Voices of Adas

Parashat Vayera | Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt | Oct 31, 2026

What does it mean to take responsibility for a world in need of repair? This Shabbat sermon contrasts Noah’s obedience with Abraham’s willingness to question, argue for j

Parshat Lech-Lecha | Rabbi Aaron Alexander | Oct 24, 2026

What kind of society does the Torah ask us to build? Drawing on the biblical and rabbinic portraits of Sodom and Egypt, Rabbi Alexander’s Shabbat sermon contrasts systems

Parshat Noach | Rabbi Sarah Krinsky | Oct 17, 2026

Who gets to belong—and do we have to earn our place? Beginning with a question about Noah’s ark and turning to the Talmud’s story of Rabban Gamliel, Rabbi Sarah Krinsky’s

Parashat Bereshit | Rabbi Aaron Alexander | Oct 10, 2026

What does it mean that God blessed the seventh day? Drawing on Genesis and Jewish commentary, this sermon explores Shabbat as a housewarming celebration—a weekly invitati

Yom Kippur 2026 | Rabbi Aaron Alexander

Rabbi Alexander reflects on mortality, friendship, and the extraordinary improbability of being alive. Through personal loss and Jewish reflection, he invites us to loose

Yom Kippur 2026 | Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt

Rabbi Holtzblatt examines regret as an essential part of teshuvah, the work of return and repair. Drawing on confession, the story of Joseph and his brothers, and her own

Rosh Hashanah 2026 | Rabbi Aaron Alexander

In this Rosh Hashanah sermon for 5787, Rabbi Aaron Alexander reflects on Jewish identity, belonging, and the relationship between American Jews and Israel. Ivri Anokhi—I

Rosh Hashanah 2026 | Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt

On the first day of Rosh Hashanah 5787, Rabbi Holtzblatt explores the relationship between love for the Jewish people and responsibility toward all humanity. Through the

Rosh Hashanah 2026 | Rabbi Sarah Krinsky

In this Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon for 5787, Rabbi Krinsky explores emunah—faith—as the willingness to leave room for possibility without demanding certainty. Drawing on A

Yom Kippur 2025 | Rabbi Aaron Alexander

What does it mean to call ourselves a chosen people? Rabbi Aaron Alexander explores the comfort, responsibility, and dangers bound up in Jewish chosenness, asking how thi

Yom Kippur 2025 | Rabbi Sarah Krinsky

What would it mean to build a community where each person is fully seen, known, and cared for? Beginning with a preschool parent-teacher conference and turning to the Hig

Rosh Hashanah 2025 | Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt

In a world marked by cruelty and fear, Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt asks how we can recover our shared humanity. Drawing on the commandment to return what is lost, Noah’s ark,

Rosh Hashanah 2025 | Rabbi Aaron Alexander

Rabbi Aaron Alexander journeys through the Torah with a central challenge: resist the seduction of idolatry and coercive power. Drawing on Hillel, Shammai, and the Jewish

Rosh Hashanah 2025 | Rabbi Sarah Krinsky

Rabbi Sarah Krinsky explores how family memories and Jewish ancestral stories give us belonging, perspective, and strength in uncertain times. Through Rabbi Akiva, the bi

Yom Kippur 2024 | Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt

Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt explores the courage it takes to tell the truth about our lives—and the love a community must offer in response. Drawing on the Temple’s foundatio

Yom Kippur 2024 | Rabbi Aaron Alexander

In this Yizkor reflection, Rabbi Aaron Alexander shares how music brought an unexpected sense of connection with his late mother. Through poetry, Talmud, and personal mem

Rosh Hashanah 2024 | Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt

Drawing on the words of Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt reflects on gratitude, rituals for pain, and the anguish of redemption that has not arrived. This R

Rosh Hashanah 2024 | Rabbi Elianna Yolkut

Drawing on the binding of Isaac and poems by Haim Gouri and Elchanan Nir, this Rosh Hashanah Torah introduction explores inherited trauma and Jewish resilience in the aft

Rosh Hashanah 2024 | Rabbi Aaron Alexander

Rabbi Aaron Alexander explores arevut—the Jewish responsibility to be guarantors for one another—in a year marked by grief, war, and deep disagreement. Drawing on rabbini