Sermon 25th Nov 2023 – Parasha Va-yeitzei – Leslie Wheeler
I’d like to address the theme of my sermon today by reading to you those well known lyrics from the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” where Tevye, a middle-aged milkman…
Yom Kippur sermons
Check out the Sermons page to read some of the sermons that were given on Yom Kippur and Shabbat Shuvah.
Shabbat Shuva, 23rd September 2023 – David Karat
Dear Friends Shabbat Shuva Shalom and Shana Tova Today is the Shabbat of Shuva returning or Tshuva repentance. The first Shabbat of the new year. Traditionally it was one of…
Kol Nidre, 25th September 2023, Worry and doubt – Ed Kessler
Every year in the run-up to the High Holy Days I do what you’d expect me to do: I worry. Not only because there is too little time to prepare…
Beshalach, 4th February 2023 – Marc Saperstein
We have listened to the words of our Torah reading from parashat Beshalach, Exodus 14 and 15, in Hebrew and English, and I would imagine that I am not the only…
7th January 2023, The Stories of two Youths 4,000 Years Apart – Leslie Wheeler
The Stories of Two Youths 4,000 Years Apart Today I want to discuss with you the life experiences of two youths, one a 17 year old Joseph who 4,000 years…
Lech Lecha, 5th November 2022 – Martin Cahn
When I was presented with this parsha as a basis for my sermon, I began to ask myself what should I comment on. This is the story of the wanderings…
Kol Nidre 2022, Rab Eizik’s Treasure – Marc Saperstein
Rabbi Shneuer Zalman of Liadi, the founder of the Chasidic sect known as Chabad, was once thrown in jail by the Russian government because of the slander of an informer….
23rd July 2022, Do NDEs (Near Death Experiences) provide an insight into the “Olam Haba”? – Leslie Wheeler
Judaism devotes itself to the here and now, the “Olam azi” but belief in the afterlife “Olam haba” is also core to Judaism. Just as when God formed Adam from…
Numbers 25:10-26:4, 16th July 2022 – Franz Fuerst
What is the problem with sermons? They are only words. No matter how powerful or passionate the message contained in them may be, the raw materials – the words –…
