Rabbi Lerner's Archived Sermons

Sermon	Date
Sh'mini5772 - Responses to Tragedy	4/21/12
Toulouse, Iran & Jewish Peoplehood	3/24/12
Vayeishev 5772 - Return on Luck	12/17/11
Vayishah 5772 - Happiness	12/10/11
Toldot 5772 - Underdog	11/26/11
Hayyei Sarah 5772 - Leadership Transitions	11/19/11
Lekh Lekha 5772 - Journeying Together	11/5/11
Noah 5772 - Reworking the Past	10/29/11
Sukkot 5772 - Universal Sukkah	10/13/11
Yom Kippur - 9/11; A Little Lower Than Angels	10/8/11
Yom Kippur Kol Nidre - Universalism and Particularism	10-7/11
RH1 - Matzanu Mayim - We Found Water	9/29/11

Sermon	Date
Shof'tim - Judging	9/3/11
Re'eh - To Really See	8/27/11
Shelah - Seeing the World as Half Full	6/18/11
Behaalotkha - Are We There Yet?	6/11/11
Bimidbar - In the Wilderness of Israel	5/28/11
Behar - Making Our Days Count	5/14/11
Emor - To Celebrate or Not To Celebrate	5/7/11
Kidoshim - Resounding Democracy	4/30/11
Ki Tisa - Rabbi Stephen Lerner	2/19/11
Terumah - God is in the Details	2/5/11
Misphatim - Torah Tiger Mother	1/29/11
Yitro - Clergy Against Bullets	1/22/11
Bo - Freedom with Purpose	1/8/11
Va-y'hi - Bullying	12/18/10
Mikeitz - Imprisoned	12/4/10
Vayeishev - Mystery Man	11/27/10
Hayyei Sarah - Beautiful Pictures	10/30/10
Lekh Lekha - The Conversion of Abraham	10/16/10
Noah - Universal Covenant	10/9/10
Sukkot Shabbat - Being Jewish in America	9/25/10
Yom Kippur - God and Others	9/18/10
Kol Nidre - The Sanctity of Kashrut	9/17/10
Rosh Hashanah 1 - Israel: Challenges and Hope	9/9/10
Minyan Story	September 2010

Sermon	Date
Balak - Awareness	6/26/10
Korah - The Universal and the Particular Challenges of Korah	6/12/10
Naso - Positive Reinforcement	5/22/10
B'midbar - The Wilderness of Torah	5/15/10
Emor - Shabbat After Adon Olam	5/1/10
Ki Tissa - Hide and Seek	3/6/10
Beshallah - Covenant	1/30/10
Shemot - Jewish - Muslim Connections	1/9/10
Vayehi - Shema	1/2/10
Yom Kippur - The Stuff of Memories	9/28/09
Kol Nidre - GPS and Reacting	9/27/09
Rosh Hashanah 1 5770 - Kennedy and Kapparah	9/19/08

Sermon	Date
RH1 - The Jewish Family	9/30/08
Kol Nidre - Mussar and Hekhsher Tzedek	10/8/08
Yom Kippur - What Is God and What Does It Matter?	10/9/08
Shabbat Sukkot - Superstition	10/18/08
Vayera - Avraham and Rahm	11/15/08
Vayetzei - Spirituality	12/6/08
Vayehi - Legacies	1/10/09
Ki Tissa - An Israel Attitude	3/14/09
Tazria-Metzora - Bruce and Religion	4/25/09
B'midbar - Community Conversations	5/23/09
Be’ha’alotkha - Second Chances	6/13/09

Sermon	Date
Rosh Hashanah - Two Sides of the Shofar	9/13/07
Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre – Tradition and Change	9/21/07
Yom Kippur Yizkor – Tuesdays with Murray	9/22/07
Sukkot - Huppah	9/27/07
Noah - Polar Bears	10/13/07
Hayyei Sarah	11/3/07
Vayishlah	11/24/07
Mikeitz	12/8/07
Va'era	1/5/08
Yitro	1/26/08
Zakhor	3/15/08
Parah	3/29/08
Tazria	4/5/08
Behukottai	5/24/08

Sermon	Date
Rosh Hashanah - Why Be Jewish?	9/23/06
Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre – Cousin Johnny	10/1/06
Yom Kippur – Letting Go	10/2/06
Sukkot 1 – Celebrating with Trembling	10/7/06
Sh’mini Atzeret – Mr. Kaufman	10/14/06
Noah - Humanity	10/28/06
Toldot - Brothers	11/25/06
Bo - Tefillin	1/27/07
Vayikra – Leviticus on the Prairie	3/24/07
Pesah - Yizkor and the Seder	4/10/07
Emor – Experience Over Theory	5/5/07
B’midbar – Leadership, Change and Humility	5/19/07
Balak - Ma Tovu	6/30/07
Pinhas	7/7/07
KiTetzei - Lost Property	8/25/07
NitzavimVayelekh - The Shabbat Before Rosh Hashanah	9/8/07

Sermon	Date
Rosh Hashanah 1 - Looking for the Good	10/4/05
Rosh Hashanah 2 - The Meaning of Our Prayers	10/5/05
Kol Nidre - Tikkun Olam	10/12/05
Yom Kippur - The Resurrection of the Dead	10/13/05
Noah - Problems with the Flood	11/5/05
Shoftim - Worry	8/26/06
Ki Teitzei - Rebel Son	9/2/06