash
Genesis 44:18 - 47:27
by Rabbi Edward Feinstein
Mishpatim
Mishpatim
Promised land. Berel asked Shmerel, "How do you feel?" "My feet hurt," he replied. "My feet hurt too. What's all this about a Promised Land? My feet hurt in Egypt, my feet hurt here!"
Vayera
Vayera
Genesis 18:1 - 22:24
by Rabbi Edward Feinstein
Dearest Sarah,
The boy is alive. Shaken -- we both are. But alive. I've sent him home to you in Kiryat Arba. I'll remain here in Beer Sheba. I need some time alone to think things through.
Vayikra
Vayikra
Leviticus 1 - 5
Rabbi Ed Feinstein
Terumah
Terumah
TERUMAHs life we acquire is emptied of life and spirit -- remote, removed, and alien. But should we encounter a community of friends, should ritual become poetry, should we find song and celebration, then a different sense of the sacred prevails.
Vayikra
Vayikra
Leviticus 1 - 5
Rabbi Edward Feinstein