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This podcast features sermons from Shabbat and holiday services at Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida. Congregation Schaarai Zedek is a Reform Jewish congregation established in 1894. Today, our Temple family is made up of more than 3,000 adults and children spanning four generations. We…

Congregation Schaarai Zedek


    • Feb 3, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Shabbat Derech Eretz – A Path Home to Common Decency

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 16:46


    Welcome to the Schaarai Zedek Podcast, where you'll find live recordings of sermons, divrei Torah, teachings, and stories from our Erev Shabbat and High Holy Day services. We know that life gets in the way, and that's okay—Judaism isn't just about what happens in the synagogue, but also how we live it every day. So whether you're at home, on your way, or out for a morning run, we're here for you. This Episode: "Shabbat Derech Eretz – A Path Home to Common Decency" What does it mean to live with Derech Eretz, the Jewish value of common decency? This week's sermon explores its deep significance—from the Talmud to modern-day Israel and even the current state of global discourse. Rabbi [Name] reflects on:

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    Sh'mini – Living up to Expectations: In Leviticus, in War, and in our Homes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 16:47


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on April 5, 2024. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Bridging the Chasm on Israel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 15:14


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on March 15, 2024. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Yom Kippur - Our Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 22:17


    Kol Nidre sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on September 25, 2023. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Kol Nidre - Getting The Assist: Lessons In Leadership And Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 23:57


    Kol Nidre sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on September 24, 2023. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Rosh Hashanah - A Judaism To Build Your Life On

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 21:46


    Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on September 16, 2023. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Why This Seder Should Be Different From All Other Seders – It's Not The Way We've Always Done It

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 16:19


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on March 31, 2023. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Be Strong, Be Strong

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 13:51


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on July 29, 2022. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Eikev – Finding Fulfillment While Wanting More

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 12:07


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on August 5, 2022. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Tu B'Av And The Gift Of Loving Each Other

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 14:05


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on August 12, 2022. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Eikev – Finding Fulfillment While Wanting More

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 13:17


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on August 19, 2022. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Shoftim - GPS To A Better World And A Better Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 13:35


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on September 2, 2022. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Roleplaying Your Way To A Better Self

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 12:46


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on September 9, 2022. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Rosh Hashanah - Curating A Gallery Of One's Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 16:38


    Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on September 26, 2022. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Kol Nidre - A Fiddler In The Storm

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 25:08


    Kol Nidre sermon by Rabbi Joel SImon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on October 4, 2022. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Yom Kippur - Moving Beyond Warm And Welcoming

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 20:36


    Yom Kippur sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on October 5, 2022. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    The Torah of Misunderstanding

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 13:18


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on April 29, 2022. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Flight or Fight: In Ukraine or In Our Own Lives

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 17:32


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on March 4, 2022. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Life in Our Stories/In Silence, Death

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 15:19


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on January 28, 2022. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    "When a Chicken Crosses the Road" Yom Kippur Sermon (5782)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 17:17


    Rabbi Michael Weiss' sermon entitled, "When a Chicken Crosses the Road," from Yom Kippur Service on Thursday, September 16, 2021, at Congregation Schaarai Zedek.

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    "Israel: My Motherland" Kol Nidre Sermon (5782)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2021 26:00


    Rabbi Joel Simon's sermon from Kol Nidre on Wednesday, September 15, 2021, at Congregation Schaarai Zedek.

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    "Space Enough for Us to Pray" Rosh Hashanah Sermon (5782)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 20:10


    Rabbi Michael Weiss' sermon entitled "Space Enough for Us to pray" from Rosh Hashanah Morning Service on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at Congregation Schaarai Zedek.

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    "It's Groundhog Day All Over Again " Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon (5782)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 17:33


    Rabbi Joel Simon's sermon from Erev Rosh Hashanah Service on Monday, September 6, 2021, at Congregation Schaarai Zedek.

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    It's as Easy as A-B-C

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 18:16


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on August 27, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Ki Teitzei – Giving Our Best and Burying Our Worst for the Sake of the Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 12:57


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on August 20, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Elul - Meeting the King in the Field

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 9:34


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on August 13, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Re'eh - Expanding Our Personal Borders and Setting Our Own World Records Every Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2021 12:26


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on August 6, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Less Than Perfect

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 10:48


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on July 30, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Escaping Nostalgia

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 14:49


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on July 16, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Listening Before Judging

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 12:57


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on July 9, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Guest Speaker Dr. Lupovitch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 55:05


    During the last few years, and especially during the last several months, three aspects of Anti-Semitism have especially challenged and confounded us as American Jews: distinguishing between Anti-Semitism of the right and Anti-Semitism of the left, where and how to draw a line between Anti-Semitism and criticism of the State of Israel, and the most effective ways that we as a community can respond to all these forms of Anti-Semitism. Dr. Lupovitch, Director of the Cohn-Haddow Center for Judaic Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit and an expert in European Jewish History, provides his analysis of our current situation, informing his view with his historic understanding of Anti-Semitism in Europe coming from both sides of the political spectrum.

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    Acknowledging the Serpent in the Room

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 13:01


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on June 18, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Shabbat Service Honoring Rabbi Birnholz

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2021 24:16


    June 6, 2021, marked a milestone in the life of our beloved Rabbi Emeritus Richard Birnholz as he celebrated 50 years in the rabbinate. During Shabbat worship, we honored Rabbi Birnholz and celebrated 50 years of his rabbinate.

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    Rabbi Simon Remarks on Current Situation in Israel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 9:59


    Rabbi Simon of Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Israel speaks about the current situation in Israel

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    Joining One Holy to Another

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 14:08


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on May 7, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    The Corners of Our Fields

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 12:13


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on April 30, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Acharei Mot/Kedoshiim – “Talking Serious” with our Children and with Ourselves

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 14:15


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on April 23, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    My Jerusalem, Our Israel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 11:07


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on April 16, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    A Pig in Kosher Clothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 11:34


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on April 9, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Visions of Perfection

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 10:01


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on March 19, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Seeing Is Not Always Believing

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 9:40


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on February 12, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Breaking Our Patterns

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 64:35


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on January 1, 2021. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Passover Drive-Thru Audio Tour

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 5:51


    This is the audio guide for our Passover tour on March 27, 2021. Feel free to use it as part of your Passover experience!

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    Pre-Thanksgiving Message

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 6:53


    Rabbi Simon's Pre-Thanksgiving Message

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    Wisdom for the Journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 10:17


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on October 30, 2020. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    To be Noah’s Neighbor

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 13:48


    Shabbat sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on October 23, 2020. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Yom Kippur Sermon

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 14:12


    Yom Kippur sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on September 28, 2020. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Living L’shem Shamayim – For the Sake of Heaven

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 17:33


    Kol Nidre sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on September 27, 2020. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Creating Cultural Humility In Our World

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 20:10


    A Rosh Hashanah Morning sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on September 19, 2020. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    Building A Home Sanctuary

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 12:38


    A sermon by Rabbi Michael Weiss from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on September 11, 2020. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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    True or Not – Creating a Narrative We Want to be Remembered

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 9:20


    A sermon by Rabbi Joel Simon from Congregation Schaarai Zedek in Tampa, Florida on September 4, 2020. Follow us @schaaraizedek or visit our website www.zedek.org.

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