
Central Synagogue Podcast
Central Synagogue
4.7from 163 ratings
- 702
- Episodes
- 240
- Transcribed
- 163
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Central Synagogue Podcast
This is the podcast/audio archive of Manhattan's historic Central Synagogue- featuring sermons, music, lectures and conversations. Central Synagogue works tirelessly toward a world in which Judaism is central to the lives of people everywhere and is a profound and positive force for humanity.
- Publisher
- Central Synagogue
- Category
- music · religion & spirituality · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Feb 2020
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
240 of 702 episodes have a transcript.

9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
SERMON: Rabbi Andrew Kaplan Mandel, "Siman Tov: Making Sense of the Coincidental and Beyond" - October 9, 2026

25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
SERMON: The Installation of Rabbi Rebecca Thau - September 25, 2026

22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
SERMON: Rabbi Angela Buchdahl | "Claiming Zionism" | Yom Kippur 5787
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SERMON: Rabbi Andrew Kaplan Mandel, "Siman Tov: Making Sense of the Coincidental and Beyond" - October 9, 2026
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Better to remain open to multiple possibilities. Moreover, we should be very discerning about the action we take as a result of an encounter. The Talmud cautions against the moment when interpretation becomes divination, when a sign begins making choices for us. If a ferry that we were going to board anyway arrives unexpectedly, that's something the Talmud calls a siman, as in simantov, a good sign. We might take it to mean that we are surrounded by providence. But if I let a butterfly make my life decisions, I run the risk of surrendering responsibility for what happens next. That trip to Vegas was the former caterpillar's fault. […]
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- Andrew Kaplan Mandel
- Angela Buchdahl
- Ari Lorge
- Jamie Gottlieb
- Brooklyn Michalowicz
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 140 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 23 ratings
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