Month: September 2018

Rabbi Jared H. Saks Yom Kippur 5779, September 19, 2019 – 10 Tishri 5779 When I was assigned a research paper in my 9th grade history class, I decided that for the first time in quite a few years I wasn’t going to choose a Jewish topic for my paper, which had been my pattern … Read more

Rabbi Jared H. Saks Kol Nidre 5779, September 18, 2018 – 10 Tishri 5779 Whenever I had a teacher growing up who rubbed me the wrong way and I wished they weren’t part of my life, I’d offer a very particular prayer to God. I never wanted any harm to come to them, so I … Read more

Rabbi Jared H. Saks Rosh Hashanah 5779, September 10, 2018 – 1 Tishrei 5779 “People called her stupid. Her brothers, the women in the market who tried to confuse her into buying more flour than her mother asked for, even her mother, who said her daughter’s eyes were not empty but filled with dreams, whispered … Read more

Rabbi Jared H. Saks Erev Rosh Hashanah 5779, September 9, 2018 – 1 Tishrei 5779 I’m going to confess something to you this evening. I don’t like the Kotel, the Western Wall. I didn’t always feel this way. On my first trip to Israel, when I began my first year of rabbinical school, I stayed … Read more