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Archive of Divrei Torah (Teachings)

Below you can find the divrei torah (teachings, or sermons) delivered by our rabbis and guest speakers.

5769 - 2008

D'var Torah for Erev Rosh Hashanah 5769

by Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin

 

Tefilah Lameshalah/Prayer for the Country, Rosh Hashanah 5769

by Steven Shankman

 

"Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael in our Midst," Rosh Hashanah 5769

by Melissa Crabbe

 

"The Akedah," Rosh Hashanah 5769 (2nd day)

by Shevach Lambert

 

Rosh Hashanah 5769 (2nd day)

by Tova Stabin

 

D'var Torah for Erev Yom Kippur 5769

by Rabbi Maurice Harris

 

D'var Torah for Yom Kippur 5769

by Margie Paris

 

Yom Kippur 5769

by Gretchen Lieberman


5768 – 2007

From Rabbi Yitzhak: Erev Rosh Hashanah 5768

 

From Rabbi Maurice: "An Unexpected Role Model," Erev Yom Kippur 5768

 

From Marion Malcolm: "Warning and Promise in the Yom Kippur Haftarah," Yom Kippur 5768

 

From Deborah Green: "Hannah: The Model and Power of Prayer," Rosh Hashanah 5768


5767 – 2006

From Rabbi Maurice Harris: "Learning to Cope, Yom Kippur 5767"

From Steven Shankman: "D'var Torah on the Akedah, Rosh Hashanah 5767" 

From Dolfy Freinquel: "D'var Torah on “Love like Fire and Water”, Rosh Hashanah 5767" 

From Joan Bayliss: "D'var Torah on Avraham & Hagar, Rosh Hashanah 5767" 

From Barry Nobel "How Rest Can Turn Our Lives Around, Shabbat Shuvah, 5767"  September, 2006


From Gretchen Lieberman: "D'var Torah on Parashat Bo: Re-examining Pidyon HaBen"
February 3, 2006


From Joan Bayliss: "D'var Torah on Parashat Vayetze, 5766"
December, 2005


From Dr. Evlyn Gould
Professor of French

CAS Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
Department of Romance Languages
University of Oregon

"Shabbat Shabbaton," Yom Kippur 5766"
October, 2005

"On Hagar – Vayera" Rosh HaShanah, 5765"
September, 2004


From Dolfy Freinquel: "D'var Torah on the Akeida"
October, 2005


From Shevach Lambert: "D'var Torah for Shabbat Shuvah"
October, 2005


From Sara Glater: "Imagination Message"
January, 2005


From Steven Shankman
College of Arts and Sciences
Distinguished Professor of English and Classics
Director of Oregon Humanities Center
University of Oregon (Ph.D., Stanford):

"D'var Torah on Parshat Miketz"
December, 2004


From Rabbi Maurice:

"D'var Torah for Yom Kippur, 5766: Jewish Legal and Ethical Thought on Torture"
October, 2005

"A Progressive Jewish Response to the Passage of Measure 36" (which defines marriage in Oregon as solely between one man and one woman)
November, 2004

"D'var Torah for Yom Kippur, 5765: Benefits of Jewish Diversity"
October, 2004

"God-wrestling in a Conscious Community"
Kol Nidre, 5765 (2004)

"A Response to the Mayors' Prayer Breakfast"
May, 2004


From Rabbi Yitzhak:

"D'var Torah for Erev Rosh Hashana, 5766: Responsibility and Teshuvah in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina"
October, 2005