Rabbi Alan Berg discusses moving into the month of Cheshvan as we start reading the Torah anew at the first parsha of the book of Genesis, Bershit. We have just completed sukkot and we review our experience of the Sukkah with the Religious School. We also tie in the ethical considerations of Bereshit with the studies of Perkei Avot and Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Prophets. The sound quality suffered from a microphone error, but we have faith you will still gain benefit from listening!

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Cheshvan 2018 with Rabbi Berg and Jeanell

Rabbi Alan Berg and Jeanell Innerarity, MA, discuss the themes of the month of Kislev--Chanukkah, Dreams, and emerging into the miracle of the light even as the days become darker. Rabbi tells important stories about his experience as a Jew in America, and reminds listeners to attend the Interfaith Gratitude Service on Nov 15th.

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Kislev 2018 with Rabbi Berg and Jeanell

Rabbi Alan Berg and Jeanell discuss the month of Tevet and its Torah portions. They cover everything from Chanukah to Jewish meditation, from totalitarianism to proper use of power, from the Torah portions to the choosing of a wise teacher, and from Hannah Arendt to musical history.

Tevet 2018 with Rabbi Berg and Jeanell

Rabbi Alan Berg and Jeanell Innerarity, MA discuss the Book of Exodus passages which occur during the month of Shevat; Martin Luther King, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and the Civil Rights Movement; and the holiday of Tu b'shvat, the birthday of the trees.

Shevat 2019 with Rabbi Berg and Jeanell

Rabbi Berg and Jeanell discuss the "extra" month of Adar which appears this year in the Hebrew calendar leap year. Rabbi Berg connects the early work of Bob Dylan and the theme of yearning to our current Torah portions, and we discuss how the ancient practice of sacrifice has morphed into the practice of prayer to meet our spiritual yearning.

Adar I 2019 Rabbi Berg and Jeanell

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