Our Sermons
The Impossible Becomes Possible
This sermon was originally delivered at our Friday Night Shabbat service on April 12th. You can watch it now on Mishkan's YouTube channel. ... It has been my dream to host a Learner’s Seder: a safe and supportive learning environment to experience the rituals of...
How to Avoid Retelling the Same Old Story
This sermon was delivered at Mishkan's Friday Night Shabbat service on March 29th. You can watch it on Mishkan's YouTube channel or listen on the latest episode of the Contact Chai podcast. ... This week we open up the Torah and read a fairly typical parasha for the...
(Jewish) Power: Fantasy, Reality, and Responsibility
This sermon was originally delivered at our Saturday morning service on March 16th. ... For us Jews, the classic holiday formula goes: they tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat. Which is a passable summary of the Purim story – if we ignore the penultimate chapter....
After Catastrophe, Come Together (of Golden Calves and Making Mishkan)
This sermon was delivered at our Friday Night Shabbat service on March 8th, 2024. You can watch on Mishkan's YouTube channel or listen on the Contact Chai podcast. ... וַיַּקְהֵ֣ל מֹשֶׁ֗ה אֶֽת־כׇּל־עֲדַ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֑ם אֵ֚לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֔ים...
Rabbi Lizzi’s Reflections On Four Days In Israel
I’ve been to Israel 20 times in the last 20 years, never for no reason, always for some purpose, whether to study Torah, visit a boyfriend, visit family, learn Hebrew, travel in the West Bank, do political touring, or staff a Honeymoon Israel trip. I’ve been for as...
Rabbi Lizzi’s First Sermon Post-Sabbatical
After a well-deserved sabbatical, Mishkan’s founding rabbi took to the bimah at our February 9th Friday Night Shabbat service. In a wide-ranging sermon, Rabbi Lizzi addressed the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and called on all of us to do the difficult work of believing...