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The Courage, Resilience, and Hope Found in the Waiting Room
Reform
· 2026-10-16
· New York
· Central Synagogue New York - Predigten
Eine Predigt verbindet biblische Motive mit der persönlichen IVF-Erfahrung, um Mut, Gemeinschaft und Hoffnung im Wartezimmer des Leidens zu thematisieren.
Hope · Patience · Community
— text from the website
Siman Tov: Making Sense of the Coincidental and Beyond
Reform
· 2026-10-09
· New York
· Central Synagogue New York - Predigten
A rabbi argues for receiving apparent coincidences as open signs without turning them into divination, and measuring them against the values of the Torah.
Gratitude · Humility · Community
— text from the website
The Installation of Rabbi Rebecca Thau
Reform
· 2026-09-25
· New York
· Central Synagogue New York - Predigten
Website template of the Central Synagogue announcing an installation sermon without an actual sermon text.
Community · Justice
— text from the website
The Future Has An Ancient Heart (Yom Kippur 5787)
Reform
· 2026-09-21
· New York
· Central Synagogue New York - Predigten
A Yom Kippur sermon on naming children after ancestors as a bridge between past and future, celebrating names as vessels of love and remembrance.
Community · Hope · Gratitude
— text from the website
This is What I Will Do (Yom Kippur 5787)
Reform
· 2026-09-21
· New York
· Central Synagogue New York - Predigten
A Yom Kippur sermon that presents the public display of grief as a communal practice and a divine model.
Community · Care · Truthfulness
— text from the website
America Belongs to Us All (Yom Kippur 5787)
Reform
· 2026-09-21
· New York
· Central Synagogue New York - Predigten
A Jewish sermon warns against Christian supremacism as a pillar of American antisemitism and calls for the defense of the separation of church and state.
Justice · Community · Truthfulness
— text from the website
Claiming Zionism
Reform
· 2026-09-21
· New York
· Central Synagogue New York - Predigten
Rabbi Buchdahl calls for understanding and defending Zionism as a right to Jewish self-determination rather than as political party affiliation.
Community · Justice · Responsibility
— text from the website
The Way Down the Mountain (Rosh HaShanah 5787)
Reform
· 2026-09-15
· New York
· Central Synagogue New York - Predigten
A rabbi reads the Akedah narrative as a call to actively practice empathy and recognition toward the injured party after wrongdoing.
Repentance · Community · Responsibility
— text from the website
God Bless America: America at 250 (Erev Rosh HaShanah 5787)
Reform
· 2026-09-15
· New York
· Central Synagogue New York - Predigten
A Jewish sermon for the 250th anniversary of the United States, which understands religious community as the foundation of democracy and calls for cohesion despite polarization.
Community · Gratitude · Responsibility
— text from the website
I'm Still Standing
Reform
· 2026-09-04
· New York
· Central Synagogue New York - Predigten
The text uses the repetition of 'today' in the Torah as a call to actively choose life anew despite past mistakes.
Repentance · Hope · Truthfulness
— text from the website
Remarks from Governor Kathy Hochul
Reform
· 2026-08-28
· New York
· Central Synagogue New York - Predigten
Website of the Central Synagogue with navigation menus, announcements of dates for Rosh Hashanah, and references to sermons, without theological content.
Community · Knowledge
— text from the website
Remarks from Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch
Reform
· 2026-08-21
· New York
· Central Synagogue New York - Predigten
The text is a navigation page of the Central Synagogue, listing services, programs, and the announcement of livestreams for Rosh Hashanah 2026.
Community · Responsibility
— text from the website
BERESCHIT
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
The text derives human freedom, moral discernment, and social responsibility from the Eden narrative.
Responsibility · Community · Knowledge
— text from the website
BESCHALACH
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
A rabbinical exposition of Beshalach that uses the reversal of time, day, and night as an image for how inner hardenings can be transformed into strengths.
Hope · Repentance · Community
— text from the website
General Rabbinical Conference
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
The text warns against the absolutization of human authorities by reading the Ten Commandments relationally and citing the Nazi Volkstestament as an example of dangerous 'gods'.
Truthfulness · Humility · Knowledge
— text from the website
MISCHPATIM
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
The text interprets the angel who goes before the people as knowledge of one's own survival and encourages understanding change as something carried and supported.
Hope · Humility · Community
— text from the website
General Conference of Rabbis
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
A rabbi reflects on the advantages and disadvantages of the German community tax in comparison to donation-funded congregations and asks about the freedom of the gift.
Community · Justice · Responsibility
— text from the website
General Conference of Rabbis
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
The text transfers the Torah principle of priestly clothing to contemporary Jewish practice and emphasizes the significance of conscious clothing choices for prayer and Shabbat.
Responsibility · Community · Humility
— text from the website
KI TISSA
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
The text interprets the Golden Calf as a warning against the loss of leadership and responsibility in modern crises.
Responsibility · Community · Knowledge
— text from the website
General Conference of Rabbis
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
The text derives from the graduated sin-offering regulations of the Torah the principle that financial relief does not cancel responsibility but only adjusts the burden.
Justice · Responsibility · Truthfulness
— text from the website
General Conference of Rabbis
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
A Shabbat sermon that allegorically interprets the prohibition of leaven in the Temple as the subduing of the ego and calls for humility before that which is greater.
Humility · Repentance · Knowledge
— text from the website
SCHEMINI
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
A rabbinic interpretation of the deaths of Nadav and Avihu, presenting various readings and deriving comfort for the present from the tradition.
Knowledge · Hope · Humility
— text from the website
ACHAREI MOT - KEDOSCHIM
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
Holiness is not an inheritance but is achieved through repentant return and sincere good deeds; God recognizes the true worth of a person despite their sins.
Repentance · Community · Responsibility
— text from the website
General Conference of Rabbis
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
Festivals and commemorative days serve the cohesion of the Jewish people, from the biblical pilgrimage festivals to the modern commemorative days for the Shoah, the fallen, and the founding of the state.
Community · Hope
— text from the website
BEHAR - BECHUKOTAI
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
A rabbinical exposition of biblical poverty laws that applies them to modern labour exploitation and social inequality and calls for ethical responsibility.
Justice · Care · Knowledge
— text from the website
BAMIDBAR
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
The desert is ambivalent in the Jewish tradition: a place of punishment and of pure relationship with God, but always only a waystation on the road to the land of culture.
Community · Patience · Knowledge
— text from the website
General Conference of Rabbis
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
The Aaronic Priestly Blessing is presented as a simple, everyday religious experience that offers comfort and peace even without words or knowledge.
Community · Hope · Humility
— text from the website
BEHA'ALOTCHA
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
The text advocates for unconditional compassion toward the sick rather than for assigning blame or offering theological interpretations of suffering.
Mercy · Care · Community
— text from the website
SCHELACH LECHA
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
The text asks, on the basis of the commandment of the tzitzit, whether ethics comes from faith or from one's own moral sensibility, and argues for inner motivation rather than coerced obedience.
Responsibility · Knowledge · Repentance
— text from the website
General Conference of Rabbis
Reform
· Datum unbekannt
· Berlin
· Allgemeine Rabbinerkonferenz – Paraschat HaSchawua
The text reads the Parashat Korach as a warning against populism and calls for a political culture that constructively supports those in positions of responsibility.
Community · Responsibility · Humility
— text from the website
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