Parasha Commentary and Sermon
Online Resource Guide

A growing project of the Department of Distance Education
of The Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

 

 

Sermon Sites
These sites contain mainly sermonic material from High Holidays or other special occasions. In addition, sites that have sermons listed by topic are also placed in this category.

 

Rabbi Aron’s (Melanie) Sermons – Reform – Shir Hadash (large archive)

Rabbi Feinstein’s Sermons – Conservative – (over 50 sermons & Divrei Torah)

Rabbi Kadden’s Sermons – Reform – Temple Beth El (2 year archive)

Rabbi Karp’s 5761/2000 High Holiday Sermons – Reform – T. Emanuel (4 sermons)

Rabbi Kushner (Lawrence) High Holiday Sermons – Reform Beth El (approx. 6)

Rabbi Amy Levin – Weekly Parashat Commentary – Reform, Israel (approx. 20)

Rabbi Mark Levin’s High Holiday & Other Sermons – Reform – Beth Torah (approx. 40)

Rabbi Lew’s High Holiday Sermons – Conservative – Beth Sholom (3 years)

Rabbi Liebowitz’s Parashat Sermons – Reform – Beth Israel (5 current year sermons)

Rabbi Lister’s Holiday Sermons – Orthodox – Reading Hebrew Cong (approx. 20)

Rabbi Malomet’s Divrei Torah – Conservative – Highland Park (20 sermons)

Rabbi Marx’s High Holiday Sermons – Reform – Beth Or (7 sermons)

Rabbi Milecki’s Holiday Sermons – Orthodox – South Head, Sydney (approx. 25)

Rabbi Riemer’s Sermons – Conservative – Beth Tikva (small rotating collection)

Rabbi Schulweis’s Sermons – Conservative – Valley Beth Shalom (approx. 50)

Rabbi Elliot Strom – Reform – Shir Ami Bucks County (8 Sermons)

Adath Israel Brith Sholom, Kentucky Selected Sermons – Reform (approx. 8)

 



Rabbi Melanie Aron’s Sermons – Reform Shir Hadash

Web Address: http://www.shirhadash.org/sermons/index.html
Description: Quite of number of miscellaneous and high holiday sermons.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Reform
  • New sermons are added almost weekly
  • Shir Hadash is in Los Gatos, CA
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Rabbi Feinstein’s Sermons & Divrei Torah Valley Beth Shalom

Web Address: http://www.vbs.org/rabbi/rabfeins/index.htm
Description: Approx. 24 annotated, topic based sermons and other sermons for most parshiot and holidays.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Conservative
  • Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, CA
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Rabbi Bruce Kadden’s Sermons – Reform – Temple Beth El

Web Address: http://uahc.org/ca/ca014/yearlysermons.html
Description: A growing two-year archive of Kadden’s sermons arranged only by month/date not by Parashat or topic.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Reform
  • Temple Beth El is in Salinas, CA
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Rabbi Karp’s High Holiday Sermons – Reform – Temple Emanuel

Web Address: http://www.uahcweb.org/congs/ia/ia006/sermons.htm
Description: The 4 High Holiday Sermons for 5761/2000.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Reform
  • Temple Emanuel—The Reform Jewish Congregation of the Quad Cities— Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa & Rock Island and Moline, Illinois
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Rabbi Lawrence Kushner High Holiday Sermons – Beth El

Web Address: http://www.bethelsudbury.org/rabbi.htm
Description:

Several of Rabbi Kushner’s High Holiday sermons from past years as well as a few other addresses.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Reform
  • The “Study” link at the bottom of the page leads to a large collection of Parashat commentaries written by congregants
  • Congregation Beth El is in Sudbury, MA
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Rabbi Amy Levin – Weekly Sermons (approx. 20)

Web Address: http://www.ariga.com/pluralism/Parashat.htm
Description: Rabbi Levin is a Masorti Rabbi in Israel.  She also teaches Talmud at HUC’s new Liberal Yeshiva.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Independent - liberal
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Rabbi Mark Levin’s High Holiday & Misc. Sermons – Beth Torah

Web Address: http://www.uahcweb.org/congs/ks/ks001/sermons.html
Description: Approx. 40 of Rabbi Levin’s high holiday sermons and other selected sermons of various topics from the past two years.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Reform

  • Continues to be updated almost monthly
  • Congregation Beth Torah is in Overland Park, KS
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Rabbi Lew’s High Holiday Sermons –Beth Sholom

Web Address: http://www.uscj.org/ncalif/sanfracb/writings.html
Description: Rabbi Lew’s High Holiday Sermons for the past three years.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Conservative

  • Congregation Beth Sholom is in San Francisco, CA
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Rabbi Liebowitz’s Parashat Sermons – Reform – Beth Israel

Web Address: http://www.bethisrael.com/Rabbi/sermon-frm.htm
Description: Approx. 5 sermons from various Parshiot from 5760/5761. (2000)
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Reform
  • Congregation Beth Israel is in Bellingham, WA
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Rabbi Lister Holiday Sermons – Reading Hebrew Cong., U.K.

Web Address: http://www.chiefrabbi.org/resources/docs/
Description: Approx. 20 downloadable Holiday sermons in Microsoft Word format.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Orthodox
  • Also a link to various speeches made by the Chief Rabbi of the U.K.
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Rabbi Malomet’s Divrei Torah, Highland Park Cons. Temple

Web Address: http://www.hpctc.org/divreiTorah.shtml
Description: About 20 short introductory, Kiruv/Outreach sermons.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Conservative

  • Highland Park Conservative Temple is in Highland Park, NJ
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Rabbi Marx’s High Holiday Sermons, Congregation Beth Or

Web Address: http://www.philadelphia.verio.net/~bethor/articles.htm
Description: A handful of High Holiday Sermons from 1993 to 1997.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Reform
  • Congregation Beth Or is in Spring House, PA
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Rabbi Milecki’s Holiday Sermon Resource Page

Web Address: http://www.southhead.org/archive.asp
Description: Approx. 25 different holiday sermons – Sh’losh Regalim, Purim, etc.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Orthodox
  • South Head Synagogue is in South Head, Sydney
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Rabbi Riemer's Sermons–  Congregation Beth Tikva – Boca Raton, FL

Web Address: http://www.bocabethtikvah.org/rabbi_sermons.html
Description: A small, rotating collection (approx. 5) of various kinds of sermons.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Conservative

  • Seems one can write the webmaster for specific sermons in a separate archive – this archive is not available online, though
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Rabbi Schulweis’s Sermons – Conservative – Valley Beth Shalom

Web Address: http://www.vbs.org/rabbi/hshulw/index.htm
Description: An annotated list of approx. 50 of Schulweis’s sermons, topics including Blacks and Jews, Catholic Jewish Relations, and Homosexuality.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Conservative

  • There is also some of Schulweis’s poetry and meditations
  • Valley Beth Shalom is in Encino, CA
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Rabbi Elliot Strom – Shir Ami Bucks County Congregation

Web Address: http://www.uahcweb.org/congs/pa/pa001/sermons.htm
Description: 8 various sermons.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Reform

  • Shir Ami is in Newtown, Pennsylvania
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Reform – Adath Israel Brith Sholom – Selected Sermons

Web Address: http://www.uahcweb.org/congs/ky/ky001/Pulpit.html
Description: Approx. 8 Sabbath and High Holiday sermons from the two Rabbis Joe Rooks Rapport & Gaylia R. Rooks.
Org./Affiliation: Notes:

Reform
  • Adath Israel Brith Sholom is Louisville, Kentucky's oldest synagogue
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