Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay of our service on November 7th, 2025, when Rabbi Steven reflected on an interfaith service and protest outside the ICE Detention Facility in Broadview. Our tradition insists that the world can be transformed by the goodness of even a few people acting together as a mitzvot minyan; if there had been just ten righteous souls in Sodom and Gomorrah, their tale of two cities would have gone down a little differently. And if ten righteous souls wrote ...
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Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay of our service on November 7th, 2025, when Rabbi Steven reflected on an interfaith service and protest outside the ICE Detention Facility in Broadview. Our tradition insists that the world can be transformed by the goodness of even a few people acting together as a mitzvot minyan; if there had been just ten righteous souls in Sodom and Gomorrah, their tale of two cities would have gone down a little differently. And if ten righteous souls wrote ...
Against the Backdrop of Selfishness and Greed, Be a Blessing
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Against the Backdrop of Selfishness and Greed, Be a Blessing
Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay of our service on November 1st. Rabbi Lizzi delivered a sermon on the sin of Sodom. Or, rather, the sins of Sodom! According to the rabbis, these included selfishness, arrogance, apathy — a failure to share their abundance of resources with the needy. In our own time of greed, how can we choose to bless our neighbors instead of, say, covering them in honey and put them on a wall for the hornets? Want to support what we do? Become a Builder or donate today! ...
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Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay of our service on November 7th, 2025, when Rabbi Steven reflected on an interfaith service and protest outside the ICE Detention Facility in Broadview. Our tradition insists that the world can be transformed by the goodness of even a few people acting together as a mitzvot minyan; if there had been just ten righteous souls in Sodom and Gomorrah, their tale of two cities would have gone down a little differently. And if ten righteous souls wrote ...
