Sermons – IKAR

Ask

Are you a synagogue or what? Yes and no and kinda. Words like “synagogue” can feel constraining, and we want to think expansively about what Jewish life can be… so we think of ourselves as a spiritual community, and let the experience define itself.

Pray

“Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods. The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement, seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.” –Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, “On Prayer”

Learn

“To educate means to cultivate the soul.” -Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

Act

“Love your neighbor, and love yourself. That is the whole Torah. All the rest is commentary.” –Hillel

Meet

This community is crawling with good folks — from longtime members to newbies — and there are so many ways to connect.

Donate

“All beginnings require that you unlock new doors. The key is giving and doing. Give tzedakah and do kindness.” -R’ Nachman of Bratslav

We are all searching for something. What’s your thing?

Sermons & Teachings

Here are some of the insights and teachings our rabbis have shared with the IKAR community on Shabbat and during the High Holy Days.

IKAR Podcast

Shabbat Sermons
Our rabbis are doing their fiery preaching and teaching every Shabbat morning; it’s food for thought all week long and beyond.

High Holy Days Sermons
Ruminate, appreciate, get irate, activate: our rabbis guide us through the spiritual journey of the Holiest of Days.

Guest Speakers & Highlights
Hear our honored guests generously share their wisdom and heart with the IKAR community, and watch your favorite highlights of our rabbis and community members, during High Holy Days and all year long.

Watch our clergy eloquently address the greater community on important and timely issues.

We’ve got a lot to say, but apparently not on the exact topic you’re looking for.