rabbiaustinzootDec 31, 20234 minVayechi 5784 - Healing Our Generational TraumaThe following is a sermon I delivered at Valley Temple on Friday evening, December 29th, 2023. In my work with wedding couples, I’ve...
rabbiaustinzootJan 27, 20232 minParashat Bo 5783 - The Invention of RitualRitual is an essential component of Judaism. Zionist essayist Ahad Ha’am famously said “more than Israel has kept Shabbat, Shabbat has...
rabbiaustinzootJan 6, 20233 minVayechi - Maybe No Happy Ending After All...Jacob is the last of our major patriarchs in Judaism, and his death closes the book of Genesis. Throughout his story, we see a...
rabbiaustinzootDec 4, 20223 minVayeitzei - What Are We Supposed to Learn?Different people approach the Bible with different needs. Some read the book in order to learn the history of our people (reading the...