An excerpt from Rabbi Stephen Cohen's sermon Yom Kippur 2014: "Like all ritual, the Yom Kippur performance with the goat was sacred theater. A symbolic drama. The liberation from sin came from the confession. It’s still true. Telling the truth about something we have done wrong may be excruciating. But it sets us free. In [...]
Rabbi Steve Cohen's Rosh Hashanah 2014 sermon: "Israelis are nothing if not direct and utterly real, but sadly most organized tours tend to turn Israel into a Jewish Disneyland. It’s easier, much easier, to drive folks from archeological site to museum, then to some awesome natural beauty and finally to go shopping for souvenirs, than [...]
Rabbi Cohen is offering this two-session opportunity to penetrate beneath the surface of the old words, to make contact with the timeless spiritual messages of the Jewish High Holy Days. Open to all, and especially to anyone seeking a new personal encounter with our old religious tradition.
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