Archive of Divrei Torah (Teachings)

Below you can find the divrei torah (teachings, or sermons) delivered by our rabbis and guest speakers.

5772 – 2011/2012

My American Jewish Life: Noshing with Friends

This American Jewish Life (12/9/11)
By Enid Lefton

The TBI Community's Support in My Healing

This American Jewish Life (11/11/11)

By Karen Hansen

The Bridge of Relationships
Yom Kippur (morning) 5772 (10/8/11)

By tova stabin

Kol Nidre 5772 (10/7/11)
By Rabbi Boris Dolin

Vy He Erev, Vy He Boker, Our Last Day
Rosh Hashanah 2nd Day 5772 (9/30/11)
By Shonna Husbands-Hankin

D'var for Rosh Hashanah 1st Day 5772, Evening Service (9/29/11)
By Steven Shankman

And How Are the Children?

Rosh Hashanah 1st Day 5772 (9/29/11)

By Randy Bernstein

Erev Rosh Hashanah 5772 (9/28/11)  Audio (MP3)
By Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin

5771 – 2010/2011

Masei 5771 (7/29/11)

By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Thank You to TBI (7/29/11)
By Melissa Crabbe

Mattot 5771 (7/22/11)
By Rabbi Boris Dolin

Chukkat 5771 (7/1/11)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Korach: The Rebel (6/24/11)
By Helen Rosenau

Shelach Lecha 5771 (6/17/11)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Bemidbar 5771 (5/27/11)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Bechukotai 5771 (5/21/11)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

A View from the Mountain / Behar 5771 (5/13/11)
This American Jewish Life
By Jared Rubin

Kedoshim 5771 (4/29/11)
By Rabbi Carol Caine

Counting the Omer: The Path of Etz Chaim
Shabbat Hol Hamoed Pesach (4/21/11)
By Helen Rosenau

Shabbat Hagadol 5771 (4/15/11)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Tazria 5771 / Shabbat ha-Chodesh (4/1/11)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Purim 5771 (3/18/11)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Symbolic and Real Sacrifices of Rabbinical Families
This American Jewish Life (3/11/11)
By Julee Raiskin
(contact Julee for a copy of her d'var at raiskin1 @ gmail.com)

Vayak'hel 5771 (Exodus 35:1-38:20) (2/25/11)
By Patti & Tom Barkin

Ki Tisa: Forgiveness (Exodus 30:11-34:35) (2/18/11)
By Helen Rosenau

This American Jewish Life (2/11/11)
By Bernie Maengen

This American Jewish Life (12/12/10)
By Gary Tepfer

Vayeshev 5771 (11/26/10)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Vayetzey 5771 (11/12/10)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Toledot 5771: Dimming Our Vision to See More Clearly as One (11/5/10)
By tova stabin

Lech Lecha 5771 (10/15/10)
By Sido Surkis

Noach 5771 (10/8/10)
By Helen Rosenau

"Kidushim: The Holiness Code"
Yom Kippur (Mincha) 5771 (9/18/10)
By tova stabin

Yom Kippur 5771 (9/18/10)
By Shevach Lambert

"Yom Kippur: Our Brothers – Ourselves "
Yom Kippur 5771 (9/18/10)
By Richard Stein

"A Plausible Faith in an Uncertain World"
Erev Yom Kippur 5771 (9/17/10)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

"This is a Test, This is Only a Test"
Rosh Hashanah 2nd Day 5771 (9/10/10)
By Nina Korican

Erev Rosh Hashanah 5771 (9/8/10)
By Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin

5770 - 2009/2010

Nitzavim/Vayelech 5770 (9/3/10)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Ki Teytzey 5770 (8/20/10)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Shoftim 5770 (8/13/10)

By Dena Zaldua-Hilkene

Re'eh 5770 (8/6/10)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Balak 5770 – Learning to Listen (6/25/10)

By Helen Rosenau

Korach 5770 – BP Oil Spill (6/11/10)

By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Shelach Lecha 5770 – Gaza Flotilla Controversy (6/4/10)

By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Shemini 5770 – Choosing the Path (4/9/10)

By Helen Rosenau

Vayikra 5770 "Vayikra - The Middle Passage" (3/19/10)
By tova Stabin

Tetzaveh 5770 (2/27/10)
By Shevach Lambert

Beshallah 5770 – Crossing the Sea (1/29/10)

By Helen Rosenau

Vayera 5770 (11/6/09)
By tova Stabin

“Don’t Look the Other Way” Connecting Homeless with Isaiah Chapters 57-58
Yom Kippur 5770 (9/28/09)

By Pearl Wolfe

"The Shoah Still Makes us Ask: How Do We Recover from Trauma?"
Erev Yom Kippur 5770 (9/27/09)

By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Rosh Hashanah 5770 (9/19/09)
By Tom Barkin

Erev Rosh Hashanah 5770 (9/18/09)
By Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin

5769 - 2008/2009

Shoftim 5769 (8/22/09)

By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Re'eh 5769 (8/14/09)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Acharey Mot-Kedoshim 5769 (5/2/09)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

T'rumah 5769 (2/28/09)

By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Vayigash 5769 (1/3/09)

By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Yom Kippur 5769 (10/9/08)

By Margie Paris

Erev Yom Kippur 5769 (10/8/08)

By Rabbi Maurice Harris

"The Akedah"
Rosh Hashanah 5769 (2nd day) (10/1/08)

By Shevach Lambert

Rosh Hashanah 5769 (2nd day) (10/1/08)

By Tova Stabin

Tefilah Lameshalah/Prayer for the Country
Rosh Hashanah 5769 (9/30/08)

By Steven Shankman

"Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael in our Midst,"

Rosh Hashanah 5769 (9/30/08)
By Melissa Crabbe

Erev Rosh Hashanah 5769 (9/29/08)

by Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin

5768 – 2007/2008

"Warning and Promise in the Yom Kippur Haftarah"
Yom Kippur 5768 (9/22/07)

By Marion Malcolm

"An Unexpected Role Model"
Erev Yom Kippur 5768 (9/21/07)

By Rabbi Maurice Harris

"Hannah: The Model and Power of Prayer"
Rosh Hashanah 5768 (9/13/07)

By Deborah Green

Erev Rosh Hashanah 5768 (9/12/07)

By Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin

5767 – 2006/2007

"Learning to Cope"
Erev Yom Kippur 5767 (10/1/06)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

"How Rest Can Turn Our Lives Around"
Shabbat Shuvah, 5767 (9/30/06)
By Barry Nobel

“Love like Fire and Water”
Rosh Hashanah 5767 (9/23/06)

By Dolfy Freinquel

"Avraham & Hagar"
Rosh Hashanah 5767 (9/23/06)

By Joan Bayliss

5766 – 2005/2006

Parashat Bo: Re-examining Pidyon HaBen (2/3/06)
By Gretchen Lieberman

Parashat Vayetze, 5766 (12/9/05)
By Joan Bayliss

"Shabbat Shabbaton"
Yom Kippur 5766 (10/13/05)

By Dr. Evlyn Gould

"Jewish Legal and Ethical Thought on Torture"
Erev Yom Kippur 5766 (10/12/05)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Shabbat Shuva 5766 (10/7/05)
By Shevach Lambert

"Responsibility and Teshuvah in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina"
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5766 (10/3/05)

By Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin

"The Akeida" (October, 2005)
By Dolfy Freinquel

5765 – 2004/2005

"Imagination Message" (January, 2005)
By Sara Glater

Parshat Miketz 5765 (12/10/04)

By Steven Shankman

"A Progressive Jewish Response to the Passage of Measure 36" (which defines marriage in Oregon as solely between one man and one woman)
November, 2004
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

Yom Kippur 5765 (9/25/04)
By Shevach Lambert

"God-Wrestling in a Conscious Community"
Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre) 5765 (9/24/04)
By Rabbi Maurice Harris

"On Hagar – Vayera"
Rosh HaShanah, 5765 (9/16/04)

By Dr. Evlyn Gould

5764 – 2003/2004

"A Response to the Mayors' Prayer Breakfast"
May, 2004

By Rabbi Maurice Harris

"Benefits of Jewish Diversity"
Erev Yom Kippur, 5764 (10/5/03)

By Rabbi Maurice Harris