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092919 Rabbi Linder Erev RH Trad Sermon "Empathy through three lenses: our Jewish story, art and bearing witness".

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Rabbi Linder 08/09/19 A very special message from Rabbi Linder on Devarim.

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Fifty years ago, after the 230,000-mile voyage, Apollo 11 successfully landed on the Moon. The

first time in the history of humanity. If you’re over 55, you likely recall exactly where you were

on that day. I was a 12-year-old boy at Camp Kennebec - a secular, Jewish boys camp in the

north woods of Maine. Just this past Wednesday, I called my life-long friend and brother,

Stanley Weil. We reminisced about gathering in the camp’s mess hall in the middle of that July

afternoon, 1969; some 200 campers and counselors, eyes affixed on a small, staticky black and

white Zenith television set. Little did we know that we were amongst the world’s largest

viewing audience to this day; some 650 million people, a quarter of the Earth’s population,

holding our collective breath; witnessing the successful landing; hearing astronaut Neil

Armstrong report, “Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed;” then, some hours

later, Armstrong stepped out of the lunar-module, down the ladder, the first human being to

set foot on the Moon. Armstrong put that singular achievement in perspective for us all,

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” It was a dizzying, dazzling

moment for this wide-eyed and open-hearted 12-year-old camper. As it is with adolescent

boys’ insecurities, I momentarily turned away from my friends with eyes welling up.

Before going about the business of collecting Moon rocks and soil, making this more than a

Cold War competition between the two earthly superpowers, rather helping earthlings better

understand our cosmic creation story and our place in the universe, Neil Armstrong and Buzz

Aldrin set up an American flag and a plaque that read, “Here men from the planet Earth first set

foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.” Armstrong then took a

photograph of Aldrin saluting the American flag.

All the while, unsung hero, Commander Mike Collins, was orbiting 60 miles above the Moon, his

job – to collect his fellow astronauts and return safely to Earth. Collins, alone in his command

module, yet not lonely, described being awestruck by the magnificent spectacle of seeing the

moon up close. “The sun,” he said, “was coming around it, cascading and making a golden

halo…As impressive as the view was of this alien Moon seen up close, it was nothing compared

to the sight of the Earth. The Earth was the main show. The Earth was it. It’s tiny, it’s shiny, it’s

beautiful, it’s home and it’s fragile.” 

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy boldly (and with much controversy) set the course for

America to invest in space exploration, specifically aiming to put a man on the Moon within the

decade. What a shame he wouldn’t live to see that day. In announcing the program, Kennedy

declared, “There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet.” Kennedy

provided an infusion to NASA while America and countries around the globe were embroiled in

conflict. Indeed, it was enticing to move our gaze from earthly concerns, into the unexplored

frontier of outer space.

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Rabbi Linder B'haalot'cha 06/21 

In this week’s Torah portion, B’haalot’cha, we find the Israelite community, and those who have chosen to join them, on the first anniversary marking their Exodus from Egypt. In this first year, God has given the Torah to all present at Mt. Sinai (and each generation to follow), and the entire community has participated in building the portable Tabernacle or Mishkan, at the heart of which is the ark to carry the stone tablets of Torah. Those tablets, a manifestation of the divine, will now serve as the Jewish people’s living, eternal guidebook and moral compass; helping them navigate their way through the wilderness to the Promised Land, and wherever the road will lead our people. 

The Israelites now have what they need to continue their journey, though understandably, with great trepidation of the unknown. The familiarity of slavery in Egypt is more comforting than the uncertainty of freedom that lies ahead. As with all human beings, the Israelites need signs and guides to accompany them on their journey. The divine signs from the parashah come in the form of a cloud. When the cloud settles upon the Tabernacle, the Israelites know its time to stop and set up camp. When the cloud lifts, they know it’s time to, literally, pull up stakes and resume their journey.   

When I read the wonderful news this morning that Joy Harjo was just named America’s next Poet Laureate, I thought about the lovely alignment of stars between Harjo’s poetry and this week’s Torah portion. In Eagle Poem , Harjo writes:

To pray you open your whole self

To sky, to earth, to sun, to moon

To one whole voice that is you.

And know there is more

That you can't see, can't hear;

Can't know except in moments

Steadily growing, and in languages

That aren't always sound but other

Circles of motion.

Like eagle that Sunday morning

Over Salt River. Circled in blue sky

In wind, swept our hearts clean

With sacred wings.

We see you, see ourselves and know

That we must take the utmost care

And kindness in all things.

Breathe in, knowing we are made of

All this, and breathe, knowing

We are truly blessed because we

Were born, and die soon within a

True circle of motion, 

Like eagle rounding out the morning

Inside us. 

We pray that it will be done

In beauty.

In beauty.

The sustainability of humanity and the earth entrusted to our care depends upon our ability to open our whole selves to signs all around us, so often offered from the natural world. As Harjo experiences the divine in sky, earth, sun, moon and eagle, so do the biblical authors image the divine as a cloud rising and settling. Only when we see ourselves in these signs, are we able to follow the moral compass of Torah. As this Shabbat is ushered in by the Summer Solstice, blessing us with an abundance of sunshine; let that light help us to see and know that we must take the utmost care and kindness in all things.

Shabbat shalom,

Rabbi John A. Linder 

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05/11/19 Rabbi Langowitz Kedoshim and Confirmation service. Please take a moment and rate our podcast. 

On a special evening that included our choir and a send off to our high school seniors along with camp and Israel trip participants.Rabbi Linder gives a drash on Acharei Mot 05/03/19

Rabbi Langowitz 04/26/19-"As we move through this Shabbat which closes our Passover experience; may we look for freedom for ourselves and others in acts of routine remembering. May we search for the right technologies to help us feel at one with others, to feel present with others, to feel present for others, even when our locations and experiences place us far away….."

Shabbat Hagadol with Rabbi Linder from April 12, 2019

Welcome Back Rabbi Linder! Listen as Rabbi Linder discusses Tazria from April 5, 2019

Rabbi Langowitz and Temple Solel Temple Youth Ritual Chair Sam Banen discuss Sh'mini.

Rabbi Langowitz on Tzav from 03/22/19

Rabbi Norm Cohen discusses Vayikra

Rabbi Langowitz speaking at HUC- JIR Founders' Day (03/7/19) as Hebrew Union College establishes The Rabbi Dr. Eugene B. Borowitz 

Chapel Endowment Fund.

 Judy Schaffert on Parshat Pekudei. Ethics matter and the first internal audit.

Rabbi Langowitz discusses Vayakhel

Listen as our Cantorial Soloist Todd Herzog  discusses Ki Tisa and defines "Holy".

Rabbi Langowitz on T'tzaveh Public ritual; life cannot only be a series of elaborate rituals, we cannot live in the "big yes" all the time. 

Rabbi Norm Cohen on Terumah “the first fundraising event and why we give” for a special choir Shabbat at Temple Solel on February 8, 2019

Rabbi Langowitz answers questions on the role of religion in public life; how Jewish identity informs our engagement as American citizens; moving from case based concerns to ethical necessities of a just society and including all peoples narratives in our stories and how we go forward.

Judy Schaffert on Yitro 

"The Name Game- considering the significance of names in meaning and value"

Rabbi Langowitz on B'shalach for this very special Shabbat honoring the memory of Dr Martin Luther King.

Rabbi Langowitz discusses  Vayeira on the first Shabbat of 2019. 

Why and when is Pharaoh's heart hardened? 

Shabbat Shalom from Temple Solel Paradise Valley, Arizona on December 28, 2018 with Rabbi John Linder. www.templesolel.org

Introducing Moses!

These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each coming with his household: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. - Exodus 1:1-4