A (re)Introduction
By Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Today has been my first day as Rabbi of Society Hill Synagogue. In some ways, I never planned on this path, and in some ways, I have been preparing for it my entire life. I never planned on it in the sense that, in college, I majored in economics; after college […]
Numbness as a Barrier — and invitation — to holiness
Kol Nidre Sermon 5778 By Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Let’s play a game. I’m not promising you it’s going to be a very fun game. It is Yom Kippur, after all –the moment we’re implored to afflict ourselves, to make atonement for a year’s, a lifetime’s worth of regrets, those moments in our lives that pushed […]
Teshuvah and Nostalgia: The Journey Through Time
Kol Nidre Sermon 5779 By Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Here we are at Kol Nidre. Perhaps the most sacred time of the Jewish year. A time when our worldly cares are set aside; when we are supposed to be locked in to this moment; when the primary concept on our mind should be atonement; when even […]