Beth El of Manhattan, Two-Testament Synagogue

<p>Sermon: “Love Of The Truth” Parashat YitroTorah: Exodus 18:1 – 20:23Haftarah: Isaiah 6:1 – 7:6; 9:5 – 9:6</p>

<p>Sermon: “Truth Versus Benefits” Parashat BeshalachTorah: Exodus 13:17 – 17:16Haftarah: Judges 4:4 – 5:31</p>

<p>Sermon: “Change of Plans” Parashat BoTorah: Exodus 10:1 – 13:16Haftarah: Jeremiah 46:13 – 46:28</p>

<p>Sermon: “Following God Or Using Him” Parashat VaeraTorah: Exodus 6:2 – 9:35Haftarah: Ezekiel 28:25 – 29:21</p>

<p>Sermon: “How Destinies Are Made” Parashat VayechiTorah: Genesis 47:28 – 50:26Haftarah: I Kings 2:1 – 2:12</p>

<p>Sermon: “Overcoming Training” Parashat ShemotTorah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1Haftarah: Isaiah 27:6 – 28:13; 29:22 – 29:23</p>

<p>Sermon: “Sheep Life In Wolf Town” Parashat VayigashTorah: Genesis 44:18 – 47:27Haftarah: Ezekiel 37:15 – 37:28</p>

<p>Sermon: Hanukkah – “A Memorial Doughnut”</p>

<p>Sermon: “Amadeus” Parashat VayeshevTorah: Genesis 37:1 – 40:23Haftarah: Amos 2:6 – 3:8</p>

<p>Sermon: “Glory In The Mess” Parashat VayishlachTorah: Genesis 32:4 – 36:43Haftarah: Obadiah 1:1 – 1:21</p>

<p>Sermon: “House of God” Parashat VayetzeiTorah: Genesis 28:10 – 32:3Haftarah: Hosea 12:13 – 14:10</p>

<p>Excerpts from teaching and Q&A during Beth El’s weekly study and prayer meeting.</p>

<p>Sermon: “Living With Plan B” Parashat Chayei SarahTorah: Genesis 23:1 – 25:18Haftarah: I Kings 1:1 – 1:31</p>

<p>Sermon: “Is Anything Too Hard For The Lord?” Parashat VayeraTorah: Genesis 18:1 – 22:24Haftarah: II Kings 4:1 – 4:37</p>

<p>Sermon: “Git” Parashat Lech-LechaTorah: Genesis 12:1 – 17:27Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27 – 41:16</p>

<p>Sermon: “A True New Beginning – Part 2” Parasha Noach<br>Torah: Genesis 6:9 – 11:32<br>Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1 – 55:5</p>

<p>Sermon: Redub of “A New True Beginning Part 2” Parshat NoachTorah: Genesis 6:9 – 11:32Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1 – 55:5</p>

<p>Sermon: “A New True Beginning” Parashat BereshitTorah: Genesis 1:1 – 6:8Haftarah: Isaiah 42:5 – 43:10</p>

<p>Simchat Torah 2019 Sermon: “Joy Of One Torah”</p>

<p>Sermon: “Rejoice For Seven Days” Sukkot Cool HaMoed</p>

<p>Sermon: “Change” Parashat Ha’AzinuTorah: Deuteronomy 32:1 – 32:52Haftarah: II Samuel 22:1 – 22:51</p>

<p>Sermon: “Confidence In Mercy”</p>

<p>Sermon: “Atonement Goes Boink”</p>

<p>Sermon: “Your Sputnik Moment”</p>

<p>Shabbat ShuvahSermon: “Your Sputnik Moment”</p>

<p>Sermon: “Let’s Get This Party Started” Rosh HaShanah 2019</p>

<p>Sermon: “Let’s Get This Party Started”</p>

<p>Torah: Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:8<br>Haftarah: Isaiah 60:1 – 60:22</p>

<p>Sermon: “Selichot, The Missing Piece” Parashat Ki TavoTorah: Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:8Haftarah: Isaiah 60:1 – 60:22</p>

<p>Sermon: “Evading Is Not Erasing” Parashat Ki Teitzei Torah: Deuteronomy 21:10 – 25:19 Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1 – 54:10</p>

<p>Sermon: “Driven To Speak” Parashat ShoftimTorah: Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9Haftarah: Isaiah 51:12 – 52:12</p>

<p>Sermon: “Driven To Speak”<br><br>Torah: Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9<br>Haftarah: Isaiah 51:12 – 52:12</p>

<p>Sermon: “Justice And Mercy” Parashat EikevTorah: Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14 – 51:3</p>

<p>Sermon: “Justice And Mercy”<br>Torah: Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25<br>Haftarah: Isaiah 49:14 – 51:3</p>

<p>Sermon: “People OFF The Book” Parashat VaetchananTorah: Deuteronomy 3:23 – 7:11Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1 – 40:26</p>

<p>Sermon: Tish’a B’Av Torah: Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1 – 1:27</p>

<p>Sermon: “Golda On Broadway” Parashat Matot-MaaseiTorah: Numbers 30:2 – 36:13Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4 – 28; 3:4</p>

<p>Sermon: “Useful Righteousness” Parashat PinchasTorah: Numbers 25:10 – 30:1Haftarah: Jeremiah 1:1 – 2:3</p>

<p>Sermon: “Savor The Awesome” Parashat BalakTorah: Numbers 22:2 – 25:9Haftarah: Micah 5:6 – 6:8</p>

<p>Sermon: “Rewriting History” Parashat ChukatTorah: Numbers 19:1 – 22:1Haftarah: Judges 11:1 – 11:33</p>

<p>In the Parasha "Lech Lecha" we have what is considered by many Scripture scholars "the" core text on God-following in the entire Bible. The Hebrew is an idiom for "get going" - but it literally means "go to yourself." Your true self. The reason you are on the planet. "Home." Your genuine "spot" in the center of God's will and the reasons for which He brought you into being. We continue to explore this idea of "Home" we started with last Shabbat.</p>

<p>In our era, it is tempting to retreat from the storm-tossed world into a faith-life that is meditative, contemplative, and sealed off. Is this essentially monastic life God's goal for us in regard to "holiness?" Or – is the goal of contemplation the development of right views leading to the kind of rightful agency in the real world we call "doing justice?" We explore from the Haftarah this week affixed to the Torah portion, "Kedoshim.".</p>

<p>An examination of specific examples of denominational theologies having produced inaccurate translations: and a recounting of my lunch with the late Dr, Alan F. Segal, PhD, professor of religion at Columbia University in New York City, in which he and I explored a"tortured text" – a skewed translation of Mark 7:19 in regard to kosher laws affecting Jewish perpetuity.</p>