IKAR Podcasts

BEST BOOK EVER Prophets and Builders - Parshat Vayakhel 21.02.2022 12:35 ↓

Who knows how to take the prophet's heavenly vision and bring it down to the ground? The Shadow knows!

SERMON Redemption is Here… Now!!! - Rabbi Cheryl Peretz 20.02.2022 29:59 ↓

What if the redemption our tradition intended was not that of some cataclysmic historical shift, but was about brief and fleeting moments of goodness and light that shine within the chaos and darkness that invariably surrounds us. Real moments with real meaning, and that neither could nor should last forever.

BEST BOOK EVER In the Face of it All - Parshat Ki Tisa 14.02.2022 15:05 ↓

Moses has just come back down from speaking with God. And he's glowing.

SERMON Just Holiness / Holy Justice - Rabbi David Kasher 13.02.2022 16:57 ↓

Wandering through the library of Jewish legal texts, the careful observer may take notice of a curious trend. For reasons unclear, many of the classic books of Jewish law take their titles from - of all things - the various pieces of the High Priest's clothing.

BEST BOOK EVER Moses is Missing - Parshat Tetzaveh 07.02.2022 13:24 ↓

Our reluctant protagonist just wants a week off.

SERMON Love in the Time of Loss - Rabbi Morris Panitz 06.02.2022 14:42 ↓

We aren’t just shaped by the past.  It isn’t a one-way street, dead ending in the present. Our tradition asks us to continue to be in active relationship with our loved ones even after they die. Caring for the deceased means advancing their core values, their life work, and dreams. And it means upholding our responsibilities, both as individuals and a community, in the moments of most profound los...

BEST BOOK EVER BONUS CLASS The Devil and the Details - Parshat Terumah 04.02.2022 49:55 ↓

Parsha Study with Rabbi David Kasher from February 3, 2022.

BEST BOOK EVER Unicorns & Mermaids - Parshat Terumah 01.02.2022 12:24 ↓

It all started with dolphins. 

SERMON The Inner Whisper - Rabbi Sharon Brous 31.01.2022 22:36 ↓

On my final shabbat before sabbatical, we explore the connection between na’aseh v’nishmah—doing and discovering—and shmita, a periodic break in the rhythm of doing to digest lessons learned and deepen our roots as we prepare for the next chapter of our flourishing.

BEST BOOK EVER BONUS CLASS The Other “Justice” - Parshat Mishpatim 28.01.2022 48:14 ↓

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BEST BOOK EVER Kosher Heresy - Parshat Mishpatim 24.01.2022 15:15 ↓

"This week," says Rabbi Kasher, "we are going to look at an idea that seems so far outside of mainstream Jewish thought that if I came up with it myself, they’d kick me right out of Judaism!"

SERMON Keeping Open Our Doors and Our Heart – Rabbi Sharon Brous 23.01.2022 18:18 ↓

Jewish vulnerability is rooted in the enduring awareness of those who want to do us harm. And the world is full of goodness. We must learn to hold both.