16 Podcast Episodes
Pesach Day 8 Sermon: The Quilt with Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger
Pesach Day 8 Sermon: The Quilt with Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger
When I was home for Thanksgiving this year, my mom and I were going through some old boxes at the bottom of a closet whe... Read more
13 Apr 2023
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13mins
Pesach Day 2 Sermon: Stocking Boxes to Freedom with Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger
Pesach Day 2 Sermon: Stocking Boxes to Freedom with Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger
Lhakpa Sherpa grew up impoverished in the shadow of Mount Everest. Her father worked as a shepherd and her mother raise... Read more
7 Apr 2023
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12mins
Shabbat Sermon: Once Upon a Cruise Ship with Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger
Shabbat Sermon: Once Upon a Cruise Ship with Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger
How can you make sure to have the most meaningful and impactful Passover? Is it about preparation? The extent to which y... Read more
25 Mar 2023
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18mins
A Sermon in Song with Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger and Cantor Elias Rosemberg
A Sermon in Song with Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger and Cantor Elias Rosemberg
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4 Feb 2023
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14mins
Shabbat Sermon: Focus on the Light with Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger
Shabbat Sermon: Focus on the Light with Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger
For the past few years, 5th grade has been my sweet spot teaching religious school. To be honest, I think 10 is the per... Read more
24 Dec 2022
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15mins
Shabbat Sermon: Serving Gratitude with Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger
Shabbat Sermon: Serving Gratitude with Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger
Serena Williams. Everyone, even the most sports illiterate, knows Serena Williams. Ever since she hit the professional... Read more
20 Aug 2022
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17mins
Shabbat Sermon: For the Sin of Being an Arrogant Sheep with Rabbi Aliza Berger
Shabbat Sermon: For the Sin of Being an Arrogant Sheep with Rabbi Aliza Berger
It was right after Erev Rosh Hashanah services that I heard the news. Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died. Erev Rosh Hashanah. ... Read more
26 Sep 2020
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21mins
Shabbat Sermon: What’s cooking? with Rabbi Aliza Berger
Shabbat Sermon: What’s cooking? with Rabbi Aliza Berger
In our American milieu, we pride ourselves on individualism. We believe in the power of the American dream—the ability o... Read more
15 Aug 2020
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15mins
Shabbat Sermon: Lessons from a 6th grader with Rabbi Aliza Berger
Shabbat Sermon: Lessons from a 6th grader with Rabbi Aliza Berger
This week, I had the most interesting conversation with one of our now-7th graders. I asked her what advice she would gi... Read more
27 Jun 2020
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15mins
Shabbat Sermon: Time to Drag Out Our Mattresses with Rabbi Aliza Berger
Shabbat Sermon: Time to Drag Out Our Mattresses with Rabbi Aliza Berger
I want to speak to you today as a millennial. As a millennial, people tell me I don’t understand—that problems take time... Read more
13 Jun 2020
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15mins