High Holiday Talks & Sermons 5781 (2020)

Erev Rosh ha-Shanah

“Entering the New Year” by Rabbi Rebecca Richman (PDF)

Rosh ha-Shanah Day 1

“Hagar and Sarah” Torah introduction by Rabbi Rebecca Richman, Charry Sanctuary (PDF)

“Hannah’s Prayer” Haftarah introduction by Rabbi Rebecca Richman, Charry Sanctuary (PDF)

“Imagining Community” Sermon by Rabbi Adam Zeff, Charry Sanctuary (PDF)

“A Prayer for Healing in the Time of COVID-19” by Dr. David Fish, Charry Sanctuary

“Israel and Sinat Hinam” by Judge Abraham Gafni, Charry Sanctuary

“Who Shall I Say is Calling?” D’var Torah by Aaron Finestone, Minyan Masorti

Rosh ha-Shanah Day 2

“The Binding of Isaac” Torah introduction by Rabbi Fredi Cooper, Charry Sanctuary

“Judgement and Love” Haftarah introduction by Dr. Mark Smith, Charry Sanctuary

“Torah and Environmental Racism” Sermon by Rabbi Rebecca Richman, Charry Sanctuary (PDF)

Kol Nidrei

“An Introduction to Kol Nidrei” by Rabbi Rebecca Richman, Charry Sanctuary (PDF)
“Why Community?” Talk by GJC President Dan Livney, Charry Sanctuary

“Resilience and Repentance” Sermon by Rabbi Zeff, Charry Sanctuary (PDF)


Personal Tshuva & Transforming Our Unjust World
D’var Torah by Mark Pinsky, Dorshei Derekh

Yom Kippur

“Finding Atonement” morning Intro to Torah Reading by Rabbi Rebecca Richman, Charry Service

“Repairing the World” morning Haftarah introduction by Elaine Dushoff and Margaret Shapiro, Charry Sanctuary

“A Blessing for Elders” by Rabbi Zeff, Charry Sanctuary

“Mourning Alone” Sermon by Rabbi Zeff, Charry Sanctuary (PDF)

“Martyrs in Our Time” Yom Kippur Martyrology talk by Burgandy Holiday, Charry Sanctuary

“Creating a Vision to Move Philadelphia Forward” Oscar Bregman Memorial Program with Philadelphia City Councilmember Kendra Brooks and Andrea Moselle, Charry Sanctuary

“Finding Holiness” Yom Kippur afternoon Torah introduction by Rabbi Rebecca Richman (PDF)

“Learning from the Book of Jonah” Yom Kippur afternoon text study by Rabbi Rebecca Richman (PDF)