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Ki Tavo: Torah That Lights a Fire

by Rabbi Mimi Micner
[The Torah] asks us to take seriously our power and ability to create change. It asks us to get off the couch, and to use the best of our spiritual and political wisdom to challenge the injustice of our time and transform the world.
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El Malei Rachamim

by Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld
In the wake of the events of October 7, 2023, many of us in the global Jewish community have found ourselves longing for liturgical language to speak to the sense of loss, hopelessness, and heartbreak we have felt over the past year. The following words are an adaptation of El Malei Rachamim (“God full of compassion”), a prayer traditionally recited over the dead at funerals and during Yizkor on Yom Kippur, created by Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, President of Hebrew College.
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Ki Tetze: Honoring Creation & Being Good Allies

by Rabbi Francine Roston
Our needs are not always primary. In fact, to be a good ally and a good steward of Creation, we must put the needs of others ahead of our own.
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Shoftim: The Imperfection of Justice

by Rabbi Jessica Lowenthal
We all must work towards a more just society, understanding and accepting that we will never attain perfection.
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Re’eh: Are We a People Chosen by God?

by Rabbi Robert Tabak
Yeshayahu Leibowitz wrote, “The uniqueness of the People Israel is not a fact; it is a task. The holiness of Israel is not a reality but a role.” If Jews are to express some sense of being “treasured,” we need new religious perspectives recognizing everyone as created in God’s image.
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High Holiday Resources for 5785

We offer these texts, sermon ideas, articles, talking points, and insights about the Israel-Hamas war and its reverberating effects to make it a little easier to meet the needs of your community at a tremendously difficult time. 
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Ekev: When Our Leaders Gaslight Us

by Rabbi David Chapman
The world becomes more dangerous when leaders cannot be trusted and incontrovertible facts are subject to manipulation. Our responsibility, both as leaders and as citizens who elect them, is to value accountability.
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VaEt’chanan: Al HaMar VeHamatok: For These Things I Weep

by Rabbi Maya Zinkow
We are not just meant to see the good land, but the whole of it, even what is hard to look at. And when we witness injustice, bitterness, and badness, we are meant to take up the sacred task of picking up the shattered pieces of destruction and building something good, building something worth gazing upon.
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Devarim: Moses’ Opening Rebuke: Choose Your Leaders Wisely

by Rabbi Suzie Jacobson
As we travel into the unknown wilderness of our shared future, may we clearly articulate what we need from our leadership and insist that we be led by wisdom, capable experience, and the commitment to equity for all.
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Together Toward Redemption: Matot-Masei and the Nine Days

by Emily Bell
The necessary work of teshuva cannot be completed by one individual alone. Rather, our mandate to uphold God’s name “in truth, in justice and in righteousness” can only be achieved through collective action.
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