Recorded live on Nov. 7, 2025

In this week’s sermon on Parashat Vayeira, Rabbi Scott Gellman explores what it means to build real community across profound differences. Inspired by a viral video of middle-schoolers belting out a K-Pop song together—off-beat, imperfect, but united—he turns to Abraham’s open-sided tent as a model for radical hospitality and shared purpose. In a moment when political, religious, and social divides feel sharper than ever, Rabbi Gellman reflects on how his own congregation already embodies a living coalition: praying together, serving together, and choosing human dignity over ideological purity. This is a call to widen our circles, trust the “music” of our shared values, and bring the compassion of our sanctuary into the streets of Chicago and beyond. Shabbat Shalom.