The Torah of Esau
In Parashat Toldot, many focus on the lessons we can learn from Jacob. But this senior sermon from JTS teaches the Torah of Esau.
Jacob Kaplan Lipkin
In Parashat Toldot, many focus on the lessons we can learn from Jacob. But this senior sermon from JTS teaches the Torah of Esau.
This senior sermon explores the sanctuary space that the Israelites make for themselves and for God while in the dessert.
In Micah Cowan’s senior sermon at JTS, he spoke on Parashat Vayishlach and presented Esav’s guide to being content.
In evaluating Parashat Hayyei Sarah, Rachel Cohn evaluates the echoes of legacies and how past lives continue living.
Walking together into difficulty, rather than alone, is a focal point of parashat Vayera, where God commands Abraham to do the impossible.
There is a story told about Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk, the fiery Kotzker Rebbe. A student once came to him, restless and uncertain. “Rebbe,”
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In her senior rabbinical school sermon for JTS, Sarah Rockford explores Parashat Bereishit and how creatures emulate God.
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There are various ways to look at God’s revelation at Sinai, including as a “coming out.” Read Ariel Dunat’s JTS senior sermon on this.
Parshat Bo is about trusting the process of the journey put in front of you. Learn more in Alicia Rothamel’s Senior Sermon at JTS.
Stones represent the memories and wisdom gathered from living our lives. Each affirms that moment and its worthiness of being remembered.
Prayer is God’s constant invitation to approach. An opportunity to our deepen relationships with God and ourselves, by sharing how we feel.
We can choose, in our relationships, to see others as if through G-d’s eyes. This helps us be less alone and to see one another’s dignity.
God created humans with naked bodies and no shame. Now, we live in a world that wants us to forget that we were made in the image of God.
Sasson Brown, RS ’25, speaks on the unexpected act of Abraham and Sarah’s proselytizing and the lessons we can learn from it.
Ilana Sandberg (JTS RS ’24) explores parashat Ki Tisa and speaks on relationships with God and other human beings.
Talia Kaplan (JTS RS ’24) explores parashat Mishpatim and the Torah of disorienting moments, reflecting on her rabbinical school experience.
Amalya Volz (JTS RS ’24) explores Parashat Yitro through the binding of love and loss and the people of Israel’s relationship with God.
Caleb Brommer, RS ’24, speaks on finding quiet solace in a stormy world, for his JTS senior sermon, on Parashat Vayishlach.