Shabbat Shalom – Friday, May 29, 2026
This week’s Torah portion begins with an instruction. While given specifically to Aaron as the High Priest, I think these words are meant for all of us and especially our leaders. We read: “Speak [...]
Search for Meaning with Rabbi Michael Zedek (2)
Watch the video podcast on YouTube In this episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback welcomes Rabbi Michael Zedek back to the podcast on the occasion of his [...]
Shabbat Shalom – Friday, May 22, 2026
This Shabbat is Shavuot, the holiday that celebrates the giving of Torah at Sinai. And as is the custom on Shavuot, we read the Book of Ruth.I have been thinking about something my Bible teacher [...]
Shabbat Shalom – Friday, May 15, 2026
This Shabbat we begin a new book of the Torah. B’midbar (Numbers) opens with a census. God instructs Moses: שְׂאוּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵלs’u et rosh kol adat b’nei Yisrael— raise up the head of each [...]
Search for Meaning with Lisa Edelstein and Robert Russell
Watch the video podcast on YouTube In this episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback sits down with actor and painter Lisa Edelstein and artist Robert Russell to [...]
Shabbat Shalom – Friday, May 8, 2026
This past Sunday evening, our community was blessed with a truly extraordinary experience. Rachel Goldberg-Polin joined us, and I think it's fair to say that everyone in that room left transformed. If you were [...]
Shabbat Shalom – Friday, May 1, 2026
This week we read Parshat Emor. It opens with a single, urgent command — and then immediately repeats it: וַיֹּאמֶר ה׳ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אֱמֹר אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם… "God said to Moses: Speak to the priests, the [...]
After Death, Holiness
After Death, Holiness Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback April 24, 2026 | 8 Iyar, 5786 Your browser does not support the audio element. Watch this week's video and all Shabbat sermons HERE.
Search for Meaning with Brandon Farbstein
Watch the video podcast on YouTube In this episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback sits down with speaker, author, and advocate Brandon Farbstein for a deeply honest [...]
Shabbat Shalom – Friday, April 24, 2026
I write to you this Shabbat still carrying the weight and wonder of a journey I did not entirely plan, which, as it turns out, may be precisely the point. As many of you [...]