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Sermons, talks, classes, and more from IKAR Rabbis and the IKAR community.
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Jun 2, 2022 • 14min
SERMON Restored with Love: Lessons from Megilat Rut - Rabbi Keilah Lebell
In such a turbulent time we need to remember what love looks like. The unique mutual devotion of the biblical heroines Naomi and Ruth teaches us that our interpersonal relationships can have transformative and healing power — for us, our descendants, and the human community.
May 30, 2022 • 13min
BEST BOOK EVER Into the Wild - Parshat Bamidbar
Three striking midrashim help us understand how the Hebrew name for this fourth book of the Torah can help frame our journey through it.
May 27, 2022 • 1h 7min
BBE BONUS CLASS Weapons of War - Parshat Behukotai
There is a curse upon the land.
May 24, 2022 • 10min
SERMON On Mourning and Lag b’Omer - Rabbi Ronit Tsadok
After the tragic shooting in Buffalo rooted in White Supremacy and hate, we look to the Omer, a time on the Jewish calendar associated with mourning. The themes of Lag b’Omer offer some guidance on what our society needs.
May 23, 2022 • 14min
BEST BOOK EVER The Book of Love - Parshat Behukotai
So this is how it ends?!
May 20, 2022 • 54min
BBE BONUS CLASS The Meaning of Freedom - Parshat Behar
Pop Quiz: What Biblical verse is on the Liberty Bell? This is an edited version of Rabbi David Kasher's weekly Parsha Study class from 5/19/2022
May 18, 2022 • 15min
BEST BOOK EVER Joy and Jubilee - Parshat Behar
A whole new spin on Yom Kippur.
May 15, 2022 • 15min
SERMON "I am a private person." - Rabbi David Kasher
A Jewish response to the recently leaked Supreme Court draft opinion intending to overturn Roe v. Wade. Find the transcript on our website: https://ikar.org/sermons/im-a-private-person
May 13, 2022 • 52min
BBE BONUS CLASS Kabbalistic Storytelling - Parshat Emor
How did counting the Omer become so much more than numbers?This is an edited down version of Rabbi David Kasher's weekly Parsha Studies Class from 5/12/2022.
May 11, 2022 • 1h 3min
CLASS The Ethics of Public Shaming - The Path of Life: Jewish Ethics with the Maharal of Prague - R' David Kasher
Between Passover and Shavuot, Jews all over the world devote themselves to the study of Ethics (Pirkei Avot). This custom follows the famous rabbinic teaching that before we can receive the Torah, we must learn Derekh Eretz - how to live together in harmony with all human beings. One of the greatest Jewish philosophers, the mighty Maharal of Prague (famous from the legend of The Golem!) called this course of study "The Path of Life."
