Welcome to Temple Sholom's podcast, where we strive to create a sacred community that truly embraces, inspires, and matters. Each episode features enlightening sermons from Shabbat and holiday services, engaging guest lectures, and thought-provoking conversations that reflect our commitment to fostering a meaningful and inclusive environment. Join us as we explore the depths of faith, spirituality, and community life. Whether you're here for inspiration or information, we're delighted to share this spiritual journey with you.
Sukkot 5787: Rejoice in the Simplicity of the Water Festival - Rabbi Max Antman
Recorded live on Sept. 25, 2026.
What if the cure for exhaustion is a friend calling to say, "Come outside, we're going to jump in the lake"?
Rabbi Antman begins with a worn-out night in early September and a spontaneous moonlit swim off the Montrose Peninsula. From there, he turns to Sukkot as the festival of water. He traces the thirst of the Yom Kippur fast to the ancient simchat beit hashoevah, the water-drawing celebration that the Talmud says no one has truly seen joy without. He also looks at the arava, the willow, the plainest of the four species in the lulav, whose beauty comes from what it grows beside. Rabbi Alan Lew's image of the season from Tisha B'Av to Sukkot as a river carrying us home ties it together.
After the hard work of the Days of Awe, Sukkot hands us simple things: water, a flimsy roof, and a table of friends. Then it commands us to rejoice in them. Rabbi Antman leaves us with an invitation to take the call and get off the couch, no matter how tired we are.
23 Sept 2026
Kol Nidre 5787 - Rabbi Shoshanah Conover
Recorded live Sept. 20, 2026
What if repairing our democracy begins not with how we vote, but with how we treat one another?
On this sacred night of reflection and teshuvah, Rabbi Conover asks what has happened to our sense of common decency and the common good. Drawing on Torah, her own family’s story, and the commandment not to hide ourselves from another person’s need, she explores the choices we make when confronted with someone who is lost, struggling, or even someone we consider an enemy.
Because returning what is lost and returning to who we are meant to be share the same Hebrew root. Before we can repair the world around us, Rabbi Conover challenges us to examine ourselves, resist indifference, and choose dignity, compassion, and responsibility toward one another.
23 Sept 2026
Yom Kippur 5787: A Synagogue of Service: The Long Work of Showing Up - Rabbi Scott Gellman
Recorded live on Sept. 21, 2026
What does it mean to keep showing up, especially when the work feels slow, difficult, or unfinished?
In this Yom Kippur sermon, Rabbi Scott Gellman reflects on the long work of building a more just and compassionate world and the Jewish imperative to remain committed even when we may never see the work completed. He explores what it means for Temple Sholom to be a Synagogue of Service, a community where our values are expressed not only through what we believe, but through how we show up for one another and the world around us.
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