Read Our Rabbis' Weekly Messages

September 28, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday September 29th

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, September 29th , 2023 Something Extraordinary Dear Friends, Thirteen years ago, something extraordinary happened. I stood with a couple under […]
September 14, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, Sept. 15, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, September 15th , 2023 Dear Friends,Tonight, we begin the New Year. Rosh Hashanah calls to enter the future. My sermon […]
August 31, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, Sept. 1, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, September 1st , 2023 Praying with the Baptists Dear Friends, On Shabbes, I prayed with the Baptists. This past Saturday […]
August 10, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, August 11th, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, August 11th , 2023 In the Summer of 1972 Johnny Nash released his classic song “I can see clearly now.”  […]
August 2, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, August 4th, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, August 4th , 2023. Tonight, come taste the Fruit of the Vine This past week we witnessed the beauty of […]
July 6, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, July 7th, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, July 7th, 2023. Dear Friends,“God Bless America,” wrote Irving Berlin as a soldier during World War I. Berlin wrote this […]
June 29, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, June 30, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, June 30, 2023 The world shuddered this past Saturday, as a military leader with a private army launched his forces […]
June 22, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, June 23, 2023

The art of disagreeing without being disagreeable Dear Friends, This week Putin repeated the lie.  “Our goal is to de-Nazify Ukraine,” he told The Moscow Times. […]
June 15, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, June 16, 2023

The Challah Path Forward Dear Friends, Have you ever had a panic attack? Have you ever felt anxieties suddenly grow larger than you thought you could […]
June 7, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, June 9, 2023

Dear Friends, When Miriam makes a racist slur against Moses’ wife because of her African origins, God intervenes to educate Miriam about how words can be […]
May 31, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, June 2, 2023

PRIDE in our Community Dear Friends, One of the oldest Jewish symbols is the Rainbow. Noah’s rainbow represents diversity and peace.   All the colors of […]
May 24, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, May 26, 2023

Dear Friends, This week we thanked Sharon Feldman for her hours of voluntary service as the President of our congregation. The Hebrew word for President, Nasi, […]
May 18, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, May 19, 2023

Dear Friends, For 15 months we have seen the devastating photos of Kyiv, Bachmut, and Bucha. We have heard the pleas for help, the cries of […]
May 11, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, May 12, 2023

Dear Friends, During our Shabbat service last Friday, when we got to the Shehechiyanu moments, celebrating happy events, Vivian Cohen spoke up, “The CDC has declared […]
May 4, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, May 5, 2023

Dear Friends, A few months before the invasion of Ukraine, congregant Harvey Doppelt and I travelled to the Ukrainian Mission at the UN to lead the […]
April 27, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, April 28, 2023

Dear Friends, This week Israel celebrated its 75th Birthday! The State of Israel is a modern miracle. Just three years after Jews walked out of Auschwitz, who […]
April 20, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, April 21, 2023

Dear Friends, This week we observed Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, on the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Thank you to our member Harvey Loeb […]
April 3, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, April 7, 2023

Dear Friends, While a professor at Harvard, Michael Walzer wrote a book “Exodus and Revolution” about the message of Passover. “So pharaonic oppression, deliverance, Sinai, and […]
March 30, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, March 31, 2023

Dear Friends, What makes this night (and this Passover) different?\ At the end of the Seder we proclaim the ancient dream “Next Year in Jerusalem!” This […]
March 23, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, March 24, 2023

Passover and Ramadan Parallels Dear Friends, At the beginning of the Passover Seder we say, “Let all who are hungry come and eat.”  Opening our homes […]
March 16, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, March 17, 2023

Dear Friends, I took a deep breath as I read today’s headline, “Bank Fears Go Global as Markets Convulse.”  Two American banks failed in the past […]
March 2, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, March 3, 2023

Laughter is the beginning of prayer, and humor is a prelude to faith Dear Friends, Purim reminds us our deeds matter. Esther bravely stood up against Haman, […]
February 16, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, February 17, 2023

Dear Friends, In our country a fight is raging over abortion. Judaism and Christianity have different views on when life begins. For Christians, life begins at the […]
February 9, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, February 10, 2023

Tu B’Shvat, the original Earth Day Dear Friends, In his State of the Union address this week, the president said, “Let’s face reality. The climate crisis […]
February 2, 2023

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, February 3, 2023

Welcome the Stranger Dear Friends, You might have seen Hazrat Ahmada and not even known it.  He lives in Mount Kisco. You may have seen him […]